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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2002 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 89%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 96%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 78%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 96%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 4%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 25%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 30%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 88%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 96%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 95%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 15%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 88%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 94%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 96%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 76%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 12%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 96%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 88%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 84%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 35%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 4%
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 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 13%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 4%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 55%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 4%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 48%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 4%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 90%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 37%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 96%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 96%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 48%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 4%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 83%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 18%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 96%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 95%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 96%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 4%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 12%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 4%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 96%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 4%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 8%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 53%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 83%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92%
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 96%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
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 16%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 4%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 92%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 24%
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 23%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 4%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 96%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 76%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Gary Ackerman 4%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 84%
Thomas Allen 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 13%
Brian Baird 12%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
Cass Ballenger 96%
Roscoe Bartlett 96%
Charlie Bass 80%
Evan Bayh 30%
Bob Bennett 100%
Douglas Bereuter 72%
Shelley Berkley 16%
Howard Berman 10%
Marion Berry 32%
Judy Biggert 84%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 64%
Kit Bond 84%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Mary Bono Mack 71%
Leonard Boswell 32%
Rick Boucher 21%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
John Breaux 42%
Henry Brown, Jr. 96%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 91%
Robert Byrd 15%
Ben Campbell 88%
Chris Cannon 95%
Brad Carson 40%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 76%
Hillary Clinton 10%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 94%
Kent Conrad 10%
Jon Corzine 5%
Jerry Costello 36%
Christopher Cox 96%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 56%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 96%
Thomas Daschle 22%
James Davis 24%
Jo Ann Davis 96%
Thomas Davis III 88%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 92%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 12%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 88%
Norm Dicks 13%
Chris Dodd 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 88%
Calvin Dooley 24%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 20%
David Dreier 84%
Jennifer Dunn 92%
John Edwards 30%
Chet Edwards 36%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Jo Ann Emerson 96%
Philip English 92%
John Ensign 85%
Bob Etheridge 24%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
Russ Feingold 5%
Michael Ferguson 84%
Peter Fitzgerald 85%
Ernest Fletcher 92%
Mark Foley 92%
Harold Ford, Jr. 24%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 92%
Barney Frank 8%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 4%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 8%
Jim Gibbons 92%
Wayne Gilchrest 78%
Paul Gillmor 88%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 96%
Bart Gordon 40%
Porter Goss 84%
Daniel Graham 20%
Mark Green 88%
James Greenwood 78%
Judd Gregg 85%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Jane Harman 36%
Melissa Hart 96%
Robert Hayes 96%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 28%
Maurice Hinchey 4%
David Lee Hobson 88%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 40%
Ernest Hollings 15%
Darlene Hooley 12%
John Nathan Hostettler 84%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 62%
Kenny Hulshof 96%
Duncan Hunter 88%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 88%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 6%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 46%
Nancy Johnson 56%
Tim Johnson 76%
Paul Kanjorski 24%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 88%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 96%
Patrick Kennedy 8%
Dale Kildee 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 4%
Joseph Knollenberg 88%
Herb Kohl 15%
James Kolbe 80%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 92%
Nicholas Lampson 21%
Tom Lantos 4%
Steve LaTourette 76%
James Leach 56%
Jerry Lewis 88%
Ron Lewis 96%
Joe Lieberman 20%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 32%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 90%
Don Manzullo 100%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
James McCrery III 92%
John McHugh 79%
Scott McInnis 100%
Michael McNulty 12%
Martin Meehan 9%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Zell Bryan Miller 47%
Alan Mollohan 24%
Dennis Moore 20%
Jack Murtha 32%
Sue Myrick 96%
Ben Nelson 55%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
Robert William Ney 92%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 88%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 96%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 4%
Dave Obey 8%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Thomas William Osborne 80%
Doug Ose 84%
Major Owens 4%
Michael Oxley 96%
Ron Paul 76%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 88%
Richard Pombo 96%
Earl Pomeroy 32%
Deborah Pryce 88%
Jack Quinn 64%
George Radanovich 88%
James Ramstad 92%
Ralph Regula 88%
Denny Rehberg 100%
Silvestre Reyes 19%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Mike Ross 32%
Steve Rothman 12%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 40%
Rick Santorum 95%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 92%
Edward Schrock 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 88%
Christopher Shays 76%
Donald Sherwood 96%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 68%
Ike Skelton 32%
Gordon Smith 75%
Nick Smith 92%
Olympia Snowe 65%
Vic Snyder 12%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 88%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 16%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 96%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 83%
Ted Strickland 12%
Bart Stupak 16%
John Sununu 92%
John Sweeney 88%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 39%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
William Tauzin 96%
Charles Taylor 96%
Gene Taylor 48%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 80%
Todd Tiahrt 96%
Ed Towns 4%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 32%
George Voinovich 90%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 96%
John Warner 79%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 79%
Gerald Weller 92%
Robert Wexler 9%
Heather Wilson 84%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 16%
Albert Wynn 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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