Rep. John R. Carter

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 11/06/1941 Birthplace: Houston, TX District: represents TX-31 Political Party: Republican Religion: Christian 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. Official website
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Money Raised $597,580 (#343) Spent 90% (#177) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 63% (#144) From PACs 37% (#338) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 29 (#190) Total cost $126,427,865 (#125) Received 29 (#179) Total cost $125,411,200 (#92) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 59% right-wing (#73) Predictable 90% (#355) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 867 words (#244) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 563 (#399) Introduced 22 (#434) Debated 4 (#360) Enacted 3 (#220) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 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 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) AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 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 Bonnie Sells $11,700 from March 14, 2002 to March 24, 2008 2 H. Gary Heavin $8,000 from March 8, 2004 to March 30, 2005 3 Felix Covington $7,700 from September 19, 2002 to March 14, 2007 4 Joyce Covington $7,300 from September 19, 2002 to March 14, 2008 5 Ned Holmes $7,000 from February 19, 2003 to February 15, 2005 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 $410,527 2 Retired $106,497 3 Homemaker $92,105 4 Curves International $20,300 5 First State Bank Central Texas $11,050 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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