Rep. Peter Hoekstra

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Pete" Birthdate: b. 10/30/1953 Birthplace: Groningen,The Netherlands District: represents MI-02 Political Party: Republican Religion: Reformed Church in America Education: MBA, University of Michigan, 1977 BA, Political Science, Hope College, 1975. Last elected in 2006 receiving 183,006 (66.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $339,372 (#469) Spent 59% (#375) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 48% (#307) From PACs 50% (#204) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 21 (#283) Total cost $12,147,000 (#423) Received 21 (#272) Total cost $10,786,500 (#414) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 64% right-wing (#48) Predictable 90% (#374) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 7 times (#199) Avg. length 946 words (#207) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,185 (#221) Introduced 101 (#155) Debated 15 (#136) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 78% (11/14 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 33% (2/6 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes) AFL-CIO 15% (2/13 votes) NAACP 14% (1/7 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 Jim Jurries $8,500 from April 1, 2003 to July 24, 2007 2 John Spoelhof $8,000 from June 16, 2003 to November 1, 2007 3 J.C. Huizenga $8,000 from June 16, 2003 to March 31, 2007 4 Dave Nelson $6,750 from April 25, 2003 to July 31, 2007 5 Brian Ryzebol $6,500 from September 9, 2003 to October 24, 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 $130,810 2 Retired $79,635 3 Homemaker $62,000 4 Herman Miller $25,750 5 Meijer $20,250 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. John Barnes - Raytheon Company $5,000 2 Mr. Douglas P. Crew - Caterpillar Inc. $5,000 3 Mr. John Barnes - Raytheon Company $5,000 4 Mr. William T. Unger - Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp $5,000 5 Bruce R. Byrd - At&T Services, Inc. And Its Affiliates $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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