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Patrick J. Leahy

Headshot b. 1940-03-31 , Montpelier, VT
represents VT
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, Georgetown University, 1964 BA, Saint Michael's College, 1961.

Last elected in 2004 receiving 216,972 (71.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $485,996 (#382)
Spent 57% (#305)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 52% (#252)
From PACs 37% (#322)

Earmarks

Requested 109 (#48)
Total cost $457,770,000 (#57)
Received 93 (#54)
Total cost $220,216,560 (#64)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,581 (#126)
Introduced 285 (#29)
Debated 80 (#11)
Enacted 17 (#20)

Speeches

Spoke 55 times (#4)
Avg. length 1,177 words (#136)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 49% left-wing (#439)
Predictable 93% (#274)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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: 300065 (GovTrack), N00009918 (OpenSecrets), L000174 (Congressional Bio), 14307 (ICPSR), 53353 (Vote Smart), S4VT00017 (FEC)