Rep. Fortney H. Stark

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Pete" Birthdate: b. 11/11/1931 Birthplace: Milwaukee, WI District: represents CA-13 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Unitarian Education: MBA, Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 1960 BS, Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1953. Last elected in 2006 receiving 110,756 (75.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $647,908 (#318) Spent 34% (#548) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 13% (#548) From PACs 66% (#59) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 15 (#387) Total cost $11,129,000 (#430) Received 15 (#383) Total cost $10,716,000 (#416) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 79% left-wing (#456) Predictable 95% (#195) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 5 times (#259) Avg. length 1,046 words (#175) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,874 (#14) Introduced 304 (#24) Debated 5 (#328) Enacted 3 (#220) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 100% (5/5 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 100% (8/8 votes) Public Citizen 100% (10/10 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 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) 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 L.B. Doggett $7,000 from October 4, 2001 to March 5, 2007 2 Randolph Fenninger $6,000 from June 11, 2002 to May 10, 2007 3 William Vaughan $6,000 from September 15, 2003 to November 7, 2007 4 John Jonas $5,500 from March 26, 2003 to November 7, 2007 5 Joan Eisner $5,000 from September 15, 2003 to March 5, 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 $27,350 2 Ringler Associates $18,000 3 Doggett Enterprises $10,000 4 Marc Associates $9,000 5 Retired $8,000 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 Ms. Nancey Mccann - American Society Of Cataract & Refractive Surgery $5,000 2 Mrs. Nancey Mccann - American Society Of Cataract & Refractive Surgery $5,000 3 Mrs. Nancey Mccann - American Society Of Cataract & Refractive Surgery $5,000 4 Christian Shalgian - American College Of Surgeons Professional Association $5,000 5 Thomas A. Robinett, Jr. - American Academy Of Family Physicians $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: 400387 (GovTrack), N00007397 (OpenSecrets), S000810 (Congressional Bio), 14053 (ICPSR), 26736 (Vote Smart), H6CA09023 (FEC)