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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%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
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%
Julia Carson 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
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%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Calvin Dooley 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Lane Evans 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
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%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
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%
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%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
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%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
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 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
Russ Feingold 86%
Herb Kohl 86%
Gordon Smith 86%
Arlen Specter 86%
Brian Baird 83%
Judy Biggert 83%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83%
Sherwood Boehlert 83%
Mark Foley 83%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
Sue Kelly 83%
James Kolbe 83%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 83%
Michael McNulty 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
Deborah Pryce 83%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 83%
Vic Snyder 83%
Bart Stupak 83%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
Diane Watson 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 71%
Byron Dorgan 71%
Daniel Graham 71%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 71%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 71%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Michael Ferguson 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
James Greenwood 67%
Nancy Johnson 67%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 67%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 67%
Dave Obey 60%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Olympia Snowe 57%
Rick Boucher 50%
Brad Carson 50%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Baron Hill 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Kent Conrad 43%
John Ensign 43%
Ben Nelson 43%
Charlie Bass 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Mike Castle 33%
Jerry Costello 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Chet Edwards 33%
Philip English 33%
Bart Gordon 33%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
James McCrery III 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
Doug Ose 33%
Jack Quinn 33%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
William Thomas 33%
James Walsh 33%
Robert Byrd 29%
Ernest Hollings 29%
Kay Hutchison 29%
Conrad Burns 20%
Cass Ballenger 17%
Douglas Bereuter 17%
Marion Berry 17%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Kit Bond 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
Randall Cunningham 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
David Dreier 17%
Jennifer Dunn 17%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Paul Gillmor 17%
Porter Goss 17%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 17%
Mark Green 17%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
Thomas Holden 17%
Henry Hyde 17%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 17%
Christopher John 17%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
Ray LaHood 17%
John Linder 17%
William Lipinski 17%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 17%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
Alan Mollohan 17%
Anne Northup 17%
James Nussle 17%
Todd Platts 17%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 17%
George Radanovich 17%
James Ramstad 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 17%
Jim Saxton 17%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 17%
John Sweeney 17%
Tom Tancredo 17%
John Tanner 17%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 17%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 17%
James Turner 17%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17%
Gerald Weller 17%
George Allen 14%
Ben Campbell 14%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 14%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Judd Gregg 14%
Dick Lugar 14%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 14%
Rick Santorum 14%
Craig Thomas 14%
George Voinovich 14%
John Warner 14%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor 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 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
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%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
John Doolittle 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
William Frist 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
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%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Mark Kennedy 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 0%
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%
Richard Pombo 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
Edward Schrock 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 0%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
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%
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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