Rep. Mark Edward Souder

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/18/1950 Birthplace: Fort Wayne, IN District: represents IN-03 Political Party: Republican Religion: Evangelical Education: MBA, University Notre Dame, 1974 BS, Business Administration, Indiana University at Fort Wayne, 1972. Last elected in 2006 receiving 95,421 (54.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $458,630 (#417) Spent 37% (#530) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 49% (#291) From PACs 51% (#192) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 18 (#343) Total cost $16,219,100 (#388) Received 17 (#341) Total cost $17,677,700 (#338) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 50% right-wing (#108) Predictable 87% (#432) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 1,843 words (#45) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,160 (#62) Introduced 58 (#279) Debated 16 (#126) Enacted 4 (#177) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes) NAACP 57% (4/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 50% (4/8 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) Public Citizen 40% (4/10 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes) AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 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 Donald Mcardle $12,400 from May 21, 2001 to June 26, 2007 2 E. Mark Deister $12,300 from September 1, 2001 to August 17, 2007 3 Rhonda Hanning $12,040 from August 21, 2001 to March 30, 2007 4 John Crawford $9,300 from September 1, 2001 to December 12, 2007 5 Dean Kruse $9,000 from March 22, 2002 to November 9, 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 $87,950 2 Retired $61,350 3 Autocollision Services $31,900 4 Bills Bistro $14,140 5 Deister Machine $12,600 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 Brooke Frankenfield - Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc $5,000 2 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $4,000 3 William A. Daoulas - Amgeneral Llc $3,000 4 Mr. William A. Syers - Itt Corporation (Formerly Itt Industries) $2,500 5 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $2,500 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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