Sen. Lindsey O. Graham

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/09/1955 Birthplace: Seneca, SC District: represents SC Political Party: Republican Religion: Southern Baptist Education: JD, University of South Carolina Law School, 1981 Attended, Public Administration Masters Degree Program, 1977-1978 BA, University of South Carolina, Columbia, 1977. Last elected in 2002 receiving 600,010 (54.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $3,751,461 (#28) Spent 47% (#456) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 60% (#173) From PACs 26% (#445) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 71 (#79) Total cost $292,213,500 (#73) Received 64 (#84) Total cost $126,087,000 (#91) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 50% right-wing (#113) Predictable 87% (#424) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 8 times (#175) Avg. length 2,365 words (#20) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,195 (#217) Introduced 103 (#151) 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 U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 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 Intelligent Automation $1,000 $2400000 2008 Clemson University $1,000 $1600000 2008 Charleston Marine Containers $500 $1200000 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 John Rainey $29,200 from December 18, 2007 to February 3, 2008 2 W J Durham $13,000 from March 31, 2005 to March 26, 2007 3 Robert D Lindsay $12,600 on December 8, 2006 4 Wallace Lightsey $11,900 from September 8, 2003 to March 26, 2007 5 Tyson Creamer $11,400 from August 14, 2006 to December 8, 2006 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 $765,446 2 Retired $181,307 3 Nelson Mullins Et Al $109,281 4 Energy Solutions $48,700 5 Scana $47,030 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 Sarah E. Ransbottom - Hartford Financial Services Group $5,000 2 Nick Kirkhorn - Honeywell International $5,000 3 Ms. Barbara Benham - Huntington Bancshares Incorporated $5,000 4 Ms. Leah Summers - Mylan Inc. $5,000 5 Cynthia M. Stinger - Urs Corporation $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: 300047 (GovTrack), N00009975 (OpenSecrets), G000359 (Congressional Bio), 29566 (ICPSR), 21992 (Vote Smart), S0SC00149 (FEC)