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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for the Arts Action Fund

2008 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
Gary Ackerman 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 60%
John Adler 80%
Todd Akin 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 72%
Thomas Allen 100%
Jason Altmire 98%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
Michael Arcuri 86%
Joe Baca, Sr. 80%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
Brian Baird 92%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
Melissa Bean 80%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 80%
Shelley Berkley 94%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 80%
Judy Biggert 86%
Brian Bilbray 60%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 40%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 92%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 40%
Mary Bono Mack 80%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 86%
Dan Boren 84%
Leonard Boswell 90%
Rick Boucher 96%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 94%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 66%
Henry Brown, Jr. 66%
Ginny Brown-Waite 40%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 20%
Dan Burton 20%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 80%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
Joseph Cao 94%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 98%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
Dennis Cardoza 80%
Russ Carnahan 92%
Christopher Carney 86%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
Mike Castle 92%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 84%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
Ben Chandler III 100%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 86%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 90%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 82%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
CO U.S. House 6 Michael Coffman Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 11 Gerry Connolly Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 94%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 60%
Jerry Costello 86%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 80%
Robert Cramer 80%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
Barbara Cubin 20%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 90%
Artur Davis 80%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 98%
David Davis 6%
Geoff Davis 20%
Lincoln Davis 80%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 92%
Bill Delahunt 84%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 86%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 40%
Norm Dicks 96%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 80%
John Doolittle 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
Thelma Drake 40%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 20%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 92%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 86%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 98%
Brad Ellsworth 86%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 80%
Jo Ann Emerson 86%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
Philip English 86%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 92%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Terry Everett 20%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 76%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 86%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 4 John Fleming, Jr. Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 20%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 6%
Barney Frank 98%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 80%
Elton Gallegly 40%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 86%
Gabrielle Giffords 46%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 98%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 46%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 9 Alan Grayson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
KY U.S. House 2 Brett Guthrie Republican 26%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 74%
John Hall 86%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
Debbie Halvorson 40%
Phil Hare 86%
Jane Harman 86%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 80%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 80%
Baron Hill 80%
CT U.S. House 4 Jim Himes Democratic 100%
Maurice Hinchey 94%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 82%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 92%
David Lee Hobson 80%
Paul Hodes 98%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Thomas Holden 86%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 92%
Darlene Hooley 86%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 40%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 40%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 94%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
KS U.S. House 2 Lynn Jenkins Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 94%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 76%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 88%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 0%
Steve Kagen 80%
Paul Kanjorski 86%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 86%
Patrick Kennedy 89%
Dale Kildee 92%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 80%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 20%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 86%
Larry Kissell 20%
Ron Klein 88%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
Suzanne Kosmas 0%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 60%
Dennis Kucinich 92%
John Kuhl, Jr. 66%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0%
Nicholas Lampson 80%
NJ U.S. House 7 Leonard Lance Republican 80%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 98%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 94%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 40%
Steve LaTourette 80%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
Chris Lee 80%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 94%
Jerry Lewis 60%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
John Linder 0%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 88%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 86%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
MO U.S. House 3 Blaine Luetkemeyer Republican 40%
Dan Lungren 20%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 86%
Connie Mack IV 20%
NY U.S. House 24 Dan Maffei Democratic, Working Families 80%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Don Manzullo 6%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
Betsy Markey 6%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
Jim Marshall 88%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 74%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 20%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 92%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 98%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
John McHugh 62%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 80%
Michael McNulty 90%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 60%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 82%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 66%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 60%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Brad Miller 98%
Harry Mitchell 86%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Dennis Moore 100%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 80%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 86%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 86%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 100%
Patrick Murphy 80%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 80%
WI State Assembly 29 John Murtha Republican 80%
Sue Myrick 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 20%
Jim Oberstar 86%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 66%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 34%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 96%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 94%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 86%
Ron Paul 6%
Donald Payne 84%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 20%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
Charles Pickering 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 96%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 0%
CO U.S. House 2 Jared Polis Democratic 88%
Earl Pomeroy 64%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 26%
Deborah Pryce 80%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 40%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
Ralph Regula 80%
Denny Rehberg 60%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 82%
Richard Renzi 40%
Silvestre Reyes 96%
Ciro Rodriguez 86%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 17 Thomas Rooney Republican 80%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 86%
Mike Ross 88%
Steve Rothman 92%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 86%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 80%
William Sali 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 84%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
Mark Schauer 26%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 96%
Jean Schmidt 40%
IL U.S. House 18 Aaron Schock Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 86%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 6%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 86%
John Shadegg 0%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 80%
Heath Shuler 60%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 20%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 80%
Ike Skelton 40%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 86%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 60%
Vic Snyder 96%
Hilda Solis 88%
Mark Souder 20%
Zack Space 86%
John Spratt, Jr. 92%
Pete Stark 52%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Bart Stupak 86%
John Sullivan 40%
Betty Sutton 96%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Gene Taylor 20%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 46%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 40%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 80%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 80%
NV U.S. House 1 Dina Titus Democratic 80%
Ed Towns 96%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 72%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 86%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 80%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 86%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 80%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
Zach Wamp 40%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
Diane Watson 90%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 86%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 96%
David Weldon 0%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
Robert Wexler 90%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 80%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 6%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 84%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
Lynn Woolsey 96%
David Wu 92%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 94%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 40%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%

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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