Sen. Jeff Bingaman

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 10/03/1943 Birthplace: El Paso, TX District: represents NM Political Party: Democratic Religion: Methodist Education: JD, Stanford Law School, 1968 BA, Government, Harvard University, 1965. Last elected in 2006 receiving 394,365 (71.0%) votes. Official website

Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Project Vote Smart.

Money

Raised	$193,512		^(#524)
Spent	250%		^(#47)
From self	0%		^(#34)
From individuals	59%		^(#191)
From PACs	10%		^(#525)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested	189		^(#17)
Total cost	$839,327,500		^(#19)
Received	168		^(#17)
Total cost	$366,558,190		^(#32)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology	36% left-wing		^(#286)
Predictable	94%		^(#230)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke	20 times		^(#44)
Avg. length	1,048 words		^(#174)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,715		^(#112)
Introduced	432		^(#7)
Debated	95		^(#7)
Enacted	20		^(#15)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	20% (1/5 votes)
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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 George Coleman	$10,500	from December 8, 2005 to June 26, 2007
2 Brian Jr Egolf	$6,500	from November 21, 2005 to March 30, 2006
3 Gerald Iii Peters	$5,000	on December 31, 2005
4 George Ramonas	$5,000	from May 26, 2006 to February 7, 2008
5 Garrett Thornburg	$5,000	on December 2, 2005
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	$236,457
2 Retired	$52,010
3 Coleman Oil Gas	$10,000
4 Forest City Ent	$9,750
5 Intrepid Mining	$9,300
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 Mr. George A Ramonas - The Advocacy Group	$3,000
2 Louise Hilsen - Nestle Usa	$1,000
3 Ms. Rebecca Wodder - American Rivers	$195
4 Ms. Rebecca Wodder - American Rivers	$75
5 Ms. Rebecca Wodder - American Rivers	$26
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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