John P. Sarbanes

represents MD-03
Democrat,
Official website

Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1988 Attended, Law/Politics, Fulbright Scholarship, Greece, 1985 Degree, Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1984.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 150,142 (64.0%) votes.

Money

Raised	$849,780	^(#214)
Spent	56%	^(#318)
From self	0%	^(#26)
From individuals	87%	^(#13)
From PACs	12%	^(#499)

Earmarks

Data for fiscal year 2008
Requested	33	^(#160)
Total cost	$105,350,000	^(#136)
Received	29	^(#179)
Total cost	$44,064,900	^(#189)

Bills

Co-sponsored	219	^(#501)
Introduced	13	^(#475)
Debated	5	^(#307)
Enacted	1	^(#333)

Speeches

Data for 110th Congress
Spoke	6 times		^(#218)
Avg. length	589 words		^(#431)

Voting Analysis

Unpredictable equals maverick
Ideology	46% left-wing		^(#415)
Predictable	98%		^(#8)

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
NAACP	100% (7/7 votes)
American Nurses Association	100% (5/5 votes)
AFL-CIO	100% (11/11 votes)
National Association of Realtors	100% (8/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People	100% (6/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters	100% (5/5 votes)
Public Citizen	87% (7/8 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association	83% (5/6 votes)
National Association of Home Builders	66% (4/6 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 Project Vote Smart. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 412212 (GovTrack), N00027751 (OpenSecrets), S001168 (Congressional Bio), 20724 (ICPSR), 66575 (Vote Smart), H6MD03292 (FEC)