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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Family Voices

2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 44%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 89%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 67%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 89%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 92%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 8%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 89%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 78%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 89%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 83%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 11%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 22%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 92%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 62%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 89%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 56%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 92%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 8%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 11%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 75%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 75%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 8%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 56%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 89%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 56%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 78%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 57%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 78%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 78%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 8%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 78%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Marion Berry 67%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
John Breaux 78%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
Brad Carson 44%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 8%
Mac Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Jon Corzine 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 89%
James Davis 78%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Chris Dodd 67%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 11%
Calvin Dooley 55%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 91%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 83%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 82%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 78%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 8%
Judd Gregg 11%
Gilbert Gutknecht 8%
Charles Hagel 0%
Jane Harman 73%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Baron Hill 62%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 78%
Darlene Hooley 78%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 11%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Jay Inslee 89%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 82%
James Merrill Jeffords 44%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 56%
Nancy Johnson 17%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 78%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 92%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 92%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
Tom Lantos 100%
James Leach 25%
Ron Lewis 0%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Robert Matsui 92%
Karen McCarthy 83%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 8%
Scott McInnis 9%
Michael McNulty 92%
Martin Meehan 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 92%
Dennis Moore 78%
Jack Murtha 80%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 73%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 9%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 78%
Rick Santorum 12%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 17%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 8%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 40%
Nick Smith 8%
Vic Snyder 67%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 92%
Charles Stenholm 58%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 89%
William Tauzin 8%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 75%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 44%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 11%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 0%
David Wu 78%
Albert Wynn 92%

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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