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Robert C. Byrd

Headshot b. 1917-11-20 , North Wilkesboro, NC
represents WV
Democrat, Baptist
Official website

Education: BA, Marshall University, 1994 JD, American University, 1963.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 296,276 (64.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $48,305 (#535)
Spent 376% (#7)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 2% (#532)
From PACs 4% (#521)

Earmarks

Requested 125 (#38)
Total cost $568,454,000 (#43)
Received 111 (#39)
Total cost $391,002,200 (#25)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 339 (#461)
Introduced 43 (#323)
Debated 19 (#99)
Enacted 4 (#160)

Speeches

Spoke 35 times (#12)
Avg. length 1,116 words (#151)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

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 Project Vote Smart. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 300016 (GovTrack), N00002200 (OpenSecrets), B001210 (Congressional Bio), (ICPSR), 53359 (Vote Smart), S6WV00014 (FEC)