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Special Interest Groups

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. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 91%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 28%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 12%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 12%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 64%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 84%
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 U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 72%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 96%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 88%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 96%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 88%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
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 15 John Shimkus Republican 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 12%
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. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 87%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
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. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 4%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 76%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 16%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 12%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 16%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 32%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 96%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 84%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 16%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 16%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 88%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 12%
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 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 96%
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 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 56%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 9%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 4%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 12%
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 State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 87%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 91%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 95%
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%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 8%
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. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 95%
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. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 77%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
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. 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 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 96%
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%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 12%
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. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 8%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 28%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 88%
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 U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 4%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 8%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 28%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 4%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 92%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 92%
Gary Ackerman 13%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 12%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 4%
Bill Archer 95%
Richard Armey 92%
John Ashcroft 96%
Joe Baca, Sr. 16%
Brian Baird 12%
Richard Hugh Baker 75%
John Baldacci 8%
Cass Ballenger 91%
James Barcia 56%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 87%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 75%
Herbert Bateman 82%
Evan Bayh 16%
Bob Bennett 95%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 8%
Douglas Bereuter 64%
Shelley Berkley 28%
Howard Berman 4%
Marion Berry 48%
Judy Biggert 68%
Brian Bilbray 68%
Michael Bilirakis 80%
Jeff Bingaman 16%
Rod Blagojevich 25%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 82%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 92%
Henry Bonilla 82%
David Edward Bonior 8%
Mary Bono Mack 68%
Robert Borski, Jr. 16%
Leonard Boswell 41%
Rick Boucher 29%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
John Breaux 40%
Richard Bryan 16%
Ed Bryant 95%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 87%
Dan Burton 91%
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-Hage 95%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
Eva Clayton 16%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 24%
Robert Clement 40%
Michael Collins 96%
Larry Combest 88%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 29%
Merrill Cook 90%
John Cooksey 73%
Jerry Costello 33%
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%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 28%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Jay Dickey 92%
Norm Dicks 8%
Julian Dixon 9%
Chris Dodd 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 95%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 88%
Byron Dorgan 16%
David Dreier 92%
Jennifer Dunn 88%
John Edwards 12%
Chet Edwards 8%
Vern Ehlers 64%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 88%
Jo Ann Emerson 80%
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%
Barney Frank 12%
Robert Franks 68%
William Frist 92%
Jonas Frost III 12%
Elton Gallegly 72%
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%
Charlie Gonzalez 8%
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%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 95%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 76%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 95%
Baron Hill 16%
Rick Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 12%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 72%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
Thomas Holden 32%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 16%
Stephen Horn 56%
John Nathan Hostettler 88%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 52%
Kenny Hulshof 96%
Duncan Hunter 76%
Asa Hutchinson 83%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 91%
Kay Hutchison 96%
Henry Hyde 76%
Daniel Inouye 23%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 90%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 4%
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%
Dale Kildee 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 8%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
Ronald Klink 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 80%
Herb Kohl 20%
James Kolbe 68%
Dennis Kucinich 16%
Steven Kuykendall 60%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 12%
Ray LaHood 72%
Nicholas Lampson 24%
Tom Lantos 4%
Stephen Largent 95%
Steve LaTourette 68%
Frank Lautenberg 4%
Rick Lazio 63%
James Leach 58%
Jerry Lewis 64%
Ron Lewis 96%
Joe Lieberman 20%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 87%
William Lipinski 37%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 84%
William Luther 16%
Connie Mack 92%
James Maloney 36%
Don Manzullo 95%
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%
Patrick Moynihan 22%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 24%
Sue Myrick 95%
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%
John Olver 4%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 24%
Doug Ose 76%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 81%
Ronald Packard 84%
Ron Paul 76%
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%
Silvestre Reyes 16%
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%
Steve Rothman 12%
Marge Roukema 68%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 33%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 12%
Jim 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%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Vic Snyder 4%
Mark Souder 88%
Arlen Specter 62%
Floyd Spence 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 4%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 52%
Ted Stevens 92%
Ted Strickland 12%
Bob 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%
Ed Towns 4%
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%
Bob Weygand 16%
Heather Wilson 80%
Bob Wise, Jr. 27%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
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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