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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Libertarian Party

1995 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 85%
Dirk Kempthorne 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
Larry Craig 75%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 75%
John Ashcroft 70%
Bob Bennett 70%
Hank Brown 70%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 70%
John Ensign 70%
William Phillip Gramm 70%
Rodney Grams 70%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 70%
Trent Lott, Sr. 70%
Dick Lugar 70%
Connie Mack 70%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 70%
Scott McInnis 70%
Jack Metcalf 70%
Rick Santorum 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 70%
Bob Smith 70%
Arlen Specter 70%
Strom Thurmond 70%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 65%
William Baker 65%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 65%
John Chafee 65%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 65%
William Cohen 65%
Christopher Cox 65%
John Doolittle 65%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 65%
William Frist 65%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 65%
Jesse Helms 65%
Jon Kyl 65%
Frank Murkowski 65%
Don Nickles 65%
Larry Pressler 65%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 65%
Joe Scarborough 65%
Olympia Snowe 65%
Mark Souder 65%
TX U.S. House 36 Steve Stockman Republican 65%
Craig Thomas 65%
Rick White 65%
Richard Zimmer 65%
Sonny Bono 60%
Conrad Burns 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 60%
Paul Coverdell 60%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 60%
Robert Dole 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Judd Gregg 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Pete Hoekstra 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Kay Hutchison 60%
Scott Klug 60%
Richard Pombo 60%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Andrea Seastrand 60%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 60%
John Shadegg 60%
Alan Simpson 60%
Ted Stevens 60%
Fred Thompson 60%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
Wayne Allard 55%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 55%
Ben Campbell 55%
Dick Chrysler 55%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 55%
Gary Condit 55%
Wes Cooley 55%
Jay Dickey 55%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 55%
David Dreier 55%
Mark Foley 55%
James Greenwood 55%
Melton Hancock 55%
Wally Herger, Jr. 55%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 55%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 55%
James Kolbe 55%
Stephen Largent 55%
James Leach 55%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
Don Manzullo 55%
Carlos Moorhead 55%
Mark Neumann 55%
Ronald Packard 55%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 55%
Charles Robb 55%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 55%
Daniel Schaefer 55%
Patricia Schroeder 55%
Christopher Shays 55%
Bob Stump 55%
William Thomas 55%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 55%
John Warner 55%
Bill Archer 50%
Bill Barrett 50%
Charlie Bass 50%
Kit Bond 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 50%
Ed Bryant 50%
Dan Burton 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
Larry Combest 50%
Philip Crane 50%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 50%
Ronald Dellums 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Thomas Ewing 50%
Gary Franks 50%
Robert Franks 50%
Elton Gallegly 50%
Paul Gillmor 50%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 50%
Slade Gorton 50%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
Van Hilleary 50%
Martin Hoke 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Jay Kim 50%
Ray LaHood 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
James Longley, Jr. 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 50%
Robert William Ney 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
Sam Nunn 50%
John Olver 50%
William Paxon 50%
George Radanovich 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
Toby Roth 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 50%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 50%
Nick Smith 50%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
Peter Torkildsen 50%
Zach Wamp 50%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 50%
Pat Williams 50%
Bill Zeliff 50%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
Richard Armey 45%
Robert Barr, Jr. 45%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 45%
Roscoe Bartlett 45%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 45%
Anthony Beilenson 45%
Jeff Bingaman 45%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 45%
Henry Bonilla 45%
David Edward Bonior 45%
Rick Boucher 45%
George Brown, Jr. 45%
Jim Bunn 45%
Jim Bunning 45%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 45%
Steve Buyer 45%
Herbert Callahan 45%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 45%
William Clay, Sr. 45%
Eva Clayton 45%
Ronald Coleman 45%
Cardiss Collins 45%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 45%
William Coyne 45%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 45%
Barbara Cubin 45%
Thomas DeLay 45%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 45%
Robert Dornan 45%
Bill Emerson 45%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 45%
Lane Evans 45%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 45%
Harris Fawell 45%
Russ Feingold 45%
Jack Fields, Jr. 45%
Thomas Foglietta 45%
Jon David Fox 45%
Barney Frank 45%
Dan Frisa 45%
David Funderburk 45%
John Ganske 45%
Daniel Graham 45%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 45%
Steven Gunderson 45%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 45%
James Hansen 45%
J. Dennis Hastert 45%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 45%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 45%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 45%
Ernest Hollings 45%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 45%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 45%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 45%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 45%
Joseph Kennedy II 45%
Herb Kohl 45%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 45%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 45%
John McHugh 45%
David McIntosh 45%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 45%
Martin Meehan 45%
Jan Meyers 45%
Dan Miller 45%
David Minge 45%
Carol Moseley Braun 45%
John Myers 45%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 45%
James Nussle 45%
Dave Obey 45%
Michael Oxley 45%
Donald Payne 45%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 45%
James Ramstad 45%
Frank Duncan Riggs 45%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 45%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 45%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 45%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 45%
Steven Schiff 45%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 45%
E.G. Shuster 45%
Paul Simon 45%
Joseph Skeen 45%
Cliff Stearns 45%
Louis Stokes 45%
James Talent 45%
Charles Taylor 45%
Bruce Vento 45%
Barbara Vucanovich 45%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 45%
David Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 45%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 45%
Gary Ackerman 40%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
Cass Ballenger 40%
Brian Bilbray 40%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 40%
Peter Blute 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Bill Brewster 40%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 40%
Richard Bryan 40%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Barbara-Rose Collins 40%
Michael Collins 40%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 40%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 40%
Julian Dixon 40%
Calvin Dooley 40%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 40%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Philip English 40%
Terry Everett 40%
Jim Exon 40%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 40%
Victor Fazio 40%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 40%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 40%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
Elizabeth Furse 40%
Sam Gejdenson 40%
Pete Geren 40%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
John Glenn 40%
Henry Gonzalez 40%
William Goodling 40%
Enid Greene 40%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40%
Maurice Hinchey 40%
David Lee Hobson 40%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 40%
Daniel Inouye 40%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 40%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 40%
Ron Lewis 40%
Jim Lightfoot 40%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 40%
Robert Livingston 40%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 40%
Bill McCollum 40%
James McCrery III 40%
Joseph McDade 40%
Carrie Meek 40%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 40%
Constance Morella 40%
Patrick Moynihan 40%
Sue Myrick 40%
Jim Oberstar 40%
Major Owens 40%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 40%
Glenn Poshard 40%
Deborah Pryce 40%
James Quillen 40%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 40%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 40%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
David Skaggs 40%
Linda Smith 40%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 40%
Floyd Spence 40%
Pete Stark 40%
Gerry Studds 40%
Randy Tate 40%
Ed Towns 40%
James Traficant, Jr. 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
Robert Walker 40%
Paul Wellstone 40%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40%
Lynn Woolsey 40%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 35%
Douglas Bereuter 35%
Howard Berman 35%
Bill Bradley 35%
John Breaux 35%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 35%
Thomas Daschle 35%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 35%
Byron Dorgan 35%
Jennifer Dunn 35%
Floyd Flake 35%
Michael Patrick Forbes 35%
Harold Ford, Sr. 35%
Jonas Frost III 35%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 35%
Sam Gibbons 35%
Porter Goss 35%
Jane Harman 35%
Mark Hatfield 35%
James Hayes 35%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 35%
Henry Hyde 35%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 35%
Sue Kelly 35%
Bob Kerrey 35%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 35%
Joseph Knollenberg 35%
Rick Lazio 35%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 35%
Joe Lieberman 35%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 35%
William Luther 35%
Matthew Martinez 35%
Bill Martini 35%
Karen McCarthy 35%
Susan Molinari 35%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 35%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 35%
Mike Parker 35%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 35%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 35%
John Edward Porter 35%
Jack Quinn 35%
Ralph Regula 35%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 35%
William Tauzin 35%
Gene Taylor 35%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 35%
Esteban Edward Torres 35%
Robert Torricelli 35%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 35%
Michael Ward 35%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 35%
Albert Wynn 35%
Sidney Yates 35%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 35%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
James Barcia 30%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 30%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 30%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
John Bryant 30%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 30%
William Clinger 30%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 30%
Kent Conrad 30%
Robert Cramer 30%
Patsy Ann Danner 30%
Thomas Davis III 30%
Peter Deutsch 30%
Chris Dodd 30%
Chet Edwards 30%
Tillie Fowler 30%
George Gekas 30%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 30%
Tony Hall 30%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 30%
William Jefferson 30%
Harry Johnston 30%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 30%
Dale Kildee 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
Tom Lantos 30%
Greg Laughlin 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 30%
Robert Matsui 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 30%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 30%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 30%
Claiborne Pell 30%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 30%
Marge Roukema 30%
Paul Sarbanes 30%
Jim Saxton 30%
Ike Skelton 30%
John Spratt, Jr. 30%
Karen Thurman 30%
James Walsh 30%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
John Baldacci 25%
Tom Bevill 25%
Robert Borski, Jr. 25%
Jim Chapman 25%
Robert Clement 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 25%
Cleo Fields 25%
Wendell Ford 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
W.G. Hefner 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 25%
J. Bennett Johnston 25%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Gerald Kleczka 25%
Steve LaTourette 25%
Paul McHale 25%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 25%
Michael McNulty 25%
G.V. Montgomery 25%
Bill Orton 25%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
Bill Richardson 25%
Timothy Roemer 25%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
Charles Stenholm 25%
John Tanner 25%
Herbert Bateman 20%
Glen Browder 20%
Dale Bumpers 20%
Robert Byrd 20%
Jerry Costello 20%
E. Kika de la Garza 20%
Norm Dicks 20%
Lee Hamilton 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
Ronald Klink 20%
John LaFalce 20%
William Lipinski 20%
Frank Mascara 20%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 20%
Pete Peterson 20%
Owen Pickett 20%
David Pryor 20%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
Bart Stupak 20%
Harold Volkmer 20%
Henry Scott Baesler 15%
Thomas Holden 15%
Thomas Manton 15%
John Moakley 15%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
Charles Rose III 15%
Norman Sisisky 15%
Ray Thornton 15%
Charles Wilson 15%
Bob Wise, Jr. 15%
Alan Mollohan 10%
Frank Tejeda 10%
Jack Murtha 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 5%

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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