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Walter Herger

Headshot known as "Wally"
b. 1945-05-20 , Yuba City, CA
represents CA-02
Republican, Latter Day Saints
Official website

Education: Attended, California State University, Sacramento, 1968-1969 AA, American River Community College, 1967.

Last elected in 2006 receiving 134,911 (64.0%) votes.

Money

Raised $531,859 (#362)
Spent 125% (#44)
From self 0% (#26)
From individuals 30% (#451)
From PACs 63% (#70)

Earmarks

Requested 12 (#434)
Total cost $34,989,000 (#278)
Received 11 (#436)
Total cost $8,555,000 (#441)
Data for fiscal year 2008

Bills

Co-sponsored 1,714 (#105)
Introduced 144 (#89)
Debated 24 (#74)
Enacted 11 (#47)

Speeches

Spoke 3 times (#351)
Avg. length 576 words (#441)
Data for 110th Congress

Voting Analysis

Ideology 63% right-wing (#58)
Predictable 90% (#376)
Unpredictable equals maverick

Interest Group Alignment

GroupAgreement
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)
International Brotherhood of Teamsters 28% (2/7 votes)
NAACP 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)

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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: 400176 (GovTrack), N00007584 (OpenSecrets), H000528 (Congressional Bio), 15420 (ICPSR), 26728 (Vote Smart), H6CA02010 (FEC)