Rep. Vern Buchanan

Share this page	District: represents FL-13 Political Party: Republican Education: Business Degree. Last elected in 2006 receiving 119,309 (50.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Project Vote Smart.

Money Raised $2,338,629 (#50) Spent 52% (#416) From self 4% (#7) From individuals 70% (#83) From PACs 18% (#497) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 22 (#272) Total cost $22,892,000 (#336) Received 20 (#286) Total cost $14,911,500 (#366) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 45% right-wing (#136) Predictable 88% (#401) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 1 times (#477) Avg. length 371 words (#513) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 155 (#532) Introduced 7 (#532) Debated 2 (#443) 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 National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) American Nurses Association 80% (4/5 votes) Public Citizen 75% (6/8 votes) National Association of Home Builders 66% (4/6 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 66% (4/6 votes) National Retail Federation 60% (3/5 votes) NAACP 57% (4/7 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 50% (3/6 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 50% (3/6 votes) AFL-CIO 45% (5/11 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 40% (2/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 35% (5/14 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 Gayle Lephart $13,000 from November 29, 2005 to December 31, 2007 2 Douglas S. Libertore $12,900 from December 7, 2005 to September 12, 2007 3 D. Craig Holliday $12,300 from August 9, 2006 to September 28, 2007 4 Steven Herrig $10,900 from March 10, 2006 to March 30, 2007 5 Jeff King $10,900 from December 21, 2005 to September 26, 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 $387,564 2 Mobley Homes $64,300 3 Jones Chemicals $31,400 4 Benderson Development $23,800 5 Center For Sight $23,350 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. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 2 Mr. Daniel A. Mica - Credit Union National Association $4,000 3 Mr. William M. Prentice - American Dental Association $4,000 4 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $4,000 5 Sam Wai - American Crystal Sugar Company $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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Also known as: 412196 (GovTrack), N00027626 (OpenSecrets), B001260 (Congressional Bio), 20709 (ICPSR), 66247 (Vote Smart), H6FL13148 (FEC)