Sen. Claire McCaskill

Share this page	District: represents MO Political Party: Democrat Religion: Catholic Education: JD, University of Missouri Law School BS, Political Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1975. Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,055,255 (50.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $756,534 (#256) Spent 127% (#86) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 20% (#525) From PACs 49% (#214) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 3 (#496) Total cost $6,000,000 (#480) Received 0 (#508) Total cost $0 (#508) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 40% left-wing (#317) Predictable 85% (#440) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 9 times (#156) Avg. length 1,077 words (#162) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 175 (#530) Introduced 18 (#456) Debated 4 (#360) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 40% (2/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Jim Jr Nutter $25,000 on August 25, 2006 2 Brenda A Mrs Guynes $21,000 on September 22, 2005 3 John J. Carey $12,100 on October 23, 2006 4 Joseph Danis $12,100 on October 23, 2006 5 Nick A Caporella $12,100 on September 11, 2006 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $2,231,720 2 Retired $1,241,630 3 Bryan Cave $36,620 4 Simmons Cooper $35,700 5 Student $25,800 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Daniel Cohen - American Association For Justice $5,000 2 Stacey Parker - Norfolk Southern Corporation $5,000 3 Ms. Amy C. Hawkins - Bnsf Railway Company (Fka Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway) $5,000 4 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 5 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 412243 (GovTrack), N00027694 (OpenSecrets), M001170 (Congressional Bio), 40701 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6MO00305 (FEC)