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Frederick Stephen Upton

Headshot known as "Fred"
b. 1953-04-23 , St. Joseph, MI
represents MI-06
Republican, Protestant
Official website

Education: B.A., Journalism, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1975.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 142,125 (61.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $777,266 (#242)
Spent 69% (#231)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 35% (#420)
From PACs 59% (#111)

Earmarks

Requested 18 (#342)
Total cost $18,109,600 (#373)
Received 17 (#340)
Total cost $10,981,600 (#412)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,648 (#117)
Introduced 99 (#153)
Debated 22 (#84)
Enacted 4 (#160)

Speeches

Spoke 4 times (#300)
Avg. length 686 words (#354)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 38% right-wing (#189)
Predictable 89% (#423)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
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)
US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes)
AFL-CIO 46% (6/13 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 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: 400414 (GovTrack), N00004133 (OpenSecrets), U000031 (Congressional Bio), 15446 (ICPSR), 26906 (Vote Smart), H6MI04113 (FEC)