Rep. Joseph Heath Shuler

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Heath" Birthdate: b. 12/31/1971 Birthplace: Swain County, NC District: represents NC-11 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Baptist Education: BA, Psychology, University of Tennessee. Last elected in 2006 receiving 124,972 (54.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Project Vote Smart.

Money Raised $971,597 (#173) Spent 29% (#575) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 43% (#362) From PACs 57% (#136) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 31 (#176) Total cost $30,063,200 (#298) Received 31 (#165) Total cost $30,775,200 (#246) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 11% left-wing (#197) Predictable 88% (#406) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 453 words (#505) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 263 (#499) Introduced 11 (#506) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement International Brotherhood of Teamsters 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) Public Citizen 100% (8/8 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) AFL-CIO 81% (9/11 votes) American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 66% (4/6 votes) National Retail Federation 40% (2/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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 Avis Phillips $13,000 from September 29, 2005 to June 28, 2007 2 W.T. Phillips Sr. $12,700 from September 6, 2005 to June 28, 2007 3 Bradford G Stanback $8,800 from March 17, 2006 to October 30, 2007 4 Wallace Hyde $7,900 from June 30, 2006 to April 16, 2008 5 Fred Stanback $7,200 from March 15, 2006 to September 10, 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 Self $207,759 2 Retired $126,495 3 Na $75,925 4 Homemaker $37,468 5 Phillips Jordan $35,500 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 Government Affairs Department - Air Line Pilots Association $5,000 2 Mr. Hasan R. Solomon - International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $5,000 3 Mr. Raymond Bracy - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc $5,000 4 Meghan O'Reilly - American Health Care Association $5,000 5 Mr. Charles M. Loveless - American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees $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.

Developers: Get this page in N3, XML, or JSON.

Also known as: 412225 (GovTrack), N00027655 (OpenSecrets), S001171 (Congressional Bio), 20737 (ICPSR), 57781 (Vote Smart), H6NC11172 (FEC)