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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Gun Owners of America

2003-2004 Positions

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

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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