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John R. Carter

Headshot b. 1941-11-06 , Houston, TX
represents TX-31
Republican, Christian
Official website

Education: JD, University of Texas School of Law, 1969 BA, History, Texas Technical University, 1965.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 90,869 (58.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $597,580 (#334)
Spent 89% (#116)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 62% (#134)
From PACs 36% (#327)

Earmarks

Requested 29 (#189)
Total cost $126,427,865 (#124)
Received 29 (#179)
Total cost $125,411,200 (#91)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 551 (#389)
Introduced 22 (#418)
Debated 4 (#343)
Enacted 3 (#202)

Speeches

Spoke 3 times (#351)
Avg. length 867 words (#243)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 58% right-wing (#84)
Predictable 90% (#388)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 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: 400068 (GovTrack), N00025095 (OpenSecrets), C001051 (Congressional Bio), 20356 (ICPSR), 49296 (Vote Smart), H2TX31044 (FEC)