Sen. Richard J. Durbin

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Dick" Birthdate: b. 11/21/1944 Birthplace: East Saint Louis, IL District: represents IL Political Party: Democratic Religion: Roman Catholic Education: JD, Georgetown University, 1969 BS, Foreign Services and Economics, Georgetown University, 1966. Last elected in 2002 receiving 2,103,766 (60.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $6,250,611 (#10) Spent 26% (#586) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 74% (#60) From PACs 20% (#486) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 168 (#23) Total cost $966,742,852 (#9) Received 147 (#22) Total cost $499,624,700 (#12) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 58% left-wing (#420) Predictable 97% (#112) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 63 times (#3) Avg. length 1,609 words (#65) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,302 (#54) Introduced 367 (#11) Debated 49 (#35) Enacted 17 (#24) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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 Eric Cooper $33,100 from April 25, 2007 to December 18, 2007 2 Christopher Cooper $28,500 on December 18, 2007 3 Saira Cooper $25,800 on December 18, 2007 4 Samuel M Mencoff $15,000 on September 20, 2007 5 Paul Finnegan $15,000 on September 20, 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 $954,316 2 Homemaker $128,000 3 Retired $81,800 4 Cooperfund $64,100 5 Simmons Cooper $56,035 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 Frank J. Purcell - American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists $5,000 2 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 3 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $5,000 5 Mr. Charles M. Loveless - American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees $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: 300038 (GovTrack), N00004981 (OpenSecrets), D000563 (Congressional Bio), 15021 (ICPSR), 26847 (Vote Smart), S6IL00151 (FEC)