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Interest Group Ratings

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. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 29%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward 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 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 43%
CA U.S. House 51 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. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 86%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 43%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 86%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief 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 U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 86%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
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 Leonard Boswell Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 4 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 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 43%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 57%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 29%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 71%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 43%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 43%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 57%
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. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 57%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey 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 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 71%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 71%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 86%
ME U.S. Senate Jr 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 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 57%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 43%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 86%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
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 Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 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 9 Sue Myrick Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 86%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 43%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr 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 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 57%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 57%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 83%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 86%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 71%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 28 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 U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 43%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 71%
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%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 86%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 71%
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. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 50%
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 14 Ron Paul Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes 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 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 57%
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%
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 Richard Hastings Republican 86%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 71%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 86%
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%
Wayne Allard 43%
Thomas Allen 71%
William 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%
William Barrett 100%
Herbert Bateman 86%
Bob Bennett 57%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Marion Berry 100%
Michael Bilirakis 86%
Rod Blagojevich 57%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 86%
Sherwood Boehlert 71%
Kit Bond 57%
Henry Bonilla 71%
David Edward Bonior 86%
Robert Borski, Jr. 57%
Rick Boucher 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
Carol Moseley Braun 100%
John Breaux 83%
George Brown, Jr. 86%
Richard Bryan 86%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 71%
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 86%
Jon Lynn Christensen 71%
William Clay, Sr. 71%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 57%
Mac Collins 29%
Larry Combest 71%
Gary Condit 100%
Merrill Cook 71%
John Cooksey 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%
Julian Dixon 86%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Calvin Dooley 71%
John Doolittle 86%
Byron Dorgan 86%
Jennifer Dunn 86%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 71%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 43%
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%
Robert Franks 57%
William Frist 57%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
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%
Charles Hagel 57%
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%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 43%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 57%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 83%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 43%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 86%
Kenny Hulshof 71%
Duncan Hunter 71%
William Hutchinson 57%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 71%
Henry Hyde 86%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 29%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
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%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
Jay Kim 71%
Gerald Kleczka 86%
Ronald Klink 86%
Scott Klug 57%
Joseph Knollenberg 57%
James Kolbe 57%
John LaFalce 67%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 50%
Stephen Largent 43%
Rick Lazio 57%
James Leach 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 57%
William Lipinski 86%
Robert Livingston 71%
Trent Lott, Sr. 57%
William Luther 57%
Connie Mack 50%
James Maloney 43%
Thomas Manton 100%
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%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 100%
Frank Murkowski 71%
Jack Murtha 86%
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%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 71%
Michael Oxley 86%
Ronald Packard 86%
Michael Pappas 71%
Paul Michael Parker 86%
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%
William Redmond 100%
Ralph Regula 71%
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%
Marge Roukema 57%
Jim Ryun 57%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 29%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 14%
Rick Santorum 43%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James 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%
Vic Snyder 100%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 33%
Arlen Specter 71%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Charles Stenholm 86%
Ted Stevens 57%
Louis Stokes 100%
Ted Strickland 71%
Robert 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%
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%
Robert Weygand 57%
Rick White 71%
Robert Wise, Jr. 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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