Bob Corker
- Party
- Republican
- Office Held:
- US Senate, TN
- Office Sought:
- US Senate, TN
CORKER, Robert (Bob), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Orangeburg, S.C., August 24, 1952;
attended the public schools in Chattanooga, Tenn.; graduated with a bachelor of
science degree in industrial management, University of Tennessee 1974;
commercial real estate developer; construction company owner; unsuccessful
candidate for the United States Senate 1994; commissioner, Tennessee Finance
and Administration Department 1995-1996; mayor of Chattanooga 2001-2005;
elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2006 for the term
commencing January 3, 2007; reelected in 2012 for the term ending January 3,
2019.
Source: Bioguide
Campaign Finance
$1,695,016 Received
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- 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.
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Top Industries
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Recent and upcoming fundraisers
Full invitations can be viewed at Party TimeDate Event July 17, 2013 - Venue:
- An Evening with Nashville Songwriters at Recording Industry Association of America
Dec. 11, 2012 - Venue:
- Dinner at Fiola Ristoranta
Earmarks
$77,515,000 Allocated
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Figures 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 2010 $13,000,000 National Rural Water Assn: National Rural Water Association 2010 $9,800,000 Engineer Maintenance and Training Facility 2010 $8,000,000 National Security Agency / Oak Ridge National Lab: Initiative to Advance Adaptive Petascale Supercomputing 2010 $6,800,000 5th SFG Language Sustainment Training Facility 2010 $6,625,000 Tennessee Statewide Bus Program, TN 2010 $5,000,000 Tennessee National Guard: Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle Virtual Trainers for the Tennessee National Guard 2010 $4,800,000 Lsu A&M (Landrieu), Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (Hutchison), Competitive Program (Corker), and Tennessee State University (Alexander): Air Force Minority Leaders Program 2010 $4,000,000 Tennessee National Guard: Tennessee National Guard Appalachia High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 2010 $3,000,000 University of Pittsburgh: 101st Airborne/Air Assault Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Initiative 2010 $2,000,000 Competitive Program (Corker) Did not disclose request (Alexander): Kinetic Energy Enhanced Lethality and Protection Materials
