Rating Group: Campaign for Working Families

2003-2004 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 3%
Gary Ackerman Other 4%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 3%
Todd Akin Other 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 97%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 83%
Wayne Allard Other 100%
George Allen Other 97%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 3%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 18%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 97%
Brian Baird Other 10%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 3%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 97%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
Charlie Bass Other 57%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 3%
Evan Bayh Other 11%
Bob Beauprez Other 93%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 0%
Bob Bennett Other 97%
Shelley Berkley Other 8%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 70%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 3%
Judy Biggert Other 47%
Michael Bilirakis Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 5%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 100%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 52%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 7%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 93%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 54%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 90%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 93%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 70%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 40%
Rick Boucher Other 27%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 63%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 80%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 7%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 15%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 7%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 100%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
Conrad Burns Other 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
Dan Burton Other 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 0%
Steve Buyer Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 11%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 93%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 5%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 3%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 3%
Dennis Cardoza Other 34%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 8%
Julia Carson Other 4%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
Edward Case Other 10%
Mike Castle Other 33%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 45%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 100%
Ben Chandler III Other 89%
Chris Chocola Other 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 4%
Hillary Clinton Other 5%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 10%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 97%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 97%
Norm Coleman Other 95%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 68%
Kent Conrad Other 16%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 20%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
Jon Corzine Other 3%
Jerry Costello Other 72%
Christopher Cox Other 97%
Larry Craig Other 97%
Robert Cramer Other 83%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 93%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 14%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 3%
Randall Cunningham Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 27%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 4%
James Davis Other 7%
Jo Ann Davis Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 86%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
Thomas Davis III Other 73%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 8%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 25%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 4%
Bill Delahunt Other 3%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 100%
James DeMint Other 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 78%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 90%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 17%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 4%
Elizabeth Dole Other 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 97%
Byron Dorgan Other 16%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 41%
David Dreier Other 76%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
Chet Edwards Other 47%
Vern Ehlers Other 80%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 0%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 7%
Philip English Other 77%
John Ensign Other 97%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 23%
Lane Evans Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 3%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 3%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 5%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 3%
Michael Ferguson Other 84%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 90%
Mark Foley Other 79%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 31%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 100%
Barney Frank Other 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 60%
William Frist Other 97%
Elton Gallegly Other 96%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 73%
Jim Gibbons Other 93%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 34%
Paul Gillmor Other 90%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 3%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 100%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
Bart Gordon Other 53%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 97%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 90%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 97%
Mark Green Other 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 23%
Judd Gregg Other 97%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 3%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 4%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 97%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0%
Jane Harman Other 7%
Katherine Harris Other 97%
Melissa Hart Other 93%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 4%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 93%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
Robert Hayes Other 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 100%
Joel Hefley Other 100%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 97%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 71%
Maurice Hinchey Other 3%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 32%
David Lee Hobson Other 83%
Pete Hoekstra Other 97%
Thomas Holden Other 77%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 3%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 4%
Darlene Hooley Other 13%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 93%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 97%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 92%
Henry Hyde Other 88%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
Daniel Inouye Other 3%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 7%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 97%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 17%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 93%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 97%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 3%
William Jefferson Other 32%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 8%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 97%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 4%
Nancy Johnson Other 34%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
Tim Johnson Other 90%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 5%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 48%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 30%
Ric Keller Other 100%
Sue Kelly Other 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 93%
Patrick Kennedy Other 3%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 8%
Dale Kildee Other 40%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 3%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 10%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 77%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 57%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 87%
Herb Kohl Other 5%
James Kolbe Other 40%
Dennis Kucinich Other 19%
Jon Kyl Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 93%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 16%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 36%
Tom Lantos Other 4%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 13%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 93%
Steve LaTourette Other 90%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
James Leach Other 36%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 3%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 3%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
Jerry Lewis Other 83%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
Ron Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 6%
Blanche Lincoln Other 18%
John Linder Other 93%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 90%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 7%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 96%
Dick Lugar Other 97%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 30%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 3%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 0%
Jim Marshall Other 73%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 57%
Robert Matsui Other 3%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 84%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 10%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 100%
James McCrery III Other 89%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 3%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 3%
John McHugh Other 93%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 86%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 93%
Michael McNulty Other 38%
Martin Meehan Other 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 8%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 7%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 30%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 3%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 4%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 97%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 59%
Dennis Moore Other 13%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 90%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 3%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 92%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 97%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 5%
Jack Murtha Other 62%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 3%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 3%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 10%
Ben Nelson Other 72%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 6%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
Robert William Ney Other 93%
Anne Northup Other 96%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 97%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 97%
James Nussle Other 93%
Jim Oberstar Other 36%
Dave Obey Other 11%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 52%
Thomas William Osborne Other 90%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 97%
Major Owens Other 7%
Michael Oxley Other 83%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 10%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 14%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 3%
Ron Paul Other 71%
Donald Payne Other 4%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 93%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 3%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 86%
John Peterson Other 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 93%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 90%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
Todd Platts Other 90%
Richard Pombo Other 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 43%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 87%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 90%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 3%
Deborah Pryce Other 63%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 24%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100%
George Radanovich Other 100%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 63%
James Ramstad Other 73%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 3%
Ralph Regula Other 93%
Denny Rehberg Other 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 16%
Richard Renzi Other 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 29%
Thomas Reynolds Other 97%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 5%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 100%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 97%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 97%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 80%
Mike Ross Other 57%
Steve Rothman Other 7%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 17%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 7%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 45%
Jim Ryun Other 100%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 8%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 17%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 87%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 3%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 3%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 5%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 27%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 93%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 4%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
John Shadegg Other 97%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 83%
Christopher Shays Other 34%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 92%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 3%
Donald Sherwood Other 90%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 97%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 45%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 90%
Ike Skelton Other 80%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 4%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 9%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 83%
Gordon Smith Other 89%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 53%
Vic Snyder Other 4%
Hilda Solis Other 3%
Mark Souder Other 97%
Arlen Specter Other 82%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 21%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 3%
Pete Stark Other 3%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Ted Stevens Other 89%
Ted Strickland Other 17%
Bart Stupak Other 50%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 97%
John Sweeney Other 77%
James Talent Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 55%
Ellen Tauscher Other 0%
Charles Taylor Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 97%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 93%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 77%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 10%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 10%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 96%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 89%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
Ed Towns Other 4%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 0%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 97%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 7%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 7%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 93%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 7%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 17%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
George Voinovich Other 89%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 83%
James Walsh Other 83%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
John Warner Other 87%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 4%
Diane Watson Other 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 0%
Anthony Weiner Other 7%
David Weldon Other 100%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 96%
Gerald Weller Other 87%
Robert Wexler Other 3%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 97%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 90%
Heather Wilson Other 80%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 87%
Lynn Woolsey Other 3%
David Wu Other 17%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 3%
Albert Wynn Other 23%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 89%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 100%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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