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Richard M. Burr

Headshot b. 1955-11-30 , Charlottesville, VA
represents NC
Republican, Methodist
Official website

Education: BA, Wake Forest University, 1977.

Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,791,450 (52.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $723,935 (#264)
Spent 50% (#362)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 67% (#91)
From PACs 31% (#383)

Earmarks

Requested 131 (#35)
Total cost $902,907,000 (#15)
Received 104 (#43)
Total cost $466,537,550 (#15)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,079 (#234)
Introduced 143 (#90)
Debated 17 (#111)
Enacted 7 (#88)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 2,533 words (#17)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 59% right-wing (#81)
Predictable 91% (#330)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 60% (3/5 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: 400054 (GovTrack), N00002221 (OpenSecrets), B001135 (Congressional Bio), 29548 (ICPSR), 21787 (Vote Smart), S4NC00089 (FEC)