Rep. W. Todd Akin

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 07/05/1947 Birthplace: Manhattan, NY District: represents MO-02 Political Party: Republican Religion: Christian Education: MDiv, Covenant Seminary, 1985 BS, Management Engineering, Worchester Polytechnic Institute, 1971. Last elected in 2006 receiving 176,452 (61.0%) votes. Official website
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Money Raised $615,157 (#336) Spent 52% (#422) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 74% (#55) From PACs 22% (#478) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 18 (#343) Total cost $41,546,000 (#245) Received 18 (#327) Total cost $40,645,000 (#199) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 72% right-wing (#34) Predictable 95% (#212) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 7 times (#199) Avg. length 717 words (#336) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 725 (#348) Introduced 21 (#439) Debated 6 (#284) Enacted 0 (#469) 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 100% (6/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 42% (3/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) Public Citizen 40% (4/10 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 33% (2/6 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes) NAACP 14% (1/7 votes) National Association of Realtors 12% (1/8 votes) AFL-CIO 7% (1/13 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Clean Earth Technologies $1,000 $1600000 2008
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 William F Holekamp $16,300 from February 11, 2004 to May 1, 2007 2 Mark Eidelman $12,800 from May 21, 2001 to November 30, 2007 3 Christina K Koch $12,600 from April 20, 2005 to March 23, 2007 4 Donald Leigh Koch $12,600 from April 20, 2005 to March 23, 2007 5 Hugh Scott Iii $11,600 from April 14, 2004 to May 1, 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 $207,475 2 Edward Jones $32,850 3 Koch Asset Management $16,600 4 Eidelman Traub Dds $15,800 5 Vijon $15,800 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.

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