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Jefferson B. Sessions

Headshot known as "Jeff"
b. 1946-12-24 , Hybart, AL
represents AL
Republican, Methodist
Official website

Education: JD, University of Alabama, 1973 BA, Huntingdon College, 1969.

Last elected in 2002 receiving 792,561 (59.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $4,004,237 (#23)
Spent 34% (#467)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 57% (#198)
From PACs 18% (#476)

Earmarks

Requested 0 (#1)
Total cost $0 (#1)
Received 0 (#1)
Total cost $0 (#1)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 743 (#326)
Introduced 84 (#186)
Debated 21 (#91)
Enacted 7 (#88)

Speeches

Spoke 23 times (#36)
Avg. length 2,005 words (#35)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 61% right-wing (#71)
Predictable 88% (#436)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 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: 300088 (GovTrack), N00003062 (OpenSecrets), S001141 (Congressional Bio), 49700 (ICPSR), 443 (Vote Smart), S6AL00195 (FEC)