Rep. Michael N. Castle

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/02/1939 Birthplace: Wilmington, DE District: represents DE-00 Political Party: Republican Religion: Catholic Education: LLB, Georgetown University, 1964 BS, Economics, Hamilton College, 1961. Last elected in 2006 receiving 143,897 (57.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  delaware (185) education (123) youth (110) school (101) club (96)
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Money Raised $875,112 (#208) Spent 59% (#372) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 46% (#330) From PACs 45% (#248) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 36 (#149) Total cost $82,136,720 (#157) Received 32 (#158) Total cost $35,406,420 (#222) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 29% right-wing (#180) Predictable 84% (#447) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 8 times (#175) Avg. length 964 words (#199) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 926 (#291) Introduced 225 (#43) Debated 38 (#47) Enacted 15 (#33) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 83% (5/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 75% (6/8 votes) NAACP 71% (5/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 66% (4/6 votes) AFL-CIO 61% (8/13 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 35% (5/14 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 33% (2/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 28% (2/7 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 University Of Delaware $1,500 $1600000 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 Timothy Houseal $69,044 from October 31, 2005 to March 31, 2007 2 H. David Lunger $13,500 from March 13, 2002 to January 23, 2008 3 Anthony Flynn $9,292 from December 31, 2005 to May 8, 2008 4 Louis Capano $8,800 from June 2, 2005 to March 24, 2007 5 Dominick Pulieri $8,800 from August 24, 2005 to June 21, 2007 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 $157,550 2 Young Conaway Stargatt Taylo $85,386 3 Mbna America $57,550 4 Ei Du Pont De Nemours $28,050 5 Grotto Pizza $17,300 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. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 2 Christopher J. Hanley - International Union Of Operating Engineers $5,000 3 Mr. Daniel J. Ekstein - J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. $4,581 4 Mr. Daniel J. Ekstein - J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. $4,581 5 Mr. Walter Price - Wachovia Corporation $3,000 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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