Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/22/1943 Birthplace: Galveston, TX District: represents TX Political Party: Republican Religion: Episcopalian Education: JD, University of Texas School of Law, 1967 BA, University of Texas, 1962. Last elected in 2006 receiving 2,661,789 (62.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,714,469 (#74) Spent 30% (#571) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 63% (#137) From PACs 5% (#537) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 172 (#21) Total cost $858,086,000 (#17) Received 160 (#19) Total cost $619,341,500 (#3) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 36% right-wing (#169) Predictable 90% (#371) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 18 times (#55) Avg. length 955 words (#203) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 985 (#275) Introduced 251 (#34) Debated 54 (#31) Enacted 18 (#20) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 40% (2/5 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 University Of Houston $250 $2400000 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 Richard Wallrath $7,450 from August 8, 2005 to November 30, 2007 2 Robert Hewitt $7,300 from January 24, 2006 to December 13, 2007 3 Jerrol Springer $6,650 from March 7, 2006 to January 25, 2008 4 James Muns $6,600 from October 28, 2005 to December 13, 2007 5 Erie Nye $6,500 from March 1, 2006 to September 30, 2007 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 $795,304 2 Vinson Elkins $31,000 3 Vinson Elkins Llp $21,500 4 Mary Kay $17,100 5 Investor $13,500 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 Becca Gould - Dell, Inc. $25,000 2 Ms. Amy C. Hawkins - Bnsf Railway Company (Fka Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway) $5,000 3 Mr. Kenneth E. Auer - Farm Credit Council $5,000 4 Mr. Louis Dupart - The Normandy Group, Llc $5,000 5 Ms. Mary Piccione - National Business Aviation Association, Inc. $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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Also known as: 300054 (GovTrack), N00005675 (OpenSecrets), H001016 (Congressional Bio), 49306 (ICPSR), 53349 (Vote Smart), S4TX00086 (FEC)