Sen. John Forbes Kerry

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 12/11/1943 Birthplace: Aurora, CO District: represents MA Political Party: Democrat Religion: Roman Catholic Education: JD, Boston College Law School, 1976 BA, Political Science, Yale University, 1966. Last elected in 2002 receiving 1,605,976 (80.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  business (193) percent (160) businesses (136) home (116) help (111)

Money Raised $14,794,478 (#3) Spent 38% (#512) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 12% (#551) From PACs 4% (#542) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 145 (#29) Total cost $579,487,000 (#40) Received 138 (#27) Total cost $332,645,200 (#38) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis No information available. Speeches Spoke 24 times (#33) Avg. length 1,802 words (#47) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,044 (#70) Introduced 364 (#15) Debated 61 (#22) Enacted 8 (#84) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
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 James C Mr. Goodale $52,000 from July 23, 2003 to July 20, 2004 2 Peter Langerman $50,000 from June 30, 2004 to August 6, 2004 3 Michael W Harahan $50,000 from June 18, 2004 to June 19, 2004 4 Patricia Filopoulos $50,000 from August 3, 2004 to August 6, 2004 5 Scott M Mr. Whitley $50,000 on August 6, 2004 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 $29,424,500 2 Retired $947,449 3 Microsoft $382,047 4 Morgan Stanley $258,329 5 Goldman Sachs $229,250 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. Douglas Huynh - Society Of Interventional Radiology $5,000 2 Mr. Charles Baker Iii - Dla Piper Us Llp $5,000 3 Christian Shalgian - American College Of Surgeons Professional Association $5,000 4 Robert L. Dibblee - Nareit $5,000 5 Mr. Thomas Boyd - Dla Piper Us Llp $5,000 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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