Rating Group: National Farmers Union

1995 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 30%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 20%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 20%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 30%
AZ U.S. House-5 Matthew Salmon R 20%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 80%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 70%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 70%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 90%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 80%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 80%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 89%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 80%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 30%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 90%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 80%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 20%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 80%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 30%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 75%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 20%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 80%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 90%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 70%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 20%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 33%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 70%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady Other 30%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 30%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 30%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 60%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 89%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 30%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 89%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 40%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 90%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 30%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 11%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 80%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 89%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 90%
IN U.S. Senate-Sr Daniel Coats R 40%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 40%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 40%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 30%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 30%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 40%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 80%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 90%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 78%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 90%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 67%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 30%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 90%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 90%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 80%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 70%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 22%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 33%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 70%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 70%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 30%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 20%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 20%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 90%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 90%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 80%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 60%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 80%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 40%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 70%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 80%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 30%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 80%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 90%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 90%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 89%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 89%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 80%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 90%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 90%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 10%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 20%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 30%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH Governor John Kasich R 20%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 40%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 11%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 20%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 30%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 80%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 90%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 80%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 90%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 80%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 20%
SC U.S. House-1 Mark Sanford, Jr. R 30%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 80%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 60%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 40%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 20%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 40%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 80%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 20%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 89%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 30%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 80%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 70%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 90%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 30%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 80%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 20%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 50%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 78%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 90%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 80%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 22%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 89%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 40%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 30%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 90%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 70%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 80%
Edmond Spencer Abraham Other 40%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 80%
Wayne Allard Other 30%
Bill Archer Other 20%
Richard Armey Other 20%
John Ashcroft Other 30%
Henry Scott Baesler Other 90%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 25%
John Baldacci Other 90%
Cass Ballenger Other 20%
James Barcia Other 70%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 20%
Bill Barrett Other 40%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 10%
Charlie Bass Other 30%
Herbert Bateman Other 25%
Bob Bennett Other 40%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 80%
Douglas Bereuter Other 30%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Brian Bilbray Other 20%
Michael Bilirakis Other 20%
Jeff Bingaman Other 80%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. Other 30%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 50%
Kit Bond Other 30%
Henry Bonilla Other 33%
David Edward Bonior Other 80%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 89%
Rick Boucher Other 80%
John Breaux Other 70%
George Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Richard Bryan Other 80%
Ed Bryant Other 22%
Dale Bumpers Other 80%
Jim Bunning Other 30%
Conrad Burns Other 30%
Dan Burton Other 22%
Steve Buyer Other 30%
Robert Byrd Other 60%
Herbert Callahan Other 30%
Ben Campbell Other 11%
Mike Castle Other 50%
John Chafee Other 30%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage Other 20%
Jon Lynn Christensen Other 30%
William Clay, Sr. Other 78%
Eva Clayton Other 80%
Robert Clement Other 80%
Michael Collins Other 20%
Larry Combest Other 40%
Gary Condit Other 80%
Kent Conrad Other 90%
Jerry Costello Other 70%
Paul Coverdell Other 20%
Christopher Cox Other 13%
William Coyne Other 80%
Larry Craig Other 30%
Robert Cramer Other 80%
Philip Crane Other 13%
Barbara Cubin Other 30%
Randall Cunningham Other 30%
Alfonse D'Amato Other 30%
Patsy Ann Danner Other 80%
Thomas Daschle Other 80%
Thomas Davis III Other 50%
Thomas DeLay Other 20%
Peter Deutsch Other 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 40%
Jay Dickey Other 30%
Norm Dicks Other 89%
Julian Dixon Other 80%
Chris Dodd Other 70%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 30%
Calvin Dooley Other 80%
John Doolittle Other 20%
Byron Dorgan Other 90%
David Dreier Other 25%
Jennifer Dunn Other 30%
Chet Edwards Other 70%
Vern Ehlers Other 44%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 40%
Philip English Other 10%
John Ensign Other 20%
Lane Evans Other 70%
Terry Everett Other 40%
Thomas Ewing Other 30%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth Other 30%
Harris Fawell Other 20%
Victor Fazio Other 90%
Russ Feingold Other 90%
Mark Foley Other 30%
Michael Patrick Forbes Other 30%
Harold Ford, Sr. Other 78%
Wendell Ford Other 80%
Tillie Fowler Other 20%
Jon David Fox Other 30%
Barney Frank Other 70%
Robert Franks Other 30%
William Frist Other 30%
Jonas Frost III Other 80%
Elizabeth Furse Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
John Ganske Other 30%
Sam Gejdenson Other 90%
George Gekas Other 20%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 78%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 30%
Paul Gillmor Other 30%
Benjamin Gilman Other 30%
Newt Gingrich Other 0%
John Glenn Other 90%
Henry Gonzalez Other 78%
William Goodling Other 14%
Bart Gordon Other 60%
Slade Gorton Other 30%
Porter Goss Other 30%
Daniel Graham Other 56%
William Phillip Gramm Other 22%
Rodney Grams Other 40%
James Greenwood Other 50%
Judd Gregg Other 30%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 30%
Tony Hall Other 90%
Lee Hamilton Other 80%
James Hansen Other 30%
Jane Harman Other 100%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 30%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 30%
Joel Hefley Other 11%
W.G. Hefner Other 80%
Jesse Helms Other 30%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 30%
Van Hilleary Other 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 63%
Maurice Hinchey Other 90%
David Lee Hobson Other 20%
Pete Hoekstra Other 20%
Thomas Holden Other 70%
Ernest Hollings Other 80%
Stephen Horn Other 40%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 33%
Duncan Hunter Other 20%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 30%
Kay Hutchison Other 11%
Henry Hyde Other 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 20%
Daniel Inouye Other 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 30%
William Jefferson Other 80%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 40%
Nancy Johnson Other 44%
Paul Kanjorski Other 90%
Sue Kelly Other 40%
Dirk Kempthorne Other 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 70%
Joseph Kennedy II Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 80%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly Other 100%
Bob Kerrey Other 80%
Dale Kildee Other 80%
Jay Kim Other 30%
Gerald Kleczka Other 100%
Ronald Klink Other 80%
Scott Klug Other 40%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 30%
Herb Kohl Other 80%
James Kolbe Other 20%
Jon Kyl Other 33%
John LaFalce Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 40%
Tom Lantos Other 89%
Stephen Largent Other 20%
Steve LaTourette Other 40%
Frank Lautenberg Other 70%
Rick Lazio Other 50%
James Leach Other 40%
Jerry Lewis Other 30%
Ron Lewis Other 30%
Joe Lieberman Other 60%
John Linder Other 40%
William Lipinski Other 100%
Robert Livingston Other 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 22%
Dick Lugar Other 30%
William Luther Other 80%
Connie Mack Other 30%
Thomas Manton Other 70%
Don Manzullo Other 20%
Matthew Martinez Other 80%
Frank Mascara Other 80%
Robert Matsui Other 80%
Karen McCarthy Other 90%
Bill McCollum Other 20%
James McCrery III Other 20%
Joseph McDade Other 33%
Paul McHale Other 100%
John McHugh Other 40%
Scott McInnis Other 30%
David McIntosh Other 22%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 67%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 89%
Carrie Meek Other 89%
Jack Metcalf Other 22%
Dan Miller Other 20%
David Minge Other 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 70%
John Moakley Other 86%
Alan Mollohan Other 70%
Constance Morella Other 80%
Carol Moseley Braun Other 90%
Patrick Moynihan Other 90%
Frank Murkowski Other 20%
Jack Murtha Other 90%
Sue Myrick Other 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 30%
Mark Neumann Other 20%
Robert William Ney Other 30%
Don Nickles Other 22%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 20%
James Nussle Other 30%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 90%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 80%
Major Owens Other 70%
Michael Oxley Other 30%
Ronald Packard Other 20%
Mike Parker Other 30%
William Paxon Other 20%
Donald Payne Other 70%
Owen Pickett Other 70%
Richard Pombo Other 30%
Earl Pomeroy Other 90%
John Edward Porter Other 40%
Glenn Poshard Other 70%
Deborah Pryce Other 30%
Jack Quinn Other 44%
George Radanovich Other 20%
James Ramstad Other 30%
Ralph Regula Other 30%
Frank Duncan Riggs Other 20%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 90%
Charles Robb Other 80%
Timothy Roemer Other 90%
William Roth, Jr. Other 33%
Marge Roukema Other 60%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
Rick Santorum Other 40%
Paul Sarbanes Other 70%
Jim Saxton Other 70%
Joe Scarborough Other 30%
Daniel Schaefer Other 20%
John Shadegg Other 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 40%
Christopher Shays Other 30%
E.G. Shuster Other 44%
Norman Sisisky Other 78%
David Skaggs Other 100%
Joseph Skeen Other 30%
Ike Skelton Other 70%
Linda Smith Other 20%
Nick Smith Other 33%
Bob Smith Other 22%
Olympia Snowe Other 40%
Gerald B.H. Solomon Other 30%
Mark Souder Other 20%
Arlen Specter Other 30%
Floyd Spence Other 20%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 89%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 30%
Charles Stenholm Other 80%
Ted Stevens Other 30%
Louis Stokes Other 78%
Bob Stump Other 20%
Bart Stupak Other 89%
James Talent Other 10%
John Tanner Other 80%
William Tauzin Other 50%
Charles Taylor Other 20%
Gene Taylor Other 80%
Craig Thomas Other 20%
William Thomas Other 30%
Fred Thompson Other 40%
Karen Thurman Other 80%
Strom Thurmond Other 20%
Todd Tiahrt Other 40%
Esteban Edward Torres Other 80%
Robert Torricelli Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 70%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 70%
Bruce Vento Other 100%
James Walsh Other 30%
Zach Wamp Other 20%
John Warner Other 20%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 25%
David Weldon Other 20%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 44%
Gerald Weller Other 30%
Paul Wellstone Other 90%
Rick White Other 20%
Bob Wise, Jr. Other 80%
Lynn Woolsey Other 78%
Albert Wynn Other 90%
Sidney Yates Other 89%

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