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Economic and Demographic Characteristics of ’s Eleventh Congressional District March, 2006 California’s 11th Congressional District is currently represented by Richard Pombo. Pombo has offices in Stockton, CA 95207 San Ramon, CA 94583

San Joaquin County: Clements, Escalon, Linden, Lockeford, Morada, Farmington, Lodi, Manteca, Ripon, Stockton, Tracy, Woodbridge Alameda County: Alameda, Dublin, Pleasanton, Sunol Contra Costa County: Brentwood, Danville, San Ramon, Blackhawk, Byron, Diablo, Discovery Bay Santa Clara County: Gilroy, Morgan Hill, San Martin

County populations in district according to Census 2000: % pop county % pop of

in county in CD in COUNTY district pop district county Alameda County (part) 90,403 1,443,741 6.26% 14.15% Contra Costa County (part) 132,203 948,816 13.93% 20.69% San Joaquin County (part) 373,933 563,598 66.35% 58.51% Santa Clara County (part) 42,549 1,682,585 2.53% 6.66% Total 639,088 100.00%

Employment:

All Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 Av Week All Wk All Wk All emp 04 All emp 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 129278176 129877063 757 745 39354 38749 -0.5% 1.6% -0.1% 0.4% CA 14953022 14867006 858 869 44641 45181 0.6% -1.2% 0.1% -0.3% CA11 253485 249977 826 830 42961 43171 1.4% -0.5% 0.3% -0.1%

Manufacturing Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 Av Week Wk Mfg Wk Mfg emp 04 Mfg emp 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay Mfg emp Wage emp Wage US 14257380 18420144 920 945 47861 49118 -22.6% -2.6% -6.2% -0.6% CA 1517533 1935490 1087 1217 56531 63280 -21.6% -10.7% -5.9% -2.8% CA11 25844.53 33175.631 1127 1297 58581 67447 -22.1% -13.1% -6.1% -3.5%

Retail Trade Employees 2004 dollars total change avg yrly chg 2004 2000 2004 2000 2000-2004 2000-2004 retail emp retail emp Av Week retail Wk retail Wk 04 00 Wage Avg Annual Pay emp Wage emp Wage US 15060686 23298757 470 389 24415 20217 -35.4% 20.8% -10.3% 4.8% CA 1613395 2460340 556 461 28930 23994 -34.4% 20.6% -10.0% 4.8% CA11 29402 41538 535 448 27805 23290 -29.2% 19.4% -8.3% 4.5%

Child-poverty rates, 2000, 2003 (percent) All ages Age 0-4 Age 5-17 Age 0-17 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 2000 2003 11.3 12.5 18.7 20.3 14.6 16.1 16.2 17.6 California 12.7 13.8 19.4 20.1 17.7 18.9 18.5 19.6

Poverty rates, 1999- 2000, 2003-2004 (percent) 1999-2000 2003-2004 United States 11.6 12.6 California 13.4 13.2

Hourly wage distribution, 1998-2000 and 2003-2005 (Wage percentiles in constant $2005) 1998-2000 2003-2005 10th 50th 90th 10th 50th 90th US 7.156666667 13.81333333 30.25 7.293333333 14.42666667 31.64333333 CA 7.03 14.42 34.03 7.43 15.45 35.90

Percentage of workers 18-64 with health insurance Period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 55.7% 53.8% CA 52.9% 52.8%

Percentage of workers 18-64 covered by pension Period period 1998-2000 2002-2004. US 48.5% 46.0% CA 43.0% 41.7%

Bankruptcy filing rate per 1000

Change 2000- 2000 2004 2004

CA11 3.62 3.65 0.76%

CA 4.06 3.3 -18.7%

US 4.32 5.32 23.1%

OASDI beneficiaries with benefits in current-payment status and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Average monthly benefits Number of Number of beneficiaries (dollars) beneficiaries Retired Disabled Widow(er)s All Retired Widow(er)s aged 65 or Total workers a workers b Spouses c Children d beneficiaries workers b older All areas e 47,687,693 29,952,474 6,198,271 4,828,972 2,721,657 3,986,319 872 955 897 33,696,001 CA 4,413,553 2,839,082 528,536 408,350 282,340 355,245 879 958 924 3,208,023 CA11 91,455 58,258 11,155 8,398 5,501 8,143 918 996 962 64,918

Recipients of federally administered SSI payments and avg. monthly benefits, December 2004

Average monthly benefits Number of recipients (dollars) Number of recipients With Aged 65 Total Aged Blind Disabled Total Aged Blind Disabled OASDI a or older All areas b 6,987,845 1,211,167 75,924 5,700,754 461 352 473 484 2,441,374 1,977,610 California 1,181,044 347,998 21,743 811,303 582 507 627 613 443,497 508,422 CA11 15,729 3,377 316 12,036 568 457 601 598 5,919 5,285

Elderly and estimated dependence on Social Security (over 65) (over 65) Census 2000 SS more than SS more than Total 50-64 % 50-64 65 and % 65 & 50% of % of tot 90% of % of tot over over income pop income pop

CA11 639,088 96,800 15.1% 62,713 9.8% 40,763 6% 20,695 3%

Educational Attainment: Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School: US Census 2000: 80.4 California Census 2000: 76.8 CA 11: 83.8 Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed a Bachelor's Degree: US Census 2000: 24.4 California Census 2000: 26.6 CA 11: 29 At least some college: 62.4 Basic & Proficient & NAEP Reading Grade 4 2005 above above US 63% 30% California 51% 22% Basic & Proficient & NAEP Reading Grade 8 2005 above above US 71% 29% California 60% 21% Basic & Proficient & NAEP Mathematics Grade 4 2005 above above US 79% 35% California 71% 28% Basic & Proficient & NAEP Mathematics Grade 8 2005 above above US 68% 29% California 57% 22%

Elementary & Secondary Education Finance 2002-3 US avg California Fed.Rev.- Subtotal $ 735,606,062 $ 5,629,648,814 Total Expenditures for Elem & $ 8,690,171,765 $ 55,982,726,072 2ndary Ed Fed Rev as % of Total 8.5% 10.1% Expenditure Total Students (Fall 2003) 951,778 6,413,862 Fed Rev per student $ 773 $ 878 Total Expenditure per student $ 9,130 $ 8,728

Trends in College Cost and Aid (College Board) change constant 2004 dollars 94-5 to 99-0 99-0 to 04-5 94-5 to 04-5 1994-95 1999-00 2004-05 Public 4yr tuition/fee $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 10.5% 36.3% 50.6% Public 4yr tuition/fee/room/bd $8,338 $9,051 $11,354 8.6% 25.4% 36.2% Private 4yr tuition/fee $14,761 $17,384 $20,082 17.8% 15.5% 36.0% Private 4yr tuition/fee/rm/bd $20,780 $24,057 $27,516 15.8% 14.4% 32.4% Grant Aid per FTE $2,965 $3,721 $4,479 25.5% 20.4% 51.1% Loans per FTE $3,204 $3,856 $4,916 20.3% 27.5% 53.4% Avg aid per FTE $6,261 $8,167 $10,119 30.4% 23.9% 61.6% Grant Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b 36% 41% 39% 15.6% -4.0% 10.9% Grant aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b 14% 15% 16% 8.4% 5.2% 14.1% Avg Aid per FTE/ public t/f/r/b 75% 90% 89% 20.2% -1.2% 18.7% Avg aid per FTE/ private t/f/r/b 30% 34% 37% 12.7% 8.3% 22.1%

Tuition/fees by Coll. Board region 94–95 99–00 04–05 10 yr $ 10 yr % National change change 4-yr public $3,407 $3,766 $5,132 $1,725 51% 4-yr private $14,761 $17,384 $20,082 $5,321 36% West 4-yr public $3,135 $3,002 $4,130 $995 32% 4-yr private $14,567 $16,912 $19,998 $5,431 37%

2005 Federal aid per undergrad California Fed Postsecondary Education 1,647,237,381 Programs Total Fall Enrollment - Undergraduate 2,107,426 Fed aid per undergrad $ 782

Corporate Taxes 2001-3 Change in pre-tax corporate profits, 2001-3 +26% Change in corporate tax payments, 2001-3 -21% Nominal corporate tax rate, 2001-3 35% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001* 21.4% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2002-3 17.2% Average effective corporate tax rate, 2001-3 18.4%

Effective Corporate Tax Rates for 275 Corporations by Industry, 2001–03 ($-millions) Three-Year Totals 2003 2001 Industry & Company Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Profit Tax Rate Aerospace & defense $17,684 $285 1.6% $4,448 $–1,337 –30.0% $6,754 $893 13.20% Transportation 14,309 619 4.3% 4,612 78 1.7% 4,551 372 8.20% Industrial and farm equipment 6,489 406 6.2% 2,007 78 3.9% 2,488 351 14.10% Telecommunications 73,203 5,465 7.5% 22,531 507 2.3% 26,424 5,718 21.60% Electronics, electrical equipment 47,023 5,095 10.8% 13,958 1,773 12.7% 17,002 2,922 17.2% Petroleum & pipelines 42,530 5,652 13.3% 19,613 2,603 13.3% 15,065 2,609 17.3% Miscellaneous services 61,378 8,855 14.4% 23,950 2,702 11.3% 16,861 3,111 18.4% Utilities, gas and electric 53,794 7,767 14.4% 18,229 354 1.9% 18,211 5,191 28.5% Computers, office equip, software, data 74,904 11,949 16.0% 29,927 4,987 16.7% 22,838 3,127 13.7% Metals & metal products 7,814 1,362 17.4% 2,986 305 10.2% 2,180 463 21.2% Financial 285,589 56,222 19.7% 117,802 22,486 19.1% 79,456 16,262 20.5% Chemicals 5,424 1,129 20.8% 1,780 402 22.6% 1,763 351 19.9% Pharmaceuticals & medical products 71,010 15,339 21.6% 25,977 5,561 21.4% 20,819 4,437 21.3% Miscellaneous manufacturing 27,319 6,043 22.1% 10,068 2,345 23.3% 8,053 2,026 25.2% Health care 25,432 5,674 22.3% 11,468 2,614 22.8% 6,022 1,213 20.1% Publishing, printing 11,103 2,551 23.0% 4,488 1,088 24.2% 2,742 656 23.9% Motor vehicles and parts 6,097 1,418 23.3% 2,287 456 19.9% 1,630 411 25.2% Food & beverages & tobacco 74,024 17,589 23.8% 23,916 5,786 24.2% 23,166 5,829 25.2% Household & personal products 19,354 4,688 24.2% 7,485 2,085 27.9% 5,241 1,327 25.3% Retail & wholesale trade 132,558 36,692 27.7% 51,741 13,877 26.8% 36,597 10,598 29.0% ALL INDUSTRIES $1,057,038 $194,799 18.4% $399,274 $68,749 17.2% $317,861 $67,866 21.4% * (all "effective tax rates" above are from CTJ/ITEP survey of 275 profitable Fortune 500 corporations, see reference in sources, below)

Top 25 Corporate Tax Break Recipients, 2001-03 ($-mill.) Pretax Tax Breaks cut taxes Rank Company Profits Breaks by 1 General Electric $36,809 9,481 –74% SBC 2 Communications 30,321 9,032 –85% 3 Citigroup 42,968 4,626 –31% 4 IBM 13,935 4,617 –95% 5 Microsoft 29,455 4,599 –45% 6 AT&T 13,453 4,572 –97% 7 ExxonMobil 21,388 4,268 –57% 8 Verizon 12,264 4,234 –99% 9 JPMorgan Chase 10,885 3,929 –103% 10 Pfizer 14,517 3,889 –77% 11 Altria (Philip Morris) 29,192 3,341 –33% 12 Wachovia 12,846 3,259 –72% 13 Boeing 5,688 3,058 –154% 14 Bank of America 38,574 2,959 –22% 15 Time Warner 6,229 2,637 –121% 16 Wells Fargo 23,885 2,459 –29% 17 ConocoPhillips 7,906 1,985 –72% 18 Intel 9,895 1,972 –57% 19 Merrill Lynch 8,893 1,966 –63% 20 Prudential Financial 2,264 1,838 –232% 21 Viacom 9,523 1,812 –54% 22 United Technologies 5,155 1,750 –97% 23 BellSouth 12,663 1,632 –37% 24 Allstate 6,396 1,631 –73% 25 American Express 7,282 1,541 –60% $ Total these 25 $412,387 87,089 –60% $ All 275 companies $1,057,038 175,164 –47%

US deaths and est. wounded in Iraq for California as of 2/28/06

# of total # of badly Deaths as of share of wounded (est. wounded * 2/28/06 deaths for state) (est. for state) US 2296 100 16824 7777 California 238 10.4% 1744 806 (as of 2/13/06) (as of 2/13/06) *badly wounded = did not return to duty in 72 hours

Iraq deaths by CD, as of 1/20/06 Total City Name Rank Date

CA11 7 Lathrop* Vega, Michael W. 1st Lieutenant 20-Mar-04 Lodi Hagy Jr., Guy Stanley Staff Sergeant 13-Sep-04 San Ramon Crowley, Kyle D. Lance Corporal 6-Apr-04 Tracy Bridges, Steven H. Staff Sergeant 8-Dec-03 Private 1st Tracy Martinez, Jesse J. Class 14-Jul-04 Tracy McCaffrey Sr., Patrick R. Sergeant 22-Jun-04 Tracy/San Joaquin Dewey, Brandon Christopher Lance Corporal 20-Jan-06

Financial Cost of Total Per U.S. person US mil to date $173,000,000,000 $ 583.65 Cong approp to date $251,000,000,000 $ 846.80 CBO 10 year projection $481,000,000,000 $ 1,622.75 Stiglitz low end (10yr) $1,000,000,000,000 $ 3,373.70 Stiglitz high (10yr) $2,000,000,000,000 $ 6,747.40

Cost of War by Area Share of war costs, dollars

Population, Census % of Area 2000 US US mil to date Cong approp to date CBO 10 yr Stiglitz low 10 yr Stiglitz high 10 yr

California 33,871,648 12.04 20,822,100,125 30,210,099,025 57,892,659,884 120,358,960,258 240,717,920,516

CA11 639,088 0.23 392,869,999 570,002,138 1,092,314,853 2,270,924,851 4,541,849,702

Campaign Finance:

2006 RACE: CALIFORNIA DISTRICT 11

Candidates:

Richard Pombo (R) * Steve N. Filson (D) Jerry McNerney (D) Margee Ensign (D) Scott Chacon (D) Elaine Shaw (D) Steve Thomas (D)

Sector Total

Richard Pombo (R)*

Agribusiness $97,850 Communic/Electronics $8,750 Construction $30,817 Defense $1,000 Energy/Nat Resource $101,100 Finance/Insur/RealEst $61,750 Health $8,250 Lawyers & Lobbyists $80,548 Transportation $14,700 Misc Business $145,397 Labor $11,500 Ideology/Single-Issue $37,150 Other $7,793

Jerry McNerney (D)

Communic/Electronics $1,950 Construction $1,000 Finance/Insur/RealEst $2,000 Health $600 Other $9,700

Steve N. Filson (D)

Construction $5,300 Finance/Insur/RealEst $4,700 Health $2,100 Lawyers & Lobbyists $1,750 Transportation $17,400 Misc Business $3,500 Labor $15,000 Ideology/Single-Issue $12,000 Other $7,048

Top Industries

Richard Pombo (R)*

Casinos/Gambling $105,547 Lawyers/Law Firms $50,048 Real Estate $46,750 Oil & Gas $46,600 Crop Production & Basic Processing $37,350 Lobbyists $30,500 Electric Utilities $26,000 Mining $18,500 Dairy $16,000 Forestry & Forest Products $15,500 Leadership PACs $15,000 Human Rights $14,900 General Contractors $13,500 Beer, Wine & Liquor $13,250 Agricultural Services/Products $13,000 Home Builders $8,567 Building Trade Unions $8,500 Misc Finance $7,250 Fisheries & Wildlife $7,000 Livestock $6,500 Health Professionals $6,500

Steve N. Filson (D)

Air Transport $17,400 Transportation Unions $6,500 Leadership PACs $6,000 Building Trade Unions $5,000 Candidate Committees $5,000 Retired $4,950 Real Estate $4,700 Industrial Unions $3,500 General Contractors $3,000 Construction Services $2,300 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $2,100 Civil Servants/Public Officials $2,098 Misc Services $2,000 Lawyers/Law Firms $1,750 Casinos/Gambling $1,000 Democratic/Liberal $1,000 Business Services $500

Jerry McNerney (D)

Retired $8,200 Real Estate $2,000 Computers/Internet $1,750 Civil Servants/Public Officials $1,000 Construction Services $1,000 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $600 Education $500 Telephone Utilities $200

Top Contributors

Richard Pombo (R)*

Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians $12,600 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council $12,000 Keep Our Majority PAC $10,000 Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal $9,000 Copeland, Lowery & Jacquez $7,000 Akin, Gump et al $6,000 SBC Communications $5,500 American Assn/Oral & Maxillofacial Surg $5,000 Carpenters & Joiners Union $5,000 Exxon Mobil $5,000 Forest County Potawatomi Community $5,000 MGM Mirage $5,000 National Assn of Home Builders $5,000 National Beer Wholesalers Assn $5,000 National Mining Assn $5,000 Safari Club International $5,000 AG Spanos Companies $4,500 Farm Credit Council $4,500 Sempra Energy $4,500 Feld Brothers Management $4,200 Miller Nash Law Firm $4,200

Steve N. Filson (D)

UAL Corp $15,400 Berding & Weil $6,350 Air Line Pilots Assn $5,000 Sheet Metal Workers Union $5,000 Mackenzie Patterson Inc $4,200 Castle Builders $3,000 AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $2,500 Democrats for the Future $2,500 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $2,500 John Muir Hospital $2,100 Littler Mendelson $2,100 PepsiCo Inc $2,100 Research Fdn for Suny $2,100 Zumwalt Engineering Group $2,100 US House of Representatives $2,098 FedEx Corp $2,000 for Congress $2,000 Stubhub Inc $1,500 Stubhub $1,100 Communications Workers of America $1,000 Cooper, White & Cooper $1,000 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $1,000 Lofgren for Congress $1,000 Lucille Roybal-Allard for Congress $1,000 MGM Mirage $1,000 National Air Traffic Controllers Assn $1,000 New Millennium PAC $1,000 Solis for Congress $1,000

Jerry McNerney (D)

Mackenzie Patterson Inc $2,000 NASA-Ames $2,000 Pivotel Venture Llc $1,500 N8 Systems $1,200 Cisco Systems $1,000 Connecticut Dept of Corrections $1,000 Consultant $1,000 Richard Fellows $1,000

2004 RACE: CALIFORNIA DISTRICT 11

Sector Total

Richard Pombo (R)*

Agribusiness $185,658 Communic/Electronics $22,200 Construction $43,020 Defense $10,000 Energy/Nat Resource $166,302 Finance/Insur/RealEst $77,500 Health $13,150 Lawyers & Lobbyists $108,973 Transportation $55,200 Misc Business $125,200 Labor $35,100 Ideology/Single-Issue $23,331 Other $15,500

Jerry McNerney (D)

Communic/Electronics $3,800 Construction $1,000 Defense $2,000 Energy/Nat Resource $450 Finance/Insur/RealEst $3,500 Health $1,500 Lawyers & Lobbyists $1,000 Transportation $350 Labor $9,250 Ideology/Single-Issue $3,760 Other $21,282

Top Industries

Richard Pombo (R)*

Oil & Gas $85,693 Lobbyists $65,923 Crop Production & Basic Processing $54,200 Casinos/Gambling $51,000 Lawyers/Law Firms $43,050 Electric Utilities $40,450 Real Estate $36,750 Forestry & Forest Products $33,750 Agricultural Services/Products $31,000 Mining $24,659 Misc Transport $20,900 Livestock $19,181 Misc Finance $18,000 Dairy $17,277 Food Processing & Sales $16,200 Home Builders $14,970 Retail Sales $14,750 General Contractors $14,450 Retired $13,600 Beer, Wine & Liquor $13,300

Jerry McNerney (D)

Retired $18,532 Transportation Unions $7,000 Computers/Internet $3,800 Real Estate $2,250 Defense Electronics $2,000 Leadership PACs $2,000 Candidate Committees $1,750 Education $1,550 Public Sector Unions $1,250 Civil Servants/Public Officials $1,200 Securities & Investment $1,000 Lawyers/Law Firms $1,000 Hospitals/Nursing Homes $1,000 Construction Services $1,000 Industrial Unions $1,000 Health Professionals $500 Trucking $350 Electric Utilities $250 Insurance $250 Oil & Gas $200

Top Contributors

Richard Pombo (R)*

Copeland, Lowery & Jacquez $12,500 Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal $11,000 Associated Builders & Contractors $10,000 ChevronTexaco $10,000 National Auto Dealers Assn $10,000 UNITE HERE $10,000 Anadarko Petroleum $9,500 National Assn of Realtors $9,000 National Mining Assn $8,159 Farm Credit Council $8,000 Greenberg, Traurig et al $8,000 Carpenters & Joiners Union $7,500 Edison International $7,500 National Assn of Home Builders $7,500 Wal-Mart Stores $7,500 EDO Corp $7,000 National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn $7,000 El Paso Corp $6,895 SBC Communications $6,500 National Cattlemen's Beef Assn $6,331

Jerry McNerney (D)

Benjamin C Hammett $3,000 Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers $3,000 Pivotel Venture $2,315 Democracy for America $2,000 International Longshoremens Assn $2,000 Internet Archive $2,000 Mackenzie Patterson Inc $2,000 Samuel Mills $2,000 Science Applications International Corp $2,000 Sonoma State $2,000 Staley, et al $2,000 Patrick Johnston $1,500 Earp Events $1,257 Public Employees Union $1,250 State of Connecticut $1,200 Air Line Pilots Assn $1,000 Cm Engineering $1,000 Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $1,000 John Cameron $1,000 Masters, Mates & Pilots Union $1,000 Re-Election Cmte $1,000 Stephen B Bedrick $1,000

2002 RACE: CALIFORNIA DISTRICT 11

Sector Total

Richard Pombo (R)*

Agribusiness $257,883 Communic/Electronics $19,514 Construction $45,774 Defense $3,500 Energy/Nat Resource $28,900 Finance/Insur/RealEst $68,775 Health $20,100 Lawyers & Lobbyists $36,050 Transportation $27,500 Misc Business $49,850 Labor $18,500 Ideology/Single-Issue $65,080 Other $36,980

Elaine Shaw (D)

Agribusiness $4,900 Communic/Electronics $1,600 Construction $950 Energy/Nat Resource $200 Finance/Insur/RealEst $12,060 Health $2,850 Lawyers & Lobbyists $30,626 Misc Business $3,927 Labor $72,700 Ideology/Single-Issue $51,976 Other $28,527

Top Industries

Richard Pombo (R)*

Crop Production & Basic Processing $78,492 Dairy $61,711 Real Estate $41,650 Agricultural Services/Products $32,950 Food Processing & Sales $31,500 Retired $30,380 Leadership PACs $29,853 Livestock $19,450 Lawyers/Law Firms $19,050 Oil & Gas $18,350 Lobbyists $17,000 General Contractors $16,900 Poultry & Eggs $16,280 Beer, Wine & Liquor $16,200 Home Builders $15,749 Health Professionals $14,600 Gun Rights $12,200 Candidate Committees $11,000 Transportation Unions $11,000 Trucking $10,750

Elaine Shaw (D)

Lawyers/Law Firms $30,626 Retired $23,727 Women's Issues $23,226 Industrial Unions $22,700 Building Trade Unions $18,500 Misc Unions $15,000 Public Sector Unions $11,000 Candidate Committees $9,500 Leadership PACs $8,500 Transportation Unions $5,500 Misc Finance $5,150 Food Processing & Sales $4,900 Environment $4,750 Democratic/Liberal $3,750 Commercial Banks $3,250 Real Estate $3,060 Business Services $2,700 Civil Servants/Public Officials $2,300 Education $1,850 Health Professionals $1,650

Top Contributors

Richard Pombo (R)*

Diversified Collection Services Inc $10,250 National Assn of Realtors $9,000 Land O'Lakes $8,500 California Farm Bureau $8,000 United Transportation Union $8,000 Hotel/Restaurant Employees Intl Union $7,500 National Auto Dealers Assn $7,000 National Beer Wholesalers Assn $7,000 SBC Communications $7,000 Safari Club International $6,500 Musco Olive Products $6,130 Blue Diamond Growers $6,000 Citation Northern $6,000 Dairy Farmers of America $6,000 American Bankers Assn $5,500 National Cattlemen's Beef Assn $5,100 American Meat Institute $5,000 American Veterinary Medical Assn $5,000 Americans for a Republican Majority $5,000 Associated Builders & Contractors $5,000 Future Leaders PAC $5,000 HD Arnaiz Corp $5,000 Safeway Inc $5,000 Together for our Majority $5,000 Western United Dairymens Assn $5,000

Elaine Shaw (D)

Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $10,000 United Auto Workers $10,000 AFL-CIO $5,000 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $5,000 Democratic Congressional Campaign Cmte $5,000 Emily's List $5,000 National Education Assn $5,000 Operating Engineers Union $5,000 PAC to the Future $5,000 Painters & Allied Trades Union $5,000 Service Employees International Union $5,000 Teamsters Union $5,000 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $5,000 Women's Political Cmte $5,000 Safeway Inc $4,500 League of Conservation Voters $3,700 National Cmte for an Effective Congress $3,000 Providian Financial $3,000 Thelen, Reid & Priest $3,000 Communications Workers of America $2,700

2000 RACE: CALIFORNIA DISTRICT 11

Sector Total

Richard Pombo (R)*

Agribusiness $165,159 Communic/Electronics $6,500 Construction $6,200 Defense $1,500 Energy/Nat Resource $10,125 Finance/Insur/RealEst $32,850 Health $10,500 Lawyers & Lobbyists $8,400 Transportation $19,650 Misc Business $36,410 Labor $10,322 Ideology/Single-Issue $21,488 Other $4,550

Top Industries

Richard Pombo (R)*

Crop Production & Basic Processing $44,910 Agricultural Services/Products $34,659 Food Processing & Sales $26,300 Dairy $20,050 Beer, Wine & Liquor $16,300 Real Estate $12,650 Gun Rights $12,200 Forestry & Forest Products $10,770 Poultry & Eggs $9,610 Livestock $9,310 Automotive $8,700 Tobacco $8,500 Republican/Conservative $8,199 Commercial Banks $7,650 Misc Unions $6,822 Health Professionals $5,800 Oil & Gas $5,125 Trucking $4,950 Lawyers/Law Firms $4,850 Misc Services $4,050

Top Contributors

Richard Pombo (R)*

National Beer Wholesalers Assn $10,000 National Assn of Realtors $9,000 National Auto Dealers Assn $7,500 National Rifle Assn $6,950 Hotel/Restaurant Employees Union $6,822 California Farm Bureau $6,439 American Bankers Assn $5,000 American Meat Institute $5,000 Blue Diamond Growers $5,000 Diversified Collection Services $5,000 National Cattlemen's Beef Assn $5,000 Dairy Farmers of America $4,500 Philip Morris $4,000 Safari Club International $4,000 SBC Communications $4,000 American Assn of Nurserymen $3,500 National Pest Control Assn $3,500 Wine Institute $3,500 Food Marketing Institute $3,250 California Grape & Tree Fruit League $3,000 National Cotton Council $3,000 Society of American Florists $3,000 Tri Valley Growers $3,000 United Egg Assn $3,000 United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Assn $3,000

2004 General Election CA Secretary of State: 11th Congressional District http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/2004_general/contents.htm

Gerald (Jerry) M. McNerney Richard Pombo* DEM REP Alameda 19,674 19,838 Contra Costa 29,022 39,385 San Joaquin 47,515 96,183 Santa Clara 7,376 8,176 District Totals 103,587 163,582

Percent 38.7% 61.3%

2002 General Election CA Secretary of State: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/congress.pdf 11th Congressional District Votes not Richard W. Cast in Elaine Shaw Pombo* Race DEM REP Alameda 11,921 12,405 1,451 Contra Costa 18,858 24,587 2,784 San Joaquin 33,716 62,865 2,696 Santa Clara 4,540 5,064 96,483 District Totals 69,035 104,921 103,414 Percent 39.6% 60.40% 37.30%

The data for this report were prepared by John Schmitt and Robert Naiman with the assistance of Dean Baker. Sources: For Reading and Math scores: “The Nation’s Report Card: Reading 2005,” National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006451.pdf and “The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2005,” National Assessment of Educational Progress, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2005/2006453.pdf. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from "National Public Education Financial Survey," 2002-3 and 2003-4. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For higher education costs and student aid: “Trends in College Pricing: 2004,” College Board, http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost04/041264TrendsPricing2004_FINAL.pdf and “Trends in Student Aid: 2005,” College Board, http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/press/cost05/trends_aid_05.pdf (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For federal spending on higher education: Fiscal Year 2001-2007 State Tables for the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Education, http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/statetables/index.html (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Undergraduate Enrollment: For Elementary & Secondary Education Finance and number of students: State Education Data Profiles, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov, from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2004-5, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/. (See Excel spreadsheet: education_by_state)

For Child Poverty by State: US Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/tables.html, accessed, February 21, 2006. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_child_poverty)

For Poverty rates: Data for 1999-2000 from: US Census Bureau, Poverty in the United States: 2001, Report P60-219, Table 4, p. 10, September 2002. Data for 2003- 2004: from US Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States: 2004, Table 10, p. 25, August 2005. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_poverty_rates)

For Health and Pension Coverage: CEPR analysis of March CPS data, 1980-2005. (See Excel spreadsheet: districts_health_pensions)

For Wage Distribution: Analysis of CEPR extracts of the Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group. (See Excel spreadsheet: state_wage_dist)

For Campaign Finance: “Congressional Races,” Center for Responsive Politics, http://opensecrets.org.

Cost of Iraq War: For deaths by state and national wounded: “Iraq Coalition Casualty Count” http://icasualties.org/oif/, “Honor the Fallen,” http://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html (US military press), and CEPR corrections based on press reports. (There is a map of deaths by hometown through October 26 at http://www.militarycity.com/2000casualties/kia_map.php.) Wounded by state estimated by assigning to each state the same proportion of wounded as their proportion of deaths. Deaths assigned to Congressional District if a substantial part of soldier’s hometown is in the Congressional District. Split cities are marked with an asterisk in the list of deaths. For Congressional appropriations, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan and Enhanced Base Security Since 9/11,” Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service, October 7, 2005. (The National Priorities Project has a website where one can calculate the cost of war by state using the CRS $251 billion figure for Congressional appropriations; one can compare the cost in terms of forgone expenditures, like children’s health care. http://costofwar.com). For Stiglitz estimates: “The Economic Costs of the Iraq War,” Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz, January 2006, http://www2.gsb.columbia.edu/faculty/jstiglitz/Cost_of_War_in_Iraq.pdf. They try to estimate other costs besides direct appropriations, such as the cost of long-term health care for disabled veterans. For state population numbers: U.S. Census, http://fastfacts.census.gov. (See Excel spreadsheet: cost_of_Iraq_war)

For Corporate Taxes: “Corporate Income Taxes in the Bush Years,” Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice, T.D. Coo Nguyen, Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2004, http://www.ctj.org/corpfed04an.pdf. (See Excel spreadsheet: corporate_taxes)

For Social Security Beneficiaries: Congressional Statistics, December 2004 (released June 2005), Social Security Online, Office of Policy Data, Social Security Administration, http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/factsheets/cong_stats/. Average monthly benefits calculated by dividing total monthly benefits by number of recipients in each category. For elderly population: “Fast Facts for Congress,” Census 2000, http://fastfacts.census.gov. For estimates of elderly population dependent on Social Security for a particular share of income: CEPR estimate using proportions for national population. (See Excel spreadsheet: social_security)

For Bankruptcy Filing Rates by County and State: “Regional Economic Conditions (RECON),” FDIC, http://www2.fdic.gov/recon/. CD estimates for filing rates constructed by weighted average of county filing rates.For absolute number of bankruptcies by state, see: Annual Business and Non-business Filings by State (2000-2004), American Bankruptcy Institute http://www.abiworld.org/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm?ContentID=17661 (See Excel spreadsheet: bankruptcy)

For Employment and Wages: CEPR calculations from Bureau of Labor Statistics Data, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, www.bls.gov. CD estimates are constructed from county data by weighting by population.