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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: AIDS Action Council

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 57%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 42%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 71%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 60%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 80%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 40%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 57%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 60%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 71%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 60%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 20%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 60%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 57%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 57%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 71%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 60%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 80%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 85%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 71%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 71%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 85%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 60%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 20%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 85%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 57%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 60%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 71%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 60%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 57%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 20%
Wayne Allard 42%
George Allen 71%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 60%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 71%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 40%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 60%
Judy Biggert 60%
Michael Bilirakis 60%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 57%
Henry Bonilla 60%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 60%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
John Breaux 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 40%
Ed Bryant 20%
Jim Bunning 42%
Conrad Burns 71%
Dan Burton 20%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 85%
Herbert Callahan 60%
Ben Campbell 71%
Chris Cannon 40%
Jean Carnahan 100%
Brad Carson 80%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 60%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Michael Collins 40%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
John Cooksey 60%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 60%
Christopher Cox 40%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 57%
Robert Cramer 80%
Philip Crane 40%
Barbara Cubin 40%
Randall Cunningham 60%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 80%
Jo Ann Davis 20%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Bill Delahunt 80%
Thomas DeLay 20%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Norm Dicks 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 57%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 20%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 60%
Jennifer Dunn 40%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 60%
Philip English 60%
John Ensign 57%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 20%
Russ Feingold 71%
Michael Ferguson 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 57%
Ernest Fletcher 40%
Mark Foley 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 80%
William Frist 71%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 60%
John Ganske 80%
George Gekas 60%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Charlie Gonzalez 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
Bart Gordon 80%
Porter Goss 40%
Daniel Graham 85%
William Phillip Gramm 28%
Mark Green 40%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 42%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 40%
Gilbert Gutknecht 40%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 20%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 20%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 20%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 42%
Wally Herger, Jr. 40%
Baron Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 20%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Thomas Holden 80%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 80%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 57%
Kay Hutchison 71%
Henry Hyde 40%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 71%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 80%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Tim Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 40%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 40%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 0%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 80%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 60%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 28%
John LaFalce 100%
Ray LaHood 40%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 60%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 60%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 40%
William Lipinski 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 57%
Dick Lugar 71%
William Luther 100%
James Maloney 80%
Don Manzullo 20%
Frank Mascara 80%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 60%
John McHugh 20%
Scott McInnis 40%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 20%
Zell Bryan Miller 71%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 100%
Frank Murkowski 57%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 40%
Ben Nelson 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 60%
Robert William Ney 40%
Don Nickles 42%
Anne Northup 60%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 40%
James Nussle 80%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 80%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Thomas William Osborne 60%
Doug Ose 60%
Major Owens 80%
Michael Oxley 60%
Ron Paul 20%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 40%
David Phelps 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
Todd Platts 40%
Richard Pombo 20%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Deborah Pryce 60%
Jack Quinn 60%
George Radanovich 40%
James Ramstad 80%
Ralph Regula 60%
Denny Rehberg 60%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
Bob Riley 20%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Mike Ross 80%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 80%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 57%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 60%
Edward Schrock 20%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 80%
Donald Sherwood 60%
Ronnie Shows 40%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 60%
Joseph Skeen 60%
Ike Skelton 80%
Gordon Smith 85%
Nick Smith 40%
Bob Smith 28%
Olympia Snowe 85%
Vic Snyder 80%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 71%
Ted Strickland 80%
Bob Stump 20%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 60%
John Sweeney 60%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 60%
Charles Taylor 40%
Gene Taylor 20%
Craig Thomas 57%
William Thomas 60%
Fred Thompson 71%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 57%
Todd Tiahrt 20%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 40%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 80%
George Voinovich 28%
James Walsh 60%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 85%
Wesley Watkins 20%
Diane Watson 80%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 40%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Gerald Weller 60%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 60%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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