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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Education Association

1999 Positions

Issues: Education
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 30%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 80%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 30%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 44%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 80%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 22%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 77%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 30%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 22%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 40%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 77%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 30%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 40%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 30%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 30%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 11%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 30%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 66%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 14%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 70%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 80%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 40%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 37%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 30%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 30%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 30%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 30%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 90%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 20%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 80%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 40%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 20%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 90%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 30%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 77%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 90%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 30%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 40%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 20%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 30%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 20%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 30%
Wayne Allard 10%
Thomas Allen 100%
William Archer 30%
Richard Armey 30%
John Ashcroft 20%
Brian Baird 90%
Richard Hugh Baker 22%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 30%
James Barcia 90%
Robert Barr, Jr. 20%
William Barrett 40%
Herbert Bateman 40%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 44%
Marion Berry 100%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 30%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 30%
David Edward Bonior 80%
Robert Borski, Jr. 80%
Rick Boucher 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
John Breaux 100%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 30%
Jim Bunning 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
Steve Buyer 30%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 30%
Ben Campbell 20%
Thomas Campbell 30%
Chris Cannon 20%
Julia Carson 77%
Mike Castle 50%
Helen Chenoweth 40%
William Clay, Sr. 80%
Eva Clayton 90%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 90%
Mac Collins 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 60%
Merrill Cook 20%
John Cooksey 20%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 22%
William Coyne 80%
Larry Craig 20%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 10%
Barbara Cubin 20%
Randall Cunningham 30%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Thomas DeLay 30%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Jay Dickey 30%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
Calvin Dooley 90%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 10%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 30%
Philip English 55%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 30%
Thomas Ewing 30%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 40%
Ernest Fletcher 20%
Mark Foley 20%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Tillie Fowler 30%
Robert Franks 30%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 100%
John Ganske 60%
Sam Gejdenson 90%
George Gekas 30%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 30%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 30%
William Goodling 50%
Bart Gordon 90%
Slade Gorton 30%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 10%
Rodney Grams 10%
Mark Green 20%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 22%
Gilbert Gutknecht 30%
Charles Hagel 20%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 30%
J. Dennis Hastert 16%
Robert Hayes 20%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 30%
Jesse Helms 10%
Baron Hill 90%
Rick Hill 20%
Van Hilleary 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 80%
David Lee Hobson 40%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Duncan Hunter 30%
William Hutchinson 30%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 22%
Henry Hyde 30%
Jay Inslee 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
William Jefferson 87%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
William Lewis Jenkins 30%
Christopher John 90%
Nancy Johnson 70%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Sue Kelly 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 77%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 30%
James Kolbe 20%
Steven Kuykendall 44%
John LaFalce 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 87%
Stephen Largent 10%
Rick Lazio 33%
James Leach 50%
Ron Lewis 30%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 20%
William Lipinski 77%
Trent Lott, Sr. 20%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 10%
James Maloney 90%
Matthew Martinez 90%
Frank Mascara 87%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 87%
Bill McCollum 30%
James McCrery III 30%
John McHugh 50%
Scott McInnis 30%
David McIntosh 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Michael McNulty 88%
Martin Meehan 88%
Carrie Meek 80%
Jack Metcalf 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 30%
David Minge 88%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
John Moakley 90%
Alan Mollohan 77%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 90%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Jack Murtha 90%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 30%
Robert William Ney 50%
Don Nickles 10%
Anne Northup 30%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 22%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 90%
Doug Ose 40%
Major Owens 80%
Michael Oxley 30%
Ronald Packard 30%
Donald Payne 80%
Edward Pease 30%
John Peterson 37%
David Phelps 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
Owen Pickett 90%
Richard Pombo 30%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 40%
Deborah Pryce 30%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 20%
James Ramstad 30%
Ralph Regula 30%
Thomas Reynolds 30%
Bob Riley 20%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 70%
Charles Robb 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
James Rogan 40%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Marge Roukema 40%
Jim Ryun 20%
Martin Olav Sabo 80%
Matthew Salmon 12%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 90%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 22%
Joe Scarborough 16%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 20%
Donald Sherwood 20%
Ronnie Shows 80%
E.G. Shuster 33%
Norman Sisisky 90%
Joseph Skeen 30%
Ike Skelton 90%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 11%
Bob Smith 10%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 20%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 90%
Robert Stump 30%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 30%
James Talent 30%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 90%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 30%
Charles Taylor 30%
Gene Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 22%
Fred Thompson 10%
Karen Thurman 90%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 22%
Robert Torricelli 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 90%
Bruce Vento 80%
George Voinovich 50%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 30%
Wesley Watkins 30%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
Anthony Weiner 90%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 30%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 90%
Robert Weygand 90%
Heather Wilson 30%
Robert Wise, Jr. 90%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 88%

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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