Sen. Maria Cantwell

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 10/13/1958 Birthplace: Indianapolis, IN District: represents WA Political Party: Democrat Religion: Roman Catholic Education: BA, Public Policy, Miami University of Ohio, 1980. Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,184,659 (57.0%) votes. Official website

Money

Raised	$643,460		^(#321)
Spent	112%		^(#100)
From self	0%		^(#34)
From individuals	89%		^(#12)
From PACs	1%		^(#554)
PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.

Earmarks

Requested	204		^(#13)
Total cost	$1,074,553,000		^(#7)
Received	185		^(#12)
Total cost	$434,166,700		^(#17)
Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.

Voting Analysis

Ideology	42% left-wing		^(#324)
Predictable	96%		^(#189)
Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party.

Speeches

Spoke	5 times		^(#259)
Avg. length	910 words		^(#226)
Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.

Bills

Co-sponsored	1,022		^(#261)
Introduced	138		^(#99)
Debated	28		^(#71)
Enacted	3		^(#220)
Data from GovTrack.

Interest Group Alignment

Group	Agreement
Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce	40% (2/5 votes)
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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 Washington	$1,000		$3200000	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 Michael Skloff	$26,700	on December 1, 2005
2 Jim Brooks	$26,700	on December 19, 2005
3 Linden Amadon	$26,700	on September 27, 2005
4 Gregory Shaw	$26,700	on March 14, 2006
5 Diana M Simon	$26,700	on December 22, 2005
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	$1,581,740
2 Microsoft	$124,850
3 Baron Budd	$46,900
4 University Of Washington	$43,675
5 Second Avenue Partners	$42,900
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 Mr. Kenneth M. Vittor - The Mcgraw-Hill Companies	$25,000
2 Mrs. Sandra Burgess Miller - Denny Miller Associates	$1,250
3 Mrs. Sandra Burgess Miller - Denny Miller Associates	$1,000
4 Mr. Gregory J Wang - Ferguson Group	$1,000
5 Mr. Gregory J Wang - Ferguson Group	$1,000
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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