Rep. Judy Biggert

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 08/15/1937 Birthplace: Chicago, IL District: represents IL-13 Political Party: Republican Religion: Episcopalian Education: JD, Northwestern University School of Law, 1963 BA, International Relations, Stanford University, 1959. Last elected in 2006 receiving 119,720 (58.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $685,058 (#292) Spent 56% (#389) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 49% (#287) From PACs 50% (#200) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 20 (#304) Total cost $63,197,000 (#190) Received 17 (#341) Total cost $24,287,000 (#285) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 51% right-wing (#103) Predictable 83% (#451) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 14 times (#92) Avg. length 847 words (#258) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 821 (#319) Introduced 80 (#202) Debated 11 (#188) Enacted 2 (#283) 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) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 57% (8/14 votes) NAACP 57% (4/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) Public Citizen 40% (4/10 votes) American Nurses Association 40% (2/5 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 votes) AFL-CIO 23% (3/13 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Advanced Diamond Technologies $250 $1000000 2008
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 Kenneth Koranda $12,500 from February 27, 2001 to March 14, 2008 2 Rody Biggert $10,600 from June 14, 2004 to February 21, 2007 3 William G. Ryan $10,200 from May 9, 2001 to March 25, 2005 4 Fred Krehbiel $9,400 from March 2, 2001 to February 23, 2007 5 Jerry Nerad $9,100 from March 6, 2001 to March 12, 2008 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 $89,600 2 Seyfarth Shaw $15,850 3 Harris Trust And Savings Bank $14,700 4 Molex $13,900 5 Mid America Federal $12,500 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $5,000 2 David A. Morgan - American Express Company $5,000 3 Mr. Douglas P. Crew - Caterpillar Inc. $5,000 4 Mr. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $5,000 5 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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