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Who Really Represents New York?

Meet Your Member: Rep. Gary Ackerman (NY-05)

Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress.

ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard, a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N.Y., November 19, 1942; graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1960; B.A., Queens College, Flushing, N.Y., 1965; attended, St. John’s University, Jamaica, N.Y., 1966; teacher; member of the New York state senate, 1979-1983; business owner; unsuccessful candidate for city council, New York City, N.Y., 1977; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Benjamin Rosenthal, and reelected to the eleven succeeding Congresses (March 1, 1983-present). Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006.

Summary data about Rep. Gary Ackerman
District	5
Party	D
Term	12th
Next Election	2006
% of Vote Received in Last General Election*	71.33 %
Special Interest Money Ranking	220 out of 433
Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking	338 out of 433
Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking	157 out of 433
Contributions from Small Donors Ranking	82 out of 433
Contributions from PACs Ranking	314 out of 433
Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005	$ 26,900
Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 7,285
Total Privately Funded Travel†	$ 30,001 to $ 40,000
Yrs of Serviceª	5.5
Privately Funded Travel (with years-of-service multiplier)**	$ 30,001 to $ 40,000
Total Contributions from Out-of-State 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 406,450
% of Contributions from Out-of-State††	24.90 %
Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 104,476
Contributions from Small Donors	$ 655,682
Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 152,104
% of Contributions from Small Donors°	28.60 %
Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 1,012,405
% of Total Contributions from PACs	33.10 %
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡†	$ 119,814
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡†	$ 122,458
Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡†	$ 256,479

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Contribution information from the Center for Responsive Politics. Lobbyist contributions are drawn from information for the period from January 1, 1999 through December 31, 2005. Other contributions are drawn from information for the period from January 1, 1999 through June 30, 2006 and are based on data released electronically by the FEC on August 7, 2006.
* Source: Federal Election Commission.
‡ See Methodology for explanation of adjustment method.
† Travel information from the Center for Public Integrity, as reported by members of Congress. Due to the imprecise reporting of privately funded travel, increments of $10,000 are used.
ª The range of the available data is from January 1, 2000 to June 30, 2005.
** The figure incorporates the years of service factor and extrapolates each member’s travel as if he or she had served all 5.5 years.
†† Contributions represent only those from individuals who gave more than $200.
° Percentage represents contributions from individuals of $200 or less divided by all contributions from individuals.
† These members have stated publicly that they do not accept PAC money. PACs, the source of these data, do not always report returned donations.

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