Sen. Richard G. Lugar

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 04/04/1932 Birthplace: Indianapolis, IN District: represents IN Political Party: Republican Religion: Methodist Education: MA, Rhodes Scholar, Economics/Politics/Philosophy, Pembroke College, Oxford University, 1956 BA, Economics, Denison University, 1954. Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,171,553 (87.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $519,510 (#386) Spent 79% (#243) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 70% (#87) From PACs 1% (#556) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 121 (#38) Total cost $357,652,200 (#68) Received 117 (#33) Total cost $178,819,000 (#73) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 26% right-wing (#184) Predictable 85% (#446) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 11 times (#121) Avg. length 837 words (#262) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 825 (#317) Introduced 220 (#45) Debated 79 (#13) Enacted 21 (#13) 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.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Purdue University $250 $1572000 2008
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 Bren Simon $7,800 from September 26, 2005 to August 2, 2007 2 Ashton B Carter $5,000 from February 17, 2006 to June 29, 2007 3 K Douglas Schmidt $4,600 on May 18, 2007 4 P E Mr Macallister $4,200 on May 2, 2007 5 Dan S Hermann $4,200 on May 1, 2006 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 $84,756 2 Barnes Thornburg $19,650 3 Baker Daniels $13,188 4 Ameriqual Group Llc $10,350 5 Barbour Griffith Rogers $9,000 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 Mr. Mike Sample - Indiana University $50,000 2 Mr. Mike Sample - Indiana University $50,000 3 Mr. Mike Sample - Indiana University $20,000 4 Mr. Mike Sample - Indiana University $20,000 5 Mr. Mike Sample - Indiana University $6,920 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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