Rep. Joseph A. Sestak

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Joe" Birthdate: b. 12/12/1951 Birthplace: Delaware County, PA District: represents PA-07 Political Party: Democratic Education: PhD, Political Economy, Government, Harvard University, 1984 Masters, Public Administration, Harvard University, 1980 BS, American Political Systems, United States Naval Academy, 1974. Last elected in 2006 receiving 147,898 (56.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $2,428,101 (#47) Spent 15% (#612) From self 0% (#23) From individuals 70% (#88) From PACs 28% (#425) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 29 (#190) Total cost $34,791,000 (#279) Received 29 (#179) Total cost $32,022,400 (#237) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 29% left-wing (#247) Predictable 96% (#179) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 737 words (#323) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 416 (#450) Introduced 19 (#446) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) 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) 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) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Silicon Power $500 $2000000 2008 Polymedix $250 $1600000 2008 Dragonfly Pictures $6,900 $800000 2008
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 Jason Flom $11,300 on July 10, 2006 2 Terry Meehan $10,000 from July 21, 2006 to March 28, 2007 3 Yardly R Jenkins $8,800 from March 22, 2006 to December 26, 2007 4 Scott M Jenkins $8,800 from March 22, 2006 to December 26, 2007 5 Daniel Berger $8,800 from March 21, 2006 to March 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 $496,140 2 Retired $47,900 3 University Of Pennsylvania $34,875 4 Blank Rome Llp $34,300 5 Drinker Biddle Reath Llp $15,900 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. Randall J. Moody - National Education Association $5,000 2 Karen Head - Amalgamated Transit Union $4,000 3 Karen Head - Amalgamated Transit Union $4,000 4 Karen Head - Amalgamated Transit Union $4,000 5 Mr. John Barnes - Raytheon Company $4,000 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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Also known as: 412232 (GovTrack), N00028049 (OpenSecrets), S001169 (Congressional Bio), 20744 (ICPSR), 58333 (Vote Smart), H6PA07105 (FEC)