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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

1998 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 96%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 84%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 92%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 96%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 5%
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 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 4%
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 8%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 4%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 4%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 4%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 80%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 88%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 44%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 96%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 83%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 88%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 12%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 84%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 92%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 96%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 12%
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 4%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 4%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 4%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 4%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 56%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 9%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 13%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 76%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 96%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 5%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 4%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 72%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 4%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 96%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 4%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 72%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 52%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 76%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel 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 8%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 9%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 28%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 88%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 64%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 96%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 4%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 16%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 4%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 96%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 72%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 4%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 88%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 4%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 92%
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 96%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 12%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 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 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 4%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 92%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 76%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
Bill Archer 92%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 4%
Cass Ballenger 91%
James Barcia 40%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 76%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 63%
Herbert Bateman 86%
Bob Bennett 64%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 4%
Douglas Bereuter 64%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 28%
Brian Bilbray 64%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 24%
Kit Bond 72%
Henry Bonilla 92%
David Edward Bonior 16%
Mary Bono Mack 95%
Robert Borski, Jr. 12%
Leonard Boswell 36%
Rick Boucher 4%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 32%
John Breaux 20%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Richard Bryan 8%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 92%
Conrad Burns 84%
Dan Burton 96%
Steve Buyer 88%
Robert Byrd 16%
Herbert Callahan 96%
Ben Campbell 76%
Thomas Campbell 52%
Chris Cannon 95%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 42%
John Chafee 32%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 92%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 24%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 56%
Kent Conrad 16%
Merrill Cook 84%
John Cooksey 96%
Jerry Costello 25%
Paul Coverdell 92%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 4%
Larry Craig 84%
Robert Cramer 44%
Philip Crane 96%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 52%
Thomas Daschle 4%
James Davis 16%
Thomas Davis III 64%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 96%
Peter Deutsch 4%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 68%
Jay Dickey 96%
Norm Dicks 0%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 4%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
Calvin Dooley 4%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 12%
David Dreier 92%
Jennifer Dunn 96%
Chet Edwards 8%
Vern Ehlers 56%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 92%
Jo Ann Emerson 92%
Philip English 68%
Bob Etheridge 28%
Lane Evans 16%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 91%
Russ Feingold 12%
Mark Foley 80%
Michael Patrick Forbes 46%
Harold Ford, Jr. 14%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 96%
Tillie Fowler 88%
Barney Frank 4%
Robert Franks 52%
William Frist 80%
Jonas Frost III 8%
Elton Gallegly 76%
John Ganske 64%
Sam Gejdenson 9%
George Gekas 84%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 12%
Jim Gibbons 92%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Paul Gillmor 68%
Benjamin Gilman 38%
Newt Gingrich 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 83%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 36%
Slade Gorton 72%
Porter Goss 91%
Daniel Graham 4%
William Phillip Gramm 96%
Rodney Grams 88%
James Greenwood 48%
Judd Gregg 76%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 79%
Van Hilleary 96%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 8%
Maurice Hinchey 4%
David Lee Hobson 88%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 24%
Ernest Hollings 33%
Darlene Hooley 12%
Stephen Horn 56%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 29%
Kenny Hulshof 88%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 88%
Henry Hyde 92%
Daniel Inouye 9%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 95%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 8%
William Jefferson 13%
James Merrill Jeffords 24%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 45%
Nancy Johnson 16%
Paul Kanjorski 12%
Sue Kelly 48%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 12%
Bob Kerrey 0%
Dale Kildee 16%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
Ronald Klink 13%
Joseph Knollenberg 96%
Herb Kohl 4%
James Kolbe 72%
Dennis Kucinich 20%
Jon Kyl 96%
John LaFalce 8%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 16%
Tom Lantos 8%
Stephen Largent 92%
Steve LaTourette 52%
Rick Lazio 52%
James Leach 32%
Jerry Lewis 75%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 16%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 48%
Robert Livingston 96%
Trent Lott, Sr. 92%
Dick Lugar 68%
William Luther 4%
Connie Mack 80%
James Maloney 32%
Don Manzullo 92%
Matthew Martinez 29%
Frank Mascara 20%
Robert Matsui 4%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 84%
James McCrery III 96%
John McHugh 68%
Scott McInnis 96%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 8%
Michael McNulty 21%
Martin Meehan 4%
Carrie Meek 4%
Jack Metcalf 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 4%
Dan Miller 88%
David Minge 24%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 8%
John Moakley 13%
Alan Mollohan 32%
Constance Morella 20%
Patrick Moynihan 8%
Frank Murkowski 78%
Jack Murtha 21%
Sue Myrick 88%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 96%
Robert William Ney 80%
Don Nickles 96%
Anne Northup 88%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 84%
Jim Oberstar 13%
Dave Obey 16%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 17%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 96%
Ronald Packard 96%
Ron Paul 88%
Donald Payne 9%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 96%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 16%
Richard Pombo 96%
Earl Pomeroy 21%
John Edward Porter 46%
Deborah Pryce 83%
Jack Quinn 48%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 60%
Ralph Regula 64%
Silvestre Reyes 13%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 12%
Charles Robb 12%
Ciro Rodriguez 4%
Timothy Roemer 44%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 65%
Steve Rothman 8%
Marge Roukema 60%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 40%
Rick Santorum 84%
Paul Sarbanes 4%
Jim Saxton 63%
Joe Scarborough 96%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 72%
Christopher Shays 40%
E.G. Shuster 96%
Norman Sisisky 28%
Joseph Skeen 84%
Ike Skelton 36%
Gordon Smith 72%
Nick Smith 76%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 16%
Mark Souder 83%
Arlen Specter 33%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 17%
Pete Stark 8%
Cliff Stearns 96%
Charles Stenholm 48%
Ted Stevens 56%
Ted Strickland 32%
Bob Stump 96%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sununu 92%
James Talent 96%
John Tanner 41%
Ellen Tauscher 12%
William Tauzin 88%
Charles Taylor 96%
Gene Taylor 79%
Craig Thomas 84%
William Thomas 92%
Fred Thompson 84%
Karen Thurman 8%
Strom Thurmond 76%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 8%
Ed Towns 9%
James Traficant, Jr. 64%
James Turner 48%
Bruce Vento 8%
James Walsh 44%
Zach Wamp 84%
John Warner 79%
Wesley Watkins 92%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 84%
David Weldon 92%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 92%
Paul Wellstone 4%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 20%
Heather Wilson 83%
Bob Wise, Jr. 4%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
Albert Wynn 4%

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.

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