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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United Auto Workers

1997 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 10%
Gary Ackerman 92%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 7%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 80%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 93%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 93%
Bill Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 7%
Henry Scott Baesler 79%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 93%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 92%
Robert Barr, Jr. 7%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 86%
Bill Barrett 21%
Roscoe Bartlett 7%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 7%
Charlie Bass 0%
Herbert Bateman 36%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 93%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 86%
Douglas Bereuter 14%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 93%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
Brian Bilbray 14%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Jeff Bingaman 70%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 93%
Rod Blagojevich 93%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 93%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 21%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 8%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 79%
Rick Boucher 92%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 79%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
John Breaux 20%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 92%
George Brown, Jr. 92%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Richard Bryan 30%
Ed Bryant 0%
Dale Bumpers 80%
Jim Bunning 7%
Conrad Burns 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 14%
Dan Burton 7%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 90%
Herbert Callahan 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 21%
Ben Campbell 10%
Thomas Campbell 36%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 14%
Chris Cannon 8%
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 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 14%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 8%
Jon Lynn Christensen 0%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 60%
Robert Clement 77%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 15%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 10%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 86%
Kent Conrad 60%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 92%
Merrill Cook 7%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 100%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 71%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 7%
Barbara Cubin 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 7%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
Patsy Ann Danner 86%
Thomas Daschle 80%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 86%
Thomas Davis III 36%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 7%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 93%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 93%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Jay Dickey 21%
Norm Dicks 86%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 92%
Julian Dixon 93%
Chris Dodd 70%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 93%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 71%
John Doolittle 7%
Byron Dorgan 90%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 79%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 7%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 86%
Vern Ehlers 21%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 7%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 7%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 93%
Bob Etheridge 86%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 7%
Thomas Ewing 21%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 30%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 93%
Harris Fawell 43%
Victor Fazio 93%
Russ Feingold 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 60%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 93%
Thomas Foglietta 92%
Mark Foley 21%
Michael Patrick Forbes 54%
Harold Ford, Jr. 93%
Wendell Ford 90%
Tillie Fowler 14%
Jon David Fox 43%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 43%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 23%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 93%
Elizabeth Furse 93%
Elton Gallegly 0%
John Ganske 14%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 36%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 8%
Wayne Gilchrest 31%
Paul Gillmor 21%
Benjamin Gilman 64%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 60%
Henry Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 29%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 7%
William Goodling 21%
Bart Gordon 86%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 30%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 7%
William Phillip Gramm 10%
Rodney Grams 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
James Greenwood 21%
Judd Gregg 0%
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 14%
Tony Hall 92%
Lee Hamilton 86%
James Hansen 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80%
Jane Harman 71%
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%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 7%
W.G. Hefner 100%
Jesse Helms 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 8%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 7%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 93%
David Lee Hobson 29%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 85%
Ernest Hollings 89%
Darlene Hooley 86%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 7%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 7%
Duncan Hunter 8%
Asa Hutchinson 14%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 7%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
Daniel Inouye 89%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 92%
William Jefferson 92%
James Merrill Jeffords 10%
William Lewis Jenkins 7%
Christopher John 64%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 93%
Jay Johnson 86%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 7%
Paul Kanjorski 93%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 8%
Sue Kelly 29%
Dirk Kempthorne 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 86%
Bob Kerrey 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 80%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Jay Kim 29%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 57%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 7%
Gerald Kleczka 79%
Ronald Klink 100%
Scott Klug 21%
Joseph Knollenberg 23%
Herb Kohl 40%
James Kolbe 8%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 93%
Ray LaHood 36%
Nicholas Lampson 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
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 80%
Rick Lazio 38%
James Leach 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 93%
Jerry Lewis 43%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 7%
Joe Lieberman 40%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 79%
Robert Livingston 36%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 93%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 86%
Connie Mack 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 93%
James Maloney 86%
Thomas Manton 93%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Matthew Martinez 86%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 93%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 93%
Karen McCarthy 83%
Bill McCollum 7%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 14%
Joseph McDade 50%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 93%
Paul McHale 86%
John McHugh 36%
Scott McInnis 8%
David McIntosh 7%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 92%
Martin Meehan 92%
Carrie Meek 92%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Jack Metcalf 43%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 93%
Dan Miller 29%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
David Minge 79%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 93%
Alan Mollohan 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 79%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 14%
Constance Morella 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 70%
Patrick Moynihan 30%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
Jack Murtha 83%
Sue Myrick 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 93%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 14%
Mark Neumann 0%
Robert William Ney 36%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 14%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 7%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Dave Obey 93%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 93%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 21%
Ronald Packard 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
Michael Pappas 29%
Mike Parker 14%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 93%
Ron Paul 7%
William Paxon 7%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 14%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 86%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 36%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 7%
Owen Pickett 77%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 7%
Earl Pomeroy 86%
John Edward Porter 46%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
Glenn Poshard 93%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 93%
Deborah Pryce 8%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 14%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 92%
Bill Redmond 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 36%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Silvestre Reyes 93%
Frank Duncan Riggs 14%
Bob Riley 8%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 50%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 70%
Ciro Rodriguez 92%
Timothy Roemer 79%
James Rogan 8%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 46%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 46%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 7%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 92%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 86%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 86%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 7%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 93%
Jim Saxton 29%
Joe Scarborough 7%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 7%
Steven Schiff 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 92%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 92%
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. 21%
Christopher Shays 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 21%
E.G. Shuster 8%
Norman Sisisky 86%
David Skaggs 93%
Joseph Skeen 7%
Ike Skelton 79%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
Gordon Smith 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Linda Smith 29%
Nick Smith 14%
Robert Smith 0%
Bob Smith 10%
Vincent Snowbarger 0%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 86%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 7%
Mark Souder 7%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 7%
John Spratt, Jr. 93%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 93%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 14%
Charles Stenholm 46%
Ted Stevens 10%
Louis Stokes 100%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
James Talent 0%
John Tanner 57%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
William Tauzin 14%
Charles Taylor 8%
Gene Taylor 29%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 14%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 7%
Karen Thurman 86%
Strom Thurmond 10%
Todd Tiahrt 7%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 100%
Robert Torricelli 90%
Ed Towns 91%
James Traficant, Jr. 64%
James Turner 79%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 21%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
Bruce Vento 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 86%
James Walsh 36%
Zach Wamp 7%
John Warner 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 7%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
David Weldon 7%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
Gerald Weller 21%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Bob Weygand 100%
Rick White 7%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Bob Wise, Jr. 93%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 36%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 70%
Albert Wynn 100%
Sidney Yates 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 33%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14%

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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