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Edolphus Towns

Headshot known as "Ed"
b. 1934-07-21 , Chadbourn, NC
represents NY-10
Democrat, Baptist
Official website

Education: M.S.W., Adelphi University, 1973 B.S., North Carolina A&T State University, 1956.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 72,171 (92.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $710,444 (#274)
Spent 78% (#174)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 42% (#341)
From PACs 56% (#126)

Earmarks

Requested 16 (#372)
Total cost $10,985,000 (#433)
Received 16 (#364)
Total cost $11,593,000 (#405)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 3,196 (#7)
Introduced 155 (#75)
Debated 13 (#153)
Enacted 6 (#111)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 861 words (#248)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 51% left-wing (#443)
Predictable 96% (#159)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
NAACP 85% (6/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 84% (11/13 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 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)

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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: 400409 (GovTrack), N00001082 (OpenSecrets), T000326 (Congressional Bio), 15072 (ICPSR), 26973 (Vote Smart), H2NY11017 (FEC)