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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Gun Owners of America

2006 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 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 50%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 50%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
Melissa Bean 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Shelley Berkley 50%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 100%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
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%
Kit Bond 100%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Dan Boren 100%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 100%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 50%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
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%
Russ Carnahan 50%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
Mike Castle 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Ben Chandler III 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 50%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 0%
Hillary Clinton 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
Norm Coleman 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 50%
Jerry Costello 100%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
Barbara Cubin 100%
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 50%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
Geoff Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Lincoln Davis 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0%
Thomas Davis III 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 50%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
James DeMint 100%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 50%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 50%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
Thelma Drake 100%
David Dreier 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
Chet Edwards 100%
Vern Ehlers 50%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Terry Everett 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Tom Feeney 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
Michael Ferguson 50%
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 100%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100%
Barney Frank 50%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
Elton Gallegly 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Bart Gordon 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
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%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 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 50%
Maurice Hinchey 50%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 50%
David Lee Hobson 100%
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%
Darlene Hooley 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 50%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 50%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Tim Johnson 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
Ric Keller 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
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%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 50%
Tom Lantos 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
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 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 100%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
Dan Lungren 50%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
Connie Mack IV 100%
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 50%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy 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 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 100%
James McCrery III 100%
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 50%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 100%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski 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 50%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 50%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 50%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
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 50%
Ben Nelson 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 100%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 100%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 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 100%
James Ramstad 50%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 100%
Denny Rehberg 100%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
Mike Ross 100%
Steve Rothman 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 50%
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 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 100%
Ken Salazar 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0%
Jean Schmidt 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 50%
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%
John Shadegg 100%
Christopher Shays 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
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 50%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Vic Snyder 50%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
Gene Taylor 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 50%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 50%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 50%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
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 50%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
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 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 100%
Robert Wexler 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 50%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 50%
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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