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Special Interest Groups

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

2000 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 85%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 83%
Brian Baird 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 71%
Robert Barr, Jr. 14%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 14%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman 0%
Evan Bayh 85%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 85%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Shelley Berkley 85%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 42%
Judy Biggert 0%
Brian Bilbray 0%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 28%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 71%
Rick Boucher 85%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 28%
John Breaux 28%
Richard Bryan 85%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 14%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 16%
Steve Buyer 14%
Robert Byrd 85%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 16%
Thomas Campbell 20%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 85%
Mike Castle 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 28%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Robert Clement 57%
Michael Collins 14%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 71%
Kent Conrad 85%
Merrill Cook 25%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 85%
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%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 42%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 85%
Julian Dixon 85%
Chris Dodd 85%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 42%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 85%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 71%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 14%
Jo Ann Emerson 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%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 14%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 85%
Elton Gallegly 0%
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%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
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%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 14%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 16%
Joel Hefley 14%
Jesse Helms 14%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 85%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 14%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 71%
Stephen Horn 42%
John Nathan Hostettler 28%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 16%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 14%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 14%
Daniel Inouye 75%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 20%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
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%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 71%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Steven Kuykendall 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 85%
Ray LaHood 0%
Nicholas Lampson 85%
Tom Lantos 85%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 28%
Rick Lazio 0%
James Leach 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 83%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 85%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 71%
Don Manzullo 0%
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%
Patrick Moynihan 83%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 0%
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%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 85%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ronald Packard 0%
Ron Paul 57%
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%
Silvestre Reyes 85%
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%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 71%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim 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%
Olympia Snowe 0%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mark Souder 14%
Arlen Specter 57%
Floyd Spence 14%
John Spratt, Jr. 71%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 14%
Charles Stenholm 42%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob 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%
Ed Towns 100%
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%
Bob Weygand 100%
Heather Wilson 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 85%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 85%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 85%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 71%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 71%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 57%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 57%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 85%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 71%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 85%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 85%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 85%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 71%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 42%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 85%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 71%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 85%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 85%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 71%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 85%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 71%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 71%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 57%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 14%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 16%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 14%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 28%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 14%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 14%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 57%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 42%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 16%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 42%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 14%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 14%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 14%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14%

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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