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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 29%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 14%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 21%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 14%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 57%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 46%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 86%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 29%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 57%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 79%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 86%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 79%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 7%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 14%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 7%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 15%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 15%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 43%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 86%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 14%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 71%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 71%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 86%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 29%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 36%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 15%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 43%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 79%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 36%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 14%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 14%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 23%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 29%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 36%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 29%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 29%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 29%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 14%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 8%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 14%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 71%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 57%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 79%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 71%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 21%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 86%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 29%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 43%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 64%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 38%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 57%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 7%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 64%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 21%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 29%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 21%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 21%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 79%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 57%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 21%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 36%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 31%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 36%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 21%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 86%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 43%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 21%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 36%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 79%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 14%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 29%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 79%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 71%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 79%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 71%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 21%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 69%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 57%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 86%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 21%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 29%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 64%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 57%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 43%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 20%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 86%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 14%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 29%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 29%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 23%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 71%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 29%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 79%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 36%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 21%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 29%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 86%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 71%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 29%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 21%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 79%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 43%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 21%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 71%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 21%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 29%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 79%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 7%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 57%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 86%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 71%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 29%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 71%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 71%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 29%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 29%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 21%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 71%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 57%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Wayne Allard 14%
Thomas Allen 86%
William Archer 21%
Richard Armey 21%
John Ashcroft 14%
Brian Baird 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 14%
John Baldacci 79%
Cass Ballenger 21%
James Barcia 43%
Robert Barr, Jr. 29%
William Barrett 21%
Herbert Bateman 21%
Evan Bayh 33%
Bob Bennett 29%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 79%
Douglas Bereuter 21%
Marion Berry 21%
Michael Bilirakis 21%
Rod Blagojevich 71%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 14%
Sherwood Boehlert 64%
Kit Bond 14%
Henry Bonilla 43%
David Edward Bonior 64%
Robert Borski, Jr. 62%
Rick Boucher 71%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 36%
John Breaux 29%
Richard Bryan 71%
Ed Bryant 7%
Jim Bunning 29%
Conrad Burns 29%
Steve Buyer 21%
Robert Byrd 43%
Herbert Callahan 21%
Ben Campbell 43%
Thomas Campbell 69%
Chris Cannon 29%
Julia Carson 85%
Mike Castle 50%
Helen Chenoweth 42%
William Clay, Sr. 86%
Eva Clayton 86%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
Robert Clement 21%
Mac Collins 7%
Larry Combest 21%
Gary Condit 36%
Merrill Cook 15%
John Cooksey 50%
Christopher Cox 21%
William Coyne 86%
Larry Craig 43%
Robert Cramer 21%
Philip Crane 31%
Barbara Cubin 14%
Randall Cunningham 14%
Patsy Ann Danner 29%
Thomas Daschle 57%
James Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 29%
Bill Delahunt 79%
Thomas DeLay 14%
Peter Deutsch 64%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 21%
Jay Dickey 21%
Julian Dixon 86%
Chris Dodd 71%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Calvin Dooley 71%
John Doolittle 36%
Byron Dorgan 57%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
John Edwards 67%
Chet Edwards 64%
Vern Ehlers 29%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 36%
Philip English 36%
Bob Etheridge 36%
Lane Evans 79%
Terry Everett 21%
Thomas Ewing 21%
Russ Feingold 86%
Peter Fitzgerald 17%
Ernest Fletcher 29%
Mark Foley 43%
Michael Patrick Forbes 36%
Harold Ford, Jr. 58%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 31%
Tillie Fowler 21%
Robert Franks 29%
William Frist 14%
Jonas Frost III 69%
John Ganske 21%
Sam Gejdenson 86%
George Gekas 21%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 69%
Jim Gibbons 29%
Wayne Gilchrest 18%
Paul Gillmor 14%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
William Goodling 29%
Bart Gordon 21%
Slade Gorton 43%
Porter Goss 29%
Daniel Graham 57%
William Phillip Gramm 29%
Rodney Grams 14%
Mark Green 29%
James Greenwood 71%
Judd Gregg 40%
Gilbert Gutknecht 21%
Charles Hagel 14%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 14%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Robert Hayes 14%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 29%
Joel Hefley 21%
Jesse Helms 29%
Baron Hill 36%
Rick Hill 21%
Van Hilleary 21%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 71%
David Lee Hobson 29%
Pete Hoekstra 43%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Darlene Hooley 77%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 36%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Kenny Hulshof 29%
Duncan Hunter 21%
William Hutchinson 21%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 29%
Henry Hyde 21%
Jay Inslee 86%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 21%
William Jefferson 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 71%
William Lewis Jenkins 21%
Christopher John 21%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 57%
Sue Kelly 36%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 71%
Patrick Kennedy 79%
Bob Kerrey 71%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 86%
Gerald Kleczka 64%
Ronald Klink 57%
Joseph Knollenberg 21%
James Kolbe 57%
Steven Kuykendall 50%
John LaFalce 57%
Nicholas Lampson 64%
Tom Lantos 79%
Stephen Largent 21%
Rick Lazio 8%
James Leach 43%
Ron Lewis 21%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John Linder 29%
William Lipinski 23%
Trent Lott, Sr. 14%
William Luther 64%
Connie Mack 17%
James Maloney 50%
Matthew Martinez 67%
Frank Mascara 29%
Robert Matsui 86%
Karen McCarthy 85%
Bill McCollum 21%
James McCrery III 7%
John McHugh 14%
Scott McInnis 23%
David McIntosh 14%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 86%
Michael McNulty 54%
Martin Meehan 86%
Carrie Meek 86%
Jack Metcalf 21%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Dan Miller 36%
David Minge 57%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 57%
Alan Mollohan 38%
Dennis Moore 64%
Constance Morella 79%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 57%
Frank Murkowski 14%
Jack Murtha 57%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 29%
Robert William Ney 43%
Don Nickles 29%
Anne Northup 21%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 21%
James Nussle 21%
Jim Oberstar 64%
Dave Obey 57%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 21%
Doug Ose 36%
Major Owens 86%
Michael Oxley 21%
Ronald Packard 15%
Donald Payne 86%
Edward Pease 43%
John Peterson 15%
David Phelps 29%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 14%
Owen Pickett 71%
Richard Pombo 36%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
John Edward Porter 64%
Deborah Pryce 31%
Jack Quinn 21%
George Radanovich 21%
James Ramstad 7%
Ralph Regula 21%
Thomas Reynolds 14%
Bob Riley 21%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 92%
Charles Robb 71%
Ciro Rodriguez 79%
Timothy Roemer 36%
James Rogan 21%
William Roth, Jr. 14%
Marge Roukema 14%
Jim Ryun 21%
Martin Olav Sabo 86%
Matthew Salmon 21%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 29%
Rick Santorum 14%
Paul Sarbanes 71%
H. James Saxton 14%
Joe Scarborough 42%
John Shadegg 21%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 15%
Christopher Shays 43%
Donald Sherwood 21%
Ronnie Shows 7%
E.G. Shuster 21%
Norman Sisisky 64%
Joseph Skeen 36%
Ike Skelton 15%
Gordon Smith 14%
Nick Smith 14%
Bob Smith 29%
Vic Snyder 79%
Mark Souder 14%
Arlen Specter 43%
Floyd Spence 21%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
Charles Stenholm 21%
Ted Stevens 29%
Ted Strickland 64%
Robert Stump 21%
Bart Stupak 57%
John Sununu 31%
John Sweeney 14%
James Talent 14%
Tom Tancredo 21%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 79%
William Tauzin 21%
Charles Taylor 21%
Gene Taylor 7%
Craig Thomas 29%
William Thomas 27%
Fred Thompson 14%
Karen Thurman 77%
Strom Thurmond 14%
Todd Tiahrt 29%
Robert Torricelli 71%
James Traficant, Jr. 29%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 69%
James Turner 14%
Bruce Vento 77%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 14%
Zach Wamp 29%
John Warner 29%
Wesley Watkins 21%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 21%
Anthony Weiner 67%
David Weldon 14%
W. Curtis Weldon 7%
Gerald Weller 29%
Paul Wellstone 86%
Robert Wexler 79%
Robert Weygand 64%
Heather Wilson 36%
Robert Wise, Jr. 69%
David Wu 77%
Albert Wynn 79%

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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