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2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 93%
Lynn Woolsey 93%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 92%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 86%
Gary Ackerman 86%
Thomas Allen 86%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 86%
William Clay, Sr. 86%
Eva Clayton 86%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 86%
William Coyne 86%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 86%
Julian Dixon 86%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 86%
Russ Feingold 86%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 86%
Barney Frank 86%
Sam Gejdenson 86%
Charlie Gonzalez 86%
Maurice Hinchey 86%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 86%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 86%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 86%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 86%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 86%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 86%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 86%
Robert Matsui 86%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 86%
Martin Meehan 86%
Carrie Meek 86%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 86%
John Olver 86%
Major Owens 86%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 86%
Donald Payne 86%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
Martin Olav Sabo 86%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 86%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 86%
Pete Stark 86%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 86%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
Paul Wellstone 86%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 85%
Howard Berman 85%
Julia Carson 85%
Norm Dicks 85%
Karen McCarthy 85%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Ed Towns 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 83%
John Baldacci 79%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 79%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 79%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 79%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 79%
Bill Delahunt 79%
Lane Evans 79%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 79%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 79%
Patrick Kennedy 79%
Tom Lantos 79%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 79%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 79%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 79%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 79%
Constance Morella 79%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 79%
Ciro Rodriguez 79%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 79%
Vic Snyder 79%
Ellen Tauscher 79%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 79%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 79%
Robert Wexler 79%
Albert Wynn 79%
Darlene Hooley 77%
Karen Thurman 77%
Bruce Vento 77%
David Wu 77%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 71%
Brian Baird 71%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 71%
Shelley Berkley 71%
Jeff Bingaman 71%
Rod Blagojevich 71%
Rick Boucher 71%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 71%
Richard Bryan 71%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 71%
Chris Dodd 71%
Calvin Dooley 71%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71%
James Greenwood 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 71%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 71%
Daniel Inouye 71%
James Merrill Jeffords 71%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 71%
Bob Kerrey 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 71%
Herb Kohl 71%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 71%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 71%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 71%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 71%
Owen Pickett 71%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 71%
Charles Robb 71%
Steve Rothman 71%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 71%
Paul Sarbanes 71%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 71%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 71%
Robert Torricelli 71%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 71%
Thomas Campbell 69%
Jonas Frost III 69%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 69%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 69%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 69%
Bob Wise, Jr. 69%
John Edwards 67%
William Jefferson 67%
Matthew Martinez 67%
Anthony Weiner 67%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 64%
Sherwood Boehlert 64%
David Edward Bonior 64%
Peter Deutsch 64%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 64%
Chet Edwards 64%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 64%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 64%
Gerald Kleczka 64%
Nicholas Lampson 64%
William Luther 64%
Dennis Moore 64%
Jim Oberstar 64%
Ron Paul 64%
John Edward Porter 64%
Norman Sisisky 64%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 64%
Ted Strickland 64%
Bob Weygand 64%
Robert Borski, Jr. 62%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 62%
Harold Ford, Jr. 58%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 57%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 57%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 57%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 57%
Thomas Daschle 57%
Byron Dorgan 57%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 57%
Daniel Graham 57%
Paul Kanjorski 57%
Dale Kildee 57%
Ronald Klink 57%
James Kolbe 57%
Dennis Kucinich 57%
John LaFalce 57%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 57%
Joe Lieberman 57%
David Minge 57%
John Moakley 57%
Patrick Moynihan 57%
Jack Murtha 57%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 57%
Dave Obey 57%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 57%
Bart Stupak 57%
Michael McNulty 54%
Judy Biggert 50%
Mike Castle 50%
John Cooksey 50%
James Davis 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Stephen Horn 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Steven Kuykendall 50%
James Maloney 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Jerry Lewis 46%
James Barcia 43%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 43%
Henry Bonilla 43%
Robert Byrd 43%
Ben Campbell 43%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 43%
Kent Conrad 43%
Larry Craig 43%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 43%
Mark Foley 43%
Slade Gorton 43%
Pete Hoekstra 43%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 43%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
Steve LaTourette 43%
James Leach 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
Robert William Ney 43%
Edward Pease 43%
Christopher Shays 43%
Arlen Specter 43%
John Tanner 43%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 42%
Joe Scarborough 42%
Judd Gregg 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 38%
Alan Mollohan 38%
Charlie Bass 36%
Mary Bono Mack 36%
Leonard Boswell 36%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 36%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 36%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 36%
Gary Condit 36%
John Doolittle 36%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 36%
Philip English 36%
Bob Etheridge 36%
Michael Patrick Forbes 36%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
Baron Hill 36%
John Nathan Hostettler 36%
Sue Kelly 36%
Don Manzullo 36%
Dan Miller 36%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 36%
Doug Ose 36%
Richard Pombo 36%
Timothy Roemer 36%
Joseph Skeen 36%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 36%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 36%
Heather Wilson 36%
Evan Bayh 33%
George Voinovich 33%
Philip Crane 31%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 31%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 31%
Deborah Pryce 31%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 31%
John Sununu 31%
Robert Barr, Jr. 29%
Bob Bennett 29%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 29%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 29%
John Breaux 29%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 29%
Jim Bunning 29%
Conrad Burns 29%
Chris Cannon 29%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 29%
Patsy Ann Danner 29%
Thomas Davis III 29%
David Dreier 29%
Vern Ehlers 29%
Ernest Fletcher 29%
Robert Franks 29%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 29%
Jim Gibbons 29%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 29%
William Goodling 29%
Porter Goss 29%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 29%
William Phillip Gramm 29%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 29%
Mark Green 29%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 29%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 29%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 29%
Jesse Helms 29%
David Lee Hobson 29%
Thomas Holden 29%
Kenny Hulshof 29%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 29%
Kay Hutchison 29%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 29%
John Linder 29%
Frank Mascara 29%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 29%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 29%
Don Nickles 29%
David Phelps 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 29%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 29%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 29%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 29%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 29%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29%
Bob Smith 29%
Olympia Snowe 29%
Ted Stevens 29%
Craig Thomas 29%
Todd Tiahrt 29%
James Traficant, Jr. 29%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 29%
Zach Wamp 29%
John Warner 29%
Gerald Weller 29%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 29%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 29%
William Thomas 27%
Dan Burton 23%
Jerry Costello 23%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 23%
William Lipinski 23%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 23%
Scott McInnis 23%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 23%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 21%
Bill Archer 21%
Richard Armey 21%
Cass Ballenger 21%
Bill Barrett 21%
Roscoe Bartlett 21%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 21%
Herbert Bateman 21%
Douglas Bereuter 21%
Marion Berry 21%
Brian Bilbray 21%
Michael Bilirakis 21%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 21%
Steve Buyer 21%
Herbert Callahan 21%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 21%
Robert Clement 21%
Larry Combest 21%
Christopher Cox 21%
Robert Cramer 21%
James DeMint 21%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 21%
Jay Dickey 21%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
Jo Ann Emerson 21%
Terry Everett 21%
Thomas Ewing 21%
Tillie Fowler 21%
John Ganske 21%
George Gekas 21%
Bart Gordon 21%
Gilbert Gutknecht 21%
Tony Hall 21%
Joel Hefley 21%
Wally Herger, Jr. 21%
Rick Hill 21%
Van Hilleary 21%
Duncan Hunter 21%
Asa Hutchinson 21%
Henry Hyde 21%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 21%
William Lewis Jenkins 21%
Christopher John 21%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 21%
Joseph Knollenberg 21%
Ray LaHood 21%
Stephen Largent 21%
Ron Lewis 21%
Bill McCollum 21%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 21%
Jack Metcalf 21%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 21%
Sue Myrick 21%
Anne Northup 21%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 21%
James Nussle 21%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 21%
Michael Oxley 21%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 21%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 21%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 21%
Jack Quinn 21%
George Radanovich 21%
Ralph Regula 21%
Bob Riley 21%
James Rogan 21%
Jim Ryun 21%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 21%
John Shadegg 21%
Donald Sherwood 21%
E.G. Shuster 21%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 21%
Floyd Spence 21%
Cliff Stearns 21%
Charles Stenholm 21%
Bob Stump 21%
Tom Tancredo 21%
William Tauzin 21%
Charles Taylor 21%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 21%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 21%
Wesley Watkins 21%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 21%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 21%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 18%
Peter Fitzgerald 17%
Connie Mack 17%
Merrill Cook 15%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 15%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 15%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 15%
Ronald Packard 15%
John Peterson 15%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 15%
Ike Skelton 15%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 14%
Wayne Allard 14%
John Ashcroft 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 14%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 14%
Kit Bond 14%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 14%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 14%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
Barbara Cubin 14%
Randall Cunningham 14%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 14%
Thomas DeLay 14%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 14%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
William Frist 14%
Elton Gallegly 14%
Paul Gillmor 14%
Rodney Grams 14%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 14%
James Hansen 14%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
Robert Hayes 14%
Jon Kyl 14%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 14%
Trent Lott, Sr. 14%
Dick Lugar 14%
John McHugh 14%
David McIntosh 14%
Frank Murkowski 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 14%
Thomas Reynolds 14%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 14%
William Roth, Jr. 14%
Marge Roukema 14%
Rick Santorum 14%
Jim Saxton 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 14%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 14%
Gordon Smith 14%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 14%
Nick Smith 14%
Mark Souder 14%
John Sweeney 14%
James Talent 14%
Fred Thompson 14%
Strom Thurmond 14%
James Turner 14%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 14%
James Walsh 14%
David Weldon 14%
Rick Lazio 8%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 8%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 8%
Ed Bryant 7%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 7%
Michael Collins 7%
James McCrery III 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 7%
James Ramstad 7%
Ronnie Shows 7%
Gene Taylor 7%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 7%
W. Curtis Weldon 7%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 7%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 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.

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