Sen. Thomas Richard Carper

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Tom" Birthdate: b. 01/23/1947 Birthplace: Beckley, WV District: represents DE Political Party: Democratic Religion: Presbyterian Education: MBA, University of Delaware, 1975 BA, Economics, Ohio State University, 1968. Last elected in 2006 receiving 170,567 (70.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $295,528 (#490) Spent 208% (#54) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 40% (#394) From PACs 47% (#230) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 69 (#83) Total cost $163,974,500 (#102) Received 64 (#84) Total cost $117,170,205 (#99) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 26% left-wing (#237) Predictable 93% (#259) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 8 times (#175) Avg. length 1,015 words (#183) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 441 (#440) Introduced 123 (#116) Debated 13 (#164) 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 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 Mark R Warner $8,400 on July 29, 2005 2 Henry Topel $7,392 on July 14, 2005 3 Ara K Hovnanian $6,300 from January 18, 2006 to February 6, 2006 4 Shannon J Finley $5,000 from July 14, 2005 to March 16, 2006 5 Dennis M Salter $4,400 from September 21, 2005 to April 23, 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 $61,596 2 Citigroup $34,500 3 Norfolk Southern $34,000 4 Jp Morgan Chase $33,168 5 Bank Of America $17,050 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 Mr. Peter Kelly - Abbott Laboratories $50,000 2 Mr. James N. Arbury - National Multi Housing Council, Inc. $5,000 3 Mr. Richard Jenkinson - Thermo Fisher Scientific $5,000 4 Mr. James N Arbury - National Multi Housing Council, Inc. $5,000 5 Mr. David Schless - American Seniors Housing 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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