Rep. Zoe Lofgren

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 12/21/1947 Birthplace: San Mateo, CA District: represents CA-16 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Lutheran Education: JD, School of Law, University of Santa Clara, 1975 BA, Political Science, Stanford University, 1970. Last elected in 2006 receiving 98,929 (73.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $470,715 (#407) Spent 85% (#202) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 42% (#368) From PACs 57% (#134) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 25 (#234) Total cost $30,494,000 (#294) Received 25 (#226) Total cost $29,054,220 (#257) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 50% left-wing (#384) Predictable 97% (#68) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 2 times (#407) Avg. length 806 words (#283) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 2,840 (#19) Introduced 106 (#142) Debated 15 (#136) Enacted 3 (#220) 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 for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) Public Citizen 80% (8/10 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 21% (3/14 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 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 Allen Ruby $12,000 from July 18, 2001 to August 5, 2007 2 William Unger $8,000 from July 21, 2001 to October 25, 2005 3 Reginald Jensen $7,060 from April 3, 2001 to December 18, 2007 4 Marianne Salas $7,000 from July 3, 2001 to July 18, 2006 5 Bud Colligan $7,000 from July 3, 2001 to July 30, 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 $109,168 2 Ruby Schofield $13,250 3 Intuit $13,100 4 Synopsys $12,050 5 Stanford University $11,750 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. Joseph M. Stanton - National Association Of Home Builders $4,000 2 Donald Whiteside - Intel Corporation $3,000 3 Mrs. Molly Myers - National Venture Capital Association $3,000 4 Mr. Michael Timmeny - Cisco Systems, Inc $3,000 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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