Sen. Patrick J. Leahy

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 03/31/1940 Birthplace: Montpelier, VT District: represents VT Political Party: Democratic Religion: Roman Catholic Education: JD, Georgetown University, 1964 BA, Saint Michael's College, 1961. Last elected in 2004 receiving 216,972 (71.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $485,996 (#397) Spent 58% (#377) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 52% (#266) From PACs 37% (#332) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 109 (#47) Total cost $457,770,000 (#56) Received 93 (#53) Total cost $220,216,560 (#64) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 50% left-wing (#382) Predictable 93% (#256) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 55 times (#4) Avg. length 1,177 words (#136) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,598 (#130) Introduced 286 (#29) Debated 82 (#11) Enacted 23 (#12) 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.
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 Gary Goldberg $5,000 from December 4, 2003 to September 6, 2007 2 Mark Mr Chandler $4,600 on March 14, 2007 3 John W Thompson $4,000 on March 14, 2007 4 George Hall $4,000 on September 30, 2005 5 Jess Jackson $4,000 on August 29, 2005 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 $46,975 2 Morgan Lewis $9,500 3 Weil Gotshal $9,200 4 Retired $7,650 5 Writer $7,300 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 Michael Petricone - Consumer Electronics Association $68,777 2 Ms. Nina Ozlu - Americans For The Arts $8,189 3 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 4 Mr. John H. Zentay - Dla Piper Us Llp $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: 300065 (GovTrack), N00009918 (OpenSecrets), L000174 (Congressional Bio), 14307 (ICPSR), 53353 (Vote Smart), S4VT00017 (FEC)