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Michael M. Honda

Headshot known as "Mike"
b. 1941-06-27 , Walnut Creek, CA
represents CA-15
Democrat, Protestant
Official website

Education: MA, Education, San Jose State University, 1974 BS, Biological Sciences, Spanish, San Jose State University, 1968.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 115,532 (72.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $707,831 (#277)
Spent 83% (#156)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 63% (#125)
From PACs 33% (#357)

Earmarks

Requested 41 (#134)
Total cost $36,196,500 (#273)
Received 40 (#131)
Total cost $33,990,720 (#228)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,684 (#109)
Introduced 37 (#347)
Debated 0 (#513)
Enacted 0 (#435)

Speeches

Spoke 4 times (#300)
Avg. length 679 words (#360)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 59% left-wing (#483)
Predictable 97% (#76)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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: 400185 (GovTrack), N00012611 (OpenSecrets), H001034 (Congressional Bio), 20103 (ICPSR), 9674 (Vote Smart), H0CA15148 (FEC)