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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2004 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 74%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 95%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 84%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 96%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 95%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 96%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 96%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 72%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 96%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 4%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 12%
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 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 4%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 9%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 16%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 4%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 12%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 87%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 80%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 96%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 95%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 30%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 96%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 8%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 72%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 96%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 92%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 63%
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 88%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 4%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 96%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 96%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 88%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 88%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 32%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 96%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 48%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
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 28%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 4%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 68%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 88%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 76%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 96%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 52%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 12%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 96%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 87%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 29%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 87%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 87%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 79%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 76%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 54%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 4%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 96%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 21%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 71%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
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 9%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 4%
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 88%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 17%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 68%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 96%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 4%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 80%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 16%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 4%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 68%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 96%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 92%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 96%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 13%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 11%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 88%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 13%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 96%
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 96%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 48%
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 24%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 76%
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. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 17%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 4%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 24%
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 12%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 72%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 28%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 96%
Gary Ackerman 4%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 5%
Todd Akin 100%
Wayne Allard 96%
George Allen 92%
Thomas Allen 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 12%
Brian Baird 17%
Richard Hugh Baker 88%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 92%
Charlie Bass 56%
Evan Bayh 20%
Bob Beauprez 92%
Bob Bennett 88%
Shelley Berkley 8%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 36%
Judy Biggert 64%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 12%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 96%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Mary Bono Mack 56%
Leonard Boswell 20%
Rick Boucher 32%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 46%
Henry Brown, Jr. 96%
Ginny Brown-Waite 96%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 96%
Robert Byrd 8%
Chris Cannon 100%
Dennis Cardoza 25%
Julia Carson 0%
Edward Case 20%
Mike Castle 52%
Chris Chocola 96%
Hillary Clinton 0%
Norm Coleman 84%
Kent Conrad 20%
Jon Corzine 4%
Jerry Costello 36%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 96%
Robert Cramer 50%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 92%
Artur Davis 24%
James Davis 4%
Jo Ann Davis 88%
Lincoln Davis 56%
Thomas Davis III 80%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 83%
Norm Dicks 13%
Chris Dodd 4%
Elizabeth Dole 92%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 95%
John Doolittle 92%
Byron Dorgan 20%
David Dreier 88%
Chet Edwards 48%
Vern Ehlers 67%
Jo Ann Emerson 76%
Philip English 68%
John Ensign 92%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 4%
Terry Everett 92%
Tom Feeney 100%
Russ Feingold 8%
Michael Ferguson 67%
Mark Foley 68%
Harold Ford, Jr. 21%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 78%
Barney Frank 4%
William Frist 92%
Elton Gallegly 96%
Jim Gibbons 96%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 84%
Charlie Gonzalez 20%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 96%
Bart Gordon 42%
Mark Green 88%
Judd Gregg 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Jane Harman 13%
Katherine Harris 92%
Melissa Hart 92%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 88%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 96%
Joel Hefley 92%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 31%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 88%
Pete Hoekstra 96%
Thomas Holden 48%
Darlene Hooley 16%
John Nathan Hostettler 88%
Kenny Hulshof 91%
Duncan Hunter 87%
Kay Hutchison 84%
Henry Hyde 75%
Daniel Inouye 8%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 17%
James Merrill Jeffords 4%
William Lewis Jenkins 91%
Nancy Johnson 56%
Tim Johnson 64%
Paul Kanjorski 21%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 56%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 92%
Patrick Kennedy 8%
Dale Kildee 16%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
Joseph Knollenberg 84%
Herb Kohl 4%
James Kolbe 56%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 71%
Tom Lantos 9%
Steve LaTourette 71%
James Leach 43%
Jerry Lewis 88%
Ron Lewis 84%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 96%
Dick Lugar 84%
Don Manzullo 100%
Jim Marshall 48%
Robert Matsui 13%
Thaddeus McCotter 88%
James McCrery III 96%
John McHugh 64%
Michael McNulty 16%
Martin Meehan 4%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 9%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 9%
Brad Miller 8%
Alan Mollohan 24%
Dennis Moore 20%
Jack Murtha 30%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 52%
Robert William Ney 92%
Anne Northup 83%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 80%
Jim Oberstar 12%
Dave Obey 4%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 28%
Thomas William Osborne 84%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 96%
Ron Paul 78%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
Todd Platts 84%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 28%
Jon Porter, Sr. 76%
Deborah Pryce 83%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 76%
Ralph Regula 88%
Denny Rehberg 96%
Richard Renzi 88%
Silvestre Reyes 26%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
Mike Ross 44%
Steve Rothman 5%
Jim Ryun 96%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Rick Santorum 96%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 64%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
Christopher Shays 38%
Donald Sherwood 88%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 40%
Ike Skelton 48%
Gordon Smith 76%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 20%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 88%
Arlen Specter 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 96%
Ted Stevens 92%
Ted Strickland 8%
Bart Stupak 16%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 72%
James Talent 96%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 16%
Charles Taylor 88%
Gene Taylor 54%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 88%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
Ed Towns 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 5%
George Voinovich 76%
James Walsh 67%
Zach Wamp 88%
John Warner 72%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 4%
David Weldon 91%
W. Curtis Weldon 79%
Gerald Weller 84%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 84%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
David Wu 12%
Albert Wynn 20%

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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