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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2006 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 71%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 72%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 74%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 65%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 4%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 4%
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 4%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 80%
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 88%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 12%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 16%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 4%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 20%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 63%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 84%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 96%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 76%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 32%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 88%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 8%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 84%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 88%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 80%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 54%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 83%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 4%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 12%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 84%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 84%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 87%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 84%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 76%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 24%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 80%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 80%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 92%
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 4%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 24%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 4%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 4%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 48%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 12%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 16%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 88%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 4%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 88%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 4%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 72%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 88%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 16%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 88%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 88%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 30%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 8%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 8%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 4%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 12%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 16%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 79%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 4%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 96%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 64%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 4%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 84%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 5%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 4%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 12%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 76%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
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 8%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 4%
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 9%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 25%
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 21%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 80%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 84%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 28%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 88%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 84%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 80%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 28%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 16%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 62%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 84%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 16%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 72%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 86%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 80%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 4%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 16%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 83%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 91%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 12%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 12%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 72%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 88%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 40%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 96%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 90%
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 88%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 68%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 84%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 87%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 64%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 64%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 4%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 12%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 88%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 96%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 56%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 12%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 76%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 48%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 96%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 92%
Wayne Allard 88%
Thomas Allen 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. 20%
Brian Baird 20%
Richard Hugh Baker 92%
J. Gresham Barrett 96%
Roscoe Bartlett 84%
Evan Bayh 16%
Melissa Bean 48%
Bob Bennett 72%
Shelley Berkley 13%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 56%
Judy Biggert 64%
Brian Bilbray 94%
Jeff Bingaman 8%
Kit Bond 80%
Mary Bono Mack 68%
Dan Boren 72%
Leonard Boswell 44%
Rick Boucher 36%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 63%
Henry Brown, Jr. 84%
Ginny Brown-Waite 88%
Jim Bunning 96%
Dan Burton 88%
Steve Buyer 83%
Robert Byrd 21%
Chris Cannon 90%
Dennis Cardoza 46%
Russ Carnahan 12%
Julia Carson 4%
Mike Castle 52%
Ben Chandler III 50%
Hillary Clinton 8%
Norm Coleman 68%
Kent Conrad 33%
Jerry Costello 48%
Larry Craig 88%
Robert Cramer 68%
Barbara Cubin 91%
Artur Davis 44%
Geoff Davis 84%
Jo Ann Davis 80%
Lincoln Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 56%
Bill Delahunt 12%
James DeMint 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 60%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 8%
Elizabeth Dole 96%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 75%
John Doolittle 84%
Byron Dorgan 12%
Thelma Drake 88%
David Dreier 72%
Chet Edwards 68%
Vern Ehlers 68%
Jo Ann Emerson 72%
Philip English 80%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 44%
Terry Everett 88%
Tom Feeney 96%
Russ Feingold 8%
Michael Ferguson 64%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 75%
Barney Frank 12%
Elton Gallegly 84%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
Paul Gillmor 84%
Charlie Gonzalez 16%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 88%
Bart Gordon 60%
Judd Gregg 72%
Jane Harman 12%
J. Dennis Hastert 88%
Robert Hayes 88%
Wally Herger, Jr. 92%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 60%
Maurice Hinchey 4%
David Lee Hobson 76%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 64%
Darlene Hooley 24%
Kenny Hulshof 80%
Duncan Hunter 88%
Kay Hutchison 84%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 84%
Daniel Inouye 8%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 4%
William Jefferson 35%
Tim Johnson 76%
Paul Kanjorski 29%
Ric Keller 88%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 10%
Dale Kildee 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
Herb Kohl 16%
Dennis Kucinich 4%
John Kuhl, Jr. 83%
Jon Kyl 92%
Ray LaHood 80%
Tom Lantos 9%
Steve LaTourette 72%
Jerry Lewis 67%
Ron Lewis 84%
Joe Lieberman 17%
Blanche Lincoln 8%
John Linder 96%
Trent Lott, Sr. 88%
Dick Lugar 64%
Dan Lungren 84%
Connie Mack IV 84%
Don Manzullo 91%
Jim Marshall 72%
Melquiades Martinez 84%
Thaddeus McCotter 83%
James McCrery III 88%
John McHugh 75%
Michael McNulty 20%
Martin Meehan 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 8%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 76%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Brad Miller 17%
Alan Mollohan 46%
Dennis Moore 23%
Jack Murtha 28%
Marilyn Musgrave 96%
Sue Myrick 92%
Ben Nelson 64%
Jim Oberstar 22%
Dave Obey 20%
John Olver 4%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Ron Paul 76%
Donald Payne 4%
John Peterson 88%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 84%
Todd Platts 72%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
Jon Porter, Sr. 80%
Deborah Pryce 72%
George Radanovich 88%
James Ramstad 68%
Ralph Regula 71%
Denny Rehberg 83%
Richard Renzi 84%
Silvestre Reyes 36%
Thomas Reynolds 87%
Mike Ross 60%
Steve Rothman 8%
Ken Salazar 17%
Jim Saxton 68%
Jean Schmidt 88%
John Shadegg 100%
Christopher Shays 36%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 72%
Olympia Snowe 36%
Vic Snyder 17%
Hilda Solis 4%
Mark Souder 88%
Arlen Specter 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 44%
Pete Stark 4%
Cliff Stearns 96%
Ted Stevens 64%
Bart Stupak 28%
John Sullivan 92%
John Sununu 88%
Tom Tancredo 92%
John Tanner 58%
Ellen Tauscher 12%
Gene Taylor 68%
Craig Thomas 96%
Todd Tiahrt 84%
Ed Towns 8%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 4%
George Voinovich 56%
James Walsh 63%
Zach Wamp 88%
John Warner 64%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 88%
Gerald Weller 80%
Robert Wexler 8%
Heather Wilson 67%
Lynn Woolsey 4%
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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