Sen. Pat Roberts

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 04/20/1936 Birthplace: Topeka, KS District: represents KS Political Party: Republican Religion: Methodist Education: BA, Journalism, Kansas State University, 1958. Last elected in 2002 receiving 641,075 (83.0%) votes. Official website

Money Raised $3,205,322 (#35) Spent 28% (#577) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 36% (#432) From PACs 45% (#245) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 62 (#92) Total cost $352,810,000 (#69) Received 57 (#94) Total cost $207,113,600 (#69) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 38% right-wing (#161) Predictable 90% (#370) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 8 times (#175) Avg. length 1,651 words (#61) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 980 (#280) Introduced 117 (#126) Debated 25 (#76) Enacted 8 (#84) 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 Kansas State University $2,000 $225000 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 Philip H Howe $10,000 on June 12, 2007 2 Mark V Heltz $10,000 on June 15, 2007 3 Nestor R Jr Weigand $7,600 from February 3, 2006 to June 11, 2007 4 Richard Smith $6,850 from September 9, 2005 to June 13, 2007 5 Russell W Jr Meyer $5,500 from October 13, 2005 to June 15, 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 $339,918 2 Retired $57,900 3 Blackstone Group $40,600 4 Koch Industries $29,550 5 Kansas State Bank $15,200 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 Mr. David Schless - American Seniors Housing Association $5,000 2 Mr. Alfonse D'Amato - Park Strategies Washington Group, Llc $5,000 3 Charles B. Sewell - National Community Pharmacists Association $5,000 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 5 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $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: 300083 (GovTrack), N00005285 (OpenSecrets), R000307 (Congressional Bio), 14852 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6KS00080 (FEC)