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Jo Bonner

Headshot known as "Jo"
b. 1959-11-19 , Selma, AL
represents AL-01
Republican, Episcopalian
Official website

Education: BA, Journalism, University of Alabama, 1982.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 112,944 (68.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $558,780 (#347)
Spent 74% (#198)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 53% (#233)
From PACs 44% (#244)

Earmarks

Requested 18 (#342)
Total cost $31,645,000 (#290)
Received 17 (#340)
Total cost $20,819,500 (#317)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 420 (#434)
Introduced 36 (#351)
Debated 0 (#513)
Enacted 0 (#435)

Speeches

Spoke 2 times (#400)
Avg. length 731 words (#324)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 49% right-wing (#130)
Predictable 92% (#305)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes)
National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 votes)
NAACP 28% (2/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 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: 400038 (GovTrack), N00025330 (OpenSecrets), B001244 (Congressional Bio), 20300 (ICPSR), 27522 (Vote Smart), H2AL01077 (FEC)