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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

1998 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 76%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 96%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 12%
Bill Archer 92%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 84%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 4%
Cass Ballenger 91%
James Barcia 40%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 4%
Bill Barrett 76%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 63%
Herbert Bateman 86%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 64%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 4%
Douglas Bereuter 64%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 28%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 4%
Brian Bilbray 64%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 44%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 4%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 24%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 96%
Kit Bond 72%
Henry Bonilla 92%
David Edward Bonior 16%
Mary Bono Mack 95%
Robert Borski, Jr. 12%
Leonard Boswell 36%
Rick Boucher 4%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 32%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 96%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
John Breaux 20%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 4%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 4%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 92%
Richard Bryan 8%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 92%
Conrad Burns 84%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
Dan Burton 96%
Steve Buyer 88%
Robert Byrd 16%
Herbert Callahan 96%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 96%
Ben Campbell 76%
Thomas Campbell 52%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 88%
Chris Cannon 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 18%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 42%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
John Chafee 32%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 96%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 92%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 24%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 4%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 96%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 76%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 36%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 56%
Kent Conrad 16%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
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%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 83%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 4%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 52%
Thomas Daschle 4%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
James Davis 16%
Thomas Davis III 64%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 16%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 4%
Bill Delahunt 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
Thomas DeLay 96%
Peter Deutsch 4%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 64%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 68%
Jay Dickey 96%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 4%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
Calvin Dooley 4%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 12%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
David Dreier 92%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 84%
Jennifer Dunn 96%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
Chet Edwards 8%
Vern Ehlers 56%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 92%
Jo Ann Emerson 92%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 4%
Philip English 68%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
Bob Etheridge 28%
Lane Evans 16%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 91%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Russ Feingold 12%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 4%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 4%
Mark Foley 80%
Michael Patrick Forbes 46%
Harold Ford, Jr. 14%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 96%
Tillie Fowler 88%
Barney Frank 4%
Robert Franks 52%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 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%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 36%
Slade Gorton 72%
Porter Goss 91%
Daniel Graham 4%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 88%
William Phillip Gramm 96%
Rodney Grams 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 84%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 16%
James Greenwood 48%
Judd Gregg 76%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 16%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 96%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
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%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 16%
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%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 4%
Kenny Hulshof 88%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 88%
Henry Hyde 92%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 9%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 95%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 8%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 4%
William Jefferson 13%
James Merrill Jeffords 24%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 45%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 4%
Nancy Johnson 16%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 4%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 12%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 28%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 96%
Sue Kelly 48%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 12%
Bob Kerrey 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 4%
Dale Kildee 16%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 76%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
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%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 8%
Tom Lantos 8%
Stephen Largent 92%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
Steve LaTourette 52%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
Rick Lazio 52%
James Leach 32%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 5%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
Jerry Lewis 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 16%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 48%
Robert Livingston 96%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 92%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dick Lugar 68%
William Luther 4%
Connie Mack 80%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
James Maloney 32%
Don Manzullo 92%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 4%
Matthew Martinez 29%
Frank Mascara 20%
Robert Matsui 4%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 68%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 24%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 84%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
James McCrery III 96%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 4%
John McHugh 68%
Scott McInnis 96%
David McIntosh 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 96%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 8%
Michael McNulty 21%
Martin Meehan 4%
Carrie Meek 4%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
Jack Metcalf 80%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 92%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 4%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 4%
Dan Miller 88%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
David Minge 24%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 8%
John Moakley 13%
Alan Mollohan 32%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
Constance Morella 20%
Patrick Moynihan 8%
Frank Murkowski 78%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 4%
Jack Murtha 21%
Sue Myrick 88%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 12%
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%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 16%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
Ron Paul 88%
Donald Payne 9%
Edward Pease 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 12%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
John Peterson 96%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 16%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 96%
Richard Pombo 96%
Earl Pomeroy 21%
John Edward Porter 46%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 8%
Deborah Pryce 83%
Jack Quinn 48%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
James Ramstad 60%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 9%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 64%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
Silvestre Reyes 13%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 12%
Charles Robb 12%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 84%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 4%
Timothy Roemer 44%
James Rogan 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 80%
William Roth, Jr. 65%
Steve Rothman 8%
Marge Roukema 60%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 40%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 72%
Rick Santorum 84%
Paul Sarbanes 4%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
Jim Saxton 63%
Joe Scarborough 96%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 9%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 72%
Christopher Shays 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 88%
E.G. Shuster 96%
Norman Sisisky 28%
Joseph Skeen 84%
Ike Skelton 36%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 72%
Gordon Smith 72%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
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%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 9%
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%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 13%
Fred Thompson 84%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 92%
Karen Thurman 8%
Strom Thurmond 76%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 4%
Robert Torricelli 8%
Ed Towns 9%
James Traficant, Jr. 64%
James Turner 48%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 56%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 8%
Bruce Vento 8%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 12%
James Walsh 44%
Zach Wamp 84%
John Warner 79%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 92%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 4%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 84%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 4%
David Weldon 92%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 92%
Paul Wellstone 4%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 96%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 96%
Heather Wilson 83%
Bob Wise, Jr. 4%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 80%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 4%
Albert Wynn 4%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 84%

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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