Howard Coble

known as "Howard"
b. 1931-03-18 , Greensboro, NC
represents NC-06
Republican, Presbyterian
Official website

Education: JD, University of North Carolina School of Law-Chapel Hill, 1962 AB, History, Guilford College, 1958 Attended, Appalachian State University, 1949-1950.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 108,433 (71.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$370,249	^(#438)
Spent	100%	^(#72)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	22%	^(#495)
From PACs	59%	^(#110)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	16	^(#372)
Total cost	$17,845,000	^(#375)
Received	16	^(#364)
Total cost	$17,437,500	^(#340)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,076	^(#236)
Introduced	242	^(#36)
Debated	44	^(#38)
Enacted	11	^(#47)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	3 times		^(#351)
Avg. length	589 words		^(#431)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	70% right-wing		^(#41)
Predictable	91%		^(#346)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
Public Citizen	90% (9/10 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	78% (11/14 votes)
National Association of Home Builders	71% (5/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association	66% (4/6 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce	66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation	60% (3/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters	57% (4/7 votes)
American Nurses Association	40% (2/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors	37% (3/8 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union	20% (1/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	16% (1/6 votes)
AFL-CIO	15% (2/13 votes)
NAACP	14% (1/7 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: 400076 (GovTrack), N00002247 (OpenSecrets), C000556 (Congressional Bio), 15092 (ICPSR), 27001 (Vote Smart), H4NC06011 (FEC)