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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for the Arts Action Fund

2008 Positions

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

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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