Sen. Melquiades Rafael Martinez

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Mel" Birthdate: b. 10/23/1946 Birthplace: Sagua La Grande, Cuba District: represents FL Political Party: Republican Religion: Catholic Education: JD, Florida State University,1973 BA, International Affairs, Florida State University,1969 AA, Orlando Junior College, 1967. Last elected in 2004 receiving 3,672,864 (49.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  florida (109) home (74) country (72) housing (68) help (61)

Money Raised $1,618,027 (#81) Spent 42% (#491) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 83% (#28) From PACs 15% (#511) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 120 (#40) Total cost $992,122,300 (#8) Received 100 (#46) Total cost $448,192,400 (#16) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 41% right-wing (#145) Predictable 88% (#411) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 11 times (#121) Avg. length 1,113 words (#153) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 288 (#492) Introduced 49 (#313) Debated 10 (#206) 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 Florida State University $500 $2800000 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 Douglas J. Von Allmen $37,000 on October 15, 2004 2 Masoud Shojaee $30,000 on October 15, 2004 3 Sergio Pino $26,000 from October 15, 2004 to October 29, 2004 4 Raul Jr. Alarcon $25,000 on October 15, 2004 5 Manuel C. Diaz $25,000 on October 27, 2004 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 $1,372,680 2 Akerman Senterfitt $71,700 3 Pediatrix Medical Group $60,000 4 Villages $44,950 5 Fidelity National Financial $42,100 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. Victor W. Tkacs - Verizon & Its Affiliates, Except Verizon Wireless $20,000 2 Mr. Vincent D. Randazzo - Wachovia Corporation $5,000 3 Mr. John E. Collingwood - Bank Of America, N.A. $5,000 4 Mr. James H. Hancock, Jr. - Balch & Bingham Llp $5,000 5 Mr. Michael J. Davis Ii - Balch & Bingham Llp $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: 400621 (GovTrack), N00026748 (OpenSecrets), M001162 (Congressional Bio), 40501 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S4FL00298 (FEC)