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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Human Rights Campaign

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 14%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 17%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 33%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 71%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 17%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 83%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 83%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 29%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
Ben Campbell 14%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
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%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Brad Carson 50%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 33%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
Larry Combest 0%
Kent Conrad 43%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 33%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
Thomas Davis III 33%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
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 14%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 71%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 17%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 33%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 33%
John Ensign 43%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Michael Ferguson 67%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 83%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 33%
Porter Goss 17%
Daniel Graham 71%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 17%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Mark Green 17%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
James Greenwood 67%
Judd Gregg 14%
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 17%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 0%
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 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 50%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
David Lee Hobson 33%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 17%
Ernest Hollings 29%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 29%
Henry Hyde 17%
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 17%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 17%
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 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 67%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 83%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
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 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 67%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
Herb Kohl 86%
James Kolbe 83%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 17%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 33%
James Leach 100%
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 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 17%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
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 14%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 83%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 33%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 17%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
Michael McNulty 83%
Martin Meehan 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Alan Mollohan 17%
Dennis Moore 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 0%
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%
Ben Nelson 43%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 17%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 17%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 60%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 33%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 83%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 17%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
Deborah Pryce 83%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 17%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
James Ramstad 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 33%
Denny Rehberg 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 71%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
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%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 17%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
Edward Schrock 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 17%
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. 33%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 17%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 83%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Ike Skelton 50%
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 0%
Gordon Smith 86%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Vic Snyder 83%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 86%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 83%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 17%
Tom Tancredo 17%
John Tanner 17%
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%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 17%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 17%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 17%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 14%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 14%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 83%
Diane Watson 75%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 17%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 0%
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 0%

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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