Bart Gordon

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U.S. Representative

Bart Gordon (D)

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TN-06

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Positions
Leadership: No leadership position
Committees: House Committee on Energy and Commerce, and House Committee on Science and Technology
(subcommittees and past assignments)

2010 candidates for TN-06
(Next election: November 2, 2010)

Unconfirmed
incumbent:
Bart Gordon
Confirmed: Dave Evans, Gary Mann, Lou Ann Zelenik
Considering: None so far
Rumored: None so far
Potential: Bill Ketron, Jim Tracy
Dropped-out: None so far
(more info & editing for TN-06)
On the Web
Official website
Twitter:
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YouTube Channel


Barton Jennings "Bart" Gordon, a Democrat has represented the Sixth Congressional District of Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1994.


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Record and controversies

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Organization 2007 Scorecard
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2008 Scorecard
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American Civil Liberties Union not avail. not avail.
American Conservative Union 20 - 1/5 not avail.
AFSCME not avail. not avail.
Americans for Democratic Action 85 - 17/20 80 - 16/20
Club for Growth not avail. not avail.
Drum Major Institute not avail. not avail.
Family Research Council not avail. not avail.
Information Technology Industry Council not avail. not avail.
League of Conservation Voters not avail. not avail.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People not avail. not avail.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 70 - 14/20 not avail.


Iraq War

For more information see the chart of U.S. House of Representatives votes on the Iraq War.

Environmental record

For more information on environmental legislation, see the Energy and Environment Policy Portal

Bio

Gordon was born January 24, 1949 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University. Gordon was the state chairman of the Tennessee . When Sixth District Congressman Al Gore ran for the U. S. Senate in 1984, Gordon won a hard-fought race for Gore's former seat.

Congressional career

Gordon is frequently described as a moderate.

Gordon was reelected by large margins until 1994, when his Republican opponent was attorney Steve Gill], a former University of Tennessee basketball player who is now a radio talk show host. Gordon only won by one percentage point, but managed to defeat Gill more handily in 1996. Gordon was re-elected by large margins in 1998 and 2000. He faced no significant opposition in 2002 and 2004, in large part because the 2002 reapportionment by the Democratic-controlled Tennessee General Assembly removed Williamson County, a large suburban area south of Nashville which is very strongly conservative and Republican, from the Sixth Congressional District and added it to the already overwhelmingly-Republican Seventh District. That district is now represented by Marsha Blackburn, a Williamson County resident who was Gordon's opponent in 1992.

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated David R. Davis to face Gordon in his November 2006 bid for reelection. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [1] Gordon retained his seat.

Money in politics

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. For specific controversies, see this article's record and controversies section.

Top Contributors to during the 2008 Election Cycle
DonorAmount (US Dollars)
Air Line Pilots Assn$ 10,000
American Assn of Clinical Urologists$ 10,000
American Assn of Neurological Surgeons$ 10,000
American Assn of Orthopaedic Surgeons$ 10,000
American Bankers Assn$ 10,000
American College of Emergency Physicians$ 10,000
American College of Surgeons Prof Assn$ 10,000
American Soc Cataract/Refractive Surgery$ 10,000
American Society of Plastic Surgeons$ 10,000
Blue Dog PAC$ 10,000
Deutsche Telekom$ 10,000
FedEx Corp$ 10,000
Honeywell International$ 10,000
International Assn of Fire Fighters$ 10,000
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers$ 10,000
National Assn of Home Builders$ 10,000
National Beer Wholesalers Assn$ 10,000
National Cable & Telecommunications Assn$ 10,000
National HealthCare Corp$ 10,000
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn$ 10,000
Source: The Center for Responsive Politics' www.OpenSecrets.org site.
Note: Contributions are not from the organizations themselves, but are rather from
the organization's PAC, employees or owners. Totals include subsidiaries and affiliates.
Links to more campaign contribution information for Bart Gordon
from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org site.
Fundraising profile: 2008 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by organization/corporation: 2008 election cycle Career totals
Top contributors by industry: 2008 election cycle Career totals


Committees and Affiliations

Committees

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

More Background Data

Wikipedia also has an article on Bart Gordon. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

Contact

DC office
  • 2310 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
    Ph: 202-225-4231 Fax: 202-225-6887
    Webform email
District offices
  • 15 South Jefferson, Cookeville, TN 38501
    Ph: 931-528-5907 Fax: (none entered)
  • 100 Public Square, Room B-100, Gallatin, TN 37066
    Ph: 615-451-5174 Fax: (none entered)
  • 305 West Maple Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130
    Ph: 615-896-1986 Fax: (none entered)
  • 101 Fifth Avenue West, Suite D, Springfield, TN 37172
    Ph: 615-382-9712 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Campaign office
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Articles and resources

Local blogs and discussion sites

Semantic data

Latitude: 36°9′44.093″N
Longitude: 85°30′1.209″W
Latitude: 36°23′19.584″N
Longitude: 86°26′47.562″W
Latitude: 35°50′53.831″N
Longitude: 86°23′32.741″W
Latitude: 36°30′33.714″N
Longitude: 86°53′5.879″W






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