Maxine Waters
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| Maxine Waters | ||
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| U.S. House, California, District 35 | ||
| Incumbent | ||
| In office | ||
| 1991-Present | ||
| Term ends | ||
| January 3, 2013 | ||
| Years in position | 21 | |
| Party | Democratic | |
| Compensation | ||
| Base salary | $174,000/year | |
| Elections and appointments | ||
| Last election | November 2, 2010 | |
| First elected | November 6, 1990 | |
| Next election | November 6, 2012 | |
| Term limits | N/A | |
| Prior offices | ||
| California State Assembly | ||
| 1977-1990 | ||
| Education | ||
| Bachelor's | California State University, Los Angeles, 1970 | |
| Personal | ||
| Birthday | August 15, 1938 | |
| Place of birth | Saint Louis, MO | |
| Religion | Christian | |
| Websites | ||
| Office website | ||
Contents |
Waters is running for re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 43rd District as a Democrat. She was displaced from her current district, the 35th by redistricting.[1] The open primary election will be held on June 5, 2012.
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Waters's academic, professional and political career:[2]
- 1970: Graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with B.A.
- 1972-1988: Delegate, Democratic National Conventions
- 1977-1991: California State Assembly
- 1991-Present: U.S Representative from California
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2011-2012
- Financial Services Committee
- Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, Ranking Member
- Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
- Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
- Judiciary Committee
- Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement
- Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet
Issues
Political positions
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, Maxine Waters voted with the Democratic Party 90.3% of the time, which ranked 144 among the 192 House Democratic members in 2011.[3]
Elections
2012
Waters is running for re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing California's 43rd District as a Democrat. She was displaced from her current district, the 35th by redistricting. She is running against Bob Flores (D) in the June 5, 2012, open primary.[4]
2010
On November 2, 2010, Waters won re-election to the United States House. She defeated K. Bruce Brown in the general election.[5]
| U.S. House, California District 35 General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Maxine Waters Incumbent |
79.3% | 98,131 | |
| Republican | K. Bruce Brown | 20.7% | 25,561 | |
| Total Votes | 123,692 | |||
Campaign donors
2010
Waters won re-election to the U.S. House in 2010. During that election cycle, Waters's campaign committee raised a total of $694,021 and spent $718,505.[6]
His top 5 contributors between 2009-2010 were:
| U.S. House, California District 35, 2010 - Maxine Waters Campaign Contributions | |
|---|---|
| Total Raised | $694,021 |
| Total Spent | $718,505 |
| Total Raised by General Election Opponent | $17,340 |
| Total Spent by General Election Opponent | $20,370 |
| Top contributors to Maxine Waters's campaign committee | |
| National Assn of Realtors | $11,000 |
| American Assn for Justice | $10,000 |
| American Federation of Teachers | $7,500 |
| National Assn of Letter Carriers | $7,000 |
| United Auto Workers | $5,500 |
| Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee | |
| Lawyers/Law Firms | $26,526 |
| Real Estate | $23,294 |
| Health Professionals | $21,100 |
| Industrial Unions | $20,500 |
| Public Sector Unions | $19,000 |
Ethics charges, 2010
The Office of Congressional Ethics charged Waters with improper requests for a meeting with Treasury officials for OneUnited Bank. Waters' husband owns stock in the bank and served as a director until a few months before Waters requested those meetings.
OneUnited got an infusion of TARP money, which prevented Waters' husband's bank stock from becoming worthless.
Daughter's fictitious business
Federal campaign records reveal that Congresswoman Waters’ campaign committees have paid more than $350,000 in management fees to an entity known as "Progressive Connections" since 2005. The campaign committees claim to owe another $82,000 in management fees to Progressive Connections. Progressive Connections doesn’t aggressively advertise and records reveal it is the fictitious business name used by Maxine Waters’ daughter, Karen Waters.
Rep. Waters has operated a slate mail business that benefits her daughter, for instance, in each election cycle, Waters releases a voter guide featuring her picture and a list of candidates she endorses and ballot measures she supports. Candidates and ballot measure committees pay to be listed on the guide. Karen Waters ran the operation through a state committee called L.A. Vote until the 2004 election.
This part of the ethics scandal hasn't been widely circulated in the media.[7]
Personal
Waters and her husband, Sidney, have two children.
External links
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
- Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
- Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
- Congressional profile at OpenCongress.org
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
- Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
References
- ↑ "Congressional candidates jockey in redistricting-spawned scramble", latimes.com, September 6, 2011
- ↑ Biographical Director of the United States Congress "Maxine Waters," Accessed November 12, 2011
- ↑ Open Congress "Voting With Party"
- ↑ California Secretary of State, Official candidate list
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
- ↑ Open Secrets "Maxine Waters 2010 Election Cycle," Accessed November 12, 2011
- ↑ "Waters’ ‘unseemly’ slatemail game," By Bradley Benbrook, CalWatchdog, August 26, 2010
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| Preceded by Jerry Lewis | U.S. House - California District 35 1991-Present | Succeeded by - |
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