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C. Michael Thompson

Headshot b. 1951-01-24 , Saint Helena, CA
represents CA-01
Democrat, Catholic
Official website

Education: MA, Public Administration, California State University, 1996 BA, Political Science, California State University, Chico, 1982 AA, Napa Valley College.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 144,409 (66.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $1,401,000 (#99)
Spent 60% (#281)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 50% (#262)
From PACs 45% (#227)

Earmarks

Requested 30 (#184)
Total cost $42,615,961 (#243)
Received 28 (#187)
Total cost $35,699,000 (#220)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 989 (#263)
Introduced 84 (#186)
Debated 14 (#140)
Enacted 6 (#111)

Speeches

Spoke 3 times (#351)
Avg. length 667 words (#376)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 43% left-wing (#389)
Predictable 95% (#202)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
NAACP 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes)
Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 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: 400403 (GovTrack), N00007419 (OpenSecrets), T000460 (Congressional Bio), 29901 (ICPSR), 3564 (Vote Smart), H8CA01109 (FEC)