or Login to see your representatives.

Access Candidates' and Representatives' Biographies, Voting Records, Interest Group Ratings, Issue Positions, Public Statements, and Campaign Finances

Simply enter your zip code above to get to all of your candidates and representatives, or enter a name. Then, just click on the person you are interested in, and you can navigate to the categories of information we track for them.

Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Rifle Association

2002 Lifetime Score

Issues: Guns
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 0%
Todd Akin 92%
Wayne Allard 92%
Joe Baca, Sr. 92%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 92%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 17%
Cass Ballenger 92%
J. Gresham Barrett 92%
Roscoe Bartlett 92%
Charlie Bass 92%
Bob Beauprez 92%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
Shelley Berkley 0%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 92%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
Leonard Boswell 92%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 92%
Henry Brown, Jr. 92%
Ginny Brown-Waite 92%
Max Burns 92%
Dan Burton 92%
Steve Buyer 92%
Chris Cannon 100%
Dennis Cardoza 17%
Jean Carnahan 0%
Brad Carson 92%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 0%
Chris Chocola 92%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 17%
Norm Coleman 92%
Michael Collins 92%
Larry Combest 92%
Jerry Costello 92%
Christopher Cox 92%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 92%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
James Davis 0%
Jo Ann Davis 92%
Lincoln Davis 92%
Thomas Davis III 42%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 92%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58%
Norm Dicks 0%
Elizabeth Dole 92%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 92%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 100%
David Dreier 92%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 83%
Jo Ann Emerson 92%
Philip English 92%
Bob Etheridge 17%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 92%
Tom Feeney 92%
Michael Ferguson 0%
Ernest Fletcher 92%
Mark Foley 83%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 75%
Barney Frank 0%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Elton Gallegly 92%
John Ganske 42%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 92%
Wayne Gilchrest 8%
Paul Gillmor 92%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 83%
Mark Green 92%
James Greenwood 25%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Jane Harman 0%
Katherine Harris 92%
Melissa Hart 92%
J. Dennis Hastert 92%
Robert Hayes 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Joel Hefley 92%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 92%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
David Lee Hobson 92%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 92%
Darlene Hooley 0%
John Nathan Hostettler 83%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 92%
Henry Hyde 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 17%
William Janklow 92%
William Jefferson 17%
William Lewis Jenkins 92%
Christopher John 100%
Nancy Johnson 17%
Tim Johnson 92%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Ric Keller 92%
Sue Kelly 75%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 92%
James Kolbe 83%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Ray LaHood 92%
Nicholas Lampson 92%
Tom Lantos 0%
Steve LaTourette 92%
James Leach 0%
Jerry Lewis 92%
Ron Lewis 92%
John Linder 92%
William Lipinski 0%
William Luther 0%
James Maloney 0%
Don Manzullo 92%
Jim Marshall 92%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 92%
James McCrery III 92%
John McHugh 92%
Scott McInnis 92%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Brad Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 0%
Constance Morella 0%
Jack Murtha 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 92%
Sue Myrick 92%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Anne Northup 67%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Dave Obey 92%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 92%
Thomas William Osborne 92%
Doug Ose 25%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 92%
Ron Paul 92%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 92%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 92%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. 92%
Deborah Pryce 42%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 92%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 83%
Denny Rehberg 92%
Richard Renzi 92%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
Ciro Rodriguez 42%
Mike Ross 92%
Steve Rothman 0%
Jim Ryun 92%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 92%
Jim Saxton 75%
Edward Schrock 92%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 0%
Donald Sherwood 92%
Ronnie Shows 92%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 92%
Ike Skelton 92%
Gordon Smith 67%
Nick Smith 92%
Vic Snyder 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 92%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 92%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 92%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sullivan 92%
John Sununu 92%
John Sweeney 92%
James Talent 92%
Tom Tancredo 75%
John Tanner 92%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin 92%
Charles Taylor 92%
Gene Taylor 92%
William Thomas 92%
Karen Thurman 83%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 92%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 92%
John Warner 17%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 92%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
Gerald Weller 83%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 92%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 0%
Albert Wynn 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 50%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 42%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 17%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 33%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 58%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 17%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 92%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 92%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 92%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 92%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 92%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 92%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 92%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 92%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 92%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 92%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 92%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 17%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 17%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 92%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 92%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 92%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 92%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 92%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 92%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 92%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 92%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 92%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 92%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 92%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 50%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%

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.

Back to top