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Gene Taylor

Headshot b. 1953-09-17 , New Orleans, LA
represents MS-04
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: Graduate Studies, Business/Economics, University of Southern Mississippi, 1978-1980 BS, Political Science/History, Tulane University, 1974.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 110,996 (80.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $239,039 (#494)
Spent 88% (#122)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 19% (#506)
From PACs 76% (#16)

Earmarks

Requested 20 (#303)
Total cost $49,926,000 (#214)
Received 19 (#309)
Total cost $53,024,000 (#160)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 955 (#274)
Introduced 26 (#391)
Debated 9 (#203)
Enacted 4 (#160)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 977 words (#194)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 20% left-wing (#265)
Predictable 85% (#493)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 100% (7/7 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
NAACP 71% (5/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 69% (9/13 votes)
American Nurses Association 60% (3/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
National Retail Federation 40% (2/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 28% (4/14 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: 400399 (GovTrack), N00003350 (OpenSecrets), T000074 (Congressional Bio), 15637 (ICPSR), 26932 (Vote Smart), H8MS05047 (FEC)