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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Family Voices

2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 91%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 92%
Joe Baca, Sr. 89%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 8%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 62%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 56%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Leonard Boswell 89%
Rick Boucher 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 89%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 89%
John Breaux 78%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Brad Carson 44%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
Larry Combest 0%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 78%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 89%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 78%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 89%
Thomas Davis III 0%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 92%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 92%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 92%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 91%
Chris Dodd 67%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 11%
Calvin Dooley 55%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 83%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 8%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 91%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 92%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
Michael Ferguson 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 83%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 92%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 82%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 88%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 78%
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%
Mark Green 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
James Greenwood 8%
Judd Gregg 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 78%
Jane Harman 73%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 62%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 78%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 75%
Ernest Hollings 78%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 78%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 11%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 91%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 89%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 83%
William Jefferson 82%
James Merrill Jeffords 44%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 56%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 11%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 9%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 78%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 78%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 11%
Gerald Kleczka 92%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 78%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 18%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 78%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 89%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
James Leach 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 67%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 83%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 56%
Robert Matsui 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 78%
Karen McCarthy 83%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 11%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 8%
Scott McInnis 9%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Michael McNulty 92%
Martin Meehan 89%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
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%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 92%
Dennis Moore 78%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 56%
Jack Murtha 80%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 83%
Ben Nelson 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
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%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 73%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 12%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 8%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
Deborah Pryce 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Jack Quinn 9%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 75%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 78%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
Mike Ross 67%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 78%
Rick Santorum 12%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 17%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 89%
Edward Schrock 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 8%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 89%
Donald Sherwood 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Ike Skelton 75%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 57%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
Gordon Smith 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 8%
Olympia Snowe 22%
Vic Snyder 67%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 92%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 58%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 89%
William Tauzin 8%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 75%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
Ed Towns 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 44%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 83%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 11%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 78%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 75%
Albert Wynn 92%
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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