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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for the Arts Action Fund

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 9%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 9%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 19%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 34%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 94%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 1%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 1%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 37%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 1%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 96%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 96%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 1%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 96%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 65%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 37%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 32%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 19%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 94%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 98%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 93%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 19%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 41%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 1%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 69%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 1%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 94%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 94%
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 13%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 93%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 93%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 5%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 34%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 29%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 94%
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 94%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 93%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 98%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 98%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 95%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 96%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 37%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 41%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 37%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 37%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 94%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 15%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 96%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 19%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 94%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 1%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 42%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 93%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 23%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 34%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 94%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 37%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 96%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 97%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 23%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 52%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 57%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 1%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 19%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 94%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 26%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 33%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 68%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 93%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 94%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 19%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 96%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 6%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 51%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 94%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 1%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 1%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 96%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 99%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 1%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 15%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 92%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 94%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 9%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 1%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 96%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 37%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 96%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 1%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 56%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 94%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 96%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 93%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 1%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 5%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 94%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 94%
Gary Ackerman 96%
Todd Akin 5%
Thomas Allen 96%
Joe Baca, Sr. 93%
Brian Baird 98%
Richard Hugh Baker 37%
J. Gresham Barrett 1%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Charlie Bass 93%
Bob Beauprez 5%
Shelley Berkley 48%
Howard Berman 98%
Marion Berry 93%
Judy Biggert 93%
Michael Bilirakis 37%
Sherwood Boehlert 99%
Henry Bonilla 19%
Mary Bono Mack 94%
Leonard Boswell 94%
Rick Boucher 94%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 89%
Henry Brown, Jr. 37%
Ginny Brown-Waite 1%
Dan Burton 1%
Steve Buyer 9%
Chris Cannon 1%
Dennis Cardoza 93%
Julia Carson 94%
Edward Case 96%
Mike Castle 98%
Chris Chocola 37%
Jerry Costello 95%
Christopher Cox 1%
Robert Cramer 94%
Barbara Cubin 8%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Artur Davis 93%
James Davis 95%
Jo Ann Davis 1%
Lincoln Davis 69%
Thomas Davis III 90%
Bill Delahunt 98%
Thomas DeLay 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 37%
Norm Dicks 94%
John Doolittle 1%
David Dreier 33%
Chet Edwards 93%
Vern Ehlers 97%
Jo Ann Emerson 1%
Philip English 99%
Bob Etheridge 95%
Lane Evans 93%
Terry Everett 19%
Tom Feeney 1%
Michael Ferguson 53%
Mark Foley 70%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 93%
Barney Frank 98%
Elton Gallegly 9%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Wayne Gilchrest 65%
Paul Gillmor 37%
Charlie Gonzalez 99%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 9%
Bart Gordon 70%
Mark Green 9%
Gilbert Gutknecht 13%
Jane Harman 94%
Katherine Harris 68%
Melissa Hart 90%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 1%
Joel Hefley 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 16%
Maurice Hinchey 98%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 23%
Thomas Holden 96%
Darlene Hooley 94%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 4%
Henry Hyde 9%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 93%
William Jefferson 52%
William Lewis Jenkins 37%
Nancy Johnson 98%
Tim Johnson 95%
Paul Kanjorski 93%
Ric Keller 9%
Sue Kelly 94%
Mark Kennedy 9%
Patrick Kennedy 94%
Dale Kildee 94%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 93%
Joseph Knollenberg 37%
James Kolbe 94%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Ray LaHood 93%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 89%
James Leach 100%
Jerry Lewis 34%
Ron Lewis 9%
John Linder 1%
Don Manzullo 5%
Jim Marshall 96%
Robert Matsui 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 37%
James McCrery III 33%
John McHugh 69%
Michael McNulty 98%
Martin Meehan 95%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 96%
Brad Miller 95%
Alan Mollohan 90%
Dennis Moore 100%
Jack Murtha 93%
Marilyn Musgrave 1%
Sue Myrick 5%
Robert William Ney 9%
Anne Northup 37%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
James Nussle 33%
Jim Oberstar 96%
Dave Obey 93%
John Olver 98%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 93%
Thomas William Osborne 37%
Major Owens 93%
Michael Oxley 33%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 96%
John Peterson 65%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 15%
Todd Platts 71%
Richard Pombo 1%
Earl Pomeroy 89%
Jon Porter, Sr. 61%
Deborah Pryce 65%
George Radanovich 33%
James Ramstad 98%
Ralph Regula 33%
Denny Rehberg 29%
Richard Renzi 5%
Silvestre Reyes 94%
Thomas Reynolds 65%
Mike Ross 96%
Steve Rothman 94%
Jim Ryun 5%
Martin Olav Sabo 98%
Jim Saxton 93%
John Shadegg 1%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 37%
Christopher Shays 100%
Donald Sherwood 23%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
Ike Skelton 27%
Vic Snyder 93%
Hilda Solis 94%
Mark Souder 5%
John Spratt, Jr. 96%
Pete Stark 94%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Ted Strickland 75%
Bart Stupak 89%
John Sullivan 9%
John Sweeney 61%
Tom Tancredo 1%
John Tanner 33%
Ellen Tauscher 98%
Charles Taylor 19%
Gene Taylor 9%
William Thomas 37%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Ed Towns 94%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 96%
James Walsh 65%
Zach Wamp 23%
Diane Watson 93%
Anthony Weiner 94%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 98%
Gerald Weller 27%
Robert Wexler 94%
Heather Wilson 19%
Lynn Woolsey 94%
David Wu 94%
Albert Wynn 98%

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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