Rating Group: Drug Policy Alliance Network

2006 Positions

Issues: Drugs
State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 83%
Gary Ackerman Other 67%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 50%
Todd Akin Other 33%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 33%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 83%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 50%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 17%
Brian Baird Other 67%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 17%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 67%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 17%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 50%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 67%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 17%
Melissa Bean Other 50%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 83%
Shelley Berkley Other 83%
Howard Berman Other 83%
Marion Berry Other 50%
Judy Biggert Other 33%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 17%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 67%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 67%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 17%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 83%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 50%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 33%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 33%
Mary Bono Mack Other 33%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 33%
Dan Boren Other 50%
Leonard Boswell Other 33%
Rick Boucher Other 83%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 17%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 50%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 50%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 67%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 50%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 83%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 17%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 50%
Dan Burton Other 17%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 83%
Steve Buyer Other 33%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 33%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 33%
Chris Cannon Other 17%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 50%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 83%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 83%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 67%
Dennis Cardoza Other 33%
Russ Carnahan Other 67%
Julia Carson Other 83%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 33%
Mike Castle Other 50%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 17%
Ben Chandler III Other 33%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 83%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 17%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 50%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 33%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 67%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 50%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 67%
Jerry Costello Other 50%
Robert Cramer Other 33%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 50%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 50%
Barbara Cubin Other 17%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 33%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 50%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 50%
Artur Davis Other 67%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 67%
Geoff Davis Other 17%
Jo Ann Davis Other 33%
Lincoln Davis Other 50%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 17%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 67%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 83%
Bill Delahunt Other 67%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 50%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 33%
Norm Dicks Other 50%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 67%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 83%
John Doolittle Other 50%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 67%
Thelma Drake Other 50%
David Dreier Other 50%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 33%
Chet Edwards Other 50%
Vern Ehlers Other 50%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 33%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 67%
Philip English Other 33%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 83%
Bob Etheridge Other 50%
Terry Everett Other 33%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 83%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 83%
Tom Feeney Other 67%
Michael Ferguson Other 50%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 83%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 83%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 33%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 17%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 17%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 17%
Barney Frank Other 83%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 17%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 50%
Elton Gallegly Other 33%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 67%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 17%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 50%
Paul Gillmor Other 33%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 17%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 17%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 67%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 50%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 33%
Bart Gordon Other 67%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 50%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 17%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 83%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 50%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 83%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 50%
Jane Harman Other 83%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 50%
Robert Hayes Other 50%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 33%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 33%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 83%
Maurice Hinchey Other 67%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 83%
David Lee Hobson Other 50%
Pete Hoekstra Other 50%
Thomas Holden Other 50%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 83%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 83%
Darlene Hooley Other 67%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 33%
Duncan Hunter Other 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 67%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 67%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 83%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
William Jefferson Other 83%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 33%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 17%
Tim Johnson Other 50%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 33%
Paul Kanjorski Other 67%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 67%
Ric Keller Other 50%
Patrick Kennedy Other 67%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 83%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 17%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 17%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 50%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 33%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 17%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 50%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 33%
Ray LaHood Other 33%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 67%
Tom Lantos Other 83%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 50%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 17%
Steve LaTourette Other 50%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 83%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 67%
Jerry Lewis Other 50%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 67%
Ron Lewis Other 17%
John Linder Other 17%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 50%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 17%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 83%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 33%
Dan Lungren Other 50%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
Connie Mack IV Other 33%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 83%
Don Manzullo Other 33%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 17%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Jim Marshall Other 33%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 17%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 83%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 67%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 33%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 83%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 17%
James McCrery III Other 33%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 67%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 17%
John McHugh Other 50%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 33%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 50%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 17%
Michael McNulty Other 67%
Martin Meehan Other 67%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 83%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 67%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 33%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 67%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 33%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 33%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 50%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 50%
Brad Miller Other 67%
Alan Mollohan Other 67%
Dennis Moore Other 50%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 67%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 33%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 83%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 17%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 17%
Jack Murtha Other 33%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 17%
Sue Myrick Other 33%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 83%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 67%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 83%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 33%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 33%
Jim Oberstar Other 83%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 33%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 67%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 83%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 83%
Ron Paul Other 100%
Donald Payne Other 83%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 50%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 17%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 33%
John Peterson Other 17%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 33%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 33%
Todd Platts Other 17%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 17%
Earl Pomeroy Other 33%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 33%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 83%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 17%
Deborah Pryce Other 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 33%
George Radanovich Other 17%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 50%
James Ramstad Other 33%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 83%
Ralph Regula Other 50%
Denny Rehberg Other 67%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 17%
Richard Renzi Other 17%
Silvestre Reyes Other 67%
Thomas Reynolds Other 50%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 33%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 17%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 17%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 83%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 50%
Mike Ross Other 67%
Steve Rothman Other 50%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 67%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 50%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 67%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 17%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 83%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 67%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 83%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 83%
Jim Saxton Other 50%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 83%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 67%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 67%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 67%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 33%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 83%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 17%
John Shadegg Other 33%
Christopher Shays Other 33%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 33%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 33%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 67%
Ike Skelton Other 50%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 83%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 67%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 33%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 50%
Vic Snyder Other 50%
Hilda Solis Other 83%
Mark Souder Other 17%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 67%
Pete Stark Other 83%
Cliff Stearns Other 17%
Bart Stupak Other 50%
John Sullivan Other 33%
Tom Tancredo Other 67%
John Tanner Other 33%
Ellen Tauscher Other 83%
Gene Taylor Other 33%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 17%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 83%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 67%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 33%
Todd Tiahrt Other 50%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 33%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
Ed Towns Other 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 83%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 50%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 67%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 67%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 33%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 67%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 83%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 83%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 17%
James Walsh Other 50%
Zach Wamp Other 17%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 67%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 83%
Diane Watson Other 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 83%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 83%
Anthony Weiner Other 67%
David Weldon Other 50%
Gerald Weller Other 17%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 17%
Robert Wexler Other 83%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 50%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 33%
Heather Wilson Other 33%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 50%
Lynn Woolsey Other 83%
David Wu Other 67%
Albert Wynn Other 83%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 50%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 33%

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