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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: United Auto Workers

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 15%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 8%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 8%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 8%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 31%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 92%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 92%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 85%
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 92%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 92%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 92%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 8%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 92%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 8%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 15%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 85%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 8%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 92%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 92%
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 77%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 8%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 8%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 15%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 8%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 8%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 8%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 8%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 15%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 15%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 46%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 77%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 92%
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 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 92%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 23%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 8%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 77%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 8%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 8%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 69%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 8%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 8%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 92%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 92%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 15%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 8%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 69%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 8%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 38%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 23%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 92%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 85%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 31%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 92%
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 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 77%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 15%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 15%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 8%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 8%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 8%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 8%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 85%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 92%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 8%
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 85%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 85%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 8%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 8%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 69%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 8%
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 8%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 62%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 54%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 15%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 69%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 15%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 8%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 92%
William Archer 8%
Richard Armey 8%
John Ashcroft 8%
Brian Baird 85%
Richard Hugh Baker 8%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 8%
James Barcia 85%
Robert Barr, Jr. 15%
William Barrett 8%
Herbert Bateman 8%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 8%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 92%
Douglas Bereuter 8%
Marion Berry 69%
Michael Bilirakis 8%
Rod Blagojevich 92%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 54%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 15%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 92%
Rick Boucher 85%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 69%
John Breaux 77%
Richard Bryan 92%
Ed Bryant 8%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 8%
Steve Buyer 15%
Robert Byrd 92%
Herbert Callahan 15%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thomas Campbell 31%
Chris Cannon 15%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 15%
Helen Chenoweth 15%
William Clay, Sr. 8%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Robert Clement 69%
Mac Collins 8%
Larry Combest 8%
Gary Condit 54%
Merrill Cook 23%
John Cooksey 8%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 54%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Patsy Ann Danner 62%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 77%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bill Delahunt 92%
Thomas DeLay 8%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 23%
Jay Dickey 15%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 46%
John Doolittle 8%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 85%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 8%
Philip English 31%
Bob Etheridge 77%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 8%
Thomas Ewing 8%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 23%
Ernest Fletcher 8%
Mark Foley 15%
Michael Patrick Forbes 54%
Harold Ford, Jr. 92%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Tillie Fowler 15%
Robert Franks 31%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 85%
John Ganske 38%
Sam Gejdenson 92%
George Gekas 23%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 92%
Jim Gibbons 8%
Wayne Gilchrest 15%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Benjamin Gilman 54%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 8%
William Goodling 8%
Bart Gordon 69%
Slade Gorton 0%
Porter Goss 8%
Daniel Graham 92%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 23%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 8%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 85%
James Hansen 15%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 15%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 15%
Jesse Helms 8%
Baron Hill 77%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 8%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 15%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 85%
Stephen Horn 39%
John Nathan Hostettler 15%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 15%
Kenny Hulshof 8%
Duncan Hunter 15%
William Hutchinson 8%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
Jay Inslee 85%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 69%
James Merrill Jeffords 31%
William Lewis Jenkins 8%
Christopher John 62%
Nancy Johnson 23%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Sue Kelly 23%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 85%
Patrick Kennedy 92%
Bob Kerrey 92%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 85%
Ronald Klink 92%
Joseph Knollenberg 8%
James Kolbe 8%
Steven Kuykendall 15%
John LaFalce 92%
Nicholas Lampson 85%
Tom Lantos 58%
Stephen Largent 8%
Rick Lazio 15%
James Leach 23%
Ron Lewis 15%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 69%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 77%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 69%
Matthew Martinez 100%
Frank Mascara 85%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 77%
Bill McCollum 23%
James McCrery III 8%
John McHugh 31%
Scott McInnis 15%
David McIntosh 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 92%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 85%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 15%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 8%
David Minge 77%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 92%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 62%
Dennis Moore 77%
Constance Morella 62%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 85%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 92%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 15%
Robert William Ney 23%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 8%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 31%
James Nussle 8%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 92%
Doug Ose 8%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 8%
Ronald Packard 8%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 8%
John Peterson 8%
David Phelps 85%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 69%
Richard Pombo 15%
Earl Pomeroy 77%
John Edward Porter 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jack Quinn 62%
George Radanovich 8%
James Ramstad 8%
Ralph Regula 23%
Thomas Reynolds 8%
Bob Riley 8%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 77%
Charles Robb 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 77%
James Rogan 8%
William Roth, Jr. 0%
Marge Roukema 15%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 8%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 77%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 15%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 15%
Joe Scarborough 0%
John Shadegg 8%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 8%
Christopher Shays 15%
Donald Sherwood 15%
Ronnie Shows 62%
E.G. Shuster 15%
Norman Sisisky 69%
Joseph Skeen 15%
Ike Skelton 77%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 8%
Bob Smith 8%
Vic Snyder 92%
Mark Souder 15%
Arlen Specter 54%
Floyd Spence 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 77%
Charles Stenholm 62%
Ted Stevens 15%
Ted Strickland 92%
Robert Stump 8%
Bart Stupak 92%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 31%
James Talent 8%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 62%
Ellen Tauscher 77%
William Tauzin 8%
Charles Taylor 8%
Gene Taylor 62%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 8%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 8%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 92%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 92%
James Turner 69%
Bruce Vento 92%
George Voinovich 31%
James Walsh 23%
Zach Wamp 15%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 8%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 8%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 23%
Gerald Weller 15%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 77%
Heather Wilson 15%
Robert Wise, Jr. 77%
David Wu 77%
Albert Wynn 92%

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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