Sen. Lamar Alexander

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/03/1940 Birthplace: Maryville, TN District: represents TN Political Party: Republican Religion: Presbyterian Education: JD, New York University Law School, 1965 BA, Latin American History, Vanderbilt University, 1962. Last elected in 2002 receiving 891,420 (54.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $3,982,716 (#26) Spent 34% (#546) From self 0% (#27) From individuals 73% (#64) From PACs 25% (#448) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks No information available.
Voting Analysis Ideology 38% right-wing (#160) Predictable 87% (#430) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 17 times (#65) Avg. length 2,903 words (#11) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 360 (#468) Introduced 48 (#318) Debated 11 (#188) Enacted 3 (#220) 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 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
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. Lester Jr. Crain $10,000 on October 11, 2007 2 Charles D. Mcvean $10,000 from October 11, 2007 to November 13, 2007 3 James E. Jr. Mcgehee $10,000 on October 11, 2007 4 Michael E. Heisley $10,000 on October 17, 2007 5 Albert Mccall $6,900 from March 7, 2007 to January 28, 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 $255,150 2 Homemaker $172,550 3 Retired $89,183 4 Hca $18,450 5 Morgan Keegan Co $17,400 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 Ms. Cleta Mitchell - Foley & Lardner Llp $5,000 2 Ms. Kristen Ludecke - Public Service Enterprise Group $5,000 3 Ms. Jeanette Pablo - Pnm Resources $5,000 4 Ms. Kelly Chapman - Dominion $5,000 5 Mr. Parker Sherrill - Public Policy Management Group $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: 300002 (GovTrack), N00009888 (OpenSecrets), A000360 (Congressional Bio), 40304 (ICPSR), 15691 (Vote Smart), S2TN00058 (FEC)