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Eric I. Cantor

Headshot b. 1963-06-06 , Richmond, VA
represents VA-07
Republican, Jewish
Official website

Education: MS, Columbia University, 1989 JD, College of William and Mary, 1988 BA, George Washington University, 1985.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 163,706 (64.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $2,593,969 (#44)
Spent 78% (#180)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 49% (#276)
From PACs 44% (#242)

Earmarks

Requested 0 (#1)
Total cost $0 (#1)
Received 0 (#1)
Total cost $0 (#1)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 715 (#336)
Introduced 34 (#361)
Debated 5 (#307)
Enacted 2 (#258)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 629 words (#402)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 63% right-wing (#58)
Predictable 93% (#295)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 50% (4/8 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 votes)
NAACP 14% (1/7 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: 400060 (GovTrack), N00013131 (OpenSecrets), C001046 (Congressional Bio), 20144 (ICPSR), 5121 (Vote Smart), H0VA07042 (FEC)