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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Human Rights Campaign

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 17%
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 88%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 12%
James Barcia 38%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Bill Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 38%
Herbert Bateman 14%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
Bob Bennett 40%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Douglas Bereuter 12%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 83%
Brian Bilbray 71%
Michael Bilirakis 12%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 38%
Rod Blagojevich 88%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 25%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 67%
Henry Bonilla 12%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 25%
Robert Borski, Jr. 75%
Leonard Boswell 62%
Rick Boucher 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 88%
John Breaux 67%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 75%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
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 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 12%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 12%
Robert Byrd 67%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 12%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
Ben Campbell 50%
Thomas Campbell 88%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
John Chafee 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 88%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 83%
Robert Clement 62%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
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 50%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 67%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 62%
Kent Conrad 40%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Merrill Cook 0%
John Cooksey 25%
Jerry Costello 25%
Paul Coverdell 50%
Christopher Cox 25%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 17%
Robert Cramer 0%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 12%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 12%
Patsy Ann Danner 38%
Thomas Daschle 83%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 88%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 38%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Jay Dickey 0%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 75%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 67%
Calvin Dooley 75%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 60%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
David Dreier 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 12%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 38%
Vern Ehlers 12%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 25%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 38%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 38%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
Russ Feingold 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Mark Foley 88%
Michael Patrick Forbes 62%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 38%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
William Frist 33%
Jonas Frost III 88%
Elton Gallegly 12%
John Ganske 38%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 12%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 12%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
William Goodling 14%
Bart Gordon 25%
Slade Gorton 50%
Porter Goss 38%
Daniel Graham 67%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 38%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 62%
James Greenwood 88%
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 12%
Tony Hall 25%
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 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 62%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 12%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 88%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 62%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 40%
Henry Hyde 12%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
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 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Nancy Johnson 88%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 62%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 12%
Sue Kelly 88%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Gerald Kleczka 75%
Ronald Klink 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 38%
Herb Kohl 83%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 62%
Ray LaHood 12%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 83%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 43%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 88%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 62%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 83%
John Linder 12%
William Lipinski 12%
Robert Livingston 12%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 33%
William Luther 88%
Connie Mack 33%
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 88%
Frank Mascara 25%
Robert Matsui 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 88%
Bill McCollum 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 38%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 12%
Scott McInnis 12%
David McIntosh 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 12%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 75%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 88%
Jack Metcalf 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 12%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
Dan Miller 50%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 38%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Constance Morella 100%
Patrick Moynihan 83%
Frank Murkowski 33%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 38%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 12%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 75%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 12%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 12%
Ronald Packard 14%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 75%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 0%
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 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 25%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
John Edward Porter 43%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 12%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 75%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Jack Quinn 25%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
James Ramstad 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 25%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 83%
Silvestre Reyes 62%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 17%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 83%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Timothy Roemer 25%
James Rogan 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 12%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
William Roth, Jr. 67%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 12%
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%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 29%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 12%
Rick Santorum 33%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 38%
Joe Scarborough 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 12%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
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. 38%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 12%
E.G. Shuster 0%
Norman Sisisky 38%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 12%
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 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 12%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 67%
Vic Snyder 75%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 83%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 50%
Ted Strickland 62%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 38%
John Sununu 12%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 88%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 33%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Karen Thurman 88%
Strom Thurmond 17%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 38%
James Turner 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 62%
James Walsh 12%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 40%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 12%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 29%
Bob Wise, Jr. 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
Lynn Woolsey 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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