Rep. Michele Bachmann

Share this page	District: represents MN-06 Political Party: Republican Education: JD, Coburn Law LLM, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary BA, Winona State University. Last elected in 2006 receiving 151,248 (50.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $1,539,273 (#91) Spent 37% (#519) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 66% (#113) From PACs 32% (#388) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 7 (#478) Total cost $4,369,000 (#490) Received 7 (#476) Total cost $3,787,600 (#491) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 70% right-wing (#36) Predictable 96% (#173) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 679 words (#365) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 184 (#525) Introduced 13 (#493) Debated 0 (#529) Enacted 0 (#469) 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 100% (6/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) Public Citizen 62% (5/8 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 40% (2/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes) National Association of Home Builders 33% (2/6 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes) NAACP 14% (1/7 votes) AFL-CIO 9% (1/11 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 Daniel Bunn $20,000 from June 14, 2006 to October 18, 2006 2 Thomas P. Jr. Lowe $10,000 on August 16, 2006 3 Thomas R. Griffin $10,000 on June 28, 2006 4 Robert P. Cummins $10,000 on June 16, 2006 5 Frank E. Jr. Vennes $10,000 on June 28, 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 $231,586 2 Retired $27,950 3 Hubbard Broadcasting $20,250 4 Homemaker $19,850 5 Target $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 Ms. Rozanne M. Andersen - Aca International $5,000 2 Mrs. Laura Cox Kaplan - Pricewaterhousecoopers $5,000 3 Mr. Joshua J. Cooper - American College Of Radiology Association $3,500 4 Anthony L. Hadley - Experian North America $3,000 5 Mr. Donald A. "Dan" Danner - Nfib (National Federation Of Independent Business) $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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