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Louis B. Gohmert

Headshot known as "Louie"
b. 1953-08-18
represents TX-01
Republican, Unknown
Official website

Education: JD, Baylor School of Law BS, Texas A&M University.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 104,099 (68.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $504,833 (#376)
Spent 88% (#123)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 83% (#20)
From PACs 16% (#487)

Earmarks

Requested 13 (#414)
Total cost $6,969,600 (#467)
Received 13 (#404)
Total cost $6,656,700 (#463)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 370 (#448)
Introduced 31 (#374)
Debated 3 (#381)
Enacted 0 (#435)

Speeches

Spoke 12 times (#111)
Avg. length 619 words (#409)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 61% right-wing (#76)
Predictable 91% (#339)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes)
NAACP 28% (2/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 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: 400651 (GovTrack), N00026148 (OpenSecrets), G000552 (Congressional Bio), 20527 (ICPSR), 50029 (Vote Smart), H4TX04039 (FEC)