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Joe Sestak

Headshot represents PA-07
Democrat,
Official website

Education: PhD, Political Economy and Government, Harvard University MPA, Harvard University United States Naval Academy.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 147,898 (56.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $2,428,101 (#46)
Spent 15% (#535)
From self 0% (#15)
From individuals 69% (#81)
From PACs 28% (#409)

Earmarks

Requested 29 (#189)
Total cost $34,791,000 (#280)
Received 29 (#179)
Total cost $32,022,400 (#237)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 394 (#440)
Introduced 17 (#445)
Debated 3 (#381)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 5 times (#256)
Avg. length 737 words (#319)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 28% left-wing (#297)
Predictable 95% (#188)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (11/11 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 80% (4/5 votes)
Public Citizen 75% (6/8 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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 Project Vote Smart. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 412232 (GovTrack), N00028049 (OpenSecrets), S001169 (Congressional Bio), 20744 (ICPSR), 58333 (Vote Smart), H6PA07105 (FEC)