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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Minnesota Farm Bureau

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 81%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 72%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 94%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 62%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 61%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 69%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 56%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 94%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 31%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 12%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 12%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 44%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 12%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 25%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 39%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 56%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 31%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 69%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 62%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 38%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 94%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 88%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 88%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 69%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 19%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 94%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 28%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 24%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 56%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 89%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 56%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 81%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 78%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 39%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 81%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 31%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 19%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 19%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 56%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 69%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 94%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 67%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 19%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 69%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 94%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 83%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 78%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 72%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 81%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 94%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 6%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 17%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 39%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 75%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 31%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 67%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 67%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 39%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 39%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 81%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 38%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 94%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 38%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 81%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 94%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 89%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 31%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 19%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 28%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 94%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 81%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 44%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 50%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 89%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 69%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 6%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 6%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 31%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 47%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 19%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 33%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 56%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 6%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 6%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 12%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 6%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 94%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 19%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 6%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 81%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 69%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 78%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 89%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 60%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 56%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 19%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 83%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 19%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 94%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 22%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 19%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 56%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 81%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 81%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 80%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 61%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 94%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 62%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 69%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 31%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 44%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 6%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 72%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 62%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 31%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 91%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 94%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 94%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 19%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 69%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 28%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 19%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 44%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 69%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 38%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 19%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 38%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 61%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 81%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 6%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 12%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 56%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 69%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 39%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 62%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 31%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 61%
Wayne Allard 78%
George Allen 56%
Thomas Allen 12%
Brian Baird 44%
Richard Hugh Baker 94%
Evan Bayh 61%
Bob Bennett 67%
Marion Berry 62%
Michael Bilirakis 69%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Kit Bond 83%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Rick Boucher 38%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 62%
Henry Brown, Jr. 94%
Jim Bunning 72%
Conrad Burns 83%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 33%
Chris Cannon 81%
Julia Carson 38%
Mike Castle 62%
Jon Corzine 22%
Christopher Cox 62%
Larry Craig 78%
Robert Cramer 88%
Barbara Cubin 75%
Randall Cunningham 94%
James Davis 38%
Jo Ann Davis 81%
Thomas Davis III 69%
Bill Delahunt 12%
Thomas DeLay 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 88%
Chris Dodd 39%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 61%
John Doolittle 81%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 81%
Philip English 94%
John Ensign 50%
Bob Etheridge 69%
Lane Evans 38%
Terry Everett 94%
Russ Feingold 33%
Michael Ferguson 69%
Mark Foley 94%
Harold Ford, Jr. 69%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 69%
William Frist 83%
Jim Gibbons 69%
Wayne Gilchrest 88%
Paul Gillmor 88%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 81%
Bart Gordon 75%
Mark Green 81%
Judd Gregg 56%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 83%
Jane Harman 38%
Melissa Hart 81%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 88%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 81%
Joel Hefley 69%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Pete Hoekstra 56%
Darlene Hooley 62%
John Nathan Hostettler 62%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 81%
Henry Hyde 88%
Jay Inslee 31%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 61%
William Lewis Jenkins 94%
Nancy Johnson 62%
Paul Kanjorski 19%
Ric Keller 94%
Sue Kelly 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 28%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 19%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 19%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 75%
Tom Lantos 6%
James Leach 88%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 89%
John Linder 81%
Trent Lott, Sr. 89%
James McCrery III 94%
John McHugh 62%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 25%
Michael McNulty 12%
Martin Meehan 12%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 6%
Alan Mollohan 6%
Dennis Moore 62%
Jack Murtha 12%
Robert William Ney 81%
Anne Northup 81%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 81%
James Nussle 94%
Jim Oberstar 31%
Dave Obey 12%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Major Owens 6%
Michael Oxley 88%
Donald Payne 12%
John Peterson 88%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 94%
Richard Pombo 88%
Earl Pomeroy 44%
Deborah Pryce 81%
George Radanovich 88%
James Ramstad 69%
Ralph Regula 75%
Thomas Reynolds 88%
Jim Ryun 94%
Martin Olav Sabo 38%
Rick Santorum 67%
Paul Sarbanes 39%
H. James Saxton 69%
John Shadegg 81%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 69%
Christopher Shays 62%
Donald Sherwood 81%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 62%
Ike Skelton 81%
Gordon Smith 67%
Vic Snyder 50%
Mark Souder 88%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 44%
Ted Stevens 78%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bart Stupak 19%
John Sununu 62%
John Sweeney 94%
Tom Tancredo 69%
John Tanner 75%
Ellen Tauscher 31%
Charles Taylor 81%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 78%
William Thomas 88%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 19%
George Voinovich 78%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 56%
Diane Watson 18%
Anthony Weiner 6%
David Weldon 88%
W. Curtis Weldon 69%
Gerald Weller 100%
Robert Wexler 12%
Heather Wilson 100%
David Wu 31%
Albert Wynn 44%

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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