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Jerry F. Costello

Headshot b. 1949-09-25 , East St. Louis, IL
represents IL-12
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: BA, Maryville College of the Sacred Heart, 1973 AA, Belleville Area College, 1971.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 0 (0.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $855,988 (#212)
Spent 57% (#307)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 40% (#366)
From PACs 49% (#194)

Earmarks

Requested 19 (#325)
Total cost $38,283,000 (#261)
Received 18 (#326)
Total cost $37,821,000 (#209)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,528 (#135)
Introduced 44 (#317)
Debated 11 (#176)
Enacted 8 (#75)

Speeches

Spoke 4 times (#300)
Avg. length 450 words (#496)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 42% left-wing (#382)
Predictable 93% (#259)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
Public Citizen 90% (9/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
American Nurses Association 60% (3/5 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 7% (1/14 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: 400082 (GovTrack), N00004956 (OpenSecrets), C000794 (Congressional Bio), 15453 (ICPSR), 26849 (Vote Smart), H8IL21021 (FEC)