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Mitch McConnell

Headshot b. 1942-02-20 , Sheffield, AL
represents KY
Republican, Baptist
Official website

Education: JD, University of Kentucky Law School, 1967 BA, University of Louisville, 1964.

Last elected in 2002 receiving 731,679 (65.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $8,763,896 (#4)
Spent 42% (#411)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 56% (#202)
From PACs 26% (#426)

Earmarks

Requested 83 (#72)
Total cost $670,171,000 (#33)
Received 74 (#73)
Total cost $394,534,000 (#23)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 525 (#397)
Introduced 128 (#108)
Debated 34 (#52)
Enacted 9 (#67)

Speeches

Spoke 30 times (#18)
Avg. length 1,053 words (#169)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 50% right-wing (#123)
Predictable 90% (#368)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 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: 300072 (GovTrack), N00003389 (OpenSecrets), M000355 (Congressional Bio), 14921 (ICPSR), 53298 (Vote Smart), S2KY00012 (FEC)