Elected 1982 Born: Aug. 1, 1946, Abingdon Home: Abingdon Education: Roanoke Col., B.A. 1968, U. of VA, J.D. 1971 Religion: United Methodist Marital Status: single

Career:

• Elected Office: VA Senate, 1975-1983.
• Professional: Practicing atty., 1971-83.

DC Office: 2187 RHOB 20515, 202-225-3861; Fax: 202-225-0442; Web site: www.house.gov/boucher

State Offices: Abingdon, 540-628-1145; Big Stone Gap,540-523-5450; Pulaski,540-980-4310.

Committees:

• Energy & Commerce (5th of 26 D): Energy & Air Quality (RMM); Telecommunications & The Internet.
• Judiciary (4th of 17 D): Courts, the Internet & Intellectual Property.

Group Ratings
	ADA	ACLU	AFS	LCV	CON	ITIC	NTU	COC	ACU	NTLC	CHC
2000	75	71	85	71	8	70	29	55	29	22	14
1999	70	--	100	69	24	--	10	48	21	--	--

National Journal Ratings
	1999 LIB	--	1999 CONS		2000 LIB	--	2000 CONS
Economic	62%	--	37%		60%	--	39%
Social	67%	--	33%		62%	--	38%
Foreign	68%	--	30%		69%	--	28%

Key Votes of the 106th Congress
1. Patient Bill of Rights Y 2. Accelerate Min. Wage Y 3. Strike Ban on Ergo. Stnd. Y 4. Ovrd. Estate Tax Veto Y 5. Bar RU-486 $ for FDA N 6. Display 10 Commandments N		7. Gun Show Bkgrnd. Checks N  8. Ban Part.-Birth Abortion N  9. NATO War in Serbia Y 10. Perm. Trade with China N 11. Debt Relief for 3rd World Y 12. Drop Cuba Econ. Embargo Y

Election Results
2000 general	Rick Boucher (D)	137,488	(70%)
	Michael D. "OZ" Osborne (R)	59,335	(30%)
2000 primary	Rick Boucher (D)	nominated by convention
1998 general	Rick Boucher (D)	87,163	(61%)
	J. A. (Joe) Barta (R)	55,918	(39%)

Campaign Finance
2000	Receipts	Receipts from PACs	Expenditures
Rick Boucher (D)	$871,124	$622,910	$676,127
Michael D. "OZ" Osborne (R)	$33,964		$33,501