Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 01/31/1946 Birthplace: Baltimore, MD District: represents MD-02 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Methodist Education: JD, University of Baltimore Law School, 1970 BS, University of Maryland, 1967 Attended, Baltimore City College. Last elected in 2006 receiving 135,818 (69.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $707,963 (#282) Spent 60% (#366) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 51% (#273) From PACs 49% (#213) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 39 (#141) Total cost $96,404,750 (#145) Received 37 (#141) Total cost $67,498,650 (#139) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 29% left-wing (#251) Predictable 97% (#119) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 664 words (#383) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 742 (#339) Introduced 19 (#446) Debated 1 (#493) 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 American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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 Patricia B. Modell $6,600 from June 7, 2002 to October 3, 2007 2 Patricia A. Cochran $6,600 from June 27, 2002 to November 13, 2007 3 Francis X. Kelly $5,600 from June 28, 2002 to October 12, 2007 4 Janet D. Kelly $5,600 from June 28, 2002 to October 12, 2007 5 John R Cochran $5,200 from September 12, 2006 to May 10, 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 $117,593 2 Retired $48,000 3 Unemployed $42,300 4 Mbna $39,700 5 Homemaker $30,650 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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