Rep. David George Reichert

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Dave" Birthdate: b. 1950 Birthplace: Detroit Lakes, MN District: represents WA-08 Political Party: Republican Education: Attended, Concordia Lutheran College. Last elected in 2006 receiving 129,362 (51.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,370,991 (#107) Spent 49% (#444) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 58% (#198) From PACs 27% (#434) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 40 (#139) Total cost $71,460,470 (#178) Received 40 (#130) Total cost $64,166,450 (#143) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 32% right-wing (#172) Predictable 89% (#383) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 886 words (#232) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 317 (#484) Introduced 31 (#387) 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 National Association of Home Builders 100% (7/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes) NAACP 71% (5/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 50% (3/6 votes) AFL-CIO 46% (6/13 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 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 J. Michael Johnston $20,000 from June 29, 2006 to March 31, 2008 2 Mark Dedomenico $20,000 on June 22, 2006 3 Bruce R. Mccaw $20,000 from June 22, 2006 to March 31, 2008 4 Leeann Farrell $18,400 from September 29, 2007 to March 10, 2008 5 John Day $18,200 from June 17, 2004 to September 14, 2007 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 $452,966 2 Retired $191,424 3 Homemaker $109,158 4 Microsoft $98,734 5 Western Wireless $57,100 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 Ms. Cecelia M. Casey - Associated General Contractors Of America $5,000 2 Ms. Karin Gess - Microsoft Corporation $5,000 3 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 5 Mary Frances Pearson - Ernst & Young $4,000 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: 400660 (GovTrack), N00026885 (OpenSecrets), R000578 (Congressional Bio), 20536 (ICPSR), 51346 (Vote Smart), H4WA08071 (FEC)