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John D. Dingell

Headshot b. 1926-07-08 , Colorado Springs, CO
represents MI-15
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, Georgetown University Law School, 1952 BS, Chemistry, Georgetown University, 1949.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 181,946 (88.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $1,712,964 (#74)
Spent 51% (#352)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 26% (#474)
From PACs 71% (#31)

Earmarks

Requested 37 (#146)
Total cost $68,051,100 (#180)
Received 36 (#146)
Total cost $33,039,100 (#234)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,172 (#215)
Introduced 148 (#86)
Debated 23 (#77)
Enacted 8 (#75)

Speeches

Spoke 9 times (#153)
Avg. length 913 words (#222)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 43% left-wing (#393)
Predictable 94% (#220)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 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 Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400110 (GovTrack), N00001783 (OpenSecrets), D000355 (Congressional Bio), 2605 (ICPSR), 26917 (Vote Smart), H6MI16034 (FEC)