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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: AIDS Action Council

2001 Positions

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