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James M. Ramstad

Headshot known as "Jim"
b. 1946-05-06 , Jamestown, ND
represents MN-03
Republican, Protestant
Official website

Education: JD, Honors, George Washington University, 1973 BA, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Minnesota, 1968.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 184,333 (65.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $529,107 (#365)
Spent 86% (#136)
From self 0% (#7)
From individuals 54% (#226)
From PACs 41% (#286)

Earmarks

Requested 13 (#414)
Total cost $13,171,771 (#408)
Received 13 (#404)
Total cost $12,472,300 (#393)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,682 (#112)
Introduced 141 (#92)
Debated 9 (#203)
Enacted 4 (#160)

Speeches

Spoke 1 times (#468)
Avg. length 568 words (#446)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 43% right-wing (#165)
Predictable 76% (#518)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
Mortgage Bankers Association 100% (6/6 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 100% (7/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 53% (7/13 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 35% (5/14 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 33% (2/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 28% (2/7 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: 400332 (GovTrack), N00004484 (OpenSecrets), R000033 (Congressional Bio), 29126 (ICPSR), 26921 (Vote Smart), H0MN00013 (FEC)