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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National School Boards Association

2003-2004 Positions

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