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John R. Lewis

Headshot b. 1940-02-21 , Troy, AL
represents GA-05
Democrat, Baptist
Official website

Education: BA, Religion, Philosophy, Fisk University, 1963 BA, Theology, American Baptist Theological Seminary, 1961.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 0 (0.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $551,263 (#352)
Spent 47% (#382)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 19% (#503)
From PACs 74% (#23)

Earmarks

Requested 25 (#233)
Total cost $13,146,000 (#409)
Received 25 (#226)
Total cost $15,652,500 (#362)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,838 (#18)
Introduced 88 (#180)
Debated 10 (#190)
Enacted 5 (#125)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 593 words (#428)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 68% left-wing (#504)
Predictable 97% (#72)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes)
NAACP 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 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: 400240 (GovTrack), N00002577 (OpenSecrets), L000287 (Congressional Bio), 15431 (ICPSR), 26820 (Vote Smart), H6GA05217 (FEC)