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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Sportsmen and Animal Owner's Voting Alliance

2008 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0
Gary Ackerman 0
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0
Todd Akin 100
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 25
Jason Altmire 100
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0
Michael Arcuri 25
Joe Baca, Sr. 25
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 100
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 25
Brian Baird 0
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 100
J. Gresham Barrett 25
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 100
Roscoe Bartlett 0
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100
Melissa Bean 0
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0
Shelley Berkley 0
Howard Berman 0
Marion Berry 100
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0
Judy Biggert 0
Brian Bilbray 0
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100
Mary Bono Mack 0
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100
Dan Boren 100
Leonard Boswell 100
Rick Boucher 0
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 100
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100
Nancy Boyda 25
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 100
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0
Henry Brown, Jr. 0
Ginny Brown-Waite 25
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 0
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 25
Dan Burton 25
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 25
Steve Buyer 100
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 25
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0
Chris Cannon 100
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0
Dennis Cardoza 100
Russ Carnahan 0
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 25
Mike Castle 0
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 25
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100
Ben Chandler III 0
Travis Childers 0
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 25
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 0
Hillary Clinton 0
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 0
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 100
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 0
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 100
Jerry Costello 0
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 25
Robert Cramer 100
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0
Artur Davis 0
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0
Geoff Davis 0
Lincoln Davis 100
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0
Bill Delahunt 0
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 25
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0
Norm Dicks 0
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 0
David Dreier 25
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0
Chet Edwards 100
Vern Ehlers 0
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0
Brad Ellsworth 100
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0
Jo Ann Emerson 100
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0
Philip English 0
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0
Bob Etheridge 0
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 100
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0
Tom Feeney 100
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 25
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100
Barney Frank 0
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0
Elton Gallegly 0
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0
Gabrielle Giffords 0
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 100
Charlie Gonzalez 0
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100
Bart Gordon 100
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 25
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0
John Hall 25
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100
Phil Hare 0
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0
Jane Harman 0
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100
Robert Hayes 100
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 100
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100
Wally Herger, Jr. 100
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 100
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 25
Baron Hill 0
Maurice Hinchey 0
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 0
Pete Hoekstra 100
Thomas Holden 100
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0
Duncan Hunter 100
Bob Inglis, Sr. 25
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 25
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0
William Jefferson 25
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100
Tim Johnson 25
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 100
Steve Kagen 100
Paul Kanjorski 25
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0
Ric Keller 25
Patrick Kennedy 0
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0
Dale Kildee 0
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0
Ron Klein 0
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 25
Joseph Knollenberg 100
Herb Kohl 0
Dennis Kucinich 0
John Kuhl, Jr. 25
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 100
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 0
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 0
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 0
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100
Steve LaTourette 0
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 100
Frank Lautenberg 0
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0
Jerry Lewis 100
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0
John Linder 0
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 0
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100
Dan Lungren 25
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0
Connie Mack IV 25
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0
Don Manzullo 100
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 100
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0
Jim Marshall 100
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 100
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0
Thaddeus McCotter 0
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 100
John McHugh 100
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 25
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 100
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 0
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 0
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 100
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 25
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 0
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 100
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100
Brad Miller 0
Harry Mitchell 0
Alan Mollohan 0
Dennis Moore 0
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 25
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100
Patrick Murphy 25
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 25
Jack Murtha 25
Sue Myrick 25
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100
Jim Oberstar 0
Dave Obey 0
John Olver 0
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0
Ron Paul 100
Donald Payne 0
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 25
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 0
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100
Todd Platts 0
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 100
Earl Pomeroy 100
Jon Porter, Sr. 0
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 100
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100
George Radanovich 100
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0
Denny Rehberg 100
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 0
Silvestre Reyes 0
Laura Richardson 0
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0
Ciro Rodriguez 0
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 100
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25
Mike Ross 100
Steve Rothman 0
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 0
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 100
William Sali 100
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0
Jean Schmidt 25
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 0
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100
Joe Sestak, Jr. 0
John Shadegg 100
Christopher Shays 0
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100
Heath Shuler 100
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 25
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 0
Ike Skelton 100
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 100
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100
Vic Snyder 0
Hilda Solis 0
Mark Souder 100
Zack Space 100
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 0
John Spratt, Jr. 0
Pete Stark 0
Cliff Stearns 100
Ted Stevens 0
Bart Stupak 25
John Sullivan 100
Betty Sutton 0
John Tanner 25
Ellen Tauscher 0
Gene Taylor 0
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100
Todd Tiahrt 100
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0
Ed Towns 0
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 0
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100
Zach Wamp 25
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0
Diane Watson 0
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0
Anthony Weiner 0
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 100
Robert Wexler 0
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 25
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 0
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0
Lynn Woolsey 0
David Wu 0
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 0
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100

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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