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Jim Gerlach

Headshot b. 1955-02-25 , Ellwood City, PA
represents PA-06
Republican, Protestant
Official website

Education: JD, Dickinson School of Law, 1980 BA, Political Science, Dickinson College, 1977.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 121,047 (51.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $1,515,288 (#94)
Spent 53% (#332)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 47% (#300)
From PACs 49% (#200)

Earmarks

Requested 32 (#167)
Total cost $24,062,773 (#332)
Received 32 (#158)
Total cost $24,804,500 (#282)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 750 (#323)
Introduced 40 (#335)
Debated 8 (#223)
Enacted 4 (#160)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 998 words (#188)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 28% right-wing (#223)
Predictable 89% (#424)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association of Home Builders 100% (7/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes)
NAACP 71% (5/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 61% (8/13 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 50% (7/14 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 50% (3/6 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 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: 400147 (GovTrack), N00025025 (OpenSecrets), G000549 (Congressional Bio), 20345 (ICPSR), 5226 (Vote Smart), H2PA06114 (FEC)