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Trent Franks

Headshot b. 1957-06-19 , Uravan, CO
represents AZ-02
Republican, Baptist
Official website

Education: Attended, Ottawa University, 1989-1990.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 135,150 (59.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $288,111 (#477)
Spent 67% (#245)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 62% (#133)
From PACs 37% (#323)

Earmarks

Requested 10 (#459)
Total cost $27,540,000 (#312)
Received 9 (#461)
Total cost $18,307,000 (#329)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 627 (#367)
Introduced 8 (#511)
Debated 0 (#513)
Enacted 0 (#435)

Speeches

Spoke 6 times (#218)
Avg. length 1,539 words (#72)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 92% right-wing (#7)
Predictable 97% (#66)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
US Chamber of Commerce 100% (6/6 votes)
National Retail Federation 80% (4/5 votes)
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 71% (10/14 votes)
Public Citizen 50% (5/10 votes)
National Association of Home Builders 42% (3/7 votes)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 28% (2/7 votes)
American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes)
American Civil Liberties Union 20% (1/5 votes)
Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 votes)
NAACP 14% (1/7 votes)
National Association of Realtors 12% (1/8 votes)

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Money data from the FEC. Politician information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia, and GovTrack. Earmark information from Taxpayers for Common Sense. Interest group alignment from MAPLight.org. Ideology and predictability from VoteView. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory. Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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Also known as: 400141 (GovTrack), N00006423 (OpenSecrets), F000448 (Congressional Bio), 20304 (ICPSR), 28399 (Vote Smart), H4AZ04024 (FEC)