Sen. Norm Coleman

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 08/17/1949 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY District: represents MN Political Party: Republican Religion: Jewish Education: JD, University of Iowa, 1976 Attended, Brooklyn Law School, 1972-74 B.A., Political Science, Hofstra University, 1971. Last elected in 2002 receiving 1,116,697 (50.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  energy (133) minnesota (54) oil (52) folks (51) crisis (42)

Money Raised $8,731,163 (#6) Spent 40% (#503) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 74% (#62) From PACs 21% (#483) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 106 (#50) Total cost $533,209,600 (#44) Received 99 (#48) Total cost $282,743,750 (#49) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 18% right-wing (#192) Predictable 87% (#417) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 10 times (#145) Avg. length 1,525 words (#72) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 682 (#360) Introduced 125 (#114) Debated 11 (#188) Enacted 3 (#220) 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 20% (1/5 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 Phygen $500 $3000000 2008 Alliant Techsystems $500 $1000000 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 Mike Ensign $67,000 from April 1, 2004 to June 3, 2007 2 Sharon Ensign $52,000 from June 15, 2006 to June 3, 2007 3 Paul Steelman $49,000 from April 1, 2004 to October 29, 2007 4 Lorenzo Fertitta $36,500 from March 25, 2004 to June 15, 2006 5 Blake Sartini $33,100 from March 25, 2004 to May 30, 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 $948,036 2 Retired $786,929 3 Homemaker $783,876 4 Best Effort $441,447 5 Target $99,550 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 Shawna Morris - National Milk Producers Federation $10,792 2 Lisbeth Lyons - Printing Industries Of America, Inc. $5,900 3 Mr. Roland L. Panneton - National Association Of Insurance And Financial Advisors $5,000 4 Katherine O. Orrico - American Association Of Neurological Surgeons $5,000 5 Ms. Mary Frances Pearson - Ernst & Young $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: 300024 (GovTrack), N00013870 (OpenSecrets), C001057 (Congressional Bio), 40302 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S2MN00126 (FEC)