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Who Really Represents Massachusetts?
Meet Your Member: Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (MA) |
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 Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress. |
KENNEDY, Edward Moore, (brother of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Robert Francis Kennedy, grandson of John Francis Fitzgerald, uncle of Joseph Patrick Kennedy II, and father of Patrick J. Kennedy), a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., February 22, 1932; graduated, Milton Academy, Milton, Mass., in 1950; graduated, Harvard College 1956, the International Law School, The Hague, Holland, 1958, and the University of Virginia Law School 1959; served in the United States Army 1951-1953; admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1959; appointed assistant district attorney in Suffolk County 1961; elected in a special election on November 6, 1962, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the 1960 resignation of his brother, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, for the term ending January 3, 1965; reelected in 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, and 2000 for the term ending January 3, 2007; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1980; Democratic whip 1969-1971; chair, Committee on the Judiciary (Ninety-sixth Congress), Committee on Labor and Human Resources (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses), Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]). Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006. |
| Summary data about Sen. Edward M. Kennedy | |
| District | N/A |
| Party | D |
| Term | 8th |
| Next Election | 2006 |
| % of Vote Received in Last General Election* | 72.69 % |
| Special Interest Money Ranking | 28 out of 100 |
| Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking | 25 out of 90 |
| Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking | 18 out of 100 |
| Contributions from Small Donors Ranking | 56 out of 100 |
| Contributions from PACs Ranking | 57 out of 100 |
| Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005 | $ 538,741 |
| Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡ | $ 101,006 |
| Total Contributions from Out-of-State 2000 Cycle to Present | $ 6,953,439 |
| % of Contributions from Out-of-State†† | 65.80 % |
| Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡ | $ 1,166,527 |
| Contributions from Small Donors | $ 6,135,900 |
| Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡ | $ 996,468 |
| % of Contributions from Small Donors | 36.70 % |
| Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present | $ 2,980,495 |
| % of Total Contributions from PACs | 13.30 % |
| Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡ | $ 246,788 |
| Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡ | $ 223,432 |
| Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡ | $ 502,777 |