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Richard G. Lugar

Headshot b. 1932-04-04 , Indianapolis, IN
represents IN
Republican, Methodist
Official website

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.

Money

Raised $519,510 (#372)
Spent 78% (#176)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 69% (#80)
From PACs 0% (#531)

Earmarks

Requested 121 (#40)
Total cost $357,652,200 (#68)
Received 117 (#35)
Total cost $178,819,000 (#73)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 821 (#302)
Introduced 218 (#45)
Debated 75 (#12)
Enacted 21 (#12)

Speeches

Spoke 11 times (#119)
Avg. length 837 words (#260)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 26% right-wing (#228)
Predictable 84% (#501)
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: 300070 (GovTrack), N00001764 (OpenSecrets), L000504 (Congressional Bio), 14506 (ICPSR), 53292 (Vote Smart), S4IN00014 (FEC)