or Login to see your representatives.

Access Candidates' and Representatives' Biographies, Voting Records, Interest Group Ratings, Issue Positions, Public Statements, and Campaign Finances

Simply enter your zip code above to get to all of your candidates and representatives, or enter a name. Then, just click on the person you are interested in, and you can navigate to the categories of information we track for them.

Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Richard Armey 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Philip Crane 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
John Linder 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
Dan Miller 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
Bill Archer 95%
John Ashcroft 95%
Richard Hugh Baker 95%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 95%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 95%
Ed Bryant 95%
Conrad Burns 95%
Herbert Callahan 95%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 95%
Michael Collins 95%
Paul Coverdell 95%
Larry Craig 95%
Barbara Cubin 95%
Jay Dickey 95%
Jennifer Dunn 95%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 95%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
James Hansen 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 95%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 95%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
Wally Herger, Jr. 95%
David Lee Hobson 95%
Pete Hoekstra 95%
Henry Hyde 95%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 95%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 95%
James Kolbe 95%
Stephen Largent 95%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 95%
Ron Lewis 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 95%
David McIntosh 95%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 95%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 95%
Michael Oxley 95%
Ronald Packard 95%
John Peterson 95%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 95%
James Rogan 95%
Jim Ryun 95%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 95%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 95%
Joseph Skeen 95%
Bob Smith 95%
John Sununu 95%
James Talent 95%
William Thomas 95%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 95%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 95%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
David Weldon 95%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 95%
Mary Bono Mack 92%
Wayne Allard 90%
Cass Ballenger 90%
Roscoe Bartlett 90%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
Steve Buyer 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
Larry Combest 90%
John Doolittle 90%
David Dreier 90%
Jo Ann Emerson 90%
Terry Everett 90%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
Rodney Grams 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Joel Hefley 90%
Kenny Hulshof 90%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 90%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90%
William Lewis Jenkins 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
Joseph Knollenberg 90%
Jon Kyl 90%
Jerry Lewis 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
Bill McCollum 90%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90%
James McCrery III 90%
Scott McInnis 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
Frank Murkowski 90%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 90%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 90%
James Nussle 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Bob Riley 90%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
Rick Santorum 90%
Joe Scarborough 90%
E.G. Shuster 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Bob Stump 90%
William Tauzin 90%
Craig Thomas 90%
John Warner 90%
Heather Wilson 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
Robert Barr, Jr. 85%
Bill Barrett 85%
Herbert Bateman 85%
Henry Bonilla 85%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 85%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 85%
Merrill Cook 85%
Randall Cunningham 85%
Thomas Davis III 85%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 85%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85%
Thomas Ewing 85%
William Frist 85%
George Gekas 85%
Jim Gibbons 85%
William Goodling 85%
William Phillip Gramm 85%
Judd Gregg 85%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 85%
Rick Hill 85%
Kay Hutchison 85%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 85%
Connie Mack 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
Edward Pease 85%
Richard Pombo 85%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 85%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 85%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 85%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 85%
Gordon Smith 85%
Floyd Spence 85%
Ted Stevens 85%
Charles Taylor 85%
Fred Thompson 85%
Strom Thurmond 85%
Wesley Watkins 85%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 80%
Bob Bennett 80%
Douglas Bereuter 80%
Dan Burton 80%
Ben Campbell 80%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
John Cooksey 80%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Philip English 80%
Mark Foley 80%
Tillie Fowler 80%
Elton Gallegly 80%
Porter Goss 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
Van Hilleary 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Dick Lugar 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
George Radanovich 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 80%
Nick Smith 80%
Zach Wamp 80%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 80%
Charlie Bass 75%
Kit Bond 75%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
Vern Ehlers 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
Paul Gillmor 75%
Asa Hutchinson 75%
John McHugh 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
Ron Paul 75%
Deborah Pryce 75%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 75%
Mark Souder 75%
Gerald Weller 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 70%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 70%
Jesse Helms 70%
John Edward Porter 70%
William Roth, Jr. 70%
Marge Roukema 70%
Jim Saxton 70%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 70%
Brian Bilbray 65%
Thomas Campbell 65%
Chris Cannon 65%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 65%
Robert Franks 65%
John Ganske 65%
Wayne Gilchrest 65%
Slade Gorton 65%
James Greenwood 65%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 65%
Jack Metcalf 65%
Gene Taylor 65%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 65%
Mike Castle 60%
Stephen Horn 60%
Ray LaHood 60%
Steve LaTourette 60%
Rick Lazio 60%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 60%
Olympia Snowe 60%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Sue Kelly 55%
James Leach 55%
Jack Quinn 55%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
Christopher Shays 50%
Charles Stenholm 50%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
James Walsh 50%
Leonard Boswell 45%
Benjamin Gilman 45%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Arlen Specter 45%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Robert Cramer 40%
Michael Patrick Forbes 40%
Constance Morella 40%
Owen Pickett 40%
Timothy Roemer 40%
Gary Condit 35%
Patsy Ann Danner 35%
Christopher John 35%
James Maloney 35%
Norman Sisisky 35%
James Barcia 30%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
Marion Berry 30%
James Davis 30%
Bob Etheridge 30%
Ernest Hollings 30%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
Herb Kohl 30%
Joe Lieberman 30%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 30%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
John Tanner 30%
Ellen Tauscher 30%
Robert Torricelli 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 25%
Robert Clement 25%
Jerry Costello 25%
Calvin Dooley 25%
Chet Edwards 25%
Russ Feingold 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
Daniel Graham 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
Ronald Klink 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 25%
David Minge 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Jack Murtha 25%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
Charles Robb 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
Ike Skelton 25%
James Turner 25%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 20%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 20%
Richard Bryan 20%
Eva Clayton 20%
Kent Conrad 20%
Norm Dicks 20%
Chris Dodd 20%
Byron Dorgan 20%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 20%
Jonas Frost III 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
Tony Hall 20%
Darlene Hooley 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
William Lipinski 20%
William Luther 20%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
Patrick Moynihan 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
Vic Snyder 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
Paul Wellstone 20%
Bob Weygand 20%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 15%
John Baldacci 15%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 15%
Rod Blagojevich 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 15%
Robert Borski, Jr. 15%
John Breaux 15%
William Coyne 15%
Thomas Daschle 15%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
Harold Ford, Jr. 15%
Barney Frank 15%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 15%
Thomas Holden 15%
Daniel Inouye 15%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 15%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
Patrick Kennedy 15%
Dennis Kucinich 15%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 15%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 15%
Frank Mascara 15%
Robert Matsui 15%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 15%
Michael McNulty 15%
Martin Meehan 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 15%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 15%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
Silvestre Reyes 15%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
Martin Olav Sabo 15%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 15%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
Karen Thurman 15%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 15%
Bruce Vento 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 15%
Gary Ackerman 10%
Thomas Allen 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
Howard Berman 10%
Rick Boucher 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 10%
Robert Byrd 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
Julia Carson 10%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 10%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Julian Dixon 10%
Lane Evans 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
Sam Gejdenson 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 10%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
Bob Kerrey 10%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
John LaFalce 10%
Tom Lantos 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
Karen McCarthy 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 10%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 10%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Steve Rothman 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 10%
Pete Stark 10%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 10%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
Bob Wise, Jr. 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 9%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 5%
David Edward Bonior 5%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 5%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 5%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 5%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5%
Maurice Hinchey 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 5%
Dale Kildee 5%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Nicholas Lampson 5%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 5%
Matthew Martinez 5%
Carrie Meek 5%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 5%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 5%
John Moakley 5%
Major Owens 5%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 5%
Ed Towns 5%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
Robert Wexler 5%
William Jefferson 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
Donald Payne 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 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.

Back to top