Sen. Russell D. Feingold

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 03/02/1953 Birthplace: Janesville, WI District: represents WI Political Party: Democrat Religion: Jewish Education: JD, Harvard Law School, 1979 BA, Rhodes Scholar, Final Honours School of Jurisprudence, Magdalen College, Oxford University, 1977 BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975. Last elected in 2004 receiving 1,632,697 (55.0%) votes. Official website

Money Raised $2,164,585 (#54) Spent 72% (#282) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 93% (#8) From PACs 3% (#544) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 4 (#494) Total cost $228,500,000 (#82) Received 2 (#500) Total cost $90,000,000 (#119) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 105% left-wing (#459) Predictable 90% (#375) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 37 times (#10) Avg. length 1,710 words (#57) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,075 (#248) Introduced 328 (#20) Debated 24 (#81) Enacted 6 (#122) 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 40% (2/5 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 Mary Kelly $7,500 from June 17, 1991 to September 7, 2006 2 Yoko Allen $6,200 from December 19, 2005 to September 14, 2006 3 Jane Wood $5,400 from September 8, 2005 to December 28, 2007 4 Rose Zerwick $5,000 from March 29, 2006 to March 27, 2007 5 Athena Daniolos $4,800 from July 8, 2003 to January 18, 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 Retired $363,087 2 Self $165,213 3 Homemaker $92,111 4 University Of Wisconsin $11,900 5 University Of Wisconsinmadison $11,375 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. Christopher Sloan - International Union Of Painters And Allied Trades $5,000 2 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 3 Mr. Christopher Sloan - International Union Of Painters And Allied Trades $5,000 4 Karen M. Thomas - Independent Community Bankers Of America $2,000 5 Mr. Jose Ceballos - National Air Traffic Controllers Association $1,000 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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