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Rep. John Tanner

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Birthdate: b. 09/22/1944
Birthplace: Halls, TN
District: represents TN-08
Political Party: Democratic
Religion: Disciples of Christ
Education: JD, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1968
BS, Business Administration, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 1966.
Last elected in 2006 receiving 129,610 (73.0%) votes.
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Money
| Raised |
$867,515 |
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(#214) |
| Spent |
50% |
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(#434) |
| From self |
0% |
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(#34) |
| From individuals |
11% |
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(#553) |
| From PACs |
84% |
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(#5) |
| PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle. |
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Earmarks
| Requested |
10 |
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(#458) |
| Total cost |
$8,895,000 |
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(#449) |
| Received |
8 |
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(#470) |
| Total cost |
$5,022,000 |
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(#479) |
| Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense. |
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Voting Analysis
| Ideology |
23% left-wing |
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(#225) |
| Predictable |
91% |
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(#331) |
| Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. |
Speeches
| Spoke |
3 times |
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(#357) |
| Avg. length |
611 words |
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(#421) |
| Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack. |
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Bills
| Co-sponsored |
824 |
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(#318) |
| Introduced |
36 |
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(#365) |
| Debated |
3 |
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(#400) |
| Enacted |
1 |
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(#358) |
| Data from GovTrack. |
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Interest Group Alignment
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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 J. E. Boland |
$6,300 |
from April 15, 2005 to April 18, 2007 |
| 2 Jay Mr. Grinney |
$4,000 |
on October 10, 2007 |
| 3 Robert Leonard |
$3,500 |
from June 23, 2005 to February 13, 2007 |
| 4 John Orourke |
$3,500 |
from October 31, 2006 to July 6, 2007 |
| 5 Mr. Robert J. Leonard |
$3,000 |
from November 14, 2001 to March 25, 2003 |
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More contributors → |
| Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles. |
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Top Contributor Employers
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Top Lobby Contributors
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| Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets. |
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