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Richard C. Shelby

Headshot b. 1934-05-06 , Birmingham, AL
represents AL
Republican, Presbyterian
Official website

Education: LLB, University of Alabama School of Law, 1963 BA, University of Alabama, 1957.

Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,242,200 (68.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $1,701,032 (#75)
Spent 32% (#488)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 34% (#427)
From PACs 23% (#450)

Earmarks

Requested 222 (#9)
Total cost $707,730,400 (#28)
Received 204 (#9)
Total cost $413,638,200 (#19)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 587 (#378)
Introduced 112 (#127)
Debated 37 (#46)
Enacted 8 (#75)

Speeches

Spoke 1 times (#468)
Avg. length 3,017 words (#10)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 47% right-wing (#142)
Predictable 89% (#422)
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: 300089 (GovTrack), N00009920 (OpenSecrets), S000320 (Congressional Bio), 94659 (ICPSR), 53266 (Vote Smart), S6AL00013 (FEC)