Sen. Edward M. Kennedy

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Ted" Birthdate: b. 02/22/1932 Birthplace: Boston, MA District: represents MA Political Party: Democratic Religion: Roman Catholic Education: LL.B, University of Virgina Law School, 1959 Attended, International Law School, The Hague, Netherlands, 1958 BA, Government, Harvard University, 1956. Last elected in 2006 receiving 1,500,738 (69.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $439,231 (#428) Spent 306% (#38) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 41% (#373) From PACs 22% (#479) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks No information available.
Voting Analysis Ideology 52% left-wing (#396) Predictable 93% (#283) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 44 times (#7) Avg. length 2,038 words (#32) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,917 (#80) Introduced 366 (#12) Debated 108 (#5) Enacted 24 (#11) 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 Howard A Rubin $6,200 from October 24, 2005 to March 30, 2006 2 James Sinegal $6,000 from December 31, 2005 to June 8, 2006 3 Francis X Messina $6,000 from June 26, 2000 to May 13, 2005 4 Anita Hirsh $5,500 from January 12, 2006 to June 8, 2006 5 Paul Goldenberg $5,250 from August 28, 1995 to February 17, 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 $357,250 2 Poly Medica $37,800 3 Cytyc $22,150 4 Gilead Sciences $22,100 5 Boston Scientific $21,000 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 Michael Mcintyre - Refugees International $104,225 2 Barbara Bonfiglio - Pfizer, Inc $100,000 3 Michael Dibiase - Fmr Llc $60,000 4 Mr. John Trasvina - Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (Maldef) $42,153 5 Mr. Paul Mattera - Liberty Mutual Group $25,000 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: 300059 (GovTrack), N00000308 (OpenSecrets), K000105 (Congressional Bio), 10808 (ICPSR), 53305 (Vote Smart), S6MA00015 (FEC)