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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)

2000 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 14%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 16%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 57%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 71%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 85%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 14%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 83%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 28%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 71%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 14%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 75%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 85%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 71%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 14%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 16%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 14%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 57%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 71%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 14%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 71%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 14%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 85%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 14%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 85%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 85%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 85%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 85%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 57%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 28%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 85%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 28%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 71%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 14%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 83%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 85%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 57%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 14%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 85%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 16%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 42%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 14%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 71%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 71%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 14%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 85%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 85%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 71%
Robert Barr, Jr. 14%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Evan Bayh 85%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 85%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Marion Berry 42%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 28%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 85%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 28%
John Breaux 28%
Richard Bryan 85%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 14%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 14%
Robert Byrd 85%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 16%
Thomas Campbell 20%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 85%
Mike Castle 0%
Helen Chenoweth 28%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Robert Clement 57%
Mac Collins 14%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 71%
Merrill Cook 25%
John Cooksey 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 100%
Thomas Daschle 83%
James Davis 71%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 83%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 42%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 85%
Chris Dodd 85%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 42%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 71%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 14%
Philip English 28%
Bob Etheridge 57%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 14%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
Michael Patrick Forbes 85%
Harold Ford, Jr. 71%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 0%
Robert Franks 14%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 85%
John Ganske 14%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 14%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 14%
William Goodling 14%
Bart Gordon 85%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 85%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 14%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 14%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 16%
Joel Hefley 14%
Jesse Helms 14%
Baron Hill 85%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 14%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 71%
Stephen Horn 42%
John Nathan Hostettler 28%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 16%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 14%
William Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Henry Hyde 14%
Jay Inslee 57%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
William Jefferson 71%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 28%
Nancy Johnson 14%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Sue Kelly 14%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 85%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 71%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
James Kolbe 0%
Steven Kuykendall 0%
John LaFalce 85%
Nicholas Lampson 85%
Tom Lantos 85%
Stephen Largent 0%
Rick Lazio 0%
James Leach 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 85%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 71%
Matthew Martinez 0%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 85%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 28%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 83%
Martin Meehan 85%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 28%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
David Minge 85%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 85%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 85%
Dennis Moore 57%
Constance Morella 42%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 83%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 42%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 14%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 85%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 0%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 85%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 42%
Richard Pombo 14%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
John Edward Porter 14%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 57%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 14%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 14%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 71%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 66%
James Rogan 0%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Marge Roukema 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 71%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 42%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 42%
Joe Scarborough 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 14%
Donald Sherwood 14%
Ronnie Shows 71%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 42%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 57%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 20%
Bob Smith 14%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mark Souder 14%
Arlen Specter 57%
Floyd Spence 14%
John Spratt, Jr. 71%
Charles Stenholm 42%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 28%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 14%
John Tanner 28%
Ellen Tauscher 57%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 16%
Gene Taylor 57%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 57%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 57%
Bruce Vento 100%
George Voinovich 14%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 14%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 85%
David Weldon 14%
W. Curtis Weldon 28%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 100%
Heather Wilson 0%
Robert Wise, Jr. 85%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 85%

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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