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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Christian Coalition of America

1997 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 89%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 11%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 78%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 14%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 22%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 89%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 89%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 11%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 22%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 29%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 33%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 89%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 71%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 89%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 89%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 89%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 89%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 89%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 22%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 22%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 11%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 29%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 14%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 89%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 89%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 22%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 78%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 89%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 89%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 78%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 11%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 14%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 89%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 22%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 89%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 11%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 29%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 44%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 43%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 89%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 89%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 89%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 38%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 56%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 89%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 89%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 22%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 56%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 89%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 67%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 22%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 14%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 78%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 89%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 44%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 44%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 89%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 89%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 29%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 11%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 88%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 22%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 29%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 78%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 22%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 56%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 11%
William Archer 78%
Richard Armey 89%
John Ashcroft 100%
Henry Scott Baesler 33%
Richard Hugh Baker 89%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 89%
James Barcia 89%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
William Barrett 89%
Herbert Bateman 67%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 11%
Douglas Bereuter 67%
Marion Berry 56%
Michael Bilirakis 89%
Rod Blagojevich 22%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 78%
Sherwood Boehlert 22%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 89%
David Edward Bonior 22%
Sonny Bono 89%
Robert Borski, Jr. 56%
Rick Boucher 22%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Carol Moseley Braun 14%
John Breaux 85%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Richard Bryan 14%
Ed Bryant 89%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 89%
Robert Byrd 14%
Herbert Callahan 89%
Ben Campbell 71%
Thomas Campbell 33%
Chris Cannon 78%
Walter Holden Capps 11%
Julia Carson 17%
Mike Castle 56%
John Chafee 14%
Helen Chenoweth 89%
Jon Lynn Christensen 78%
William Clay, Sr. 17%
Eva Clayton 11%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 14%
Robert Clement 33%
Mac Collins 100%
Larry Combest 89%
Gary Condit 78%
Merrill Cook 89%
John Cooksey 89%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 11%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 56%
Philip Crane 89%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 89%
Alfonse D'Amato 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 78%
Thomas Daschle 14%
James Davis 33%
Thomas Davis III 78%
Bill Delahunt 11%
Thomas DeLay 78%
Ronald Dellums 11%
Peter Deutsch 22%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 89%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 11%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 29%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
Chet Edwards 11%
Vern Ehlers 78%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 67%
Philip English 89%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 44%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 89%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
Harris Fawell 56%
Victor Fazio 0%
Russ Feingold 0%
Thomas Foglietta 11%
Mark Foley 67%
Michael Patrick Forbes 89%
Harold Ford, Jr. 11%
Wendell Ford 57%
Tillie Fowler 78%
Jon David Fox 78%
Robert Franks 56%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 11%
Elizabeth Furse 11%
John Ganske 89%
Sam Gejdenson 11%
George Gekas 78%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
Jim Gibbons 89%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Benjamin Gilman 44%
Newt Gingrich 75%
John Glenn 0%
Henry Gonzalez 11%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 89%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 85%
Porter Goss 89%
Daniel Graham 14%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
James Greenwood 56%
Judd Gregg 85%
Gilbert Gutknecht 89%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 56%
Lee Hamilton 44%
James Hansen 89%
Jane Harman 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 89%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 89%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 38%
Jesse Helms 100%
Rick Hill 78%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 11%
David Lee Hobson 89%
Pete Hoekstra 89%
Ernest Hollings 14%
Darlene Hooley 22%
Stephen Horn 44%
John Nathan Hostettler 67%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Kenny Hulshof 89%
Duncan Hunter 89%
William Hutchinson 78%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 89%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 89%
William Jefferson 11%
James Merrill Jeffords 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 89%
Christopher John 78%
Jay Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 56%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 11%
Patrick Kennedy 22%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 0%
Bob Kerrey 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 11%
Jay Kim 89%
Gerald Kleczka 33%
Ronald Klink 44%
Scott Klug 78%
Joseph Knollenberg 89%
James Kolbe 56%
John LaFalce 33%
Nicholas Lampson 33%
Tom Lantos 13%
Stephen Largent 89%
Rick Lazio 67%
James Leach 56%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 89%
William Lipinski 63%
Robert Livingston 78%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 22%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 67%
Thomas Manton 63%
Matthew Martinez 11%
Frank Mascara 67%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 89%
James McCrery III 88%
Joseph McDade 78%
Paul McHale 33%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 78%
David McIntosh 89%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 13%
Michael McNulty 44%
Martin Meehan 11%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 67%
David Minge 33%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 11%
John Moakley 22%
Alan Mollohan 56%
Constance Morella 0%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Mark Neumann 89%
Robert William Ney 89%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 76%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 89%
Jim Oberstar 25%
Dave Obey 43%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56%
Major Owens 11%
Michael Oxley 75%
Ronald Packard 89%
Michael Pappas 89%
Paul Michael Parker 88%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 13%
Edward Pease 89%
John Peterson 89%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 89%
Owen Pickett 11%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
John Edward Porter 38%
Glenn Poshard 67%
Deborah Pryce 67%
Jack Quinn 78%
George Radanovich 89%
James Ramstad 56%
William Redmond 67%
Ralph Regula 78%
Frank Duncan Riggs 89%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 11%
Charles Robb 14%
Ciro Rodriguez 25%
Timothy Roemer 67%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 85%
Marge Roukema 33%
Jim Ryun 89%
Martin Olav Sabo 11%
Matthew Salmon 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 44%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 89%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 78%
Joe Scarborough 100%
Daniel Schaefer 78%
Steven Schiff 67%
John Shadegg 78%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 55%
E.G. Shuster 89%
Norman Sisisky 44%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 78%
Ike Skelton 67%
Gordon Smith 85%
Linda Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Robert Smith 89%
Bob Smith 100%
Vincent Snowbarger 89%
Vic Snyder 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 43%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 44%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 57%
Louis Stokes 11%
Ted Strickland 25%
Robert Stump 89%
Bart Stupak 56%
John Sununu 89%
James Talent 89%
John Tanner 33%
Ellen Tauscher 11%
William Tauzin 89%
Charles Taylor 88%
Gene Taylor 89%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 67%
Fred Thompson 100%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 13%
Robert Torricelli 14%
James Traficant, Jr. 89%
James Turner 44%
Bruce Vento 11%
James Walsh 78%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 85%
Wesley Watkins 89%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 89%
Gerald Weller 89%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 33%
Robert Weygand 44%
Rick White 78%
Robert Wise, Jr. 0%
Albert Wynn 22%
Sidney Yates 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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