Rep. Tom Cole

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 04/28/1949 Birthplace: Shreveport, LA District: represents OK-04 Political Party: Republican Religion: United Methodist Education: PhD, 19th Century British History, University of Oklahoma, 1984 MA, British History, Yale University, 1974 BA, History, Grinnell College, 1971. Last elected in 2006 receiving 118,266 (65.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  oklahoma (50) native (35) country (34) frankly (25) jfets (23)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $613,446 (#337) Spent 68% (#308) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 54% (#251) From PACs 40% (#302) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 14 (#403) Total cost $12,244,000 (#421) Received 14 (#389) Total cost $12,197,500 (#399) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 49% right-wing (#118) Predictable 93% (#279) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 4 times (#303) Avg. length 931 words (#214) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 478 (#426) Introduced 18 (#456) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) 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 Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes) National Association of Realtors 62% (5/8 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) NAACP 57% (4/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 57% (4/7 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 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) 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 Aubrey Mcclendon $44,300 from April 29, 2003 to November 14, 2007 2 Larry Nichols $35,600 on November 26, 2007 3 H E Rainbolt $25,000 on November 14, 2007 4 Ronald Rosenfeld $20,000 from October 8, 2002 to September 19, 2007 5 James Everest $12,600 from May 4, 2004 to March 10, 2008 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 $374,824 2 Retired $85,597 3 Prepaid Legal Services $76,966 4 Chesapeake Energy $44,300 5 Devon Energy $43,113 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. John H. Fish - Reynolds American Inc. $15,000 2 Mr. Daniel J. Ekstein - J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. $15,000 3 Mr. Peter Kelly - Abbott Laboratories $15,000 4 Laurie Michel - Merck & Co, Inc $15,000 5 Brooke Frankenfield - Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc $15,000 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: 400077 (GovTrack), N00025726 (OpenSecrets), C001053 (Congressional Bio), 20344 (ICPSR), 46034 (Vote Smart), H2OK04055 (FEC)