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Fortney H. Stark

Headshot known as "Pete"
b. 1931-11-11 , Milwaukee, WI
represents CA-13
Democrat, Unitarian
Official website

Education: MBA, University of California, Berkeley, 1960 BS, Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 110,756 (75.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $647,908 (#310)
Spent 33% (#474)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 13% (#520)
From PACs 66% (#57)

Earmarks

Requested 15 (#386)
Total cost $11,129,000 (#430)
Received 15 (#381)
Total cost $10,716,000 (#416)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,848 (#15)
Introduced 302 (#24)
Debated 2 (#421)
Enacted 2 (#258)

Speeches

Spoke 5 times (#256)
Avg. length 1,046 words (#174)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 79% left-wing (#516)
Predictable 95% (#204)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
Friends Committee on National Legislation 100% (5/5 votes)
Public Citizen 100% (10/10 votes)
American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes)
NAACP 100% (7/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes)
AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 85% (6/7 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes)
National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes)
US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 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: 400387 (GovTrack), N00007397 (OpenSecrets), S000810 (Congressional Bio), 14053 (ICPSR), 26736 (Vote Smart), H6CA09023 (FEC)