Rep. John Barrow

Share this page	District: represents GA-12 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Baptist Education: JD, Harvard Law School BS, Political Science/History, University of Georgia. Last elected in 2006 receiving 71,651 (50.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,388,871 (#102) Spent 22% (#597) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 41% (#383) From PACs 55% (#150) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 23 (#263) Total cost $21,646,000 (#346) Received 23 (#250) Total cost $21,971,000 (#309) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 8% left-wing (#196) Predictable 82% (#453) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 481 words (#499) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 438 (#443) Introduced 24 (#418) Debated 1 (#493) Enacted 0 (#469) 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) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) NAACP 85% (6/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes) AFL-CIO 76% (10/13 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 33% (2/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 21% (3/14 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 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 University Of Georgia $250 $368000 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 Frank Jr. Coggins $14,600 from March 31, 2003 to May 14, 2008 2 Sidney R Washington $12,900 from February 4, 2003 to August 29, 2007 3 Kenneth S Nugent $12,700 from September 25, 2003 to March 28, 2007 4 Bill Berry $12,000 from February 4, 2003 to February 23, 2005 5 Mike Mills $12,000 from March 6, 2003 to March 2, 2005 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 $433,485 2 Retired $149,150 3 Homemaker $135,100 4 University Of Georgia $40,209 5 South Texas Oncology And Hematolog $25,000 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. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 2 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 3 Nick Kirkhorn - Honeywell International $5,000 4 Mr. Frederick P. Mcluckie - International Brotherhood Of Teamsters $5,000 5 Ms. Crystal Childs - American Hospital Assn $4,875 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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