Rep. Ronald James Kind

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Ron" Birthdate: b. 03/16/1963 Birthplace: La Crosse, WI District: represents WI-03 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Lutheran Education: JD, University of Minnesota Law School, 1990 MA, London School of Economics, 1986 BA, Harvard University, 1985. Last elected in 2006 receiving 163,322 (65.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $679,492 (#296) Spent 50% (#439) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 32% (#470) From PACs 68% (#51) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 17 (#359) Total cost $44,520,000 (#235) Received 16 (#365) Total cost $11,433,000 (#406) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 31% left-wing (#259) Predictable 96% (#162) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 12 times (#113) Avg. length 597 words (#432) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,326 (#192) Introduced 78 (#211) Debated 10 (#206) Enacted 2 (#283) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) NAACP 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 60% (3/5 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
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 Blair Dillman $12,900 from September 9, 2002 to May 22, 2007 2 Russell Doane $12,100 from June 30, 2003 to March 17, 2008 3 John Menard $11,800 from May 24, 2001 to September 28, 2007 4 Scott Mathy $10,400 from June 3, 2002 to May 13, 2007 5 Mike Pascucci $10,200 from August 12, 2002 to March 29, 2005 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 $67,550 2 Retired $33,057 3 Mathy Construction $28,500 4 Quarles Brady $24,349 5 Gundersenlutheran $23,600 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. Eric Young - Wellpoint, Inc. $5,000 2 Laurel K Call - Assurant, Inc. $5,000 3 Mr. Michael L. Youngman - The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company $5,000 4 Mr. Scott Defife - Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association $5,000 5 Ms. Karin Gess - Microsoft Corporation $5,000 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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Also known as: 400218 (GovTrack), N00004403 (OpenSecrets), K000188 (Congressional Bio), 29769 (ICPSR), 630 (Vote Smart), H6WI03099 (FEC)