Richard Blumenthal

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Richard Blumenthal
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Democratic Party

U.S. Senate Connecticut

Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2023

Years in position

10

Prior offices
United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut
Connecticut House of Representatives
Connecticut State Senate
Attorney General of Connecticut

Compensation

Base salary

$174,000

Net worth

(2012) $103,803,192

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2016

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Years of service

1970 - 1976

Personal
Religion
Jewish
Contact

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Richard Blumenthal (b. February 13, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York) is a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate from Connecticut.[1]

Blumenthal was first elected to the Senate in 2010 to replace retiring incumbent Chris Dodd (D), who had served in the Senate since 1980. Blumenthal defeated Linda McMahon (R) in the general election. He won re-election in 2016.

Before his election to the Senate, Blumenthal had served as the Connecticut Attorney General since 1991. He served in the Connecticut State Senate from 1987 to 1991 and in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1984 to 1987.[2]

Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, Blumenthal is one of the most reliable Democratic votes, meaning he can be considered a safe vote for the Democratic Party in Congress.

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Blumenthal's academic, professional, and political career:[3]

Committee assignments

U.S. Senate

2019-2020

Blumenthal was assigned to the following committees:[Source]

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Blumenthal was assigned to the following committees:[4]

2015-2016

Blumenthal served on the following committees:[5]

2013-2014

Blumenthal served on the following Senate committees:[6]

  • Armed Services Committee
    • Subcommittee on Personnel
    • Subcommittee on SeaPower
    • Subcommittee on Airland
  • United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
    • Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
    • Subcommittee on Science and Space
    • Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard
    • Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
    • Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion
    • Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet
    • Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
  • Judiciary Committee
    • Subcommittee on Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Action Chairman
    • Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security
    • Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights
    • Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights subcommittee
  • United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
  • Veterans' Affairs Committee

2011-2012

Blumenthal served on the following Senate committees:

Key votes

See also: Key votes

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Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2020

Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018

For detailed information about each vote, click here.

Key votes: Previous sessions of Congress

Issues

Presidential preference

2016 presidential endorsement

✓ Blumenthal endorsed Hillary Clinton for the Democratic primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[95]

See also: Endorsements for Hillary Clinton


U.S. Senate

Rand Paul Patriot Act filibuster

On May 20, 2015, Senator Rand Paul (Ky.) conducted a nearly 11 hour filibuster of the renewal of provisions in the USA PATRIOT ACT. Paul specifically argued against the mass collection of metadata by the National Security Agency and warrantless wiretapping. He asked Senate leadership to allow members of Congress to debate reauthorizing the USA PATRIOT ACT and propose amendments to HR 2048 - the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015, rather than simply casting an up or down vote on the legislation. Blumenthal was one of 10 senators who asked Paul questions during the filibuster.

Military action in Iraq

In June 2014, Blumenthal commented that President Barack Obama should seek a congressional vote before any military involvement in Iraq. Blumenthal said, "He should seek a vote if he contemplates any involvement. And I mean any involvement or prolonged military forces there [in Iraq]."[96]

Sanctions on Russian banks

On September 17, 2013, Blumenthal urged President Barack Obama’s administration to enforce sanctions on Russian banks that he said were helping to finance the Syrian government’s war against rebel groups.[97]

He said he sent a letter with three other senators - Kelly Ayotte, John Cornyn and Jeanne Shaheen – urging U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to target the banks, which he said were violating existing sanctions under U.S. executive orders.[97]

Attorney General

The following issues arose during Blumenthal's tenure as Delaware's attorney general.

Gay Marriage

On May 17, 2004, Blumenthal released a legal opinion arguing that same-sex couples could not marry in Connecticut because the state's "statutes do not allow or authorize issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples."[98] He did suggest, however, that the law could be altered, but that responsibility was left up to the Connecticut General Assembly.

Interstate air pollution

In 1997, Blumenthal, in collaboration with then-Governor of Connecticut John G. Rowland, petitioned for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the issue of interstate air pollution from both the Midwest and Southeastern portions of the country. This petition was filed in accordance with Section 126 of the Clean Air Act, which allows a state to request pollution reductions from out-of-state sources that contribute significantly to its air quality problems.[99]

Richard Blumenthal for Senate Campaign logo

Six years later, Blumenthal, along with eleven other state attorneys general, filed suit to prevent what they argued were the "changes that threaten to gut the New Source Review (NSR) section of the federal Clean Air Act." Specifically, they objected to the "new regulation [that] states that any modification costing up to 20 percent of the replacement cost of the unit will be considered routine maintenance – and therefore exempt from pollution controls, even if the plant modification produces much higher levels of air pollution."[100] A number of local governments, including the New York City and various Connecticut municipalities, were also plaintiffs in the suit.

MySpace

In May 2007, Blumenthal demanded that the social networking website, MySpace, turn over a list of known sex offenders who used the site. After initially refusing, Blumenthal, in conjunction with North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, both of whom co-chaired the state attorney general task force on social networking, issued a subpoena. In response, MySpace announced that "it has identified about 90,000 convicted registered sex offenders on the site, 40,000 more than previously acknowledged"[101] and that it would turn over the information to the Attorney General's Office for further investigation. Republican state chairman Chris Healy, a fervent Blumenthal critic, praised the state attorney general's action in this matter.[102]

Stanley Works

On May 10, 2002, both Blumenthal and Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier helped halt a hostile takeover of the New Britain-based hardware manufacturer Stanley Works, a major Connecticut employer, by filing a lawsuit alleging that a shareowner vote to reincorporate the company in Bermuda was ripe with 'irregularities' and that it "misrepresented how the move to Bermuda could affect shareowners."[103] The matter was referred to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 3 for further investigation. Twenty-two days later, Blumenthal testified before the United States House Ways and Means Committee arguing that "long-time American corporations with operations in other countries can dodge tens of millions of dollars in federal taxes by the device of reincorporating in another country" by "simply [filing] incorporation papers in a country with friendly tax laws, open a post-office box and hold an annual meeting there" and that Stanley Works, along with "Cooper Industries, Seagate Technologies, Ingersoll-Rand and PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, to name but a few, have also become pseudo-foreign corporations for the sole purpose of saving tax dollars." He stated that "Corporations proposing to reincorporate to Bermuda, such as Stanley, often tell shareholders that there is no material difference in the law"[104] but said that this was not the case and was misleading to their shareholders. In order to rectify this situation, Blumenthal championed House Resolution 3884: Corporate Patriot Enforcement Act of 2002 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prevent corporations from avoiding the United States income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country.[105]

The cooperative efforts of Blumenthal and Nappier were not without criticism. An editorial appearing in the May 9, 2003, edition of the Wall Street Journal stated that "Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and GOP Congresswoman Nancy Johnson will no doubt now want to take some responsibility for the company's decision this week to lay off 1,000 workers and close nine facilities."[106]

Terrorist Surveillance Program

In October 2007, Blumenthal was only one of four state attorneys general lobbying Congress to reject proposals to provide immunity from litigation to telecommunication firms that cooperated with the federal government's terrorist surveillance program following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blumenthal insisted that "granting immunity would short-circuit pending litigation seeking to allow Connecticut and other states to investigate whether telecommunications companies broke state privacy laws prohibiting release of caller information without warrants."[107] While liberal political activist groups like the ACLU and MoveOn.org pushed for suits against telecommunications firms, such action was opposed by both Bush administration officials and California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who held the pivotal vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee.[108]

ACORN

See also: Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now

Blumenthal was one of six state attorneys general, all of whom belonged to the Democratic Party, who received the highest rating, a letter grade of A+, from the June 2008 Survey and Scorecard report published by the embattled liberal political organization, ACORN. The report was published in an effort to shine the spotlight on state attorneys general "leading the fight to protect homeowners from joining the flood of Americans losing their homes to foreclosure," according to the group.[109]

CEI rating, 2007

In an analysis of state attorneys general published in January 2007, Blumenthal was named The Nation's Worst Attorney General by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI). Judged based on dubious dealings, fabricating law, usurping legislative power and predatory practices, the Connecticut Attorney General received a letter grade of F in all four categories. CEI called Blumenthal "a tireless crusader for growing the power of his own office and spreading largesse to his cronies."[110]

CEI rating, 2010

In an analysis of state attorneys general published in July 2010, Blumenthal was named "The Nation's Third Worst Attorney General" by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), a nonprofit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. Basing their criteria on dubious dealings, fabricating law, usurping legislative power and predatory practices, the Connecticut Attorney General, who at the time of the publication was a gubernatorial candidate, received a letter grade of F in all four categories. The CEI called Blumenthal "a left-wing ideologue who has used the power of his office to spread largesse to cronies."[111]

Eddie Perez

In November 2007, Blumenthal appeared at Arch Street Tavern in Hartford, Connecticut, in an effort to raise money, approximately $100 per person, in support of Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez. Months before, Perez had announced that police had searched his house after it was alleged that he "allowed a contractor [who had received city business] to spend around $30,000 to fix his bathroom."[112] An arrest warrant was issued for Perez charging him with bribery, fabricating evidence and conspiracy to fabricate evidence in January 2009. Eight months later, the Hartford Mayor was arrested again, this time facing extortion charges stemming from a no-bid parking lot deal.

PAC contributions

In an interview conducted on MSNBC's morning program, Morning Joe, in January 2010, Blumenthal argued that he had never accepted PAC contributions, stating, “I have never taken PAC money and I have rejected all special interest money because I have stood strong and have taken legal action against many of those special interests.”[113][114] However, an examination of the Democratic candidate's campaign finance reports on the Federal Election Commission (FEC) website shows that the Connecticut Attorney General's senatorial campaign took in nearly $200,000 in the first quarter of 2010 and that as of late-August 2010 the number had ballooned to as much as $480,000.[115]

Blumenthal's campaign insisted, however, that the Democratic candidate never lied. He contended that in the interview he was referring to his twenty years as the state's top law enforcer because "of the unique features of that job."[116] The context of the January 2010 interview reveals otherwise as the female news reporter, just prior to Blumenthal's comment in regards to accepting PAC contributions, was asking about the race for the Senate seat and how expensive the campaign would be. When pressed further about how expensive the race would be, he remarked that "he was going to run a “very grass-roots campaign” and seek fundraising “from ordinary citizens.”"[117]

Vietnam comment

Words spoken in 2008 at the Veterans War Memorial Building in Shelton, Connecticut, to honor those who served during the Vietnam conflict came back to haunt State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. In his speech at the event, he recalled "the taunts, the insults, sometimes even physical abuse” visited upon him and his fellow soldiers when they returned home from combat.[118][119] The New York Times also cited at least eight other local newspaper stories published between 2003 and 2009 baring similar comments from Blumenthal.

The problem is that not only did Blumenthal never serve in Vietnam, but that he deliberately sought "at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war."[119] When he was confronted about the issue in an interview, he argued that he could not possibly be knowledgeable about every single thing that is written about him and dodge the matter of whether or not his office had taken steps to correct the inaccuracies.[120]

What made the issue all the more contentious is that one of the five Republican candidates that challenged Blumenthal in the 2010 election was former Congressman Rob Simmons, who "enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1965 as a Private, and spent 19 months in Vietnam where he earned two Bronze Star Medals."[121] Blumenthal received severe backlash for the revelation from a number of sources. Andy Levy, an Army Veteran and FOX News commentator, called the Connecticut Attorney General "an utterly despicable coward who claims the bravery and actions of others as your own. Rot in hell."[122] Meanwhile, liberal-leaning pollster Nate Silver suggested that Blumenthal exit the Senate race, arguing that "for a public servant, lying about military service is way worse than lying about an affair."[123]

Blumenthal's senatorial campaign contended that the article was a "hit job" and "full of inaccuracies."[124] The Democratic Senatorial candidate insisted the next day that in spite of the controversy he would remain in the race.[125] On Friday, May 21, 2010, at the state's Democratic convention, Blumenthal received his party's endorsement, but only after his primary opponent, Merrick Alpert, was prevented from speaking and then formally withdrew his name from nomination. Arriving on stage to the tune of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down," Blumenthal remarked that he had made mistakes, but that he had taken responsibility for his actions and that the campaign must be about the people of Connecticut.[126][127] Two days after accepting the party nomination, he formally apologized "for repeatedly referring to himself as a Vietnam veteran or referencing his return from Vietnam," regretting having not been clear or precise about his service in the Marine Corps Reserves.[128]

Elections

2016

See also: United States Senate election in Connecticut, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Connecticut's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Richard Blumenthal (D) defeated Dan Carter (R), Richard Lion (L), Jeffery David Russell (G), and John Price (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary election in August. Carter defeated August Wolf at the Republican convention. Blumenthal won re-election in the November 8 election.[129][130][131]

U.S. Senate, Connecticut General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Blumenthal Incumbent 63.2% 1,008,714
     Republican Dan Carter 34.6% 552,621
     Libertarian Richard Lion 1.1% 18,190
     Green Jeffery Russell 1% 16,713
     N/A Write-in 0% 38
Total Votes 1,596,276
Source: Connecticut Secretary of State

2010

  • 2010 Race for United States Senate - Democratic Primary
    • Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed in this contest
United States Senate
U.S. Senate Seal.png
Elections, 2010
Primary election dates, 2010
2010 Race for United States Senate - General Election[132]
Party Candidate Vote Percentage
     Democratic Party Approveda Richard Blumenthal 54.2%
     Republican Party Linda McMahon 44.2%
     Independent Warren B Mosler 1.0%
     Connecticut for Lieberman John Mertens 0.6%
Total Votes 802,636

Blumenthal wasted no time declaring his candidacy for the United States Senate directly on the heels of Senator Christopher Dodd's announcement on January 6, 2010, that he would be retiring at the end of the congressional term.[1]

Public Policy Polling released information from a survey conducted just prior to Dodd's retirement announcement that showed in a head-to-head matchup, Blumenthal would easily defeat Simmons 59 - 28 percent.[133] Another poll conducted by Quinnipiac University a few days later exhibited Blumenthal's margin of victory over Simmons widening to 62 - 27 percent.[134]

However, after the New York Times broke the story that for years Blumenthal had been lying about having served in Vietnam, Rasmussen conducted a survey of 500 likely voters and found that his lead in the United States Senate had shrunk dramatically to a little over three percentage points.[135] The leading Republican candidate, Linda McMahon, former CEO of Wrestling Entertainment, took credit for tipping off the New York Times about Blumenthal's exaggerations.

On Friday, May 21, 2010, at the state's Democratic convention, Blumenthal received his party's endorsement, but only after his primary opponent, Merrick Alpert, was prevented from speaking and then formally withdrew his name from nomination. Arriving on stage to the tune of Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down," Blumenthal remarked that he had made mistakes, but that he had taken responsibility for his actions and that the campaign must be about the people of Connecticut.[126] [127] Two days after accepting the party nomination, he formally apologized "for repeatedly referring to himself as a Vietnam veteran or referencing his return from Vietnam," regretting having not been clear or precise about his service in the Marine Corps Reserves.[128]

Polling data published by Rasmussen in early-June 2010 showed that after having formally apologized for claiming he had served in Vietnam, Blumenthal had rebounded and held a twenty-three point lead against leading Republican challenger, Linda McMahon.[136]

On November 2, 2010, Blumenthal won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Linda E. McMahon (R), Warren B. Mosler (I), John Mertens (I), Brian K. Hill (I), Jeff Russel (I), Rodd Vachon (I), Jay J. Giles (I), John Traceski (I), Matthew Coleman (I) and Dave Olszta (I) in the general election.[137]

United States Senate, Connecticut General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Blumenthal 52.5% 605,204
     Republican Linda E. McMahon 43.2% 498,341
     Independent Working Families 2.7% 30,836
     Independent Warren B. Mosler 1% 11,275
     Ct. for Lieberman John Mertens 0.6% 6,735
     Independent Brian K. Hill 0% 559
     Independent Jeff Russell 0% 45
     Independent Todd Vachon 0% 45
     Independent Carl E. Vassar 0% 31
     Independent Jay J. Giles 0% 17
     Independent John Traceski 0% 15
     Independent Matthew Coleman 0% 7
     Independent Dave Olszta 0% 5
Total Votes 1,153,115

2006

On November 7, 2006, Richard Blumenthal won re-election to the office of Attorney General of Connecticut. He defeated Robert Farr (R), Nancy Burton (Green) and John M. Joy (Write-in) in the general election.

Attorney General of Connecticut, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democrat Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Blumenthal Incumbent 74.1% 782,235
     Republican Robert Farr 24.2% 256,018
     Green Nancy Burton 1.7% 17,684
     Write-in John M. Joy 0% 4
Total Votes 1,055,941
Election results via Connecticut Secretary of State.
  • 2006 Race for Attorney General - Democratic Primary
  • Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed in this contest

2002

On November 5, 2002, Richard Blumenthal won re-election to the office of Attorney General of Connecticut. He defeated Martha Dean (R) in the general election.

Attorney General of Connecticut, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democrat Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Blumenthal Incumbent 65.6% 632,351
     Republican Martha Dean 34.4% 330,874
Total Votes 963,225
Election results via Connecticut Secretary of State.
  • 2002 Race for Attorney General - Democratic Primary
  • Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed in this contest

1998

On November 3, 1998, Richard Blumenthal won re-election to the office of Attorney General of Connecticut. He defeated Santa Mendoza (R) and Richard J. Pober (L) in the general election.

Attorney General of Connecticut, 1998
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democrat Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Blumenthal Incumbent 30.6% 282,289
     Republican Santa Mendoza 68.5% 631,588
     Libertarian Richard J. Pober 0.8% 7,537
Total Votes 921,414
Election results via Connecticut Secretary of State.
  • 1998 Race for Attorney General - Democratic Primary
  • Richard Blumenthal ran unopposed in this contest

Campaign donors


Comprehensive donor history

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Richard Blumenthal campaign contribution history
Year Office Result Contributions
2016 U.S. Senate, Connecticut  ✔ $8,630,009
2010 U.S. Senate (Connecticut)  ✔ $8,733,486
Grand total raised $17,363,495

Source: Follow the Money



2016

Blumenthal won re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2016. During that election cycle, Blumenthal's campaign committee raised a total of $8,630,009 and spent $4,950,442.[138] This is less than the average $10.08 million spent by U.S. Senate winners in 2016.[139]

Cost per vote

Blumenthal spent $4.91 per general election vote received in 2016.

U.S. Senate, Connecticut, 2016 - Richard Blumenthal Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $8,630,009
Total Spent $4,950,442
Total Raised by Election Runner-up $361,934
Total Spent by Election Runner-up $315,094
Top contributors to Richard Blumenthal's campaign committee
BlackRock Inc$51,700
Cablevision Systems$50,525
NorPAC$38,011
Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder$35,602
United Technologies$35,225
Top 5 industries that contributed to campaign committee
Lawyers/Law Firms$1,134,726
Securities & Investment$823,473
Retired$391,082
Real Estate$384,926
Leadership PACs$337,500
Source: Open Secrets

2010

Blumenthal won election to the U.S. Senate in 2010. During that election cycle, Blumenthal's campaign committee raised a total of $8,733,486 and spent $8,716,686.[140]

2006

2006 Race for Attorney General - Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $520,676
Total Raised by Primary Opponent N/A
Total Raised by Gen. Election Opponent $72,851
Top 5 Contributors Richard Blumenthal $150,000 (28.81% of Total)
Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener $3,000 (0.58%)
Robert Simons $1,500 (0.29%)
Henry S. Miller $1,500 (0.29%)
Paul Warren $1,500 (0.29%)
Individuals v. Institutions $365,463 (70.2%)
$2,000 (0.4%)
In v. Outside State $457,795 (87.9%)
$59,865 (11.5%)

Personal Gain Index

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See also: Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress)

The Personal Gain Index (U.S. Congress) is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U.S. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:

PGI: Change in net worth

See also: Changes in Net Worth of U.S. Senators and Representatives (Personal Gain Index) and Net worth of United States Senators and Representatives
Net Worth Metric graphic.png

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Blumenthal's net worth as of 2012 was estimated between $86,307,329 and $121,299,056. That averages to $103,803,192, which is higher than the average net worth of Democratic senators in 2012 of $13,566,333.90. Blumenthal ranked as the 2nd most wealthy senator in 2012.[141] Between 2009 and 2012, Blumenthal's calculated net worth[142] increased by an average of 1 percent per year. Between 2004 and 2012, the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was 15.4 percent.[143]

Richard Blumenthal Yearly Net Worth
YearAverage Net Worth
2009$101,528,452
2012$103,803,192
Growth from 2009 to 2012:2%
Average annual growth:1%[144]
Comparatively, the American citizen experienced a median yearly decline in net worth of -0.94%.[145]
The data used to calculate changes in net worth may include changes resulting from assets gained through marriage, inheritance, changes in family estates and/or trusts, changes in family business ownership, and many other variables unrelated to a member's behavior in Congress.

PGI: Donation Concentration Metric

See also: The Donation Concentration Metric (U.S. Congress Personal Gain Index)

Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate. Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets.org, Ballotpedia calculated the percentage of donations by industry received by each incumbent over the course of his or her career (or 1989 and later, if elected prior to 1988). Blumenthal received the most donations from individuals and PACs employed by the Lawyers/Law Firms industry.

From 2009-2014, 26.38 percent of Blumenthal's career contributions came from the top five industries as listed below.[146]

Donation Concentration Metric graphic.png
Richard Blumenthal Campaign Contributions
Total Raised $9,948,145
Total Spent $9,417,153
Top five industries that contributed to campaign committee
Lawyers/Law Firms$712,526
Securities & Investment$609,297
Retired$553,441
Real Estate$486,205
Health Professionals$262,389
% total in top industry7.16%
% total in top two industries13.29%
% total in top five industries26.38%

Analysis

Ideology and leadership

See also: GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Blumenthal was a "rank-and-file Democrat," as of July 2014. This was the same rating Blumenthal received in June 2013.[147]

Like-minded colleagues

The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often. The results include a member from each party.[148]

Blumenthal most often votes with:

Blumenthal least often votes with:


Lifetime voting record

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

According to the website GovTrack, Richard Blumenthal missed 17 of 1,412 roll call votes from January 2001 to September 2015. This amounts to 1.2 percent, which is better than the median of 1.6 percent among current senators as of September 2015.[149]

Congressional staff salaries

See also: Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Blumenthal paid his congressional staff a total of $1,703,678 in 2011. He ranked 1st on the list of the lowest paid Democratic senatorial staff salaries and ranked 9th overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in 2011. Overall, Connecticut ranked 14th in average salary for senatorial staff. The average U.S. Senate congressional staff was paid $2,529,141.70 in fiscal year 2011.[150]

National Journal vote ratings

See also: National Journal vote ratings

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year. Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress.

2013

Blumenthal ranked 5th in the liberal rankings among U.S. senators in 2013.[151]

2012

Blumenthal ranked 1st in the liberal rankings in 2012. He was tied with another senator for the ranking.[152]

2011

Blumenthal ranked 37th in the liberal rankings in 2011.[153]

Voting with party

The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus.

2014

Blumenthal voted with the Democratic Party 97.5 percent of the time, which ranked 8th among the 53 Senate Democratic members as of July 2014.[154]

2013

Blumenthal voted with the Democratic Party 97.6 percent of the time, which ranked 8th among the 51 Senate Democratic members as of June 2013.[155]

2016 Democratic National Convention

Personal

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Blumenthal resides in Greenwich, Connecticut, with his wife, Cynthia. The couple has four children together.[164]

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Huffington Post, "Richard Blumenthal Will Run To Replace Dodd In Senate," January 6, 2010
    2. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Richard Blumenthal," accessed June 19, 2013
    3. ↑ Biographical Director of the United States Congress, "BLUMENTHAL, Richard, (1946 - )," accessed February 12, 2015
    4. ↑ United States Senate, "Committee Assignments of the 115th Congress," accessed January 19, 2017
    5. ↑ United States Senate, "Committee Assignments of the 114th Congress," accessed February 17, 2015
    6. ↑ Congressional Quarterly, "Senate Committee List," accessed January 22, 2013
    7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Stamford Plus, "Blumenthal receives top tier committee assignments," accessed October 14, 2011
    8. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the House Amendment with an Amendment)," December 18, 2018
    9. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Conference Report (Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 2)," December 11, 2018
    10. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Nomination (Confirmation Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)," October 6, 2018
    11. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)," October 5, 2018
    12. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 2, As Amended)," June 28, 2018
    13. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1959)," February 15, 2018
    14. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1958 As Modified)," February 15, 2018
    15. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1948)," February 15, 2018
    16. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. No. 1955)," February 15, 2018
    17. ↑ Senate.gov, "On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to the Consideration of S. 2311)," January 29, 2018
    18. ↑ Senate.gov, "On the Amendment (McConnell Amdt. No. 667)," July 28, 2017
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    88. ↑ 88.0 88.1 NY Times, "Senate Passes Long-Stalled Farm Bill, With Clear Winners and Losers," accessed February 12, 2014
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    96. ↑ Huffington Post, "Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal Thinks Obama Should Have Congress Vote On Iraq," June 16, 2014
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    98. ↑ Connecticut Attorney General's Office, "Attorney General Releases Opinion On Legality of Same-Sex Marriages in Connecticut," May 17, 2004
    99. ↑ Clean Air Act, "Section 126," accessed November 2010
    100. ↑ Connecticut Attorney General's Office, "Blumenthal, Other Attorneys General Warn EPA That Energy Industry Contacts Must Be Disclosed," February 7, 2002
    101. ↑ Connecticut Attorney General's Office, "CT, NC Attorneys General Say MySpace Response To Subpoena Reveals 90,000 Registered Sex Offenders With Profiles," February 3, 2009
    102. ↑ Make Blue Red, "Blumenthal Does Something Good," May 21, 2007
    103. ↑ Social Funds, "Connecticut Fights to Keep Stanley Works from Disappearing to Bermuda," July 9, 2002
    104. ↑ House Ways and Means Committee, "Testimony," June 25, 2002
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    107. ↑ Connecticut Attorney General's Office, "Attorney General, Four Other States Urge U. S. Senate To Reject Immunity For Telecoms That Cooperated With Warrantless Wiretapping," November 5, 2007
    108. ↑ San Francisco Chronicle, "Feinstein backs legal immunity for telecom firms in wiretap cases," November 9, 2007
    109. ↑ ACORN, "Attorneys General Take Action: Real Leadership in Fighting Foreclosures," June 2008
    110. ↑ Competitive Enterprise Institute, "Issue Analysis: The Nation’s Top Ten Worst State Attorneys General," January 24, 2007
    111. ↑ Competitive Enterprise Institute, "Issue Analysis: The Nation’s Top Ten Worst State Attorneys General," July 12, 2010
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    113. ↑ YouTube, "Dick Blumenthal Rejects Special Interest Money," April 16, 2010
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    115. ↑ Hot Air, "Blumenthal took PAC money despite claims to have refused it," August 23, 2010
    116. ↑ New Haven Register, "Blumenthal, in East Haven, defends PAC contributions (video)," July 22, 2010
    117. ↑ New Haven Register, "Blumenthal again criticized over remarks: ‘Never taken PAC money’ doesn’t mean he ‘never’ took PAC money," August 22, 2010
    118. ↑ YouTube, "Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut lies about going to Vietnam," May 17, 2010
    119. ↑ 119.0 119.1 New York Times, "Candidate’s Words on Vietnam Service Differ From History," May 17, 2010
    120. ↑ The American Spectator, "Richard Blumenthal's Recovered Memory," May 20, 2010
    121. ↑ Hot Air, "Bombshell: Democratic Senate candidate lied about serving in Vietnam; Update: “Hit job”?" May 17, 2010
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    126. ↑ 126.0 126.1 The Hartford Courant, "Richard Blumenthal Nominated By Acclamation After Merrick Alpert Withdraws; Alpert Initially Blocked From Speaking At Convention," May 21, 2010
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    129. ↑ The CT Mirror, "Clay Cope wins landslide in 5th, Daria Novak a squeaker in 2nd," May 9, 2016
    130. ↑ The CT Mirror, "CT GOP backs Carter for Senate, denies Wolf primary margin," May 9, 2016
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    134. ↑ Quinnipiac University, "Blumenthal Body Slams Republicans In Connecticut, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Lieberman Approval Plummets," January 14, 2010
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    142. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth from either 2004 (if the member entered office in 2004 or earlier) or the member's first year in office (as noted in the chart below).
    143. ↑ This number was found by dividing each member's total net worth growth percentage by the number of years included in the calculation.
    144. ↑ This figure represents the total percentage growth divided by the number of years for which there are net worth figures for each member.
    145. ↑ This figure was calculated using median asset data from the Census Bureau. Please see the Congressional Net Worth data for Ballotpedia spreadsheet for more information on this calculation.
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    156. ↑ Ballotpedia's list of superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention is based on our own research and lists provided by the Democratic National Committee to Vox.com in February 2016 and May 2016. If you think we made an error in identifying superdelegates, please send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.
    157. ↑ FiveThirtyEight, “The Endorsement Primary,” accessed June 3, 2016
    158. ↑ To find out which candidate a superdelegate supported, Ballotpedia sought out public statements from the superdelegate in other media outlets and on social media. If we were unable to find a public statement that clearly articulated which candidate the superdelegate supported at the national convention, we listed that superdelegate as "unknown." If you believe we made an error in identifying which candidate a superdelegate supported, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
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