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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Farmers Union

1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 46%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 47%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 21%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 13%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 53%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 53%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 93%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 73%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 73%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 79%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 85%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 47%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 53%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 80%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 40%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 93%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 93%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 53%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 53%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 53%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 69%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 64%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 27%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 13%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 46%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 53%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 23%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 60%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 47%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 53%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 77%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 93%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 93%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 40%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 75%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 53%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 79%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 79%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 93%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 29%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 53%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 87%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 87%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 47%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 53%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 47%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 47%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 47%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 47%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 87%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 93%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 27%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 64%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 64%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 80%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 73%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 71%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 33%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 29%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 87%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 47%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 53%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 79%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 87%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 73%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 87%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 31%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 93%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 27%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 87%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 73%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 93%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 57%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 53%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 53%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 73%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 93%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 27%
Wayne Allard 33%
William Archer 27%
Richard Armey 27%
John Ashcroft 27%
Henry Scott Baesler 93%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
John Baldacci 87%
Cass Ballenger 47%
James Barcia 87%
Robert Barr, Jr. 27%
William Barrett 53%
Herbert Bateman 43%
Bob Bennett 27%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 47%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 27%
Henry Bonilla 53%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 73%
Rick Boucher 87%
Carol Moseley Braun 87%
John Breaux 73%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 67%
Ed Bryant 57%
Dale Bumpers 93%
Jim Bunning 53%
Conrad Burns 27%
Steve Buyer 33%
Robert Byrd 93%
Herbert Callahan 36%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 27%
Mike Castle 40%
John Chafee 33%
Helen Chenoweth 43%
Jon Lynn Christensen 33%
William Clay, Sr. 71%
Eva Clayton 93%
Robert Clement 80%
Mac Collins 33%
Larry Combest 53%
Gary Condit 80%
Paul Coverdell 27%
Christopher Cox 29%
William Coyne 67%
Larry Craig 27%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 53%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Alfonse D'Amato 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 73%
Thomas Daschle 100%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 43%
Jay Dickey 38%
Julian Dixon 86%
Chris Dodd 93%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 43%
Calvin Dooley 87%
John Doolittle 53%
Byron Dorgan 93%
Jennifer Dunn 40%
Chet Edwards 87%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 27%
Philip English 33%
John Ensign 27%
Lane Evans 87%
Terry Everett 47%
Thomas Ewing 53%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 40%
Harris Fawell 33%
Victor Fazio 93%
Russ Feingold 73%
Mark Foley 47%
Michael Patrick Forbes 31%
Harold Ford, Sr. 83%
Wendell Ford 87%
Tillie Fowler 40%
Jon David Fox 43%
Robert Franks 33%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 87%
Elizabeth Furse 100%
John Ganske 47%
Sam Gejdenson 73%
George Gekas 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 47%
Benjamin Gilman 47%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 87%
Henry Gonzalez 87%
William Goodling 27%
Bart Gordon 87%
Slade Gorton 20%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 33%
Rodney Grams 33%
James Greenwood 43%
Judd Gregg 47%
Gilbert Gutknecht 53%
Tony Hall 73%
Lee Hamilton 60%
James Hansen 33%
Jane Harman 69%
J. Dennis Hastert 47%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 40%
Joel Hefley 40%
W.G. Hefner 87%
Jesse Helms 33%
Van Hilleary 40%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 73%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Ernest Hollings 93%
Stephen Horn 47%
John Nathan Hostettler 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 53%
Duncan Hunter 47%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 33%
Henry Hyde 33%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
William Jefferson 73%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
Nancy Johnson 53%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Sue Kelly 27%
Dirk Kempthorne 27%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 73%
Joseph Kennedy II 67%
Patrick Kennedy 60%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 79%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Jay Kim 40%
Gerald Kleczka 93%
Ronald Klink 67%
Scott Klug 47%
Joseph Knollenberg 40%
James Kolbe 43%
John LaFalce 73%
Tom Lantos 80%
Stephen Largent 33%
Rick Lazio 23%
James Leach 40%
Ron Lewis 53%
John Linder 40%
William Lipinski 80%
Robert Livingston 43%
Trent Lott, Sr. 29%
William Luther 73%
Connie Mack 21%
Thomas Manton 100%
Matthew Martinez 87%
Frank Mascara 73%
Robert Matsui 93%
Karen McCarthy 80%
Bill McCollum 47%
James McCrery III 47%
Joseph McDade 22%
Paul McHale 67%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 27%
David McIntosh 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Michael McNulty 73%
Martin Meehan 64%
Carrie Meek 80%
Jack Metcalf 53%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 27%
David Minge 87%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 87%
John Moakley 71%
Alan Mollohan 86%
Constance Morella 40%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 67%
Frank Murkowski 36%
Jack Murtha 73%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 53%
Mark Neumann 33%
Robert William Ney 27%
Don Nickles 27%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 47%
James Nussle 53%
Jim Oberstar 93%
Dave Obey 73%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Major Owens 71%
Michael Oxley 57%
Ronald Packard 21%
Paul Michael Parker 47%
William Paxon 33%
Donald Payne 57%
Owen Pickett 73%
Richard Pombo 47%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
John Edward Porter 27%
Glenn Poshard 93%
Deborah Pryce 27%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 38%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
Frank Duncan Riggs 42%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 93%
Charles Robb 53%
Timothy Roemer 87%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Marge Roukema 33%
Martin Olav Sabo 93%
Matthew Salmon 27%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 27%
Rick Santorum 40%
Paul Sarbanes 87%
H. James Saxton 29%
Joe Scarborough 20%
Daniel Schaefer 33%
John Shadegg 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
Christopher Shays 27%
E.G. Shuster 47%
Norman Sisisky 62%
David Skaggs 87%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 87%
Linda Smith 33%
Nick Smith 53%
Bob Smith 29%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 36%
Mark Souder 20%
Arlen Specter 33%
Floyd Spence 47%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Charles Stenholm 93%
Ted Stevens 33%
Louis Stokes 75%
Robert Stump 47%
Bart Stupak 87%
James Talent 27%
John Tanner 93%
William Tauzin 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
Gene Taylor 87%
Craig Thomas 27%
William Thomas 47%
Fred Thompson 27%
Karen Thurman 93%
Strom Thurmond 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Esteban Edward Torres 73%
Robert Torricelli 64%
James Traficant, Jr. 87%
Bruce Vento 80%
James Walsh 47%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 33%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 47%
David Weldon 47%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
Gerald Weller 53%
Paul Wellstone 87%
Rick White 27%
Robert Wise, Jr. 100%
Albert Wynn 80%
Sidney Yates 64%

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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