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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Farmers Union

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 57%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 43%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 71%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 29%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 83%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 57%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 71%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 43%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 86%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 71%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 86%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 57%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 57%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 71%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 86%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 57%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 43%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 43%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 50%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 71%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 57%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 43%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 43%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 71%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 57%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 43%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 86%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 71%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 86%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 86%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 86%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 57%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 57%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 86%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 71%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 71%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 43%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 43%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 83%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 57%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 71%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 43%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 57%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 71%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 57%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 57%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 71%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 14%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 86%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 43%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 57%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 57%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 71%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 57%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 57%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 83%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 43%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 86%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 71%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 43%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 29%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 57%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 43%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 43%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 57%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 43%
Thomas Allen 71%
Bill Archer 14%
Richard Armey 29%
John Ashcroft 57%
Henry Scott Baesler 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 86%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 83%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 29%
Bill Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 71%
Charlie Bass 43%
Herbert Bateman 86%
Bob Bennett 57%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Howard Berman 67%
Marion Berry 100%
Brian Bilbray 43%
Michael Bilirakis 86%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
Rod Blagojevich 57%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 86%
Sherwood Boehlert 71%
Kit Bond 57%
Henry Bonilla 71%
David Edward Bonior 86%
Robert Borski, Jr. 57%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
John Breaux 83%
George Brown, Jr. 86%
Richard Bryan 86%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 71%
Dan Burton 57%
Steve Buyer 71%
Robert Byrd 86%
Herbert Callahan 43%
Ben Campbell 57%
Thomas Campbell 43%
Chris Cannon 57%
Julia Carson 67%
Mike Castle 57%
John Chafee 86%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 86%
Jon Lynn Christensen 71%
William Clay, Sr. 71%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 57%
Michael Collins 29%
Larry Combest 71%
Gary Condit 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
Merrill Cook 71%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 57%
Christopher Cox 29%
William Coyne 57%
Larry Craig 57%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 29%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 86%
Alfonse D'Amato 71%
Patsy Ann Danner 86%
Thomas Daschle 86%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 57%
Bill Delahunt 71%
Thomas DeLay 14%
Peter Deutsch 57%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 57%
Norm Dicks 100%
Julian Dixon 86%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Calvin Dooley 71%
John Doolittle 86%
Byron Dorgan 86%
David Dreier 57%
Jennifer Dunn 86%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 71%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 43%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 71%
John Ensign 50%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 71%
Harris Fawell 57%
Victor Fazio 86%
Russ Feingold 71%
Thomas Foglietta 57%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 86%
Wendell Ford 100%
Tillie Fowler 86%
Jon David Fox 57%
Barney Frank 43%
Robert Franks 57%
William Frist 57%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
Elton Gallegly 67%
John Ganske 86%
Sam Gejdenson 50%
George Gekas 71%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 86%
Jim Gibbons 57%
Wayne Gilchrest 86%
Paul Gillmor 71%
Benjamin Gilman 86%
John Glenn 100%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 43%
Bart Gordon 71%
Slade Gorton 57%
Porter Goss 57%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 57%
Rodney Grams 71%
James Greenwood 71%
Judd Gregg 57%
Gilbert Gutknecht 71%
Tony Hall 50%
Lee Hamilton 100%
James Hansen 71%
Jane Harman 86%
J. Dennis Hastert 71%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 57%
Joel Hefley 57%
W.G. Hefner 100%
Jesse Helms 57%
Wally Herger, Jr. 83%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 43%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
David Lee Hobson 57%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 86%
Ernest Hollings 83%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 43%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 86%
Kenny Hulshof 71%
Duncan Hunter 71%
Asa Hutchinson 57%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 71%
Kay Hutchison 50%
Henry Hyde 86%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 29%
Daniel Inouye 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 43%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 100%
Jay Johnson 100%
Nancy Johnson 71%
Paul Kanjorski 57%
Sue Kelly 57%
Dirk Kempthorne 57%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 86%
Joseph Kennedy II 43%
Patrick Kennedy 71%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 57%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
Jay Kim 71%
Gerald Kleczka 86%
Ronald Klink 86%
Scott Klug 57%
Joseph Knollenberg 57%
Herb Kohl 86%
James Kolbe 57%
Dennis Kucinich 43%
Jon Kyl 29%
John LaFalce 67%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 50%
Stephen Largent 43%
Steve LaTourette 71%
Frank Lautenberg 71%
Rick Lazio 57%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 71%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 86%
John Linder 57%
William Lipinski 86%
Robert Livingston 71%
Trent Lott, Sr. 57%
Dick Lugar 71%
William Luther 57%
Connie Mack 50%
James Maloney 43%
Thomas Manton 100%
Don Manzullo 29%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 57%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 71%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 86%
Joseph McDade 83%
Paul McHale 71%
John McHugh 71%
Scott McInnis 71%
David McIntosh 43%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 83%
Michael McNulty 71%
Martin Meehan 43%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 86%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 86%
Dan Miller 29%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 43%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Constance Morella 57%
Carol Moseley Braun 100%
Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 71%
Jack Murtha 86%
Sue Myrick 71%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 86%
Mark Neumann 14%
Robert William Ney 71%
Don Nickles 43%
Anne Northup 57%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 71%
James Nussle 71%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 86%
John Olver 57%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 71%
Michael Oxley 86%
Ronald Packard 86%
Michael Pappas 71%
Mike Parker 86%
Ron Paul 29%
William Paxon 57%
Donald Payne 43%
Edward Pease 86%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 86%
Owen Pickett 100%
Richard Pombo 86%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 57%
Glenn Poshard 100%
Deborah Pryce 57%
Jack Quinn 71%
George Radanovich 71%
James Ramstad 57%
Bill Redmond 100%
Ralph Regula 71%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Frank Duncan Riggs 100%
Bob Riley 86%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 57%
Charles Robb 86%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 86%
James Rogan 71%
William Roth, Jr. 71%
Steve Rothman 86%
Marge Roukema 57%
Jim Ryun 57%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 43%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 86%
Joe Scarborough 29%
Daniel Schaefer 86%
John Shadegg 29%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 57%
Christopher Shays 43%
E.G. Shuster 86%
Norman Sisisky 100%
David Skaggs 86%
Joseph Skeen 71%
Ike Skelton 100%
Gordon Smith 71%
Linda Smith 71%
Nick Smith 86%
Robert Smith 86%
Bob Smith 43%
Vincent Snowbarger 29%
Olympia Snowe 86%
Vic Snyder 100%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 33%
Arlen Specter 71%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 67%
Cliff Stearns 71%
Charles Stenholm 86%
Ted Stevens 57%
Louis Stokes 100%
Ted Strickland 71%
Bob Stump 71%
Bart Stupak 86%
John Sununu 57%
James Talent 71%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 71%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 86%
Gene Taylor 57%
Craig Thomas 43%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 71%
Karen Thurman 86%
Strom Thurmond 71%
Todd Tiahrt 43%
Esteban Edward Torres 83%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
James Turner 100%
Bruce Vento 57%
James Walsh 86%
Zach Wamp 57%
John Warner 57%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 71%
W. Curtis Weldon 57%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 57%
Rick White 71%
Bob Wise, Jr. 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 67%

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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