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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

2003 Lifetime Score

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

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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