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Who Really Represents Illinois?

Meet Your Member: Rep. Dennis Hastert (IL-14)

Source: Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th Congress.

HASTERT, John Dennis, a Representative from Illinois; born in Aurora, Kane County, Ill., January 2, 1942; B.A., Wheaton College, Wheaton, Ill., 1964; M.S., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.,1967; teacher; athletic coach; business owner; member of the Illinois state house of representatives, 1980-1986; elected as a Republican to the One Hundredth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-present); Speaker of the House (One Hundred Sixth through One Hundred Ninth Congresses). Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 2006.

Summary data about Rep. Dennis Hastert
District	14
Party	R
Term	10th
Next Election	2006
% of Vote Received in Last General Election*	68.63 %
Special Interest Money Ranking	8 out of 433
Contributions from Lobbyists Ranking	4 out of 433
Contributions from Out-of-State Ranking	3 out of 433
Contributions from Small Donors Ranking	79 out of 433
Contributions from PACs Ranking	1 out of 433
Total Contributions from Lobbyists, 2000-2005	$ 632,184
Contributions from Lobbyists Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 162,151
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	$ 3,650,698
% of Contributions from Out-of-State††	40.80 %
Contributions from Out-of-State Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 897,524
Contributions from Small Donors	$ 3,538,760
Contributions from Small Donors Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 800,066
% of Contributions from Small Donors°	28.40 %
Contributions from PACs, 2000 Cycle to Present	$ 11,680,461
% of Total Contributions from PACs	50.90 %
Contributions from Business PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 2,767,275
Contributions from Labor PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 105,204
Contributions from PACs Per Cycle (adjusted)‡	$ 2,904,608

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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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