Rep. Jim Matheson

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 03/21/1960 Birthplace: Salt Lake City, UT District: represents UT-02 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Mormon Education: MBA, University of California Los Angeles, 1987 BA, Government, Harvard University, 1982. Last elected in 2006 receiving 133,231 (59.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $1,017,516 (#161) Spent 25% (#589) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 19% (#531) From PACs 78% (#11) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 22 (#272) Total cost $19,886,000 (#356) Received 22 (#260) Total cost $18,454,000 (#329) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 16% left-wing (#205) Predictable 87% (#431) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 634 words (#405) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 734 (#344) Introduced 41 (#343) Debated 7 (#263) Enacted 0 (#469) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) NAACP 85% (6/7 votes) AFL-CIO 76% (10/13 votes) National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 28% (4/14 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 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 Surekha Joshi $10,800 from August 26, 2004 to September 30, 2007 2 Ashok Joshi $10,244 from March 23, 2004 to September 30, 2007 3 Thomas Naratil $8,400 from February 23, 2004 to June 30, 2007 4 Jonathan Coon $8,400 from August 10, 2004 to September 30, 2007 5 Scott Browning $8,400 from March 29, 2004 to June 30, 2007 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 $206,795 2 Contacts $37,200 3 Ceramatec $29,794 4 Tosh $24,600 5 University Of Utah $18,690 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 E. Cox Iii, Jd - American Medical Association $5,000 2 Ms. Anita Eoloff - Wells Fargo & Company $5,000 3 Mr. Dirksen Lehman - Edwards Lifesciences Corporation $5,000 4 Ms. Yoshie Davison - American Psychiatric Association $5,000 5 Lynn Palmer - International Council Of Shopping Centers $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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