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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Latin America Working Group

2008 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 50%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 33%
Todd Akin 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
Jason Altmire 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
Michael Arcuri 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 25%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 33%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
Evan Bayh 0%
Melissa Bean 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 50%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 0%
Howard Berman 50%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 50%
Brian Bilbray 0%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 0%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 75%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
Mary Bono Mack 25%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
GU U.S. House Delegate Madeleine Bordallo Democratic 0%
Dan Boren 0%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 50%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 0%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 75%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
Dennis Cardoza 0%
Russ Carnahan 0%
Christopher Carney 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 33%
Mike Castle 0%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Ben Chandler III 0%
VI U.S. House Delegate Donna Christensen Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 75%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 75%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
Kent Conrad 67%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 75%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 0%
Jerry Costello 50%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 75%
Artur Davis 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 75%
Geoff Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 50%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
Bill Delahunt 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 75%
James DeMint 0%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 0%
Byron Dorgan 67%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 67%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
Brad Ellsworth 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 75%
AS U.S. House Delegate Eni Faleomavaega Democratic 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 75%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
Barney Frank 75%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
Gabrielle Giffords 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 50%
John Hall 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
Phil Hare 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 50%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 0%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 0%
Baron Hill 0%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 0%
Paul Hodes 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 0%
Steve Kagen 0%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 33%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 33%
Dale Kildee 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0%
Ron Klein 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
Herb Kohl 33%
Dennis Kucinich 75%
Jon Kyl 0%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 0%
Frank Lautenberg 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 75%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 0%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Dan Lungren 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
Connie Mack IV 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
Don Manzullo 0%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 25%
Jim Marshall 0%
Melquiades Martinez 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
John McHugh 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 25%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Harry Mitchell 0%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Dennis Moore 50%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 75%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 50%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 0%
Patrick Murphy 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
Jack Murtha 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
Ben Nelson 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
DC U.S. House Delegate Eleanor Norton Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 75%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 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 75%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 75%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 25%
Todd Platts 0%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 0%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Laura Richardson 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
Mike Ross 0%
Steve Rothman 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 67%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0%
Jean Schmidt 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 75%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 25%
John Shadegg 0%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
Heath Shuler 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 0%
Ike Skelton 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Olympia Snowe 0%
Vic Snyder 50%
Mark Souder 0%
Zack Space 0%
Arlen Specter 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 33%
Pete Stark 50%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sullivan 0%
Betty Sutton 50%
John Tanner 50%
Gene Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 75%
Ed Towns 50%
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
Zach Wamp 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 75%
Diane Watson 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Jim Webb, Jr. 33%
Anthony Weiner 50%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
Robert Wexler 50%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
Lynn Woolsey 75%
David Wu 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 33%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young 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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