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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Christian Coalition of America

1997-1998 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 93%
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 93%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 73%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 7%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 9%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 87%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
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 53%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 93%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 15%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 91%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 33%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 87%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 82%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 20%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 91%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 91%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 18%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 93%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 36%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 36%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 73%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 13%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 10%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 93%
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 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 53%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 9%
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 7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 9%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 27%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 73%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 91%
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 100%
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 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 40%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 7%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 9%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 82%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 9%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 7%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 93%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 13%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 53%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 91%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 7%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Henry Scott Baesler 43%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 14%
Cass Ballenger 93%
James Barcia 53%
Robert Barr, Jr. 92%
William Barrett 80%
Herbert Bateman 82%
Bob Bennett 82%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 13%
Douglas Bereuter 73%
Marion Berry 53%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Rod Blagojevich 13%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 93%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
Kit Bond 82%
Henry Bonilla 87%
David Edward Bonior 14%
Robert Borski, Jr. 27%
Rick Boucher 13%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
Carol Moseley Braun 9%
John Breaux 36%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Richard Bryan 9%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 91%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 18%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 82%
Thomas Campbell 40%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 7%
Mike Castle 53%
John Chafee 20%
Helen Chenoweth 87%
Jon Lynn Christensen 100%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 18%
Robert Clement 40%
Mac Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 60%
Merrill Cook 87%
John Cooksey 79%
Paul Coverdell 82%
Christopher Cox 93%
William Coyne 7%
Larry Craig 91%
Robert Cramer 53%
Philip Crane 93%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 82%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 9%
James Davis 27%
Thomas Davis III 80%
Bill Delahunt 7%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 87%
Jay Dickey 100%
Julian Dixon 9%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 82%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 9%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 13%
Vern Ehlers 87%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 80%
Philip English 73%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 13%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
Harris Fawell 67%
Victor Fazio 0%
Russ Feingold 9%
Mark Foley 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Jr. 23%
Wendell Ford 18%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 77%
Jon David Fox 67%
Robert Franks 60%
William Frist 82%
Jonas Frost III 13%
Elizabeth Furse 7%
John Ganske 53%
Sam Gejdenson 7%
George Gekas 93%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 13%
Jim Gibbons 93%
Wayne Gilchrest 53%
Paul Gillmor 73%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
Newt Gingrich 100%
John Glenn 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 93%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 50%
Slade Gorton 82%
Porter Goss 87%
Daniel Graham 9%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 91%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 47%
Lee Hamilton 29%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 7%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 15%
Jesse Helms 100%
Rick Hill 86%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 7%
David Lee Hobson 93%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 9%
Darlene Hooley 7%
Stephen Horn 47%
John Nathan Hostettler 87%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 93%
Duncan Hunter 100%
William Hutchinson 93%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 13%
James Merrill Jeffords 9%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 92%
Jay Johnson 27%
Nancy Johnson 7%
Paul Kanjorski 27%
Sue Kelly 60%
Dirk Kempthorne 91%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 7%
Patrick Kennedy 13%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 7%
Bob Kerrey 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 7%
Jay Kim 87%
Gerald Kleczka 40%
Ronald Klink 36%
Scott Klug 57%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
James Kolbe 60%
John LaFalce 33%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Tom Lantos 7%
Stephen Largent 100%
Rick Lazio 73%
James Leach 53%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 67%
Robert Livingston 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 13%
Connie Mack 82%
James Maloney 20%
Thomas Manton 20%
Matthew Martinez 20%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 13%
Bill McCollum 87%
James McCrery III 93%
Joseph McDade 83%
Paul McHale 27%
John McHugh 73%
Scott McInnis 93%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 7%
Michael McNulty 36%
Martin Meehan 7%
Carrie Meek 7%
Jack Metcalf 87%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 7%
Dan Miller 80%
David Minge 27%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
John Moakley 25%
Alan Mollohan 57%
Constance Morella 13%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 9%
Frank Murkowski 90%
Jack Murtha 47%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Mark Neumann 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 93%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 27%
Dave Obey 14%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 47%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ronald Packard 93%
Michael Pappas 100%
Paul Michael Parker 86%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 7%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 13%
Richard Pombo 93%
Earl Pomeroy 27%
John Edward Porter 50%
Glenn Poshard 40%
Deborah Pryce 87%
Jack Quinn 86%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 67%
William Redmond 100%
Ralph Regula 80%
Frank Duncan Riggs 93%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 7%
Charles Robb 9%
Ciro Rodriguez 14%
Timothy Roemer 53%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 55%
Marge Roukema 53%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 93%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 46%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 73%
Rick Santorum 91%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 67%
Joe Scarborough 100%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 67%
Christopher Shays 47%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 27%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 93%
Ike Skelton 53%
Gordon Smith 82%
Linda Smith 93%
Nick Smith 80%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Vic Snyder 7%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 20%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 73%
Louis Stokes 0%
Ted Strickland 33%
Robert Stump 87%
Bart Stupak 47%
John Sununu 93%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 13%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 80%
Craig Thomas 91%
William Thomas 87%
Fred Thompson 82%
Karen Thurman 7%
Strom Thurmond 82%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 0%
Robert Torricelli 9%
James Traficant, Jr. 71%
James Turner 53%
Bruce Vento 13%
James Walsh 73%
Zach Wamp 87%
John Warner 80%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 87%
Gerald Weller 93%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 7%
Robert Weygand 27%
Rick White 80%
Heather Wilson 86%
Robert Wise, Jr. 14%
Albert Wynn 7%
Sidney Yates 8%

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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