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Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett.jpg
U.S. House, Texas, District 35
Incumbent
In office
January 3, 1995-present
Term ends
January 3, 2015
Years in position 18
PartyDemocratic
Compensation
Base salary$174,000/year
Elections and appointments
Last electionNovember 6, 2012
First electedNovember 8, 1994
Next electionNovember 4, 2014
Campaign $$8,059,713
Term limitsN/A
Prior offices
U.S. House of Representatives, Texas, District 10
1995-2005
Texas Supreme Court Justice
1989-1994
Texas State Senate
1973-1985
Education
Bachelor'sUniversity of Texas
J.D.University of Texas
Personal
BirthdayOctober 6, 1946
Place of birthAustin, Texas
ProfessionAttorney
Net worth$15,533,044
ReligionMethodist
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Contents

Lloyd Alton Doggett II (b. October 6, 1946) is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Texas. Doggett represents Texas' 35th congressional district and was first elected to the House via Texas' 10th congressional district in 1994. He won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Doggett is a "rank-and-file Democrat".[2]

Biography

Doggett was born in Austin, Texas. He earned his B.A. and J.D. from the University of Texas in 1967 and 1970, respectively. Doggett went into politics three years after finishing his schooling.[3]

Career

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2013-2014

Doggett serves on the following committees:[4]

2011-12

Doggett was a member of the following committees:[5]

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Doggett's campaign website listed the following issues:[6]

  • Budget
Excerpt: "Congress should live by the same rules the rest of us live by. I voted for a “pay as you go” rule that would enforce budget discipline on the government in Washington. We shouldn’t ask working families to pay a dime more to balance the budget when some corporations use tax tricks to avoid their taxes."
  • Keeping Higher Education Attainable
Excerpt: "Students should be able to receive all the education for which they are willing to work. I secured approval of the “more education” tax cut, also known as the American Opportunity Tax Credit, so families spending $2,500 for tuition, textbooks and course materials can have $2,500 taken off their federal tax bill."
  • Standing Up for Our Public Schools
Excerpt: "In 2009, Republican state leadership denied our vital Texas schools more than $3 billion in federal aid—in other words, federal dollars made not a dime of difference to our schoolchildren and our teachers. To prevent such budgeting games from reoccurring, I worked with the Democratic Texas Congressional Delegation to secure special protections to ensure federal aid to education actually helped Texas school children."
  • Tax Fairness
Excerpt: "I have been a vocal advocate for a tax code reform that works for working families and have fought tax loopholes that favor Wall Street and special interests at the expense of ordinary taxpayers."
  • Wall Street Reform
Excerpt: "I voted against the big bank bailouts and for the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that helps end bailouts and puts a cop on the Wall Street beat to protect families from corporate greed."

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Voted "Yes" Doggett voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[7]

Elections

2012

State Representative Joaquin Castro announced on June 24, 2011 that he would run for US Congress in 2012, challenging incumbent Doggett "in a redrawn district that stretches from Austin to San Antonio."[8] Doggett's District 25 was redrawn in the 2011 redistricting cycle, opening up opportunities for political challengers. Commenting on his decision to run Castro said "The closer I look at this district, the more I began to realize the incredible potential that it has. This would be among the few congressional districts in the nation that connects two major American cities, within the top 15 of the nation."[8]

As a result, Doggett ran for re-election in District 35 rather than his current 25th district. He defeated Maria Luisa Alvarado and Sylvia Romo in the May 29, 2012, Democratic primary. He ran against Susan Narvaiz (R), Ross Lynn Leone (L), Meghan Owen (G), and William Paul Frederick Wright (I) in the November 6, 2012, general election.[9][10]

Politico has listed the 35th district race as one of the five primaries to watch in 2012.[11] Doggett was considered one the vulnerable incumbents.[12]

U.S. House, Texas, District 35 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark.jpgLloyd Doggett Incumbent 63.9% 105,626
     Republican Susan Narvaiz 32% 52,894
     Libertarian Ross Lynn Leone 2.5% 4,082
     Green Meghan Owen 1.5% 2,540
     Write-in Simon Alvarado 0% 37
Total Votes 165,179
Source: Texas Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

Full history


Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Doggett is available dating back to 2000. Based on available campaign finance records, Doggett raised a total of $8,059,713 during that time period. This information was last updated on March 25, 2013.[22]

Lloyd Doggett's Campaign Contribution History
Year Office Result Contributions
2012 US House (Texas, District 35) Won $1,744,502
2010 US House (Texas, District 25) Won $1,200,342
2008 US House (Texas, District 25) Won $1,150,661
2006 US House (Texas, District 25) Won $1,089,095
2004 US House (Texas, District 25) Won $1,574,005
2002 US House (Texas, District 10) Won $635,112
2000 US House (Texas, District 10) Won $665,996
Grand Total Raised $8,059,713

2012

Breakdown of the source of Doggett's campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Doggett won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Doggett's campaign committee raised a total of $1,744,503 and spent $1,977,380.[23]

2010

Breakdown of the source of Doggett's campaign funds before the 2010 election.

Doggett won re-election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that re-election cycle, Doggett's campaign committee raised a total of $1,200,342 and spent $1,122,084.[24]

Analysis

Lifetime voting record

See also: Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives

According to the website GovTrack, Doggett missed 290 of 12,398 roll call votes from January 1995 to March 2013. This amounts to 2.3%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[25]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Doggett paid his congressional staff a total of $968,342 in 2011. Overall, Texas ranks 27th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[26]

Net worth

See also: Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Doggett's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $8,651,090 to $22,414,999. That averages to $15,533,044, which is higher than the average net worth of Democratic House members in 2011 of $5,107,874. His average net worth increased by 3.49% from 2010.[27]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Doggett's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $8,276,090 to $21,740,999. That averages to $30,017,089 which is higher than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.[28]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Doggett tied with one other member of the U.S. House of Representatives, ranking 76th in the liberal rankings among members of the U.S. House.[29]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. Doggett was tied with one other member of the U.S. House of Representatives, ranking 82nd in the liberal rankings among members of the U.S. House.[30]

Percentage voting with party

November 2011

The website Open Congress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. According to the website, Doggett votes with the Democratic Party 92.5% of the time. This ranked 96th among the 192 Senate Democrats in November 2011.[31]

Personal

Doggett and his wife, Libby, have two children and three grandchildren.[32]

Recent news

This section displays the most recent stories in a Google news search for the term Lloyd + Doggett + Texas + House

All stories may not be relevant to this page due to the nature of the search engine.

Lloyd Doggett News Feed


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External links

References

  1. ↑ Politico "2012 Election Map, Texas"
  2. ↑ Gov Track "Doggett" Accessed May 23, 2012
  3. ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress "Lloyd Alton Doggett II," Accessed November 1, 2011
  4. ↑ CQ.com, House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress
  5. ↑ Official House website "Committees," Accessed November 1, 2011
  6. ↑ Campaign website, Issues
  7. ↑ U.S. House "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Times Union, "Texas state Rep. Castro to run for US Congress", June 24, 2011
  9. ↑ Democratic candidate list
  10. ↑ Unofficial Democratic primary results
  11. ↑ Politico "5 primaries to watch" Accessed April 18, 2012
  12. ↑ New York Times"House Race Ratings" Accessed October 3
  13. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  14. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  15. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  16. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  17. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  18. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  19. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  20. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  21. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
  22. ↑ Open Secrets "Career Fundraising for Lloyd Doggett," Accessed March 25, 2013
  23. ↑ Open Secrets "Lloyd Doggett 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed March 5, 2013
  24. ↑ Open Secrets "Lloyd Doggett 2010 Election Cycle," Accessed November 1, 2011
  25. ↑ GovTrack, "Lloyd Doggett," Accessed April 2, 2013
  26. ↑ LegiStorm, "Lloyd Doggett," Accessed September 17, 2012
  27. ↑ OpenSecrets.org "Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), 2011," accessed February 25, 2013
  28. ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), 2010," Accessed September 17, 2012
  29. ↑ National Journal, "2012 Congressional Vote Ratings," March 7, 2013
  30. ↑ National Journal, "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012
  31. ↑ Open Congress "Voting With Party," Accessed November 1, 2011
  32. ↑ Official House website "Meet Lloyd Doggett," Accessed November 1, 2011
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