Rep. Dean Heller

Share this page	District: represents NV-02 Political Party: Republican Education: BA, Business Administration, University of Southern California, 1985. Last elected in 2006 receiving 117,168 (50.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $980,665 (#170) Spent 20% (#604) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 57% (#208) From PACs 38% (#317) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 21 (#283) Total cost $42,165,250 (#243) Received 20 (#286) Total cost $43,215,000 (#192) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 56% right-wing (#79) Predictable 93% (#256) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 878 words (#236) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 132 (#537) Introduced 9 (#521) Debated 4 (#360) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement Public Citizen 87% (7/8 votes) National Association of Home Builders 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) NAACP 42% (3/7 votes) American Nurses Association 40% (2/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 40% (2/5 votes) AFL-CIO 18% (2/11 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 Theodore Day $10,900 from May 26, 2005 to March 31, 2008 2 Garry Goett $10,700 from October 5, 2006 to March 31, 2007 3 J. John Morrey $10,300 from March 30, 2005 to December 17, 2007 4 George Peek $9,050 from May 7, 2005 to March 20, 2007 5 Richard Brombach $8,800 from March 30, 2005 to March 20, 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 $252,575 2 Retired $130,850 3 Homemaker $109,867 4 Focus Commercial Group $21,000 5 Mgm Mirage $19,350 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 Mr. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $5,000 2 Lynn Palmer - International Council Of Shopping Centers $3,000 3 Mr. Walter Price - Wachovia Corporation $2,500 4 Mr. William M. Prentice - American Dental Association $2,500 5 Ms. Barbara Benham - Huntington Bancshares Incorporated $2,500 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: 412218 (GovTrack), N00027522 (OpenSecrets), H001041 (Congressional Bio), 20730 (ICPSR), 2291 (Vote Smart), H6NV02164 (FEC)