Rep. Ben Chandler

Former Representative from Kentucky's 6^th District

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	Representing
2004-2013	Representative	Kentucky's 6^th District

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Sponsorship Analysis

Chandler was a centrist Democratic follower according to GovTrack's own analysis of bill sponsorship from Chandler’s time serving in the House of Representatives.

Use this chart to compare Chandler to other members of the House of Representatives in the 112^th Congress on leadership and ideology.

This chart is based on principal components analysis for ideology and PageRank for leadership. See analysis methodology.

Bill Sponsorship & Cosponsorship

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Voting Record

From Feb 2004 to Jan 2013, Chandler missed 132 of 6,870 roll call votes, which is 1.9%. This is better than the median of 2.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Jan 2013. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
2004 Jan-Mar	79	1	1.3%	30^th
2004 Apr-Jun	221	1	0.5%	16^th
2004 Jul-Sep	161	2	1.2%	29^th
2004 Oct-Dec	58	1	1.7%	43^rd
2005 Jan-Mar	90	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Apr-Jun	272	3	1.1%	36^th
2005 Jul-Sep	146	0	0.0%	0^th
2005 Oct-Dec	163	0	0.0%	0^th
2006 Jan-Mar	81	2	2.5%	60^th
2006 Apr-Jun	276	3	1.1%	27^th
2006 Jul-Sep	159	1	0.6%	29^th
2006 Nov-Dec	27	7	25.9%	93^rd
2007 Jan-Mar	213	3	1.4%	43^rd
2007 Apr-Jun	393	0	0.0%	0^th
2007 Jul-Sep	317	2	0.6%	16^th
2007 Oct-Dec	263	19	7.2%	80^th
2008 Jan-Mar	149	3	2.0%	29^th
2008 Apr-Jun	321	4	1.2%	22^nd
2008 Jul-Sep	205	3	1.5%	34^th
2008 Oct-Dec	15	0	0.0%	0^th
2009 Jan-Mar	174	1	0.6%	22^nd
2009 Apr-Jun	303	2	0.7%	18^th
2009 Jul-Sep	268	4	1.5%	41^st
2009 Oct-Dec	246	14	5.7%	78^th
2010 Jan-Mar	195	8	4.1%	61^st
2010 Apr-Jun	219	2	0.9%	20^th
2010 Jul-Sep	151	2	1.3%	38^th
2010 Nov-Dec	99	3	3.0%	44^th
2011 Jan-Mar	212	0	0.0%	0^th
2011 Apr-Jun	281	3	1.1%	44^th
2011 Jul-Sep	247	16	6.5%	87^th
2011 Oct-Dec	208	4	1.9%	47^th
2012 Jan-Mar	151	1	0.7%	23^rd
2012 Apr-Jun	299	4	1.3%	45^th
2012 Jul-Sep	152	6	3.9%	75^th
2012 Nov-Dec	51	7	13.7%	81^st
2013 Jan-Jan	5	0	0.0%	0^th