Rep. Ted Poe

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 09/10/1948 District: represents TX-02 Political Party: Republican Education: JD, University of Houston Law Center BA, Political Science, Abilene Christian University. Last elected in 2006 receiving 90,490 (66.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $460,926 (#415) Spent 51% (#430) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 62% (#156) From PACs 33% (#374) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 11 (#449) Total cost $8,988,000 (#448) Received 11 (#436) Total cost $8,235,500 (#448) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 66% right-wing (#42) Predictable 91% (#335) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 26 times (#28) Avg. length 869 words (#242) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 487 (#422) Introduced 30 (#390) Debated 6 (#284) Enacted 3 (#220) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement US Chamber of Commerce 83% (5/6 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 57% (4/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 25% (2/8 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 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 Mark Lanier $8,800 from January 26, 2006 to November 1, 2007 2 Charles Mcmahen $8,700 from November 22, 2004 to September 24, 2007 3 Walter Umphrey $8,400 from February 15, 2006 to March 29, 2007 4 Dan Duncan $7,400 from April 26, 2004 to September 21, 2007 5 Louis R. Woodhill $6,400 from May 15, 2004 to September 24, 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 $426,525 2 Retired $37,050 3 Na $13,150 4 Angel Construction Company $11,200 5 Lanier Law Firm $8,800 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 Nick Kirkhorn - Honeywell International $2,500 3 Government Affairs Department - Air Line Pilots Association $2,500 4 Mr. Daniel A. Mica - Credit Union National Association $2,500 5 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $2,500 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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