Sen. Evan Bayh

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 12/26/1955 Birthplace: Shirkieville, IN District: represents IN Political Party: Democrat Religion: Episcopalian Education: JD, University of Virginia, 1981 BS, Business Economics, Indiana University, 1978. Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,496,976 (62.0%) votes. Official website
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Money

Raised	$523,367		^(#385)
Spent	120%		^(#94)
From self	0%		^(#34)
From individuals	1%		^(#571)
From PACs	2%		^(#545)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested	99		^(#56)
Total cost	$454,376,700		^(#57)
Received	93		^(#53)
Total cost	$260,854,000		^(#55)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology	30% left-wing		^(#253)
Predictable	83%		^(#449)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke	6 times		^(#221)
Avg. length	584 words		^(#443)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored	742		^(#339)
Introduced	96		^(#165)
Debated	10		^(#206)
Enacted	5		^(#142)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	20% (1/5 votes)
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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 Michael C Terrell	$20,000	on December 28, 2005
2 Michael R Young	$6,000	from November 7, 2006 to December 12, 2006
3 Jack Friedman	$5,000	from December 17, 1999 to October 25, 2004
4 Michael F Petrie	$4,900	from September 8, 2005 to December 13, 2005
5 Susan L Spiegel	$4,500	from March 31, 1998 to December 14, 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	$385,578
2 Retired	$75,795
3 Latham Watkins	$31,850
4 Goldman Sachs	$28,450
5 Orrick	$23,600
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. Gary J. Lapaille - Mcapitol Management	$5,000
2 Mr. Gary J Lapaille - Mcapitol Management	$5,000
3 Mr. Barry Kasinitz - International Association Of Fire Fighters	$5,000
4 Mr. Claude G.B. Fontheim - Fontheim Partners, P.C.	$5,000
5 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates	$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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