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Who Really Represents North Carolina?

Meet Your Member: Sen. Elizabeth Dole(NC)

Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress.

DOLE, Elizabeth Hanford, (wife of Robert J. Dole), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, on July 29, 1936; B.A., Duke University 1958; M.A., Harvard University 1960; J.D., Harvard University 1965; U.S. secretary of transportation 1983-1987; U.S. secretary of labor 1989-1990; president, American Red Cross 1991-2000; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006.

Summary data about Sen. Elizabeth Dole
District	N/A
Party	R
Term	1st
Next Election	2008
% of Vote Received in Last General Election*	53.56 %
Special Interest Money Ranking**	N/A
Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking**	N/A
Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking	11 out of 100
Contributions from Small Donors Ranking	60 out of 100
Contributions from PACs Ranking	26 out of 100
Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005	$ 78,250
Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 0
Total Privately Funded Travel†	$ 0 to $ 0
Yrs of Serviceª	2.5
Privately Funded Travel (with years-of-service multiplier)**	$ 0 to $ 0
Total Contributions from Out-of-State 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 4,035,142
% of Contributions from Out-of-State††	42.40 %
Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 1,430,284
Contributions from Small Donors	$ 6,275,684
Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 2,207,147
% of Contributions from Small Donors°	39.70 %
Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 2,143,888
% of Total Contributions from PACs	12.00 %
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 716,427
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 3,535
Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 746,622

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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.
**Some Senators were not included in the overall rankings because complete data on contributions from lobbyists were not available for them.
‡ 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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