Rating Group: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

2003 Lifetime Score

Issues: Guns
State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 11%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 13%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
George Allen Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 50%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 6%
Brian Baird Other 66%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 0%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
Frank Ballance, Jr. Other 100%
Cass Ballenger Other 0%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 5%
Charlie Bass Other 20%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 38%
Evan Bayh Other 77%
Bob Beauprez Other 0%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
Chris Bell Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 10%
Douglas Bereuter Other 45%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 95%
Marion Berry Other 55%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 95%
Judy Biggert Other 22%
Michael Bilirakis Other 25%
Jeff Bingaman Other 52%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 26%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 80%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 5%
Kit Bond Other 4%
Henry Bonilla Other 0%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 33%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
Leonard Boswell Other 33%
Rick Boucher Other 10%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 44%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 33%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
John Breaux Other 23%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 93%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
Max Burns Other 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 10%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 6%
Robert Byrd Other 90%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
Ben Campbell Other 15%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 88%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
Brad Carson Other 25%
Julia Carson Other 66%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
Edward Case Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 100%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 10%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 50%
Chris Chocola Other 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 92%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 9%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
Michael Collins Other 6%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 21%
Kent Conrad Other 66%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 95%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 0%
Jon Corzine Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 25%
Christopher Cox Other 10%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 16%
Philip Crane Other 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 10%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
Randall Cunningham Other 0%
Thomas Daschle Other 80%
Artur Davis Other 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 88%
James Davis Other 100%
Jo Ann Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 20%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 50%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
James DeMint Other 0%
Peter Deutsch Other 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 53%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 40%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 20%
Chris Dodd Other 90%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 90%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 19%
Calvin Dooley Other 94%
John Doolittle Other 11%
Byron Dorgan Other 50%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 90%
David Dreier Other 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 5%
Jennifer Dunn Other 20%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
John Edwards Other 77%
Chet Edwards Other 55%
Vern Ehlers Other 25%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 11%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
Philip English Other 10%
John Ensign Other 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 7%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 66%
Lane Evans Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 6%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 75%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 75%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
Mark Foley Other 30%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 30%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 77%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 33%
Barney Frank Other 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 80%
William Frist Other 13%
Jonas Frost III Other 65%
Elton Gallegly Other 25%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 90%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 11%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 77%
Paul Gillmor Other 5%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 88%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 11%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
Bart Gordon Other 35%
Porter Goss Other 26%
Daniel Graham Other 85%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 9%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
Mark Green Other 11%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 26%
James Greenwood Other 73%
Judd Gregg Other 10%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 93%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 7%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 10%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 95%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Katherine Harris Other 0%
Melissa Hart Other 0%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 93%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 10%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 4%
Robert Hayes Other 11%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 10%
Joel Hefley Other 10%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 5%
Baron Hill Other 44%
Maurice Hinchey Other 80%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 66%
David Lee Hobson Other 11%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 13%
Thomas Holden Other 26%
Ernest Hollings Other 47%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 10%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 35%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 11%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 10%
Henry Hyde Other 50%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
Daniel Inouye Other 71%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 6%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 90%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 47%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 11%
Christopher John Other 22%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 93%
Nancy Johnson Other 85%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 6%
Tim Johnson Other 25%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 71%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 10%
Paul Kanjorski Other 20%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 95%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Sue Kelly Other 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Mark Kennedy Other 0%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 55%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 66%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 75%
Gerald Kleczka Other 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
James Kolbe Other 20%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 6%
Ray LaHood Other 10%
Nicholas Lampson Other 33%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 92%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 50%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 10%
Steve LaTourette Other 20%
James Leach Other 90%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 47%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 95%
Ron Lewis Other 9%
Joe Lieberman Other 90%
Blanche Lincoln Other 77%
John Linder Other 6%
William Lipinski Other 85%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 40%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 4%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 18%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 22%
Dick Lugar Other 52%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
Denise Majette Other 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Jim Marshall Other 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
Robert Matsui Other 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 14%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
Karen McCarthy Other 90%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 4%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 0%
James McCrery III Other 0%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
John McHugh Other 6%
Scott McInnis Other 6%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 33%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 6%
Michael McNulty Other 89%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 93%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 13%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 88%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Zell Bryan Miller Other 50%
Alan Mollohan Other 10%
Dennis Moore Other 88%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 25%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 33%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 90%
Jack Murtha Other 15%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 93%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
Ben Nelson Other 0%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 10%
Robert William Ney Other 10%
Don Nickles Other 4%
Anne Northup Other 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
James Nussle Other 16%
Jim Oberstar Other 25%
Dave Obey Other 30%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 20%
Thomas William Osborne Other 25%
Doug Ose Other 66%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 0%
Major Owens Other 100%
Michael Oxley Other 35%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 94%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 66%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
Ron Paul Other 22%
Donald Payne Other 94%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 11%
John Peterson Other 11%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 15%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 0%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
Todd Platts Other 50%
Richard Pombo Other 6%
Earl Pomeroy Other 73%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 13%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
Jack Quinn Other 73%
George Radanovich Other 0%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 0%
James Ramstad Other 61%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 90%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
Ralph Regula Other 35%
Denny Rehberg Other 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 71%
Richard Renzi Other 0%
Silvestre Reyes Other 44%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 7%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 80%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 66%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 5%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 73%
Mike Ross Other 25%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 6%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 93%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 11%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
Jim Ryun Other 11%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 95%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 88%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 66%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 33%
Rick Santorum Other 6%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 65%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
Edward Schrock Other 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 86%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 30%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 7%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
John Shadegg Other 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 30%
Christopher Shays Other 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
Donald Sherwood Other 22%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 11%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 25%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
Ike Skelton Other 15%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 55%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 75%
Gordon Smith Other 14%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Nick Smith Other 33%
Olympia Snowe Other 13%
Vic Snyder Other 88%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 10%
Arlen Specter Other 14%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 70%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Pete Stark Other 90%
Cliff Stearns Other 10%
Charles Stenholm Other 30%
Ted Stevens Other 4%
Ted Strickland Other 18%
Bart Stupak Other 40%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sweeney Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 5%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
William Tauzin Other 0%
Charles Taylor Other 5%
Gene Taylor Other 5%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
Craig Thomas Other 6%
William Thomas Other 15%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 86%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 66%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 10%
Todd Tiahrt Other 20%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 0%
Ed Towns Other 95%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
James Turner Other 33%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 88%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 55%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 11%
George Voinovich Other 55%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 11%
James Walsh Other 42%
Zach Wamp Other 30%
John Warner Other 52%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 83%
Diane Watson Other 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 93%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 95%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 0%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 40%
Gerald Weller Other 20%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 10%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
Heather Wilson Other 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 60%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 88%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 55%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 5%

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