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Who Really Represents California?

Meet Your Member: Rep. Jerry Lewis (CA-41)

Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress.

LEWIS, Charles Jeremy (Jerry), a Representative from California; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., October 21, 1934; graduated from San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino, Calif., 1952; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1956; Coro Foundation, 1956-1957; insurance businessman; member, San Bernardino School Board, San Bernardino, Calif., 1964-1968; staff, United States Representative Jerry Pettis of California, 1966; member of the California state assembly, 1969-1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the twelve succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-present); chair, House Republican Conference (One Hundred First and One Hundred Second Congresses); chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Ninth Congress). Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006.

Summary data about Rep. Jerry Lewis
District	41
Party	R
Term	14th
Next Election	2006
% of Vote Received in Last General Election*	82.95 %
Special Interest Money Ranking	9 out of 433
Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking	1 out of 433
Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking	21 out of 433
Contributions from Small Donors Ranking	34 out of 433
Contributions from PACs Ranking	41 out of 433
Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005	$ 701,033
Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 172,248
Total Privately Funded Travel†	$ 1 to $ 10,000
Yrs of Serviceª	5.5
Privately Funded Travel (with years-of-service multiplier)**	$ 1 to $ 10,000
Total Contributions from Out-of-State 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 1,868,440
% of Contributions from Out-of-State††	66.70 %
Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 454,616
Contributions from Small Donors	$ 894,996
Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 197,165
% of Contributions from Small Donors°	24.20 %
Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 2,667,945
% of Total Contributions from PACs	43.70 %
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 615,731
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 34,298
Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 659,803

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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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