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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Gun Owners of America

2003-2004 Positions

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

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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