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Albert Benjamin "Ben" Chandler III has been a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the sixth district of Kentucky since being elected in a 2004 special election.

Contents 1 Record and controversies 1.1 Iraq War 1.2 Environmental record 2 Bio 2.1 2006 elections 3 Money in politics 4 Committees and Affiliations 4.1 Committees 4.1.1 Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008) 4.1.2 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006) 5 More Background Data 6 Contact 7 Articles and Resources 7.1 Local blogs and discussion sites

Record and controversies

Congressional scorecards

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Iraq War

Environmental record

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Bio

Chandler was born September 12, 1959, in Versailles, Kentucky. He received a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky at Lexington and became a private practice lawyer. He was State Auditor from 1991 to 1995 before he became the attorney general of Kentucky from 1999 until 2003, and was the Democratic candidate for governor in the election of 2003. He was defeated in that election by his Republican opponent, Congressman Ernie Fletcher. Fletcher resigned from Congress in order to become governor, and a special election was held for his seat in February 2004. Chandler became the Democratic candidate and won the election.

2006 elections

In 2006, the Republicans nominated Elaine Sue Carlson to face Chandler in his November 2006 bid for reelection, however Ms. Carlson dropped out of the race during the summer of 2006. The Libertarian candidate was Paul Ard. (See U.S. congressional elections in 2006) [1] Chandler 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
Donor	Amount (US Dollars)
Brown-Forman Corp	$ 15,550
Kindred Healthcare	$ 13,000
Frost Brown Todd LLC	$ 11,750
American Assn for Justice	$ 10,000
American Crystal Sugar	$ 10,000
AT&T Inc	$ 10,000
Blue Dog PAC	$ 10,000
Carpenters & Joiners Union	$ 10,000
Credit Union National Assn	$ 10,000
Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers	$ 10,000
Machinists/Aerospace Workers Union	$ 10,000
National Assn of Realtors	$ 10,000
National Auto Dealers Assn	$ 10,000
National Thoroughbred Racing Assn	$ 10,000
Plumbers/Pipefitters Union	$ 10,000
Teamsters Union	$ 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 Albert Chandler 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

• Revolving door profile for Albert Chandler from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• 2006 privately funded travel profile for Albert Chandler from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.
• Personal finance profile for Albert Chandler from the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org website.

Committees and Affiliations

Committees

• House Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
  • Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
• House Committee on Science and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Environment and Energy
• House Ethics Committee

Committees in the 110th Congress (2007-2008)

• House Committee on Appropriations
  • Subcommittee on Interior and Environment
  • Subcommittee on State-Foreign Operations
• House Committee on Science and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
  • Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation

Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)

• House Committee on Agriculture
  • Subcommittee on Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture Programs
  • Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
• House Committee on International Relations
  • Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats
  • Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia
• House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  • Subcommittee on Aviation
  • Subcommittee on Highways Transit and Pipelines

More Background Data

• Background information on Albert Chandler from Project Vote Smart

• Interest group scorecard ratings for Albert Chandler from Project Vote Smart

• Voting record for Albert Chandler from the Washington Post database

• Information on Albert Chandler from Congress Merge

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

Contact

DC office
1504 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Ph: 202-225-4706 Fax: 202-225-2122 Webform email
District offices
1021 Majestic Drive, Suite 180, Lexington, KY 40503 Ph: 859-219-1366 Fax: (none entered)
On the Web
Official website This member of Congress does not use Twitter. This member of Congress does not have a YouTube channel.
Campaign office
No campaign website entered. No campaign webform email entered. No campaign office information entered.

Articles and Resources

• Official website
  
• Campaign website
• Open Secrets - 2006 congressional races database

Local blogs and discussion sites

BluegrassReport.org, a Kentucky politics blog.

Semantic data

From the Sunlight Foundation API
Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives
Title: Rep	First name: Albert	Middle name: Ben	Last name: Chandler
Suffix: III		Nickname: Ben
Party: D	State: KY	District: 06 District short: 6	Currently in office? True
Gender: M
Phone: 202-225-4706	Fax: 202-225-2122	Website: http://chandler.house.gov/	Webform email: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml Email address:
DC office: 1504 Longworth House Office Building
Bioguide ID: C001058	Votesmart ID: 1891	FEC ID: H4KY06072	Govtrack ID: 400442
CRP ID: N00026591	Eventful ID: P0-001-000016202-6	Old Sunlight ID:	Twitter ID:
OpenCongress Wiki URL: http://www.opencongress.org/wiki/Albert_Chandler		YouTubeID:	Senate class:

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Current Office: U.S. House of Representatives
111th Congress
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110th Congress
Leadership Position:	Committees Chaired:	Committees, Ranking Member On:	Caucuses:
Committees: House Committee on Appropriations, House Committee on Appropriations/Subcommittee on State Foreign Opeartions and Related Programs, House Committee on Appropriations/Subcommittee on Interior and Environment and Related Agencies, House Committee on Science and Technology, House Committee on Science and Technology/Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, House Committee on Science and Technology/Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation
Congressional Career
First Elected to Current Office: February 17, 2004	First Took Current Office: February 17, 2004	Next Election: November 2, 2010	Term Ends:
Freshman Member? No	Previous Political Work? Kentucky Attorney General, Kentucky State Auditor	Other Party Membership:
District Offices:
1021 Majestic Drive, Suite 180, Lexington, KY 40503 Phone: 859-219-1366 / Fax: 859-219-3437
Campaign Contact:
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Latitude: 38°1′17.295″N
Longitude: 84°33′23.304″W