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Dennis A. Cardoza

Headshot b. 1959-03-31 , Merced, CA
represents CA-18
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: BA, University of Maryland, 1982.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 71,182 (65.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $638,496 (#316)
Spent 83% (#155)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 45% (#326)
From PACs 53% (#148)

Earmarks

Requested 17 (#358)
Total cost $11,297,450 (#425)
Received 17 (#340)
Total cost $11,617,450 (#404)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 711 (#338)
Introduced 26 (#391)
Debated 2 (#421)
Enacted 0 (#435)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 691 words (#350)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 27% left-wing (#290)
Predictable 96% (#158)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 33% (2/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400065 (GovTrack), N00024874 (OpenSecrets), C001050 (Congressional Bio), 20306 (ICPSR), 9680 (Vote Smart), H2CA18056 (FEC)