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Who Really Represents Connecticut?

Meet Your Member: Sen. Joe Lieberman(CT)

Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress.

LIEBERMAN, Joseph I., a Senator from Connecticut; born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Ct., February 24, 1942; attended Stamford public schools; graduated from Yale University 1964; received law degree from Yale Law School 1967; member of Connecticut state senate 1970-1980, majority leader 1974-1980; attorney general of Connecticut 1983, 1986-1988; author; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1988; reelected in 1994 and 2000 for the term ending January 3, 2007; unsuccessful candidate for vice president on Democratic ticket with Al Gore, Jr., in 2000; chair, Committee on Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]); unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for president, 2004. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006.

Summary data about Sen. Joe Lieberman
District	N/A
Party	I
Term	3rd
Next Election	2006
% of Vote Received in Last General Election*	63.21 %
Special Interest Money Ranking	24 out of 100
Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking	59 out of 90
Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking	13 out of 100
Contributions from Small Donors Ranking	8 out of 100
Contributions from PACs Ranking	67 out of 100
Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005	$ 243,212
Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 46,472
Total Privately Funded Travel†	$ 10,001 to $ 20,000
Yrs of Serviceª	5.5
Privately Funded Travel (with years-of-service multiplier)**	$ 10,001 to $ 20,000
Total Contributions from Out-of-State 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 7,983,947
% of Contributions from Out-of-State††	73.90 %
Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 1,375,433
Contributions from Small Donors	$ 1,437,266
Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 249,576
% of Contributions from Small Donors°	11.70 %
Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 2,520,347
% of Total Contributions from PACs	16.10 %
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 346,028
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 54,353
Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 435,372

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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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