Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 04/29/1950 Birthplace: Clare, MI District: represents MI Political Party: Democrat Religion: United Methodist Education: MSW, Michigan State University, 1975 BA, Michigan State University, 1972. Last elected in 2006 receiving 2,151,278 (57.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $704,729 (#285) Spent 73% (#276) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 60% (#179) From PACs 30% (#413) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 239 (#6) Total cost $676,793,340 (#31) Received 223 (#5) Total cost $411,810,980 (#20) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 47% left-wing (#364) Predictable 95% (#217) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 16 times (#73) Avg. length 1,797 words (#48) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,468 (#158) Introduced 110 (#137) Debated 6 (#284) Enacted 4 (#177) 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 60% (3/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Michigan State University $250 $1711000 2008
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 Peter Karmanos $46,700 from September 20, 2005 to September 13, 2006 2 Edsel Ii Ford $26,700 on September 20, 2005 3 Robert Taubman $26,700 on January 30, 2006 4 John Walhee $26,700 on December 8, 2005 5 Michael Sr Malik $26,700 on December 8, 2005 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 $738,369 2 Compuware $54,200 3 University Of Michigan $34,900 4 Retired $29,950 5 Blue Cross $28,400 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. Lloyd N Hand - King & Spalding Llp $5,000 2 Amy E. Modlin - Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Michigan $5,000 3 Meghan O'Reilly - American Health Care Association $5,000 4 Mr. Archibald Galloway Ii - King & Spalding Llp $5,000 5 Mr. Christopher A Ott - King & Spalding Llp $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: 300093 (GovTrack), N00004118 (OpenSecrets), S000770 (Congressional Bio), 29732 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S8MI00281 (FEC)