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Richard J. Durbin

Headshot known as "Dick"
b. 1944-11-21 , East Saint Louis, IL
represents IL
Democrat, Roman Catholic
Official website

Education: JD, Georgetown University, 1969 BS, Foreign Services and Economics, Georgetown University, 1966.

Last elected in 2002 receiving 2,103,766 (60.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $6,250,611 (#9)
Spent 25% (#511)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 73% (#54)
From PACs 19% (#469)

Earmarks

Requested 168 (#23)
Total cost $966,742,852 (#9)
Received 147 (#22)
Total cost $499,624,700 (#12)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 2,281 (#52)
Introduced 361 (#13)
Debated 47 (#36)
Enacted 14 (#33)

Speeches

Spoke 63 times (#3)
Avg. length 1,609 words (#66)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 58% left-wing (#480)
Predictable 96% (#117)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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: 300038 (GovTrack), N00004981 (OpenSecrets), D000563 (Congressional Bio), 15021 (ICPSR), 26847 (Vote Smart), S6IL00151 (FEC)