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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Freedom Democrats

2005-2006 Positions on Economic Issues

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 18%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 18%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 15%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 15%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 58%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 13%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 18%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 15%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 28%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 13%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 23%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 13%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 63%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 78%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 13%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 75%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 15%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 78%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 35%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 23%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 23%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 30%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 13%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 15%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 68%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 18%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 18%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 45%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 18%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 15%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 30%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 20%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 15%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 63%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 13%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 13%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 55%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 15%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 18%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 38%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 13%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 18%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 15%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 18%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 10%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 10%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 38%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 15%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 68%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 28%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 43%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 15%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 23%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 13%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 15%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
Gary Ackerman 10%
Todd Akin 68%
Thomas Allen 13%
Joe Baca, Sr. 13%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
J. Gresham Barrett 85%
Roscoe Bartlett 60%
Charlie Bass 80%
Melissa Bean 80%
Bob Beauprez 70%
Shelley Berkley 18%
Howard Berman 15%
Marion Berry 15%
Judy Biggert 33%
Michael Bilirakis 45%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Henry Bonilla 15%
Mary Bono Mack 18%
Dan Boren 15%
Leonard Boswell 8%
Rick Boucher 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 13%
Henry Brown, Jr. 23%
Ginny Brown-Waite 38%
Dan Burton 48%
Steve Buyer 38%
Chris Cannon 40%
Dennis Cardoza 15%
Russ Carnahan 13%
Julia Carson 20%
Edward Case 8%
Mike Castle 33%
Ben Chandler III 15%
Chris Chocola 85%
Jerry Costello 20%
Robert Cramer 8%
Barbara Cubin 45%
Artur Davis 10%
Geoff Davis 25%
James Davis 8%
Jo Ann Davis 40%
Lincoln Davis 20%
Thomas Davis III 18%
Bill Delahunt 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 18%
Norm Dicks 8%
John Doolittle 15%
Thelma Drake 20%
David Dreier 18%
Chet Edwards 10%
Vern Ehlers 35%
Jo Ann Emerson 18%
Philip English 18%
Bob Etheridge 8%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 45%
Tom Feeney 85%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Mark Foley 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 43%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 68%
Barney Frank 30%
Elton Gallegly 15%
Jim Gibbons 78%
Wayne Gilchrest 13%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Charlie Gonzalez 13%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 23%
Bart Gordon 15%
Mark Green 75%
Gilbert Gutknecht 75%
Jane Harman 13%
Katherine Harris 75%
Melissa Hart 25%
Robert Hayes 15%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 85%
Joel Hefley 88%
Wally Herger, Jr. 45%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 13%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
David Lee Hobson 13%
Pete Hoekstra 23%
Thomas Holden 10%
Darlene Hooley 13%
John Nathan Hostettler 40%
Kenny Hulshof 18%
Duncan Hunter 18%
Henry Hyde 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 88%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 18%
William Jefferson 5%
William Lewis Jenkins 40%
Nancy Johnson 10%
Tim Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 13%
Ric Keller 58%
Sue Kelly 23%
Mark Kennedy 65%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
Dale Kildee 15%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 15%
Joseph Knollenberg 15%
James Kolbe 23%
Dennis Kucinich 15%
John Kuhl, Jr. 13%
Ray LaHood 13%
Tom Lantos 10%
Steve LaTourette 13%
James Leach 30%
Jerry Lewis 13%
Ron Lewis 38%
John Linder 75%
Dan Lungren 55%
Connie Mack IV 53%
Don Manzullo 35%
Jim Marshall 18%
Thaddeus McCotter 25%
James McCrery III 15%
John McHugh 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 18%
Michael McNulty 15%
Martin Meehan 18%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 10%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 10%
Brad Miller 5%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Dennis Moore 25%
Jack Murtha 3%
Marilyn Musgrave 70%
Sue Myrick 78%
Robert William Ney 20%
Anne Northup 20%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 75%
James Nussle 18%
Jim Oberstar 5%
Dave Obey 15%
John Olver 13%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 3%
Thomas William Osborne 13%
Major Owens 15%
Michael Oxley 13%
Ron Paul 98%
Donald Payne 10%
John Peterson 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Todd Platts 35%
Richard Pombo 20%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
Jon Porter, Sr. 30%
Deborah Pryce 20%
George Radanovich 30%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 10%
Denny Rehberg 13%
Richard Renzi 18%
Silvestre Reyes 15%
Thomas Reynolds 15%
Mike Ross 5%
Steve Rothman 10%
Jim Ryun 38%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
Jim Saxton 20%
John Schwarz 5%
John Shadegg 90%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 18%
Christopher Shays 23%
Donald Sherwood 13%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 18%
Ike Skelton 13%
Vic Snyder 13%
Mike Sodrel 20%
Hilda Solis 18%
Mark Souder 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 8%
Pete Stark 13%
Cliff Stearns 73%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 8%
John Sullivan 65%
John Sweeney 18%
Tom Tancredo 85%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 13%
Charles Taylor 23%
Gene Taylor 40%
William Thomas 10%
Todd Tiahrt 10%
Ed Towns 15%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 13%
James Walsh 15%
Zach Wamp 20%
Diane Watson 15%
Anthony Weiner 15%
David Weldon 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 18%
Gerald Weller 13%
Robert Wexler 8%
Heather Wilson 15%
Lynn Woolsey 13%
David Wu 8%
Albert Wynn 10%

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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