Sen. Susan M. Collins

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 12/07/1952 Birthplace: Caribou, ME District: represents ME Political Party: Republican Religion: Roman Catholic Education: BA, Saint Lawrence University, 1975. Last elected in 2002 receiving 295,041 (58.0%) votes. Official website

Money Raised $5,373,675 (#14) Spent 22% (#596) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 59% (#187) From PACs 35% (#356) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 92 (#63) Total cost $458,147,000 (#55) Received 86 (#61) Total cost $278,563,000 (#53) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 8% right-wing (#194) Predictable 85% (#444) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 31 times (#17) Avg. length 1,378 words (#95) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,422 (#168) Introduced 230 (#39) Debated 59 (#23) Enacted 15 (#33) 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 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 Susan J Konkel $23,000 on September 7, 2007 2 Robert C. Mcnair $10,500 on June 13, 2007 3 Meredith Long $10,000 on June 13, 2007 4 Ralph B. Thomas $10,000 on June 13, 2007 5 Kevin J Arquit $9,200 on March 7, 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 $588,143 2 Retired $332,900 3 General Dynamics $18,200 4 Marriott International $18,100 5 Ashbrit $16,300 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 Lisbeth Lyons - Printing Industries Of America, Inc. $5,900 2 Ms. Mary Frances Pearson - Ernst & Young $5,000 3 Ms. Mary Frances Pearson - Ernst & Young $5,000 4 Mark H. Richardson - Southwest Airlines Pilots' Association (Swapa) $5,000 5 Mr. Alfonse D'Amato - Park Strategies Washington Group, Llc $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: 300025 (GovTrack), N00000491 (OpenSecrets), C001035 (Congressional Bio), 49703 (ICPSR), (Vote Smart), S6ME00159 (FEC)