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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Human Rights Campaign

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 17%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
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 91%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 91%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 18%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 82%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 82%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 9%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 9%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 18%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 55%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
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 91%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 45%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 9%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 73%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 9%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 9%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 9%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
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%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 82%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 9%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 27%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 73%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 9%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 9%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 91%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 82%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 82%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 83%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 91%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 18%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 90%
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 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 70%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 45%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 9%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 91%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 9%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 73%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 36%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 82%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 9%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 83%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 18%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 9%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 82%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 9%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 91%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 9%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 9%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 83%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 55%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 91%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 91%
Cass Ballenger 18%
James Barcia 36%
Robert Barr, Jr. 18%
William Barrett 0%
Herbert Bateman 9%
Evan Bayh 50%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 73%
Douglas Bereuter 9%
Marion Berry 27%
Michael Bilirakis 18%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 9%
Sherwood Boehlert 73%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 18%
David Edward Bonior 91%
Robert Borski, Jr. 73%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 36%
John Breaux 80%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 17%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 18%
Ben Campbell 33%
Thomas Campbell 64%
Chris Cannon 9%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 64%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 91%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 45%
Mac Collins 9%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 55%
Merrill Cook 9%
John Cooksey 40%
Paul Coverdell 17%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 18%
Philip Crane 9%
Barbara Cubin 9%
Randall Cunningham 18%
Patsy Ann Danner 45%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 64%
Thomas Davis III 27%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 30%
Jay Dickey 0%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
Calvin Dooley 73%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 67%
Jennifer Dunn 18%
John Edwards 67%
Chet Edwards 55%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 9%
Philip English 18%
Bob Etheridge 45%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 18%
Russ Feingold 83%
Peter Fitzgerald 17%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 82%
Michael Patrick Forbes 91%
Harold Ford, Jr. 82%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 18%
Tillie Fowler 18%
Robert Franks 45%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
John Ganske 27%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 91%
Jim Gibbons 18%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 73%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
William Goodling 18%
Bart Gordon 27%
Slade Gorton 17%
Porter Goss 18%
Daniel Graham 83%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 82%
Judd Gregg 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 55%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 9%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 36%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 91%
David Lee Hobson 18%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Darlene Hooley 91%
Stephen Horn 82%
John Nathan Hostettler 9%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 9%
William Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 9%
Jay Inslee 91%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 83%
William Lewis Jenkins 9%
Christopher John 27%
Nancy Johnson 73%
Paul Kanjorski 55%
Sue Kelly 73%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 82%
Ronald Klink 91%
Joseph Knollenberg 9%
James Kolbe 80%
Steven Kuykendall 55%
John LaFalce 91%
Nicholas Lampson 82%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 9%
Rick Lazio 18%
James Leach 73%
Ron Lewis 0%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 10%
William Lipinski 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 82%
Connie Mack 17%
James Maloney 91%
Matthew Martinez 91%
Frank Mascara 36%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 91%
Bill McCollum 18%
James McCrery III 9%
John McHugh 20%
Scott McInnis 25%
David McIntosh 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 89%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 91%
Jack Metcalf 9%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 36%
David Minge 82%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Dennis Moore 73%
Constance Morella 91%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 83%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 40%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 9%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 9%
James Nussle 18%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 73%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 36%
Doug Ose 27%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 10%
Ronald Packard 0%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 18%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 27%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 55%
Richard Pombo 9%
Earl Pomeroy 55%
John Edward Porter 27%
Deborah Pryce 56%
Jack Quinn 36%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 9%
Ralph Regula 27%
Thomas Reynolds 9%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 73%
Timothy Roemer 55%
James Rogan 20%
William Roth, Jr. 17%
Marge Roukema 10%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 9%
Rick Santorum 17%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 18%
Joe Scarborough 33%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 27%
Christopher Shays 82%
Donald Sherwood 9%
Ronnie Shows 18%
E.G. Shuster 10%
Norman Sisisky 64%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 22%
Gordon Smith 33%
Nick Smith 9%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 73%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 67%
Floyd Spence 9%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Charles Stenholm 18%
Ted Stevens 17%
Ted Strickland 73%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 82%
John Sununu 14%
John Sweeney 18%
James Talent 9%
Tom Tancredo 9%
John Tanner 18%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 18%
Craig Thomas 17%
William Thomas 20%
Fred Thompson 17%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 9%
Robert Torricelli 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 55%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 27%
Bruce Vento 100%
George Voinovich 17%
James Walsh 27%
Zach Wamp 9%
John Warner 33%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 91%
David Weldon 9%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 9%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 100%
Heather Wilson 36%
Robert Wise, Jr. 45%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 91%

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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