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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of United Latin American Citizens

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 72%
Gary Ackerman 72%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 69%
Todd Akin 11%
Wayne Allard 19%
George Allen 25%
Thomas Allen 78%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 78%
Joe Baca, Sr. 78%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
Brian Baird 56%
Richard Hugh Baker 6%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 89%
Cass Ballenger 17%
Roscoe Bartlett 6%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
Charlie Bass 22%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 69%
Evan Bayh 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 83%
Bob Bennett 13%
Douglas Bereuter 6%
Shelley Berkley 67%
Howard Berman 72%
Marion Berry 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 88%
Judy Biggert 11%
Michael Bilirakis 11%
Jeff Bingaman 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 72%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 72%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 6%
Sherwood Boehlert 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 17%
Kit Bond 13%
Henry Bonilla 22%
Mary Bono Mack 17%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
Leonard Boswell 61%
Rick Boucher 78%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 63%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 89%
John Breaux 56%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 13%
Jim Bunning 19%
Conrad Burns 13%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11%
Dan Burton 6%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 69%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 6%
Ben Campbell 31%
Chris Cannon 6%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 72%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 78%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 81%
Brad Carson 56%
Julia Carson 89%
Mike Castle 17%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 44%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 11%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 89%
Hillary Clinton 88%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 6%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 19%
Michael Collins 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 38%
Kent Conrad 75%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 89%
Jon Corzine 88%
Jerry Costello 67%
Christopher Cox 6%
Larry Craig 19%
Robert Cramer 39%
Philip Crane 11%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 19%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 6%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 83%
Barbara Cubin 6%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 6%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 89%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Thomas Daschle 88%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 89%
James Davis 72%
Jo Ann Davis 6%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 72%
Thomas Davis III 17%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 81%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 6%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 72%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 72%
Bill Delahunt 72%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 89%
Thomas DeLay 6%
James DeMint 6%
Peter Deutsch 72%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 31%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 22%
Norm Dicks 78%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 78%
Chris Dodd 75%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 78%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 56%
John Doolittle 11%
Byron Dorgan 81%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 72%
David Dreier 22%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17%
Jennifer Dunn 6%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 88%
John Edwards 88%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 22%
Jo Ann Emerson 11%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 78%
Philip English 11%
John Ensign 13%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Lane Evans 78%
Terry Everett 17%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 78%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 83%
Russ Feingold 69%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 81%
Michael Ferguson 22%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 94%
Peter Fitzgerald 31%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 17%
Ernest Fletcher 11%
Mark Foley 17%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 89%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 11%
Barney Frank 78%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 11%
William Frist 13%
Jonas Frost III 83%
Elton Gallegly 11%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 83%
Jim Gibbons 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 17%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11%
Bart Gordon 61%
Porter Goss 11%
Daniel Graham 81%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 11%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 19%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11%
Mark Green 17%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 72%
James Greenwood 17%
Judd Gregg 19%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
Gilbert Gutknecht 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 28%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 81%
Jane Harman 67%
Melissa Hart 11%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 19%
Robert Hayes 11%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. 11%
Baron Hill 72%
Maurice Hinchey 72%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 78%
David Lee Hobson 17%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 67%
Pete Hoekstra 11%
Thomas Holden 67%
Ernest Hollings 81%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 78%
Darlene Hooley 67%
John Nathan Hostettler 22%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 22%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 78%
Kenny Hulshof 11%
Duncan Hunter 6%
Kay Hutchison 19%
Henry Hyde 11%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 6%
Daniel Inouye 75%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 78%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 6%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 6%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 89%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 89%
William Jefferson 83%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
Christopher John 56%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 78%
Nancy Johnson 28%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 6%
Tim Johnson 28%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 81%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 17%
Paul Kanjorski 78%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 61%
Ric Keller 6%
Sue Kelly 22%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 88%
Mark Kennedy 6%
Patrick Kennedy 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 81%
Dale Kildee 83%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 78%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 6%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 22%
Gerald Kleczka 89%
Joseph Knollenberg 11%
Herb Kohl 81%
James Kolbe 17%
Dennis Kucinich 83%
Jon Kyl 6%
Ray LaHood 22%
Nicholas Lampson 72%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 81%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 72%
Tom Lantos 78%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 67%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 83%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
Steve LaTourette 17%
James Leach 28%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 83%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 78%
Jerry Lewis 17%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 89%
Ron Lewis 11%
Joe Lieberman 88%
Blanche Lincoln 81%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 56%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 78%
Trent Lott, Sr. 19%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 17%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 17%
Dick Lugar 19%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 72%
Don Manzullo 11%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 83%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 61%
Robert Matsui 78%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 38%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 72%
Karen McCarthy 72%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 78%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 19%
James McCrery III 6%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 72%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 83%
John McHugh 22%
Scott McInnis 6%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
Michael McNulty 78%
Martin Meehan 78%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 83%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 6%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 88%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 83%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 78%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 10%
Zell Bryan Miller 38%
Alan Mollohan 78%
Dennis Moore 67%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 61%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 28%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 81%
Jack Murtha 72%
Sue Myrick 6%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
Ben Nelson 69%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 6%
Robert William Ney 11%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 6%
James Nussle 11%
Jim Oberstar 78%
Dave Obey 78%
John Olver 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 78%
Thomas William Osborne 11%
Doug Ose 22%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 22%
Major Owens 83%
Michael Oxley 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 78%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 94%
Ron Paul 39%
Donald Payne 94%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 83%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 11%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
John Peterson 11%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 6%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 6%
Todd Platts 6%
Richard Pombo 11%
Earl Pomeroy 61%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 72%
Deborah Pryce 22%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 17%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 6%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 78%
James Ramstad 6%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 88%
Ralph Regula 11%
Denny Rehberg 6%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 88%
Silvestre Reyes 78%
Thomas Reynolds 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 13%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 88%
Ciro Rodriguez 83%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 22%
Mike Ross 67%
Steve Rothman 78%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 72%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 11%
Jim Ryun 11%
Martin Olav Sabo 89%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 78%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 78%
Rick Santorum 13%
Paul Sarbanes 88%
Jim Saxton 17%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 72%
Edward Schrock 11%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 94%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 89%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 89%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 22%
John Shadegg 6%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 22%
Christopher Shays 17%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 83%
Donald Sherwood 22%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 12%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 22%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17%
Ike Skelton 61%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 72%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 28%
Gordon Smith 50%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 6%
Nick Smith 17%
Olympia Snowe 38%
Vic Snyder 67%
Hilda Solis 83%
Mark Souder 28%
Arlen Specter 44%
John Spratt, Jr. 61%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 88%
Pete Stark 83%
Cliff Stearns 11%
Charles Stenholm 61%
Ted Stevens 13%
Ted Strickland 83%
Bart Stupak 78%
John Sullivan 14%
John Sununu 6%
John Sweeney 22%
Tom Tancredo 11%
John Tanner 56%
Ellen Tauscher 72%
William Tauzin 11%
Charles Taylor 6%
Gene Taylor 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 11%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 22%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
Todd Tiahrt 17%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 11%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 83%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 11%
Ed Towns 78%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 89%
James Turner 67%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 72%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 11%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 83%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 72%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 6%
George Voinovich 25%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
James Walsh 28%
Zach Wamp 11%
John Warner 31%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 78%
Diane Watson 92%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 67%
Anthony Weiner 78%
David Weldon 11%
W. Curtis Weldon 17%
Gerald Weller 17%
Robert Wexler 72%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 6%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 14%
Heather Wilson 17%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 11%
Lynn Woolsey 83%
David Wu 56%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 88%
Albert Wynn 83%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 11%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 6%

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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