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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Christian Coalition of America

1997-1998 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 15%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 91%
Gary Ackerman 7%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 93%
Henry Scott Baesler 43%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 14%
Cass Ballenger 93%
James Barcia 53%
Robert Barr, Jr. 92%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 13%
Bill Barrett 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 93%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 67%
Herbert Bateman 82%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
Bob Bennett 82%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 13%
Douglas Bereuter 73%
Howard Berman 7%
Marion Berry 53%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 27%
Brian Bilbray 67%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 53%
Rod Blagojevich 13%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 93%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 82%
Henry Bonilla 87%
David Edward Bonior 14%
Mary Bono Mack 93%
Robert Borski, Jr. 27%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 13%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
John Breaux 36%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 7%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Richard Bryan 9%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 91%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 18%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 82%
Thomas Campbell 40%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 7%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 7%
Julia Carson 7%
Mike Castle 53%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
John Chafee 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 87%
Jon Lynn Christensen 100%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 18%
Robert Clement 40%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 7%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 73%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 36%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 60%
Kent Conrad 9%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
Merrill Cook 87%
John Cooksey 79%
Jerry Costello 40%
Paul Coverdell 82%
Christopher Cox 93%
William Coyne 7%
Larry Craig 91%
Robert Cramer 53%
Philip Crane 93%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 82%
Patsy Ann Danner 67%
Thomas Daschle 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
James Davis 27%
Thomas Davis III 80%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 93%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 13%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 7%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 7%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 91%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 87%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
Julian Dixon 9%
Chris Dodd 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 7%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 82%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 9%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
David Dreier 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
Chet Edwards 13%
Vern Ehlers 87%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 80%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
Philip English 73%
John Ensign 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 7%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 13%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
Harris Fawell 67%
Victor Fazio 0%
Russ Feingold 9%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
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%
Barney Frank 7%
Robert Franks 60%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
William Frist 82%
Jonas Frost III 13%
Elizabeth Furse 7%
Elton Gallegly 80%
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%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 50%
Slade Gorton 82%
Porter Goss 87%
Daniel Graham 9%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 93%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 21%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 91%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 7%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 93%
Tony Hall 47%
Lee Hamilton 29%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
Jane Harman 7%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 82%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 15%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 86%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 7%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 13%
David Lee Hobson 93%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 40%
Ernest Hollings 9%
Darlene Hooley 7%
Stephen Horn 47%
John Nathan Hostettler 87%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
Kenny Hulshof 93%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 93%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 91%
Henry Hyde 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 7%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
William Jefferson 13%
James Merrill Jeffords 9%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 92%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 7%
Jay Johnson 27%
Nancy Johnson 7%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 27%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
Sue Kelly 60%
Dirk Kempthorne 91%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 7%
Patrick Kennedy 13%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 7%
Bob Kerrey 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 7%
Jay Kim 87%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 40%
Ronald Klink 36%
Scott Klug 57%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
Herb Kohl 18%
James Kolbe 60%
Dennis Kucinich 27%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 33%
Ray LaHood 93%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 18%
Tom Lantos 7%
Stephen Largent 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 73%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
Rick Lazio 73%
James Leach 53%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
Jerry Lewis 71%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 9%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 67%
Robert Livingston 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 7%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 82%
William Luther 13%
Connie Mack 82%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
James Maloney 20%
Thomas Manton 20%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
Matthew Martinez 20%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 73%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
Karen McCarthy 13%
Bill McCollum 87%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 91%
James McCrery III 93%
Joseph McDade 83%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
Paul McHale 27%
John McHugh 73%
Scott McInnis 93%
David McIntosh 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 53%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 7%
Michael McNulty 36%
Martin Meehan 7%
Carrie Meek 7%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 7%
Jack Metcalf 87%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 7%
Dan Miller 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 7%
David Minge 27%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
John Moakley 25%
Alan Mollohan 57%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Constance Morella 13%
Carol Moseley Braun 9%
Patrick Moynihan 9%
Frank Murkowski 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 47%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
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%
John Olver 7%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 47%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ronald Packard 93%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
Michael Pappas 100%
Mike Parker 86%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 27%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
Ron Paul 64%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 7%
Edward Pease 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 13%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 93%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 13%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 93%
Earl Pomeroy 27%
John Edward Porter 50%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
Glenn Poshard 40%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
Deborah Pryce 87%
Jack Quinn 86%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 53%
James Ramstad 67%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
Bill Redmond 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 80%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 9%
Silvestre Reyes 29%
Frank Duncan Riggs 93%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 7%
Charles Robb 9%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 91%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 14%
Timothy Roemer 53%
James Rogan 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 87%
William Roth, Jr. 55%
Steve Rothman 7%
Marge Roukema 53%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 7%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 46%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 73%
Rick Santorum 91%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
Jim Saxton 67%
Joe Scarborough 100%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 7%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 67%
Christopher Shays 47%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 87%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 27%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 93%
Ike Skelton 53%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 7%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 82%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Linda Smith 93%
Nick Smith 80%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Olympia Snowe 36%
Vic Snyder 7%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 20%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 7%
Pete Stark 7%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 73%
Louis Stokes 0%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bob 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%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 13%
Fred Thompson 82%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 93%
Karen Thurman 7%
Strom Thurmond 82%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 7%
Esteban Edward Torres 0%
Robert Torricelli 9%
Ed Towns 7%
James Traficant, Jr. 71%
James Turner 53%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
Bruce Vento 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 20%
James Walsh 73%
Zach Wamp 87%
John Warner 80%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 7%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 87%
Gerald Weller 93%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 7%
Bob Weygand 27%
Rick White 80%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 86%
Bob Wise, Jr. 14%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Lynn Woolsey 7%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
Albert Wynn 7%
Sidney Yates 8%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 93%

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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