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John Linder

Headshot b. 1942-09-09 , Deer River, MN
represents GA-07
Republican, Presbyterian
Official website

Education: DDS, University of Minnesota, 1967 BS, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1964.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 130,561 (71.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $337,960 (#454)
Spent 53% (#333)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 59% (#170)
From PACs 28% (#410)

Earmarks

Requested 5 (#488)
Total cost $2,041,000 (#498)
Received 5 (#488)
Total cost $2,255,000 (#498)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 925 (#280)
Introduced 32 (#369)
Debated 4 (#343)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 3 times (#351)
Avg. length 636 words (#398)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 74% right-wing (#28)
Predictable 93% (#260)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 78% (11/14 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 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)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
NAACP 14% (1/7 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: 400242 (GovTrack), N00002599 (OpenSecrets), L000321 (Congressional Bio), 29341 (ICPSR), 26825 (Vote Smart), H0GA04023 (FEC)