Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

b. 1952-07-15 , Havana, Cuba
represents FL-18
Republican, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: PhD, Higher Education, University of Miami, 2004 MS, Educational Leadership, Florida International University, 1986 BA, Education, Florida International University, 1975 AA, Miami-Dade Community College, 1972.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 79,631 (62.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$880,963	^(#200)
Spent	49%	^(#374)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	69%	^(#78)
From PACs	23%	^(#443)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	16	^(#372)
Total cost	$23,964,500	^(#333)
Received	14	^(#387)
Total cost	$23,279,000	^(#297)

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,442	^(#152)
Introduced	75	^(#208)
Debated	22	^(#84)
Enacted	7	^(#88)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	12 times		^(#111)
Avg. length	940 words		^(#208)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	39% right-wing		^(#185)
Predictable	86%		^(#476)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
National Association of Realtors	100% (8/8 votes)
National Retail Federation	80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders	71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen	70% (7/10 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association	66% (4/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	57% (8/14 votes)
NAACP	57% (4/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters	42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union	40% (2/5 votes)
AFL-CIO	38% (5/13 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	33% (2/6 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce	33% (2/6 votes)
American Nurses Association	20% (1/5 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: 400344 (GovTrack), N00002858 (OpenSecrets), R000435 (Congressional Bio), 15634 (ICPSR), 26815 (Vote Smart), H0FL18025 (FEC)