Sen. Herbert H. Kohl

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Herb" Birthdate: b. 02/07/1935 Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI District: represents WI Political Party: Democratic Religion: Jewish Education: MBA, Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, 1958 BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1956. Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,439,214 (67.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  care (102) health (67) help (58) price (53) programs (50)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $84,596 (#558) Spent 183% (#60) From self 47% (#5) From individuals 0% (#575) From PACs 0% (#565) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 134 (#32) Total cost $446,465,300 (#59) Received 125 (#31) Total cost $259,326,750 (#56) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 40% left-wing (#310) Predictable 95% (#227) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 15 times (#80) Avg. length 961 words (#201) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 801 (#324) Introduced 184 (#60) Debated 24 (#81) Enacted 2 (#283) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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 Michael J Teter $2,236 from August 2, 2005 to November 28, 2005 2 Ralph E Loewenberg $2,100 on October 3, 2006 3 Patricia Loewenberg $2,100 on October 3, 2006 4 Kevin A Kalnins $1,974 on December 14, 2005 5 H Fisk Johnson $1,500 from October 3, 2006 to May 23, 2008 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 Herb Kohl For Us Senate $4,210 2 Homemaker $2,600 3 Re Loewenberg Capital Management $2,100 4 Sc Johnson Son $1,500 5 Director $1,000 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 Rhonda Norsetter - University Of Wisconsin-Madison $2,625 2 Ms. Deborah Burke - U.S. Bancorp $2,000 3 Rhonda Norsetter - University Of Wisconsin-Madison $140 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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Also known as: 300061 (GovTrack), N00004309 (OpenSecrets), K000305 (Congressional Bio), 15703 (ICPSR), 53362 (Vote Smart), S6WI00061 (FEC)