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Who Really Represents California?

Meet Your Member: Rep. Sam Farr (CA-17)

Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress.

FARR, Sam, a Representative from California; born in San Francisco, Calif., July 4, 1941; graduated from Carmel High School, Carmel, Calif., 1959; B.S., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1963; attended Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, Calif., and the Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, Calif.; Peace Corps, 1963-1965; staff, California state assembly; member, Monterey County, Calif., board of supervisors, 1975-1980, chair, 1979; member of the California state assembly, 1980-1993; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Leon Panetta and reelected to the six succeeding Congresses (June 8, 1993-present). Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006.

Summary data about Rep. Sam Farr
District	17
Party	D
Term	7th
Next Election	2006
% of Vote Received in Last General Election*	66.73 %
Special Interest Money Ranking	380 out of 433
Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking	336 out of 433
Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking	395 out of 433
Contributions from Small Donors Ranking	326 out of 433
Contributions from PACs Ranking	267 out of 433
Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005	$ 25,775
Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 7,349
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	$ 77,855
% of Contributions from Out-of-State††	11.50 %
Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 19,958
Contributions from Small Donors	$ 535,648
Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 129,383
% of Contributions from Small Donors°	44.20 %
Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 1,185,122
% of Total Contributions from PACs	52.30 %
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 183,440
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 105,931
Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 300,208

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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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