Rep. Walter Herger

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Wally" Birthdate: b. 05/20/1945 Birthplace: Yuba City, CA District: represents CA-02 Political Party: Republican Religion: Mormon Education: Attended, California State University, Sacramento, 1968-1969 AA, American River Community College, 1967. Last elected in 2006 receiving 134,911 (64.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  tax (60) workers (36) trade (35) colombia (28) health (28)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $531,859 (#375) Spent 126% (#88) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 31% (#475) From PACs 64% (#73) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 12 (#435) Total cost $34,989,000 (#277) Received 11 (#436) Total cost $8,555,000 (#442) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 64% right-wing (#51) Predictable 91% (#344) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 576 words (#449) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,728 (#111) Introduced 144 (#91) Debated 24 (#81) Enacted 11 (#53) 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) Public Citizen 70% (7/10 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 64% (9/14 votes) National Association of Home Builders 42% (3/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 40% (2/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 37% (3/8 votes) NAACP 28% (2/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 28% (2/7 votes) American Nurses Association 20% (1/5 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 16% (1/6 votes) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 16% (1/6 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 Didar Singh Bains $13,800 from September 29, 2002 to August 21, 2005 2 John Mcamis $8,250 from March 14, 2001 to June 3, 2008 3 Brian Hicks $7,000 from April 13, 2001 to October 6, 2005 4 James R. Lewis $7,000 from May 23, 2001 to April 28, 2006 5 Garey B. Weibel $7,000 from November 16, 2001 to November 10, 2005 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 $189,555 2 Sierra Pacific Industries $18,650 3 Aero Union $18,450 4 Je Mcamis $8,750 5 Ferguson Group $8,500 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. Jerry Giovaniello - National Association Of Realtors $5,000 2 Mr. Scott Defife - Securities Industry And Financial Markets Association $5,000 3 Mr. Daniel A. Mica - Credit Union National Association $5,000 4 Mr. Raymond Bracy - Wal-Mart Stores, Inc $5,000 5 Mr. Joshua Heit - National Automobile Dealers Association $5,000 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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