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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Christian Coalition of America

1997 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 22%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 11%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 22%
Bill Archer 78%
Richard Armey 89%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 89%
Henry Scott Baesler 33%
Richard Hugh Baker 89%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 89%
James Barcia 89%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 22%
Bill Barrett 89%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 67%
Herbert Bateman 67%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 11%
Douglas Bereuter 67%
Howard Berman 11%
Marion Berry 56%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 57%
Brian Bilbray 78%
Michael Bilirakis 89%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
Rod Blagojevich 22%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 78%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 89%
Sherwood Boehlert 22%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 89%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 89%
David Edward Bonior 22%
Sonny Bono 89%
Robert Borski, Jr. 56%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 22%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 78%
John Breaux 85%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Richard Bryan 14%
Ed Bryant 89%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 89%
Robert Byrd 14%
Herbert Callahan 89%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 89%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 89%
Ben Campbell 71%
Thomas Campbell 33%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 89%
Chris Cannon 78%
Walter Holden Capps 11%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 22%
Julia Carson 17%
Mike Castle 56%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
John Chafee 14%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 89%
Jon Lynn Christensen 78%
William Clay, Sr. 17%
Eva Clayton 11%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 14%
Robert Clement 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 22%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 89%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 14%
Larry Combest 89%
Gary Condit 78%
Kent Conrad 29%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Merrill Cook 89%
John Cooksey 89%
Jerry Costello 71%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 11%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 56%
Philip Crane 89%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 11%
Randall Cunningham 89%
Alfonse D'Amato 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 78%
Thomas Daschle 14%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 11%
James Davis 33%
Thomas Davis III 78%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 22%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 11%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 22%
Thomas DeLay 78%
Ronald Dellums 11%
Peter Deutsch 22%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Jay Dickey 89%
Norm Dicks 11%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 22%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 11%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 29%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 56%
David Dreier 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 89%
Jennifer Dunn 67%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
Chet Edwards 11%
Vern Ehlers 78%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 67%
Jo Ann Emerson 89%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 22%
Philip English 89%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 22%
Bob Etheridge 44%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 89%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Harris Fawell 56%
Victor Fazio 0%
Russ Feingold 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 11%
Thomas Foglietta 11%
Mark Foley 67%
Michael Patrick Forbes 89%
Harold Ford, Jr. 11%
Wendell Ford 57%
Tillie Fowler 78%
Jon David Fox 78%
Barney Frank 11%
Robert Franks 56%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 11%
Elizabeth Furse 11%
Elton Gallegly 89%
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%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 89%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 67%
Slade Gorton 85%
Porter Goss 89%
Daniel Graham 14%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 89%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
James Greenwood 56%
Judd Gregg 85%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 13%
Gilbert Gutknecht 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 89%
Tony Hall 56%
Lee Hamilton 44%
James Hansen 89%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 29%
Jane Harman 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 89%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 88%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 89%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 38%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 89%
Rick Hill 78%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 11%
Maurice Hinchey 11%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 44%
David Lee Hobson 89%
Pete Hoekstra 89%
Thomas Holden 67%
Ernest Hollings 14%
Darlene Hooley 22%
Stephen Horn 44%
John Nathan Hostettler 67%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 22%
Kenny Hulshof 89%
Duncan Hunter 89%
Asa Hutchinson 78%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 89%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 89%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 11%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 11%
James Merrill Jeffords 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 89%
Christopher John 78%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Jay Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 89%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 14%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 38%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
Sue Kelly 56%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 11%
Patrick Kennedy 22%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 0%
Bob Kerrey 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 11%
Jay Kim 89%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 89%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 33%
Ronald Klink 44%
Scott Klug 78%
Joseph Knollenberg 89%
Herb Kohl 29%
James Kolbe 56%
Dennis Kucinich 56%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 33%
Ray LaHood 89%
Nicholas Lampson 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
Tom Lantos 13%
Stephen Largent 89%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 89%
Steve LaTourette 89%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
Rick Lazio 67%
James Leach 56%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 29%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
Jerry Lewis 63%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 11%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 14%
John Linder 89%
William Lipinski 63%
Robert Livingston 78%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 13%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 89%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 22%
Connie Mack 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 11%
James Maloney 67%
Thomas Manton 63%
Don Manzullo 89%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 11%
Matthew Martinez 11%
Frank Mascara 67%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 22%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 89%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 88%
Joseph McDade 78%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
Paul McHale 33%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 78%
David McIntosh 89%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 89%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 13%
Michael McNulty 44%
Martin Meehan 11%
Carrie Meek 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 11%
Jack Metcalf 89%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 89%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 67%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 13%
David Minge 33%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 11%
John Moakley 22%
Alan Mollohan 56%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 89%
Constance Morella 0%
Carol Moseley Braun 14%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 11%
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%
John Olver 11%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56%
Major Owens 11%
Michael Oxley 75%
Ronald Packard 89%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 22%
Michael Pappas 89%
Mike Parker 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 44%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
Ron Paul 78%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 13%
Edward Pease 89%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 11%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 78%
John Peterson 89%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 78%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 89%
Owen Pickett 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 89%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
John Edward Porter 38%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 89%
Glenn Poshard 67%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 22%
Deborah Pryce 67%
Jack Quinn 78%
George Radanovich 89%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 56%
James Ramstad 56%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Bill Redmond 67%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 78%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 43%
Silvestre Reyes 44%
Frank Duncan Riggs 89%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 11%
Charles Robb 14%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 25%
Timothy Roemer 67%
James Rogan 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
William Roth, Jr. 85%
Steve Rothman 22%
Marge Roukema 33%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 11%
Jim Ryun 89%
Martin Olav Sabo 11%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 44%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 11%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 44%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 89%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
Jim Saxton 78%
Joe Scarborough 100%
Daniel Schaefer 78%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 78%
Steven Schiff 67%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 11%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 89%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 89%
John Shadegg 78%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Christopher Shays 55%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 89%
E.G. Shuster 89%
Norman Sisisky 44%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 78%
Ike Skelton 67%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 22%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 89%
Gordon Smith 85%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 89%
Linda Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Robert Smith 89%
Bob Smith 100%
Vincent Snowbarger 89%
Olympia Snowe 29%
Vic Snyder 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 43%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 44%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
Pete Stark 13%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 57%
Louis Stokes 11%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bob 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%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 11%
Fred Thompson 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 89%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 78%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 11%
Esteban Edward Torres 13%
Robert Torricelli 14%
Ed Towns 13%
James Traficant, Jr. 89%
James Turner 44%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 89%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
Bruce Vento 11%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
James Walsh 78%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 85%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 11%
Wesley Watkins 89%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 11%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 11%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 89%
Gerald Weller 89%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 33%
Bob Weygand 44%
Rick White 78%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 89%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 78%
Bob Wise, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Lynn Woolsey 11%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
Albert Wynn 22%
Sidney Yates 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 78%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%

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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