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2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
Gary Ackerman 8%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 68%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 5%
Todd Akin 85%
Wayne Allard 90%
George Allen 80%
Thomas Allen 15%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 26%
Richard Armey 93%
Joe Baca, Sr. 15%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 83%
Brian Baird 22%
Richard Hugh Baker 80%
John Baldacci 7%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 15%
Cass Ballenger 74%
James Barcia 37%
Robert Barr, Jr. 93%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 26%
Roscoe Bartlett 74%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 80%
Charlie Bass 78%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 25%
Evan Bayh 25%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
Bob Bennett 75%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 19%
Douglas Bereuter 67%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 19%
Marion Berry 37%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
Judy Biggert 81%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Jeff Bingaman 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 31%
Rod Blagojevich 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 20%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 78%
Sherwood Boehlert 52%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 78%
Kit Bond 65%
Henry Bonilla 78%
David Edward Bonior 7%
Mary Bono Mack 78%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 15%
Leonard Boswell 26%
Rick Boucher 23%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 27%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 78%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 15%
John Breaux 20%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
Henry Brown, Jr. 89%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 15%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 85%
Ed Bryant 74%
Jim Bunning 85%
Conrad Burns 70%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
Dan Burton 80%
Steve Buyer 81%
Robert Byrd 15%
Herbert Callahan 82%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 81%
Ben Campbell 80%
Chris Cannon 85%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 93%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 4%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 15%
Jean Carnahan 20%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 15%
Brad Carson 33%
Julia Carson 12%
Mike Castle 70%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 77%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 26%
Eva Clayton 4%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Robert Clement 33%
Hillary Clinton 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 19%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 70%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 65%
Michael Collins 81%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 65%
Larry Combest 78%
Gary Condit 26%
Kent Conrad 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 15%
John Cooksey 72%
Jon Corzine 25%
Jerry Costello 22%
Christopher Cox 91%
William Coyne 15%
Larry Craig 75%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 96%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 78%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 11%
Barbara Cubin 79%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 96%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
Randall Cunningham 81%
Thomas Daschle 5%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
James Davis 19%
Jo Ann Davis 81%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 26%
Thomas Davis III 78%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 74%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 12%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 19%
Bill Delahunt 11%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
Thomas DeLay 96%
James DeMint 96%
Peter Deutsch 22%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 70%
Norm Dicks 15%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 7%
Chris Dodd 10%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 27%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 61%
Calvin Dooley 46%
John Doolittle 85%
Byron Dorgan 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 19%
David Dreier 81%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 81%
Jennifer Dunn 85%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
John Edwards 15%
Chet Edwards 26%
Vern Ehlers 70%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 78%
Jo Ann Emerson 67%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
Philip English 74%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 19%
Bob Etheridge 26%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 72%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 11%
Russ Feingold 35%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
Michael Ferguson 63%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 11%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 96%
Ernest Fletcher 78%
Mark Foley 70%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 23%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 81%
Barney Frank 19%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 70%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 12%
Elton Gallegly 78%
John Ganske 58%
George Gekas 70%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 7%
Jim Gibbons 79%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Gillmor 54%
Benjamin Gilman 41%
Charlie Gonzalez 11%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 74%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 89%
Bart Gordon 37%
Porter Goss 85%
Daniel Graham 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 78%
William Phillip Gramm 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 74%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 78%
Mark Green 93%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 15%
James Greenwood 69%
Judd Gregg 80%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 63%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 78%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
Tony Hall 20%
James Hansen 74%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
Jane Harman 26%
Melissa Hart 70%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 78%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
Robert Hayes 74%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 93%
Joel Hefley 74%
Jesse Helms 70%
Wally Herger, Jr. 85%
Baron Hill 27%
Van Hilleary 78%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 15%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 22%
David Lee Hobson 67%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 15%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Thomas Holden 15%
Ernest Hollings 16%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 15%
Darlene Hooley 19%
Stephen Horn 59%
John Nathan Hostettler 81%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 53%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
Kenny Hulshof 74%
Duncan Hunter 74%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 75%
Kay Hutchison 75%
Henry Hyde 70%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 75%
Daniel Inouye 5%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 11%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 78%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 77%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 96%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 4%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
William Jefferson 26%
James Merrill Jeffords 26%
William Lewis Jenkins 70%
Christopher John 62%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
Nancy Johnson 63%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 81%
Tim Johnson 59%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 69%
Paul Kanjorski 19%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 13%
Ric Keller 93%
Sue Kelly 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 20%
Mark Kennedy 70%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Brian Kerns 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 5%
Dale Kildee 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 7%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 65%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 81%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 67%
Gerald Kleczka 15%
Joseph Knollenberg 77%
Herb Kohl 25%
James Kolbe 85%
Dennis Kucinich 7%
Jon Kyl 95%
John LaFalce 15%
Ray LaHood 56%
Nicholas Lampson 15%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 30%
Tom Lantos 7%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 30%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 19%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 73%
Steve LaTourette 56%
James Leach 46%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
Jerry Lewis 70%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
Ron Lewis 74%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 93%
William Lipinski 36%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 22%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 12%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 74%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 56%
Dick Lugar 90%
William Luther 19%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 15%
James Maloney 37%
Don Manzullo 88%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 15%
Frank Mascara 22%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 41%
Robert Matsui 4%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 27%
Karen McCarthy 15%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
James McCrery III 74%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
John McHugh 58%
Scott McInnis 76%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 74%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 15%
Michael McNulty 19%
Martin Meehan 27%
Carrie Meek 8%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 78%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 4%
Dan Miller 96%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 19%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
Alan Mollohan 13%
Dennis Moore 41%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 59%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 78%
Constance Morella 48%
Frank Murkowski 79%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 5%
Jack Murtha 24%
Sue Myrick 89%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 16%
Ben Nelson 25%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 10%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 78%
Robert William Ney 63%
Don Nickles 90%
Anne Northup 81%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 65%
James Nussle 78%
Jim Oberstar 12%
Dave Obey 4%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Thomas William Osborne 67%
Doug Ose 67%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 85%
Major Owens 15%
Michael Oxley 78%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
Ron Paul 84%
Donald Payne 11%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 4%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 89%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
John Peterson 77%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 81%
David Phelps 26%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 70%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 89%
Todd Platts 64%
Richard Pombo 74%
Earl Pomeroy 15%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
Deborah Pryce 70%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 74%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 77%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 8%
James Ramstad 78%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 15%
Ralph Regula 59%
Denny Rehberg 70%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
Silvestre Reyes 11%
Thomas Reynolds 67%
Bob Riley 74%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 19%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 19%
Timothy Roemer 30%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 74%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 89%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 67%
Mike Ross 26%
Steve Rothman 16%
Marge Roukema 62%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 93%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 89%
Jim Ryun 85%
Martin Olav Sabo 11%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 15%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 4%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 26%
Rick Santorum 79%
Paul Sarbanes 5%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 4%
Jim Saxton 54%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 81%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 30%
Edward Schrock 89%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 11%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 89%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 9%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 81%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 81%
Christopher Shays 81%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 19%
Donald Sherwood 78%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 78%
Ronnie Shows 41%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 73%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 59%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 74%
Joseph Skeen 74%
Ike Skelton 44%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 52%
Gordon Smith 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 79%
Nick Smith 81%
Bob Smith 95%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Vic Snyder 19%
Hilda Solis 11%
Mark Souder 81%
Arlen Specter 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 8%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 15%
Pete Stark 16%
Cliff Stearns 89%
Charles Stenholm 41%
Ted Stevens 68%
Ted Strickland 7%
Bob Stump 81%
Bart Stupak 8%
John Sununu 89%
John Sweeney 63%
Tom Tancredo 93%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 26%
William Tauzin 81%
Charles Taylor 70%
Gene Taylor 41%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 81%
Craig Thomas 68%
William Thomas 80%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 15%
Fred Thompson 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 81%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 67%
Karen Thurman 7%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Todd Tiahrt 85%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 89%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 22%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
Robert Torricelli 20%
Ed Towns 19%
James Traficant, Jr. 59%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 12%
James Turner 31%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 15%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 78%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 9%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 77%
George Voinovich 79%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 70%
James Walsh 62%
Zach Wamp 85%
John Warner 75%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
Wesley Watkins 78%
Diane Watson 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 81%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 16%
Anthony Weiner 19%
David Weldon 78%
W. Curtis Weldon 54%
Gerald Weller 78%
Paul Wellstone 10%
Robert Wexler 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 74%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 78%
Heather Wilson 70%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 15%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
Albert Wynn 12%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 78%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%

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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