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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Education Association

2001 Positions

Issues: Education
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 83%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 80%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 30%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Richard Armey 16%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 33%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 16%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 16%
Charlie Bass 33%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 66%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
Judy Biggert 66%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 50%
Sherwood Boehlert 83%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 33%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 16%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 16%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 90%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 10%
Ed Bryant 16%
Jim Bunning 10%
Conrad Burns 30%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 66%
Dan Burton 16%
Steve Buyer 33%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 16%
Ben Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 16%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Jean Carnahan 80%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 90%
Brad Carson 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 66%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 70%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 33%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 90%
Robert Clement 66%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 16%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 30%
Michael Collins 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Larry Combest 16%
Gary Condit 83%
Kent Conrad 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 33%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 83%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 16%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 16%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 16%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
Thomas Davis III 66%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 16%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 16%
James DeMint 16%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 30%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 16%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 16%
Jo Ann Emerson 66%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 30%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 33%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
Michael Ferguson 50%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 16%
Ernest Fletcher 33%
Mark Foley 16%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Barney Frank 83%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
William Frist 10%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 33%
John Ganske 50%
George Gekas 66%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 83%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 16%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 83%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 16%
William Phillip Gramm 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 16%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 66%
Mark Green 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 10%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 16%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
Tony Hall 66%
James Hansen 16%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 16%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
Robert Hayes 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 16%
Baron Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 33%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
David Lee Hobson 50%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 66%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Duncan Hunter 16%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 30%
Kay Hutchison 30%
Henry Hyde 33%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
Daniel Inouye 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 16%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 83%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 16%
Tim Johnson 66%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 33%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 33%
Patrick Kennedy 83%
Brian Kerns 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 16%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 66%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 16%
Herb Kohl 90%
James Kolbe 33%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 10%
John LaFalce 83%
Ray LaHood 50%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 83%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 33%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 66%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 16%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 16%
Joe Lieberman 80%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 16%
William Lipinski 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 50%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 83%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 83%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 33%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
James McCrery III 16%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 66%
Scott McInnis 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 83%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 83%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 16%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 16%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 16%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 83%
Dennis Moore 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 66%
Constance Morella 100%
Frank Murkowski 20%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 16%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Ben Nelson 90%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Robert William Ney 66%
Don Nickles 10%
Anne Northup 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 16%
James Nussle 16%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Thomas William Osborne 66%
Doug Ose 50%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 83%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
David Phelps 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 33%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 66%
Richard Pombo 33%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 16%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 33%
Jack Quinn 66%
George Radanovich 16%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 50%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 50%
Denny Rehberg 66%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
Mike Ross 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 66%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 16%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
Edward Schrock 33%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 33%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 33%
Ronnie Shows 83%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 66%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 50%
Joseph Skeen 50%
Ike Skelton 83%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
Gordon Smith 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 16%
Nick Smith 16%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 16%
Arlen Specter 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 83%
Cliff Stearns 16%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 30%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 33%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 33%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 66%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 16%
Gene Taylor 83%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 33%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 33%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 16%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 66%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 16%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 16%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 16%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 50%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 50%
John Warner 30%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 33%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 83%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 50%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%

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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