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Jo Ann H. Emerson

Headshot b. 1950-09-16 , Bethesda, MD
represents MO-08
Republican, Presbyterian
Official website

Education: BA, Political Science, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1972.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 156,164 (72.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $644,189 (#312)
Spent 61% (#275)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 45% (#315)
From PACs 51% (#170)

Earmarks

Requested 54 (#106)
Total cost $136,284,806 (#119)
Received 51 (#106)
Total cost $74,762,700 (#133)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,467 (#149)
Introduced 74 (#213)
Debated 7 (#248)
Enacted 5 (#125)

Speeches

Spoke 5 times (#256)
Avg. length 667 words (#376)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 30% right-wing (#219)
Predictable 91% (#354)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 66% (4/6 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes)
NAACP 57% (4/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 46% (6/13 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 35% (5/14 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 20% (1/5 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: 400121 (GovTrack), N00005090 (OpenSecrets), E000172 (Congressional Bio), 29736 (ICPSR), 903 (Vote Smart), H6MO08084 (FEC)