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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2000 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 73%
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 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 81%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 28%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 72%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 12%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 12%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 4%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 84%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 72%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 43%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 96%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 23%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 12%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 96%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 41%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 88%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 88%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 68%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 95%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 80%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 84%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 12%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 91%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 87%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 16%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 88%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 4%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 80%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 76%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 12%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 16%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 16%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 32%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 96%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 84%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 16%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 16%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 72%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 96%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 4%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 86%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 48%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 29%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 96%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 16%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 16%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 9%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 12%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 28%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 4%
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 9%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 87%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 87%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 18%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 16%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 68%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 92%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 4%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 91%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 88%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 32%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 8%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 44%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 12%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 16%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 76%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 84%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 96%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 12%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 72%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 4%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 88%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 88%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 84%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 8%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 4%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 28%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 92%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 92%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 4%
William Archer 95%
Richard Armey 92%
John Ashcroft 96%
Brian Baird 12%
Richard Hugh Baker 75%
John Baldacci 8%
Cass Ballenger 91%
James Barcia 56%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
William Barrett 87%
Herbert Bateman 82%
Evan Bayh 16%
Bob Bennett 95%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 8%
Douglas Bereuter 64%
Marion Berry 48%
Michael Bilirakis 80%
Rod Blagojevich 25%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 82%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 92%
Henry Bonilla 82%
David Edward Bonior 8%
Robert Borski, Jr. 16%
Rick Boucher 29%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
John Breaux 40%
Richard Bryan 16%
Ed Bryant 95%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 87%
Steve Buyer 84%
Robert Byrd 28%
Herbert Callahan 69%
Ben Campbell 96%
Thomas Campbell 64%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 4%
Mike Castle 68%
Helen Chenoweth 95%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
Eva Clayton 16%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 24%
Robert Clement 40%
Mac Collins 96%
Larry Combest 88%
Gary Condit 44%
Merrill Cook 90%
John Cooksey 73%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 8%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 92%
Patsy Ann Danner 56%
Thomas Daschle 8%
James Davis 16%
Thomas Davis III 70%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 88%
Peter Deutsch 28%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Jay Dickey 92%
Julian Dixon 9%
Chris Dodd 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 95%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 88%
Byron Dorgan 16%
Jennifer Dunn 88%
John Edwards 12%
Chet Edwards 8%
Vern Ehlers 64%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 88%
Philip English 56%
Bob Etheridge 28%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 90%
Thomas Ewing 91%
Russ Feingold 8%
Peter Fitzgerald 95%
Ernest Fletcher 84%
Mark Foley 68%
Michael Patrick Forbes 45%
Harold Ford, Jr. 24%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80%
Tillie Fowler 84%
Robert Franks 68%
William Frist 92%
Jonas Frost III 12%
John Ganske 73%
Sam Gejdenson 12%
George Gekas 87%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 13%
Jim Gibbons 88%
Wayne Gilchrest 58%
Paul Gillmor 76%
Benjamin Gilman 43%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 88%
Bart Gordon 44%
Slade Gorton 96%
Porter Goss 96%
Daniel Graham 16%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 84%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Charles Hagel 88%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 76%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 16%
Rick Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 12%
David Lee Hobson 72%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 16%
Stephen Horn 56%
John Nathan Hostettler 88%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 52%
Kenny Hulshof 96%
Duncan Hunter 76%
William Hutchinson 83%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 91%
Henry Hyde 76%
Jay Inslee 28%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90%
William Jefferson 13%
James Merrill Jeffords 36%
William Lewis Jenkins 91%
Christopher John 41%
Nancy Johnson 56%
Paul Kanjorski 16%
Sue Kelly 56%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 12%
Patrick Kennedy 16%
Bob Kerrey 16%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 8%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
Ronald Klink 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 80%
James Kolbe 68%
Steven Kuykendall 60%
John LaFalce 12%
Nicholas Lampson 24%
Tom Lantos 4%
Stephen Largent 95%
Rick Lazio 63%
James Leach 58%
Ron Lewis 96%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 87%
William Lipinski 37%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 16%
Connie Mack 92%
James Maloney 36%
Matthew Martinez 76%
Frank Mascara 28%
Robert Matsui 4%
Karen McCarthy 4%
Bill McCollum 87%
James McCrery III 83%
John McHugh 73%
Scott McInnis 95%
David McIntosh 88%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 12%
Michael McNulty 17%
Martin Meehan 12%
Carrie Meek 8%
Jack Metcalf 86%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Dan Miller 88%
David Minge 20%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 16%
John Moakley 16%
Alan Mollohan 28%
Dennis Moore 24%
Constance Morella 29%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 22%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 24%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 88%
Robert William Ney 83%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 72%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 84%
Jim Oberstar 8%
Dave Obey 4%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 24%
Doug Ose 76%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 81%
Ronald Packard 84%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 84%
John Peterson 96%
David Phelps 32%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 24%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 8%
John Edward Porter 52%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Jack Quinn 70%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 68%
Ralph Regula 76%
Thomas Reynolds 84%
Bob Riley 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 8%
Charles Robb 16%
Ciro Rodriguez 12%
Timothy Roemer 37%
James Rogan 88%
William Roth, Jr. 86%
Marge Roukema 68%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 91%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 77%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 12%
H. James Saxton 56%
Joe Scarborough 95%
John Shadegg 96%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 68%
Christopher Shays 60%
Donald Sherwood 75%
Ronnie Shows 69%
E.G. Shuster 82%
Norman Sisisky 44%
Joseph Skeen 84%
Ike Skelton 40%
Gordon Smith 84%
Nick Smith 91%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 4%
Mark Souder 88%
Arlen Specter 62%
Floyd Spence 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Charles Stenholm 52%
Ted Stevens 92%
Ted Strickland 12%
Robert Stump 92%
Bart Stupak 22%
John Sununu 96%
John Sweeney 72%
James Talent 91%
Tom Tancredo 96%
John Tanner 36%
Ellen Tauscher 20%
William Tauzin 84%
Charles Taylor 92%
Gene Taylor 56%
Craig Thomas 92%
William Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 92%
Karen Thurman 20%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Robert Torricelli 29%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 29%
Bruce Vento 0%
George Voinovich 64%
James Walsh 56%
Zach Wamp 87%
John Warner 92%
Wesley Watkins 87%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 88%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 92%
W. Curtis Weldon 76%
Gerald Weller 66%
Paul Wellstone 4%
Robert Wexler 17%
Robert Weygand 16%
Heather Wilson 80%
Robert Wise, Jr. 27%
David Wu 20%
Albert Wynn 12%

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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