Rep. Todd Tiahrt

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 06/15/1951 Birthplace: Vermillion, SD District: represents KS-04 Political Party: Republican Religion: Christian Education: MBA, Marketing, Southwest Missouri State University, 1989 BA, Management, Evangel College, 1975 Attended, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1969-1971. Last elected in 2006 receiving 116,386 (64.0%) votes. Official website
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Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $878,320 (#206) Spent 42% (#490) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 53% (#255) From PACs 43% (#272) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 65 (#89) Total cost $173,454,038 (#95) Received 62 (#89) Total cost $104,158,000 (#107) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 47% right-wing (#122) Predictable 92% (#301) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 725 words (#332) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 991 (#274) Introduced 63 (#265) Debated 7 (#263) Enacted 2 (#283) 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 Association of Home Builders 85% (6/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 78% (11/14 votes) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) AFL-CIO 23% (3/13 votes) American Nurses Association 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 Richard Smith $12,800 from August 6, 2001 to June 26, 2007 2 Steven Laughlin $12,500 from August 6, 2001 to March 27, 2008 3 Thomas Futo $11,800 from September 21, 2001 to December 13, 2007 4 Winnie Laughlin $11,750 from August 6, 2001 to June 21, 2007 5 Barry Schwan $11,500 from July 27, 2001 to December 31, 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 $217,800 2 Koch Industries $64,625 3 Retired $52,450 4 Berexco $26,500 5 Washer Specialties $19,800 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 Philip E. Ruter - Boeing Company $5,000 2 Sam Wai - American Crystal Sugar Company $5,000 3 Mr. Gordon Thomas - Textron, Inc $3,000 4 Thomas Iles - Deere & Company $3,000 5 Mr. William M. Prentice - American Dental Association $3,000 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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