Rep. Sander M. Levin

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Sandy" Birthdate: b. 09/06/1931 Birthplace: Detroit, MI District: represents MI-12 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Jewish Education: JD, Harvard University, 1957 MA, International Relations, Columbia University, 1954 BA, University of Chicago, 1952. Last elected in 2006 receiving 168,494 (70.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $424,564 (#434) Spent 67% (#317) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 24% (#515) From PACs 76% (#15) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks No information available.
Voting Analysis Ideology 40% left-wing (#314) Predictable 98% (#16) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 10 times (#145) Avg. length 532 words (#474) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,276 (#201) Introduced 79 (#206) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 92% (12/13 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 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 Daniel Levin $14,600 from June 18, 2001 to March 27, 2008 2 Maida Portnoy $9,300 from March 30, 2002 to September 14, 2007 3 Lawrence B Buttenwieser $7,531 from June 25, 2001 to July 6, 2006 4 George Googasian $7,025 from June 27, 2001 to February 29, 2008 5 Ann L Buttenwieser $6,000 from June 25, 2001 to August 3, 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 $137,450 2 Not Applicable $76,754 3 Habitat Company $14,600 4 Retired $7,850 5 Rosenman Colin Llp $7,531 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. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $5,000 2 George Nichols - New York Life Insurance Company $5,000 3 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $4,000 4 Craig A. Purser - National Beer Wholesalers Association $4,000 5 Mr. Michael L. Youngman - The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company $3,500 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

Developers: Get this page in N3, XML, or JSON.

Also known as: 400238 (GovTrack), N00003950 (OpenSecrets), L000263 (Congressional Bio), 15033 (ICPSR), 26918 (Vote Smart), H2MI17023 (FEC)