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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: League of United Latin American Citizens

2001-2002 Positions

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