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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Farmers Union

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 63%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 64%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 64%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 58%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 18%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 92%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 82%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 42%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 83%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 92%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 82%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 67%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 92%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 55%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 83%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 73%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 83%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 83%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 75%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 67%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 64%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 58%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 89%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 58%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 67%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 58%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 92%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 36%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 67%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 58%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 58%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 67%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 67%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 55%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 91%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 55%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 75%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 75%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 50%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 83%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 33%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 42%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 92%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 50%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 89%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 55%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 58%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 92%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 58%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 75%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 44%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 91%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 67%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 58%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 83%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 83%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 83%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 55%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 58%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 92%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 78%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 83%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 58%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 64%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 58%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 83%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 42%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 42%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 92%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 92%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 57%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 44%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 67%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 36%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 58%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 64%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 58%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 83%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 92%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 42%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 50%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 67%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 73%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 50%
Wayne Allard 50%
Thomas Allen 83%
Richard Armey 33%
Brian Baird 67%
Richard Hugh Baker 45%
John Baldacci 92%
Cass Ballenger 45%
James Barcia 83%
Robert Barr, Jr. 55%
Evan Bayh 92%
Bob Bennett 58%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Douglas Bereuter 75%
Marion Berry 58%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Rod Blagojevich 92%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Kit Bond 75%
Henry Bonilla 42%
David Edward Bonior 92%
Robert Borski, Jr. 91%
Rick Boucher 82%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 83%
John Breaux 75%
Ed Bryant 50%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 83%
Steve Buyer 58%
Robert Byrd 67%
Herbert Callahan 55%
Ben Campbell 58%
Chris Cannon 25%
Julia Carson 82%
Mike Castle 58%
Eva Clayton 83%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 83%
Mac Collins 50%
Larry Combest 58%
Gary Condit 83%
John Cooksey 60%
Christopher Cox 25%
William Coyne 80%
Larry Craig 58%
Robert Cramer 75%
Philip Crane 42%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Randall Cunningham 58%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 83%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Bill Delahunt 73%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Chris Dodd 90%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 60%
Calvin Dooley 75%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 92%
Jennifer Dunn 58%
John Edwards 83%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 58%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 67%
Philip English 67%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 58%
Russ Feingold 58%
Peter Fitzgerald 58%
Ernest Fletcher 67%
Mark Foley 67%
Harold Ford, Jr. 78%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
William Frist 50%
Jonas Frost III 75%
John Ganske 64%
George Gekas 58%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 75%
Jim Gibbons 67%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Paul Gillmor 58%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 50%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 67%
Daniel Graham 58%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
Mark Green 67%
James Greenwood 64%
Judd Gregg 27%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
Charles Hagel 67%
Tony Hall 92%
James Hansen 60%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 67%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 36%
Joel Hefley 50%
Jesse Helms 42%
Baron Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 40%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 92%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 42%
Ernest Hollings 92%
Darlene Hooley 73%
Stephen Horn 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Duncan Hunter 42%
William Hutchinson 58%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 55%
Henry Hyde 67%
Jay Inslee 58%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 64%
William Jefferson 88%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 55%
Christopher John 75%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Sue Kelly 58%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 88%
Patrick Kennedy 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
Gerald Kleczka 67%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
James Kolbe 58%
John LaFalce 75%
Nicholas Lampson 83%
Tom Lantos 92%
Stephen Largent 42%
James Leach 75%
Ron Lewis 67%
Blanche Lincoln 73%
John Linder 36%
William Lipinski 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 50%
William Luther 83%
James Maloney 60%
Frank Mascara 92%
Robert Matsui 92%
Karen McCarthy 91%
James McCrery III 67%
John McHugh 67%
Scott McInnis 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 83%
Michael McNulty 89%
Martin Meehan 75%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 42%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 75%
John Moakley 90%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Dennis Moore 83%
Constance Morella 67%
Frank Murkowski 50%
Jack Murtha 83%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 50%
Robert William Ney 83%
Don Nickles 25%
Anne Northup 67%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 78%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Dave Obey 67%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Doug Ose 67%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 64%
Donald Payne 90%
John Peterson 58%
David Phelps 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 67%
Richard Pombo 58%
Earl Pomeroy 92%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 73%
George Radanovich 42%
James Ramstad 58%
Ralph Regula 50%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
Bob Riley 67%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Ciro Rodriguez 83%
Timothy Roemer 64%
Marge Roukema 67%
Jim Ryun 42%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Rick Santorum 27%
Paul Sarbanes 67%
H. James Saxton 83%
Joe Scarborough 71%
John Shadegg 17%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 67%
Christopher Shays 40%
Donald Sherwood 73%
Ronnie Shows 83%
Joseph Skeen 58%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 67%
Nick Smith 50%
Bob Smith 17%
Vic Snyder 75%
Mark Souder 67%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 55%
Ted Strickland 92%
Robert Stump 50%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 25%
John Sweeney 67%
Tom Tancredo 50%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 75%
William Tauzin 58%
Charles Taylor 44%
Gene Taylor 80%
Craig Thomas 58%
William Thomas 55%
Fred Thompson 33%
Karen Thurman 83%
Strom Thurmond 42%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
Robert Torricelli 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 83%
George Voinovich 40%
James Walsh 64%
Zach Wamp 58%
John Warner 58%
Wesley Watkins 55%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 36%
Anthony Weiner 83%
David Weldon 55%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 73%
Paul Wellstone 83%
Robert Wexler 73%
Heather Wilson 67%
David Wu 70%
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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