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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 6%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 81%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 6%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 94%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 6%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 6%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 6%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 94%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 33%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 89%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 94%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 11%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 89%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 69%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 69%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 31%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 6%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 33%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 13%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 33%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 13%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 6%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 19%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 22%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 69%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 6%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 67%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 67%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 78%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 81%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 44%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 81%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 38%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 6%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 88%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 78%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 78%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 19%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 81%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 6%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 6%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 56%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 13%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 38%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 67%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 88%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 31%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 63%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 94%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 94%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 38%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 81%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 88%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 25%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 6%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 11%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 6%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 31%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 81%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 56%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 56%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 94%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 6%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 13%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 94%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 89%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 6%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 63%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 63%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 81%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 6%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 81%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 6%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 19%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 81%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 56%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 88%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 67%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 31%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 81%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 19%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 19%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 89%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 81%
William Archer 6%
Richard Armey 6%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 6%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 19%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Evan Bayh 67%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 63%
Douglas Bereuter 38%
Marion Berry 31%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Rod Blagojevich 94%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 88%
Rick Boucher 69%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
John Breaux 0%
Richard Bryan 78%
Ed Bryant 6%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 6%
Robert Byrd 22%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Thomas Campbell 56%
Chris Cannon 6%
Julia Carson 81%
Mike Castle 75%
Helen Chenoweth 6%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 81%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 89%
Robert Clement 44%
Mac Collins 19%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 44%
Merrill Cook 19%
John Cooksey 6%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 6%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 13%
Barbara Cubin 6%
Randall Cunningham 6%
Patsy Ann Danner 31%
Thomas Daschle 56%
James Davis 63%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Bill Delahunt 94%
Thomas DeLay 6%
Peter Deutsch 94%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 6%
Byron Dorgan 78%
Jennifer Dunn 6%
John Edwards 78%
Chet Edwards 44%
Vern Ehlers 38%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 25%
Philip English 19%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 94%
Terry Everett 6%
Thomas Ewing 6%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 44%
Ernest Fletcher 6%
Mark Foley 38%
Michael Patrick Forbes 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 81%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 31%
Tillie Fowler 19%
Robert Franks 69%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 63%
John Ganske 25%
Sam Gejdenson 88%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 94%
Jim Gibbons 13%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 63%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 19%
William Goodling 6%
Bart Gordon 56%
Slade Gorton 11%
Porter Goss 25%
Daniel Graham 78%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 11%
Mark Green 13%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 44%
Gilbert Gutknecht 6%
Charles Hagel 11%
Tony Hall 75%
James Hansen 13%
Robert Hayes 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 13%
Joel Hefley 13%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 50%
Rick Hill 6%
Van Hilleary 13%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 69%
David Lee Hobson 6%
Pete Hoekstra 6%
Ernest Hollings 56%
Darlene Hooley 81%
Stephen Horn 56%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Kenny Hulshof 31%
Duncan Hunter 0%
William Hutchinson 6%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 63%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
William Lewis Jenkins 13%
Christopher John 0%
Nancy Johnson 69%
Paul Kanjorski 81%
Sue Kelly 69%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
Patrick Kennedy 94%
Bob Kerrey 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 94%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 69%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 19%
Steven Kuykendall 25%
John LaFalce 88%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
Tom Lantos 69%
Stephen Largent 13%
Rick Lazio 69%
James Leach 56%
Ron Lewis 6%
Blanche Lincoln 11%
John Linder 13%
William Lipinski 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 88%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 81%
Matthew Martinez 75%
Frank Mascara 56%
Robert Matsui 94%
Karen McCarthy 81%
Bill McCollum 13%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 25%
Scott McInnis 13%
David McIntosh 6%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 94%
Michael McNulty 88%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 81%
Jack Metcalf 19%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 31%
David Minge 75%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 94%
John Moakley 94%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Dennis Moore 81%
Constance Morella 88%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 44%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 38%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 13%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 6%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 94%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 44%
Doug Ose 6%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 19%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 63%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 6%
Owen Pickett 25%
Richard Pombo 6%
Earl Pomeroy 56%
John Edward Porter 56%
Deborah Pryce 6%
Jack Quinn 44%
George Radanovich 6%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 13%
Thomas Reynolds 19%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 63%
Charles Robb 78%
Ciro Rodriguez 81%
Timothy Roemer 63%
James Rogan 6%
William Roth, Jr. 56%
Marge Roukema 63%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 94%
Matthew Salmon 6%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 19%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 38%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 89%
H. James Saxton 63%
Joe Scarborough 31%
John Shadegg 6%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 6%
Ronnie Shows 31%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 31%
Joseph Skeen 6%
Ike Skelton 38%
Gordon Smith 33%
Nick Smith 19%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 88%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 44%
Floyd Spence 6%
John Spratt, Jr. 63%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 69%
Robert Stump 6%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sununu 19%
John Sweeney 13%
James Talent 13%
Tom Tancredo 13%
John Tanner 31%
Ellen Tauscher 81%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 6%
Gene Taylor 38%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 6%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 56%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 89%
James Traficant, Jr. 19%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
James Turner 38%
Bruce Vento 94%
George Voinovich 11%
James Walsh 31%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 33%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 94%
David Weldon 6%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 13%
Paul Wellstone 89%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 81%
Heather Wilson 6%
Robert Wise, Jr. 50%
David Wu 88%
Albert Wynn 81%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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