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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2003 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
John Ensign 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
Don Nickles 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 96%
James DeMint 96%
Tom Feeney 96%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 96%
Marilyn Musgrave 96%
Jim Ryun 96%
John Shadegg 96%
Jo Ann Emerson 95%
John Sununu 95%
J. Gresham Barrett 92%
Dan Burton 92%
Steve Buyer 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
Richard Pombo 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
Nick Smith 92%
Cliff Stearns 92%
Tom Tancredo 92%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 92%
Barbara Cubin 91%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
Larry Craig 90%
Peter Fitzgerald 90%
William Frist 90%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
Jon Kyl 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
Rick Santorum 90%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 90%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
Trent Lott, Sr. 89%
Todd Akin 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 88%
Roscoe Bartlett 88%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 88%
Michael Bilirakis 88%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 88%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 88%
Henry Bonilla 88%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 88%
Henry Brown, Jr. 88%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 88%
Max Burns 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
Chris Cannon 88%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 88%
Chris Chocola 88%
Michael Collins 88%
Christopher Cox 88%
Philip Crane 88%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 88%
Randall Cunningham 88%
Thomas DeLay 88%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 88%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 88%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 88%
David Lee Hobson 88%
Kenny Hulshof 88%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 88%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 88%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 88%
John Linder 88%
Don Manzullo 88%
Thaddeus McCotter 88%
James McCrery III 88%
Scott McInnis 88%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 88%
Sue Myrick 88%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 88%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 88%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 88%
Jon Porter, Sr. 88%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 88%
George Radanovich 88%
Ralph Regula 88%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 88%
Edward Schrock 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
Mark Souder 88%
John Sullivan 88%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 88%
Todd Tiahrt 88%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 88%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 88%
David Weldon 88%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 87%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 87%
Ric Keller 86%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 85%
George Allen 85%
Jim Bunning 85%
Ben Campbell 85%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 85%
Norm Coleman 85%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 85%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 85%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 85%
Judd Gregg 85%
James Talent 85%
Craig Thomas 85%
Cass Ballenger 84%
Bob Beauprez 84%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 84%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 84%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 84%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 84%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 84%
Terry Everett 84%
Elton Gallegly 84%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 84%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 84%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 84%
Porter Goss 84%
Mark Green 84%
Gilbert Gutknecht 84%
Katherine Harris 84%
Robert Hayes 84%
Wally Herger, Jr. 84%
John Nathan Hostettler 84%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 84%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 84%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 84%
William Lewis Jenkins 84%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 84%
Joseph Knollenberg 84%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 84%
Ron Lewis 84%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 84%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 84%
Anne Northup 84%
James Nussle 84%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 84%
Denny Rehberg 84%
Richard Renzi 84%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 84%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 84%
Donald Sherwood 84%
William Tauzin 84%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 84%
Gerald Weller 84%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 84%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 83%
Ginny Brown-Waite 83%
David Dreier 83%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 83%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 83%
Duncan Hunter 83%
Henry Hyde 83%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 83%
John Peterson 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 83%
George Voinovich 83%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 82%
Bob Bennett 80%
Kit Bond 80%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
Conrad Burns 80%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80%
Jo Ann Davis 80%
Elizabeth Dole 80%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
Jim Gibbons 80%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
Melissa Hart 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
Joel Hefley 80%
Mark Kennedy 80%
Jerry Lewis 80%
Dick Lugar 80%
Robert William Ney 80%
Michael Oxley 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
Thomas Reynolds 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 80%
John Warner 80%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 79%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 78%
Gordon Smith 78%
Pete Hoekstra 77%
Mark Foley 76%
William Janklow 76%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 76%
Thomas William Osborne 76%
Todd Platts 76%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 76%
Charles Taylor 76%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 76%
William Thomas 76%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 76%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 76%
Michael Ferguson 75%
J. Dennis Hastert 75%
Kay Hutchison 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
Zell Bryan Miller 75%
Ron Paul 75%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 75%
James Walsh 75%
John Doolittle 74%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 72%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 72%
Paul Gillmor 72%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 72%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 72%
Ray LaHood 72%
Steve LaTourette 72%
Doug Ose 72%
Deborah Pryce 72%
Jim Saxton 72%
John Sweeney 72%
Heather Wilson 72%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 71%
Jennifer Dunn 71%
Jack Quinn 71%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 71%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Wayne Allard 70%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 70%
Ted Stevens 70%
Mary Bono Mack 68%
Thomas Davis III 68%
Vern Ehlers 68%
Philip English 68%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 68%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 68%
Gene Taylor 68%
John McHugh 67%
Arlen Specter 65%
Charlie Bass 64%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 64%
Ike Skelton 64%
Wayne Gilchrest 62%
Lincoln Davis 61%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Judy Biggert 60%
Thomas Holden 60%
Tim Johnson 60%
Sue Kelly 60%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 58%
James Greenwood 56%
James Kolbe 56%
Jack Murtha 56%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56%
James Ramstad 56%
Charles Stenholm 56%
Christopher John 54%
Marion Berry 52%
Robert Cramer 52%
Bart Gordon 52%
Nancy Johnson 52%
Alan Mollohan 50%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
James Turner 50%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 48%
Sherwood Boehlert 48%
Jerry Costello 48%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 48%
Christopher Shays 48%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 48%
John Tanner 48%
William Lipinski 46%
Olympia Snowe 45%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 44%
James Leach 44%
Jim Oberstar 44%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 44%
Mike Ross 44%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 43%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 42%
Ben Nelson 42%
Bart Stupak 42%
Dennis Cardoza 40%
Mike Castle 40%
Calvin Dooley 40%
Chet Edwards 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 40%
Baron Hill 40%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 40%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
Julia Carson 38%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 36%
Paul Kanjorski 36%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 36%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
Silvestre Reyes 36%
John Breaux 35%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 35%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 35%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 33%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Bob Etheridge 32%
William Jefferson 32%
Dale Kildee 32%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 32%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 32%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 32%
Evan Bayh 30%
Robert Byrd 30%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 30%
Joe Baca, Sr. 29%
Rick Boucher 28%
Edward Case 28%
Artur Davis 28%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 28%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 28%
Nicholas Lampson 28%
Michael McNulty 28%
Dennis Moore 28%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 28%
Ted Strickland 28%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 28%
Shelley Berkley 27%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 26%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 25%
James Davis 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
Russ Feingold 25%
Darlene Hooley 25%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Herb Kohl 25%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 25%
Peter Deutsch 24%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 24%
Dennis Kucinich 24%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 24%
Jim Marshall 24%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 24%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 24%
Dave Obey 24%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 24%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 24%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 24%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 24%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 24%
Leonard Boswell 23%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 23%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 23%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 22%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 21%
Daniel Graham 21%
Ernest Hollings 21%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 21%
Ciro Rodriguez 21%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 20%
Norm Dicks 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
Jonas Frost III 20%
Charlie Gonzalez 20%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 20%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 20%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
Denise Majette 20%
Robert Matsui 20%
Martin Meehan 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 20%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 20%
Steve Rothman 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
Albert Wynn 20%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 19%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 18%
Ed Towns 18%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 18%
Gary Ackerman 17%
Howard Berman 17%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 17%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 17%
Donald Payne 17%
Martin Olav Sabo 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 17%
Diane Watson 17%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 17%
Anthony Weiner 17%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 16%
Brian Baird 16%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 16%
Chris Bell 16%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 16%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 16%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 16%
Barney Frank 16%
Jane Harman 16%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 16%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 16%
John Olver 16%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 16%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 16%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 16%
Robert Wexler 16%
David Wu 16%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 15%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 15%
Kent Conrad 15%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 15%
Jon Corzine 15%
Chris Dodd 15%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 15%
Daniel Inouye 15%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
Brad Carson 14%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 14%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 13%
John Edwards 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 13%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 13%
Karen McCarthy 13%
Vic Snyder 13%
Thomas Allen 12%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 12%
Bill Delahunt 12%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 12%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 12%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 12%
Maurice Hinchey 12%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 12%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 12%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 12%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 12%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 12%
Brad Miller 12%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 12%
Major Owens 12%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 12%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 12%
Hilda Solis 12%
Pete Stark 12%
Ellen Tauscher 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 12%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 12%
Lynn Woolsey 12%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 11%
Jeff Bingaman 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 10%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 10%
Hillary Clinton 10%
Thomas Daschle 10%
Byron Dorgan 10%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
James Merrill Jeffords 10%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 9%
Lane Evans 8%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
Tom Lantos 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 5%
Joe Lieberman 0%

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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