Sen. Jim W. DeMint

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 09/02/1951 Birthplace: Greenville, SC District: represents SC Political Party: Republican Religion: Presbyterian Education: MBA, Clemson University, 1981 BS, Communications, University of Tennessee, 1973. Last elected in 2004 receiving 154,644 (59.0%) votes. Official website

Money Raised $1,340,470 (#111) Spent 37% (#529) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 74% (#63) From PACs 20% (#488) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks No information available.
Voting Analysis Ideology 83% right-wing (#12) Predictable 94% (#232) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 15 times (#80) Avg. length 1,726 words (#54) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 669 (#364) Introduced 176 (#65) Debated 16 (#126) Enacted 2 (#283) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 80% (4/5 votes) More interest groups → 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 Joe E. Jr. Taylor $25,000 on September 22, 2004 2 Jane F Hipp $21,600 from January 21, 2003 to December 5, 2007 3 Carolyn G Edens $20,600 from April 14, 2004 to June 26, 2007 4 Jacquelyn A Phelon $18,300 from March 25, 2004 to June 29, 2007 5 John Sr Rainey $18,099 from March 31, 2003 to June 29, 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 Retired $964,453 2 Self $763,637 3 Homemaker $443,389 4 Housewife $84,033 5 Cancer Center Of Carolinas $46,650 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. Frank J. Mckeown - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 2 Mr. Frank J. Mckeown - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 3 Mr. Raymond Bracy - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc $5,000 4 Brooke Frankenfield - Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc $5,000 5 Mr. Frank J Mckeown Dmd - Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc $5,000 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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