Rep. Frederick Stephen Upton

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Fred" Birthdate: b. 04/23/1953 Birthplace: St. Joseph, MI District: represents MI-06 Political Party: Republican Religion: Protestant Education: B.A., Journalism, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975. Last elected in 2006 receiving 142,125 (61.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $777,266 (#248) Spent 69% (#299) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 35% (#439) From PACs 59% (#117) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 18 (#343) Total cost $18,109,600 (#373) Received 17 (#341) Total cost $10,981,600 (#411) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 39% right-wing (#158) Predictable 89% (#386) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 686 words (#359) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,656 (#123) Introduced 99 (#159) Debated 22 (#93) Enacted 4 (#177) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes) NAACP 57% (4/7 votes) AFL-CIO 46% (6/13 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 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 John Brown $10,800 from October 25, 2004 to February 4, 2008 2 Rosemary Brown $8,700 from May 10, 2004 to February 4, 2008 3 Mary Tatter $8,300 from June 2, 2004 to June 12, 2007 4 Thomas Cole $8,300 from November 18, 2003 to July 30, 2007 5 Marcia Fettig $8,300 from August 2, 2004 to July 9, 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 Homemaker $223,991 2 Retired $177,140 3 Self $88,773 4 Stryker $13,700 5 Whirlpool $11,230 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. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 2 Elizabeth Brakebill - Ford Motor Company $5,000 3 Mr. Bruce Carnes - National Cable And Telecommunications Association $5,000 4 Mr. Albert Knoll - Sunoco, Inc $5,000 5 Mrs. Laura Cox Kaplan - Pricewaterhousecoopers $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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