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2005-2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 30%
Gary Ackerman 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Todd Akin 90%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 88%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 90%
Wayne Allard 88%
Thomas Allen 10%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 10%
Joe Baca, Sr. 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 90%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 70%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
J. Gresham Barrett 90%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 40%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 38%
Evan Bayh 38%
Melissa Bean 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
Bob Bennett 100%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 10%
Marion Berry 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 25%
Judy Biggert 90%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Jeff Bingaman 38%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 10%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 88%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 90%
Mary Bono Mack 90%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 90%
Dan Boren 90%
Leonard Boswell 20%
Rick Boucher 40%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
Henry Brown, Jr. 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 80%
Jim Bunning 88%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
Dan Burton 90%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 20%
Steve Buyer 80%
Robert Byrd 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 67%
Chris Cannon 90%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 90%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
Dennis Cardoza 50%
Russ Carnahan 10%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 38%
Julia Carson 10%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 90%
Mike Castle 90%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 88%
Ben Chandler III 30%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 40%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 10%
Hillary Clinton 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 88%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 88%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 90%
Norm Coleman 75%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 90%
Kent Conrad 38%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 50%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 60%
Jerry Costello 40%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 80%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 10%
Barbara Cubin 90%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 90%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
Artur Davis 40%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 30%
Geoff Davis 90%
Jo Ann Davis 80%
Lincoln Davis 80%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 10%
Thomas Davis III 90%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 80%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 10%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 10%
Bill Delahunt 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
James DeMint 88%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 90%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 80%
Norm Dicks 20%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 20%
Chris Dodd 38%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 10%
Elizabeth Dole 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 88%
John Doolittle 60%
Byron Dorgan 12%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 20%
Thelma Drake 90%
David Dreier 90%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 25%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 90%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 30%
Jo Ann Emerson 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 10%
Philip English 90%
John Ensign 75%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 10%
Bob Etheridge 10%
Terry Everett 90%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
Tom Feeney 80%
Russ Feingold 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 38%
Michael Ferguson 90%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 30%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 90%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 90%
Barney Frank 10%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
Elton Gallegly 90%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 90%
Paul Gillmor 80%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 80%
Charlie Gonzalez 40%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 90%
Bart Gordon 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 88%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
Judd Gregg 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 25%
Jane Harman 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 80%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 88%
Robert Hayes 90%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 90%
Wally Herger, Jr. 90%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 30%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 20%
Maurice Hinchey 10%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 50%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 90%
Thomas Holden 30%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 10%
Darlene Hooley 30%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
Kenny Hulshof 90%
Duncan Hunter 90%
Kay Hutchison 88%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 90%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 75%
Daniel Inouye 25%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 88%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 30%
William Jefferson 30%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 80%
Tim Johnson 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
Ric Keller 80%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 25%
Patrick Kennedy 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
Dale Kildee 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 70%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 90%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 90%
Joseph Knollenberg 90%
Herb Kohl 38%
Dennis Kucinich 10%
John Kuhl, Jr. 90%
Jon Kyl 88%
Ray LaHood 90%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 20%
Tom Lantos 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 40%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 30%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 90%
Steve LaTourette 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
Jerry Lewis 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 10%
Ron Lewis 90%
Joe Lieberman 38%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 80%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 10%
Trent Lott, Sr. 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
Dick Lugar 88%
Dan Lungren 90%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 20%
Connie Mack IV 80%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
Don Manzullo 80%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 90%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
Jim Marshall 60%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 90%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 90%
James McCrery III 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 90%
John McHugh 80%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 90%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 90%
Michael McNulty 20%
Martin Meehan 10%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 30%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 30%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 70%
Brad Miller 10%
Alan Mollohan 30%
Dennis Moore 20%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 25%
Jack Murtha 20%
Marilyn Musgrave 90%
Sue Myrick 60%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
Ben Nelson 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 38%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 20%
John Olver 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 10%
Ron Paul 70%
Donald Payne 10%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
John Peterson 90%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 90%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 80%
Todd Platts 90%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 90%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
Jon Porter, Sr. 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 90%
Deborah Pryce 80%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 25%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 90%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
James Ramstad 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 10%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 38%
Ralph Regula 90%
Denny Rehberg 90%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 80%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25%
Richard Renzi 90%
Silvestre Reyes 30%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 88%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
Mike Ross 30%
Steve Rothman 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 90%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 40%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 40%
Ken Salazar 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
Jim Saxton 70%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
Jean Schmidt 80%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 90%
John Shadegg 70%
Christopher Shays 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 90%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 90%
Ike Skelton 40%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
Olympia Snowe 88%
Vic Snyder 30%
Hilda Solis 10%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 12%
Pete Stark 10%
Cliff Stearns 90%
Ted Stevens 100%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sullivan 90%
John Sununu 75%
Tom Tancredo 90%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 30%
Gene Taylor 60%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
Craig Thomas 88%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 90%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 88%
Todd Tiahrt 80%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 10%
Ed Towns 30%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 90%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
George Voinovich 88%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 80%
James Walsh 90%
Zach Wamp 90%
John Warner 88%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
Diane Watson 10%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
Anthony Weiner 10%
David Weldon 90%
Gerald Weller 90%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 90%
Robert Wexler 10%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 90%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 90%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 90%
Heather Wilson 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 90%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
David Wu 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
Albert Wynn 60%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 90%

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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