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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

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

1997 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 29%
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 13%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 56%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 29%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 13%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 89%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 89%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 63%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 13%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
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 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 13%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 25%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 63%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 13%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 38%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
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%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 13%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 88%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 33%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 11%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 63%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 13%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 13%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 44%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 56%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 38%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 67%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 78%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 78%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 63%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 86%
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 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
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 13%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 13%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 13%
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 25%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 13%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 14%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 13%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 78%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 71%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 89%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 38%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 13%
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 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 78%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 13%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 44%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 63%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 13%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 63%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 78%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 88%
William Archer 13%
Richard Armey 13%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 63%
Richard Hugh Baker 14%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 63%
Robert Barr, Jr. 13%
William Barrett 25%
Herbert Bateman 25%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Douglas Bereuter 25%
Marion Berry 88%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Rod Blagojevich 88%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 25%
David Edward Bonior 88%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 67%
John Breaux 56%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 44%
Ed Bryant 13%
Dale Bumpers 100%
Jim Bunning 13%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 13%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 25%
Ben Campbell 11%
Thomas Campbell 13%
Chris Cannon 29%
Julia Carson 86%
Mike Castle 25%
John Chafee 22%
Helen Chenoweth 25%
Jon Lynn Christensen 13%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 88%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 67%
Robert Clement 63%
Mac Collins 25%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 50%
Merrill Cook 13%
John Cooksey 14%
Paul Coverdell 11%
Christopher Cox 33%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 25%
Barbara Cubin 29%
Randall Cunningham 25%
Alfonse D'Amato 22%
Patsy Ann Danner 63%
Thomas Daschle 89%
James Davis 63%
Thomas Davis III 38%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 13%
Peter Deutsch 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 38%
Jay Dickey 25%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 38%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 89%
Jennifer Dunn 13%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 13%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 13%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 13%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 13%
Thomas Ewing 13%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 22%
Harris Fawell 25%
Victor Fazio 88%
Russ Feingold 78%
Mark Foley 13%
Michael Patrick Forbes 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Wendell Ford 89%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 13%
Jon David Fox 25%
Robert Franks 25%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 88%
Elizabeth Furse 88%
John Ganske 25%
Sam Gejdenson 88%
George Gekas 13%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 14%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 78%
Henry Gonzalez 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
William Goodling 0%
Bart Gordon 63%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 13%
Daniel Graham 44%
William Phillip Gramm 11%
Rodney Grams 22%
James Greenwood 13%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 75%
Lee Hamilton 63%
James Hansen 13%
Jane Harman 38%
J. Dennis Hastert 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 13%
Joel Hefley 13%
W.G. Hefner 75%
Jesse Helms 22%
Rick Hill 25%
Van Hilleary 13%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 25%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 88%
Darlene Hooley 75%
Stephen Horn 38%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
Kenny Hulshof 13%
Duncan Hunter 25%
William Hutchinson 14%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 38%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 25%
Christopher John 25%
Jay Johnson 75%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Sue Kelly 13%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 75%
Bob Kerrey 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Jay Kim 25%
Gerald Kleczka 63%
Ronald Klink 88%
Scott Klug 25%
Joseph Knollenberg 25%
James Kolbe 13%
John LaFalce 88%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 13%
Rick Lazio 25%
James Leach 38%
Ron Lewis 13%
John Linder 13%
William Lipinski 75%
Robert Livingston 13%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 63%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 63%
Thomas Manton 88%
Matthew Martinez 75%
Frank Mascara 88%
Robert Matsui 88%
Karen McCarthy 75%
Bill McCollum 25%
James McCrery III 13%
Joseph McDade 50%
Paul McHale 63%
John McHugh 50%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 38%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 75%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 71%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 25%
David Minge 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Constance Morella 38%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 67%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 13%
Mark Neumann 0%
Robert William Ney 38%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 13%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 88%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 88%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 25%
Ronald Packard 13%
Michael Pappas 13%
Paul Michael Parker 25%
William Paxon 13%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 13%
John Peterson 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Owen Pickett 63%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
John Edward Porter 14%
Glenn Poshard 88%
Deborah Pryce 13%
Jack Quinn 43%
George Radanovich 13%
James Ramstad 13%
William Redmond 14%
Ralph Regula 25%
Frank Duncan Riggs 13%
Bob Riley 14%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 88%
Charles Robb 56%
Ciro Rodriguez 86%
Timothy Roemer 50%
James Rogan 13%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Marge Roukema 43%
Jim Ryun 13%
Martin Olav Sabo 88%
Matthew Salmon 38%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 13%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 25%
Joe Scarborough 25%
Daniel Schaefer 13%
Steven Schiff 100%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 38%
E.G. Shuster 25%
Norman Sisisky 50%
David Skaggs 88%
Joseph Skeen 13%
Ike Skelton 63%
Gordon Smith 0%
Linda Smith 13%
Nick Smith 13%
Robert Smith 13%
Bob Smith 0%
Vincent Snowbarger 13%
Vic Snyder 75%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 13%
Mark Souder 13%
Arlen Specter 56%
Floyd Spence 13%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
Charles Stenholm 38%
Ted Stevens 0%
Louis Stokes 100%
Ted Strickland 88%
Robert Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 88%
John Sununu 13%
James Talent 13%
John Tanner 38%
Ellen Tauscher 63%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 13%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 25%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
Esteban Edward Torres 88%
Robert Torricelli 78%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Turner 50%
Bruce Vento 88%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 13%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 13%
David Weldon 25%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 88%
Robert Weygand 100%
Rick White 13%
Robert Wise, Jr. 88%
Albert Wynn 88%
Sidney Yates 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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