Arlen Specter
- Party
- Democrat
- Latest Office Sought:
- US Senate, PA
Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is the senior United States senator from Pennsylvania. Specter is a Democrat, but was a Republican from 1965 (when he changed parties in order to challenge the Democratic district attorney of Philadelphia ) until switching back to the Democratic Party in 2009. Elected to the Senate in 1980, Specter staked out a spot in the political center. In April 2006, he was selected by Time as one of America's Ten Best Senators.
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Campaign Finance
$43,715,244 ReceivedFigures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
- organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.
For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.
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Top Industries
OpenSecrets.org and FollowTheMoney.org classify contribution data into about 100 industries.80% of the total amount raised came from an identifiable industry. -
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Top Contributors
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Earmarks
$906,261,246 AllocatedFigures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill. Earmarks from the president's budget proposal are not included.
For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.
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Top Earmarks
Fiscal Year Amount Description 2008 $138,000,000 RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program 2008 $80,000,000 RDTE -- Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program 2008 $18,808,000 Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea 2009 $17,430,000 Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, PA, DE & NJ 2010 $13,250,000 Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc. for development, production, and circulation of accessible educational materials as authorized under section 674lc)(l)(D) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2009 $13,250,000 Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic, Inc. for development, production, and circulation of recorded educational materials as authorized under section 674(c)(l)(D) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 2010 $13,000,000 National Rural Water Assn: National Rural Water Association 2010 $12,400,000 Visiting Quarters, Ph 1 2009 $11,500,000 National Rural Water Association 2008 $10,976,000 CORRIDORone
