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Who Really Represents California?

Meet Your Member: Rep. Barbara Lee (CA-09)

Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress.

LEE, Barbara, a Representative from California; born in El Paso, Tex., July 16, 1946; graduated from San Fernando High School, San Fernando, Calif., 1964; B.A., Mills College, Oakland, Calif., 1973; M.S.W., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1975; staff member for United States Representative Ron Dellums of California; member of the California state assembly, 1991-1997; member of the California state senate, 1997-1998; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in a special election to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of United States Representative Ron Dellums, and reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (April 7, 1998-present). Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006.

Summary data about Rep. Barbara Lee
District	9
Party	D
Term	5th
Next Election	2006
% of Vote Received in Last General Election*	84.55 %
Special Interest Money Ranking	384 out of 433
Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking	358 out of 433
Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking	274 out of 433
Contributions from Small Donors Ranking	337 out of 433
Contributions from PACs Ranking	371 out of 433
Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005	$ 25,450
Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 6,172
Total Privately Funded Travel†	$ 100,001 to $ 110,000
Yrs of Serviceª	5.5
Privately Funded Travel (with years-of-service multiplier)**	$ 100,001 to $ 110,000
Total Contributions from Out-of-State 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 207,804
% of Contributions from Out-of-State††	15.00 %
Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 51,676
Contributions from Small Donors	$ 1,142,962
Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 273,218
% of Contributions from Small Donors°	45.10 %
Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 798,312
% of Total Contributions from PACs	26.40 %
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 65,469
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 125,494
Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 202,163

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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.

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