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James T. Walsh

Headshot known as "Jim"
b. 1947-06-19 , Syracuse, NY
represents NY-25
Republican, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: BA, History, Saint Bonaventure University, 1970.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 110,525 (51.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $785,479 (#237)
Spent 61% (#273)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 51% (#255)
From PACs 46% (#225)

Earmarks

Requested 61 (#95)
Total cost $76,902,716 (#168)
Received 60 (#92)
Total cost $76,131,500 (#126)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,683 (#111)
Introduced 53 (#287)
Debated 17 (#111)
Enacted 10 (#58)

Speeches

Spoke 1 times (#468)
Avg. length 877 words (#238)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 31% right-wing (#215)
Predictable 88% (#435)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
AFL-CIO 69% (9/13 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 50% (3/6 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 35% (5/14 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: 400420 (GovTrack), N00001261 (OpenSecrets), W000099 (Congressional Bio), 15630 (ICPSR), 26990 (Vote Smart), H8NY27036 (FEC)