Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the first black woman elected to Congress from Alabama, is the president of this year's small Democratic freshmen class. Those nine freshmen, dubbed the "noble nine" by supporters, elected the Harvard-educated lawyer as the leader of a small, but diverse class that includes four women, four African Americans and one openly gay member and one who identifies as Buddhist.
After winning her first House term with 73% of the vote in Alabama's 7th Congressional District, Sewell established herself as a reliably liberal vote. She supported the president's health care bill as well as ...
Continue readingProfile: Rick Berg
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: North Dakota, 1 |
| Born: Aug. 16, 1959 Hettinger, N.D. |
| Campaign cash raised: $6,364,759 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $1,384,525 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $374,726 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $2,678,539 / $2,878,405 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $35,595.78 in opposition |
| Net worth in 2010: $12,146,147 to $54,979,033 |
| Net worth in 2011: $22,656,129 to $64,735,994 |
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Continue readingSuper PAC Profile: CREDO takes aim at House freshmen
The CREDO SuperPAC exists in spite of—or because of?—its own desire to overturn Citizens United, the Supreme Court case that led to the creation of super PACs. “We wouldn't launch this SuperPAC unless we felt it was absolutely necessary to fight back,” says the group's website. But this sort of self-loathing isn’t the group's only unusual trait. Among organizations whose purpose is to obscure funding sources, CREDO is unique in its transparency.
For one thing, the group's name conspicuously excludes words like ‘freedom,‘ ‘future,’ ‘fund’ and ‘restore,' (see a list here) and makes ...
Continue readingProfile: Ann Marie Buerkle
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: New York, 24 |
| Born: May 8, 1951 Auburn, N.Y. |
| Campaign cash raised: $1,966,755 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $240,481 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $151,500 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $511,447 / $246,787 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $374 in support / $6,694 in opposition |
| Net worth in 2010: $601,004 to $5,099,998 |
| Net worth in 2011: Not yet reported |
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Continue readingProfile: Joseph Heck
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: Nevada, 3 |
| Born: Oct. 30, 1961 Jamaica, N.Y. |
| Campaign cash raised: $3,359,424 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $607,791 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $180,900 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $1,288,841/ $300,320 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $57,819 in opposition |
| Net worth in 2010: $278,010 to $844,999 |
| Net worth in 2011: -$421,990 to $329,997 |
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Continue readingProfile: Francisco Canseco
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: Texas, 23 |
| Born: July 30, 1949 Laredo, Texas |
| Campaign cash raised: $3,667,020 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $512,284 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $165,500 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $1,467,733 / $53,521 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $19 in support / $37,859 in opposition |
| Net worth in 2010: $49,037 to $1,519,998 |
| Net worth in 2011: -$202,965 to $1,244,997 |
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Continue readingProfile: David Cicilline
| Party: Democrat |
| State and District: Rhode Island, 1 |
| Born: July 15, 1961 Providence, R.I. |
| Campaign cash raised: $3,625,274 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $374,537 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $76,400 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $1,406,733 / $911,584 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $10 in support |
| Net worth in 2010: $502,004 to $1,429,999 |
| Net worth in 2011: $2,004 to $1,179,998 |
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Continue readingProfile: Bobby Schilling
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: Illinois, 17 |
| Born: Jan 24, 1964 Rock Island, Ill. |
| Campaign cash raised: $2,594,324 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $391,579 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $163,900 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $1,028,903 / $139,904 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $325 in support / $10,137 in opposition |
| Net worth in 2010: $487,008 to $1,489,998 |
| Net worth in 2011: -$127,995 to $344,996 |
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Continue readingProfile: Chip Cravaack
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: Minnesota, 8 |
| Born: Dec. 29, 1959 Charleston, W.V. |
| Campaign cash raised: $2,058,598 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $235,375 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $100,400 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $628,438 / $127,595 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $248,046 in opposition |
| Net worth in 2010: $843,018 to $1,945,000 |
| Net worth in 2011: Not yet reported |
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Continue readingProfile: Chris Gibson
| Party: Republican |
| State and District: New York, 19 |
| Born: May 13, 1964 Rockville Centre, N.Y. |
| Campaign cash raised: $3,193,882 |
| Money from businesses that lobby: $442,991 |
| Money from leadership PACs: $175,500 |
| Money from in-state / out-of-state: $1,331,847 / $207,127 |
| At-risk in November? Yes |
| Outside group spending: $1,250 in support / $1,044 against |
| Net worth in 2010: $100,001 to $250,000 |
| Net worth in 2011: $100,001 to $250,000 |
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