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John A. Culberson

Headshot b. 1956-08-24 , Houston, TX
represents TX-07
Republican, Methodist
Official website

Education: JD, South Texas College of Law, 1989 BA, History, Southern Methodist University, 1981.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 99,318 (59.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $589,053 (#335)
Spent 60% (#286)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 66% (#102)
From PACs 32% (#370)

Earmarks

Requested 21 (#283)
Total cost $55,634,677 (#205)
Received 19 (#309)
Total cost $41,154,000 (#197)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 536 (#393)
Introduced 25 (#396)
Debated 1 (#472)
Enacted 0 (#435)

Speeches

Spoke 0 times (#504)
Avg. length 0 words (#504)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 63% right-wing (#58)
Predictable 89% (#419)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 28% (2/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 28% (2/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 25% (2/8 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
NAACP 14% (1/7 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: 400089 (GovTrack), N00009738 (OpenSecrets), C001048 (Congressional Bio), 20139 (ICPSR), 5488 (Vote Smart), H0TX07055 (FEC)