Sen. Sherrod C. Brown

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 11/09/1952 Birthplace: Mansfield, OH District: represents OH Political Party: Democrat Religion: Lutheran Education: MA, Education, Ohio State University, 1981 MPA, Ohio State University, 1979 BA, Russian Studies, Yale University, 1974. Last elected in 2006 receiving 2,257,369 (56.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  ohio (256) health (254) jobs (235) country (232) trade (212)

Money Raised $1,319,567 (#114) Spent 76% (#256) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 60% (#171) From PACs 26% (#443) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks No information available.
Voting Analysis Ideology 59% left-wing (#423) Predictable 96% (#175) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 11 times (#121) Avg. length 985 words (#192) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,741 (#24) Introduced 134 (#104) Debated 14 (#152) Enacted 5 (#142) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement Public Citizen 80% (4/5 votes) AFL-CIO 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 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 Michael Council $9,800 from April 10, 2006 to October 10, 2007 2 Joseph S Kanfer $8,800 from December 30, 2005 to December 18, 2007 3 Margaret W Wong $8,650 from April 11, 2006 to May 21, 2008 4 Robert G Palmer $8,500 from April 17, 2006 to May 28, 2008 5 Thomas S Crain $8,400 from May 2, 2006 to January 4, 2007 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 $868,551 2 Murray Murray $41,999 3 North Ohio Heart Center $33,100 4 Gojo Industries $32,950 5 Goldman Sachs $32,050 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 Ms. Linda Mccumber - American Fed Of Government Employees, Afl-Cio $15,000 2 Stephanie Patrick - American Dietetic Association $8,430 3 Brett G. Kappel - Vorys, Sater, Seymour And Pease, Llp $7,000 4 Daniel Cohen - American Association For Justice $5,000 5 Stephanie Patrick - American Dietetic Association $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: 400050 (GovTrack), N00003535 (OpenSecrets), B000944 (Congressional Bio), 29389 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), H2OH13033 S6OH00163 (FEC)