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Mel Martinez

Headshot known as "Mel"
b. 1946-10-23 , Sagua La Grande, Cuba
represents FL
Republican,
Official website

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.

Money

Raised $1,618,027 (#80)
Spent 41% (#417)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 82% (#24)
From PACs 15% (#491)

Earmarks

Requested 120 (#42)
Total cost $992,122,300 (#8)
Received 100 (#47)
Total cost $448,192,400 (#16)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 281 (#477)
Introduced 46 (#312)
Debated 8 (#223)
Enacted 1 (#333)

Speeches

Spoke 11 times (#119)
Avg. length 1,113 words (#153)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 41% right-wing (#176)
Predictable 87% (#461)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 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 Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400621 (GovTrack), N00026748 (OpenSecrets), M001162 (Congressional Bio), 40501 (ICPSR), 31193 (Vote Smart), S4FL00298 (FEC)