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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Human Rights Campaign

1999-2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 20%
James Barcia 30%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 40%
Herbert Bateman 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 57%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 14%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 80%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 11%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 86%
Judy Biggert 70%
Brian Bilbray 80%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 90%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
Kit Bond 29%
Henry Bonilla 20%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 20%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Rick Boucher 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 86%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 29%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 29%
Herbert Callahan 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 30%
Ben Campbell 29%
Thomas Campbell 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 70%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 60%
Kent Conrad 43%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Merrill Cook 0%
John Cooksey 30%
Jerry Costello 30%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 86%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 70%
Thomas Davis III 20%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 29%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 70%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 90%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 86%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
David Dreier 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 20%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 71%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 30%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 71%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 14%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
Tillie Fowler 20%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 56%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
William Frist 14%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 30%
John Ganske 20%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 43%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 90%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
William Goodling 20%
Bart Gordon 30%
Slade Gorton 29%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 86%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
Tony Hall 60%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 40%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
David Lee Hobson 30%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 40%
Ernest Hollings 43%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 90%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 29%
Henry Hyde 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 10%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
Nancy Johnson 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 60%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
Sue Kelly 90%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Gerald Kleczka 90%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
Herb Kohl 71%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Steven Kuykendall 80%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 30%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 29%
James Leach 90%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 30%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John Linder 11%
William Lipinski 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
Dick Lugar 43%
William Luther 90%
Connie Mack 43%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 70%
Frank Mascara 40%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Bill McCollum 22%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 11%
Scott McInnis 10%
David McIntosh 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 20%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 89%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Jack Metcalf 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 40%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
David Minge 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Constance Morella 100%
Patrick Moynihan 71%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 60%
Sue Myrick 10%
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 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 20%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 80%
John Olver 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Doug Ose 30%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 10%
Ronald Packard 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
David Phelps 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 50%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
John Edward Porter 50%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 80%
Deborah Pryce 67%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 60%
James Ramstad 10%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 71%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
Timothy Roemer 60%
James Rogan 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
William Roth, Jr. 29%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 10%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 0%
Rick Santorum 29%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 40%
Joe Scarborough 20%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 10%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
Ronnie Shows 0%
E.G. Shuster 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Norman Sisisky 70%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 11%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
Gordon Smith 57%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 10%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 86%
Vic Snyder 70%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 86%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 29%
Ted Strickland 80%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 90%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 10%
James Talent 10%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 14%
William Thomas 33%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 14%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 14%
Todd Tiahrt 10%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 40%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 30%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 43%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 43%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 89%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 90%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 20%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 30%
Bob Wise, Jr. 56%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%

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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