Sen. Mitch McConnell

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 02/20/1942 Birthplace: Sheffield, AL District: represents KY Political Party: Republican Religion: Baptist Education: JD, University of Kentucky Law School, 1967 BA, University of Louisville, 1964. Last elected in 2002 receiving 731,679 (65.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $8,763,896 (#5) Spent 43% (#485) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 57% (#214) From PACs 26% (#442) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 83 (#72) Total cost $670,171,000 (#32) Received 74 (#73) Total cost $394,534,000 (#22) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 51% right-wing (#105) Predictable 91% (#337) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 30 times (#18) Avg. length 1,053 words (#170) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 530 (#410) Introduced 128 (#110) Debated 34 (#57) Enacted 9 (#72) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 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 Kentucky $800 $2461000 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 John C Poling $33,000 on February 28, 2007 2 James J O'Brien $30,000 on March 16, 2007 3 Spencer A Coates $28,400 from February 28, 2007 to May 31, 2007 4 Jimmie Gipson $28,400 from February 28, 2007 to June 4, 2007 5 William J Bresnan $25,000 on March 22, 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 $1,051,960 2 Retired $151,000 3 Homemaker $93,200 4 Ashland $70,750 5 Commonwealth Brands $61,400 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 Dirk Vandongen - National Association Of Wholesaler-Distributors $118,315 2 Mr. Tony M. Russo - T-Mobile Usa, Inc. $15,000 3 Dirk Vandongen - National Association Of Wholesaler-Distributors $5,861 4 Dirk Vandongen - National Association Of Wholesaler-Distributors $5,167 5 Mr. Steven J. Goldberg - Basf Corporation $5,000 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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Also known as: 300072 (GovTrack), N00003389 (OpenSecrets), M000355 (Congressional Bio), 14921 (ICPSR), 53298 (Vote Smart), S2KY00012 (FEC)