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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National School Boards Association

2003-2004 Positions

Issues: Education
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 33%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 67%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 80%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 60%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 60%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 60%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 80%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 80%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 40%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 60%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 40%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 33%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 60%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 60%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 40%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 40%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 40%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 40%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 40%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 60%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 40%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 40%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 33%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 40%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 40%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 60%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 60%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 60%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 60%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 40%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 40%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 40%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 60%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 60%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 60%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 60%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 60%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 33%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 60%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 60%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 40%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 60%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 33%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 67%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 40%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 40%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 40%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 40%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 40%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 40%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 60%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 40%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 60%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 40%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 40%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 40%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 40%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 40%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 80%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 60%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 40%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 40%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 40%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 33%
Gary Ackerman 60%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 60%
Wayne Allard 33%
George Allen 33%
Thomas Allen 60%
Joe Baca, Sr. 60%
Brian Baird 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
J. Gresham Barrett 40%
Roscoe Bartlett 40%
Charlie Bass 40%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Beauprez 40%
Bob Bennett 33%
Shelley Berkley 60%
Howard Berman 60%
Marion Berry 60%
Judy Biggert 60%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 33%
Henry Bonilla 40%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
Henry Brown, Jr. 40%
Ginny Brown-Waite 40%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Dan Burton 40%
Steve Buyer 40%
Robert Byrd 100%
Chris Cannon 20%
Dennis Cardoza 80%
Julia Carson 60%
Edward Case 80%
Mike Castle 40%
Ben Chandler III 67%
Chris Chocola 40%
Hillary Clinton 67%
Norm Coleman 0%
Kent Conrad 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 80%
Christopher Cox 60%
Larry Craig 33%
Robert Cramer 80%
Barbara Cubin 40%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Artur Davis 60%
James Davis 60%
Jo Ann Davis 60%
Lincoln Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 40%
Bill Delahunt 60%
Thomas DeLay 40%
James DeMint 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Norm Dicks 80%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
John Doolittle 40%
Byron Dorgan 67%
David Dreier 20%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
Philip English 40%
John Ensign 67%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Lane Evans 60%
Terry Everett 40%
Tom Feeney 20%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Barney Frank 60%
William Frist 33%
Elton Gallegly 40%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Charlie Gonzalez 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 40%
Bart Gordon 60%
Mark Green 60%
Judd Gregg 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 40%
Jane Harman 80%
Katherine Harris 40%
Melissa Hart 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 40%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 40%
Joel Hefley 60%
Wally Herger, Jr. 40%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67%
Maurice Hinchey 40%
David Lee Hobson 40%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Thomas Holden 60%
Darlene Hooley 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 60%
Kenny Hulshof 40%
Duncan Hunter 40%
Kay Hutchison 33%
Henry Hyde 40%
Daniel Inouye 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 60%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 40%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Tim Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 60%
Ric Keller 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 40%
Patrick Kennedy 60%
Dale Kildee 60%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 60%
Joseph Knollenberg 40%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 40%
Dennis Kucinich 40%
Jon Kyl 67%
Ray LaHood 20%
Tom Lantos 40%
Steve LaTourette 40%
James Leach 60%
Jerry Lewis 40%
Ron Lewis 40%
Joe Lieberman 67%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 67%
Dick Lugar 33%
Don Manzullo 40%
Jim Marshall 80%
Robert Matsui 40%
Thaddeus McCotter 40%
James McCrery III 40%
John McHugh 40%
Michael McNulty 60%
Martin Meehan 40%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 60%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
Brad Miller 60%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jack Murtha 40%
Marilyn Musgrave 20%
Sue Myrick 40%
Ben Nelson 100%
Robert William Ney 40%
Anne Northup 40%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 40%
Jim Oberstar 40%
Dave Obey 60%
John Olver 60%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Thomas William Osborne 40%
Major Owens 60%
Michael Oxley 40%
Ron Paul 40%
Donald Payne 60%
John Peterson 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 40%
Todd Platts 60%
Richard Pombo 40%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Jon Porter, Sr. 40%
Deborah Pryce 40%
George Radanovich 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
Denny Rehberg 40%
Richard Renzi 40%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Thomas Reynolds 40%
Mike Ross 60%
Steve Rothman 20%
Jim Ryun 40%
Martin Olav Sabo 80%
Rick Santorum 33%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 20%
John Shadegg 60%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
Donald Sherwood 40%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
Gordon Smith 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 60%
Hilda Solis 60%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 40%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 60%
Bart Stupak 60%
John Sullivan 40%
John Sununu 33%
John Sweeney 40%
James Talent 33%
Tom Tancredo 60%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
Charles Taylor 40%
Gene Taylor 100%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 40%
Todd Tiahrt 40%
Ed Towns 20%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 40%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 33%
Diane Watson 60%
Anthony Weiner 40%
David Weldon 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Robert Wexler 40%
Heather Wilson 40%
Lynn Woolsey 60%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 40%

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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