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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Conservative Union

1999 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 86%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 84%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 84%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 77%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 86%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
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 4%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
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 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 88%
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 39 Ed Royce Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 4%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 4%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 73%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 80%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 80%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 66%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 95%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 28%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 80%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 4%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 92%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 88%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 84%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
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 4%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 80%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 12%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 88%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 84%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 95%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 84%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 80%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 64%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 4%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 83%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 4%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 4%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 64%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 4%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 79%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 68%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 4%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 52%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 87%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 84%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 4%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 4%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 88%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 87%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 4%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 83%
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 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 79%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 4%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 12%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 4%
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 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 4%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 76%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 4%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 91%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 84%
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 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 4%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 16%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 4%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 4%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 88%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 80%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 4%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 26%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 4%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 84%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 12%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 68%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 4%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 12%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 8%
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 4%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 96%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 4%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 4%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 92%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 88%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 4%
Wayne Allard 95%
Thomas Allen 0%
Bill Archer 87%
Richard Armey 96%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 4%
Richard Hugh Baker 80%
John Baldacci 4%
Cass Ballenger 80%
James Barcia 52%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
Bill Barrett 84%
Roscoe Bartlett 96%
Charlie Bass 68%
Herbert Bateman 76%
Evan Bayh 12%
Bob Bennett 84%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 8%
Douglas Bereuter 62%
Shelley Berkley 4%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 29%
Judy Biggert 60%
Brian Bilbray 68%
Michael Bilirakis 84%
Jeff Bingaman 4%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 83%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 84%
Henry Bonilla 91%
David Edward Bonior 4%
Mary Bono Mack 76%
Robert Borski, Jr. 12%
Leonard Boswell 32%
Rick Boucher 21%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 20%
John Breaux 17%
Richard Bryan 0%
Ed Bryant 88%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 96%
Dan Burton 95%
Steve Buyer 91%
Robert Byrd 20%
Herbert Callahan 91%
Ben Campbell 88%
Thomas Campbell 64%
Chris Cannon 92%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 44%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 100%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 32%
Michael Collins 92%
Larry Combest 96%
Gary Condit 44%
Kent Conrad 16%
Merrill Cook 84%
John Cooksey 62%
Jerry Costello 24%
Paul Coverdell 96%
Christopher Cox 95%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 96%
Robert Cramer 41%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 88%
Randall Cunningham 88%
Patsy Ann Danner 52%
Thomas Daschle 8%
James Davis 12%
Thomas Davis III 56%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 92%
James DeMint 91%
Peter Deutsch 8%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 64%
Jay Dickey 87%
Norm Dicks 0%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 88%
Calvin Dooley 8%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 12%
David Dreier 80%
Jennifer Dunn 80%
John Edwards 8%
Chet Edwards 8%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 83%
Jo Ann Emerson 80%
Philip English 72%
Bob Etheridge 24%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 91%
Thomas Ewing 68%
Russ Feingold 8%
Peter Fitzgerald 92%
Ernest Fletcher 84%
Mark Foley 64%
Michael Patrick Forbes 44%
Harold Ford, Jr. 4%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 83%
Tillie Fowler 72%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 64%
William Frist 92%
Jonas Frost III 4%
Elton Gallegly 79%
John Ganske 44%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 84%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 84%
Wayne Gilchrest 52%
Paul Gillmor 80%
Benjamin Gilman 52%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 92%
William Goodling 84%
Bart Gordon 36%
Slade Gorton 84%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 4%
William Phillip Gramm 96%
Rodney Grams 92%
Mark Green 87%
James Greenwood 41%
Judd Gregg 91%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Tony Hall 12%
James Hansen 84%
J. Dennis Hastert 90%
Robert Hayes 96%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 92%
Baron Hill 16%
Rick Hill 88%
Van Hilleary 96%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 4%
Maurice Hinchey 4%
David Lee Hobson 80%
Pete Hoekstra 88%
Thomas Holden 28%
Ernest Hollings 12%
Darlene Hooley 4%
Stephen Horn 44%
John Nathan Hostettler 96%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Kenny Hulshof 84%
Duncan Hunter 84%
Asa Hutchinson 72%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 88%
Henry Hyde 72%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 8%
William Jefferson 4%
James Merrill Jeffords 40%
William Lewis Jenkins 87%
Christopher John 50%
Nancy Johnson 36%
Paul Kanjorski 16%
Sue Kelly 56%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 4%
Patrick Kennedy 4%
Bob Kerrey 8%
Dale Kildee 12%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 16%
Ronald Klink 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 80%
Herb Kohl 4%
James Kolbe 70%
Dennis Kucinich 20%
Steven Kuykendall 62%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 12%
Ray LaHood 66%
Nicholas Lampson 16%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 91%
Steve LaTourette 64%
Rick Lazio 64%
James Leach 48%
Jerry Lewis 73%
Ron Lewis 92%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 12%
John Linder 87%
William Lipinski 45%
Trent Lott, Sr. 96%
Dick Lugar 88%
William Luther 8%
Connie Mack 91%
James Maloney 28%
Don Manzullo 92%
Matthew Martinez 12%
Frank Mascara 21%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 69%
James McCrery III 80%
John McHugh 72%
Scott McInnis 92%
David McIntosh 95%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 8%
Michael McNulty 8%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 88%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 68%
David Minge 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 8%
John Moakley 4%
Alan Mollohan 31%
Dennis Moore 12%
Constance Morella 12%
Patrick Moynihan 9%
Frank Murkowski 92%
Jack Murtha 24%
Sue Myrick 91%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 84%
Robert William Ney 84%
Don Nickles 96%
Anne Northup 68%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 88%
James Nussle 80%
Jim Oberstar 12%
Dave Obey 4%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 32%
Doug Ose 68%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 76%
Ronald Packard 91%
Ron Paul 92%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 88%
John Peterson 80%
David Phelps 32%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
Owen Pickett 28%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 12%
John Edward Porter 44%
Deborah Pryce 56%
Jack Quinn 60%
George Radanovich 88%
James Ramstad 72%
Ralph Regula 64%
Silvestre Reyes 26%
Thomas Reynolds 79%
Bob Riley 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 12%
Charles Robb 8%
Ciro Rodriguez 8%
Timothy Roemer 36%
James Rogan 87%
William Roth, Jr. 84%
Steve Rothman 4%
Marge Roukema 60%
Jim Ryun 96%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 24%
Rick Santorum 88%
Paul Sarbanes 4%
Jim Saxton 68%
Joe Scarborough 85%
John Shadegg 96%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 44%
Donald Sherwood 80%
Ronnie Shows 52%
E.G. Shuster 82%
Norman Sisisky 24%
Joseph Skeen 83%
Ike Skelton 41%
Gordon Smith 76%
Nick Smith 84%
Bob Smith 96%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 4%
Mark Souder 80%
Arlen Specter 48%
Floyd Spence 88%
John Spratt, Jr. 12%
Pete Stark 8%
Cliff Stearns 92%
Charles Stenholm 54%
Ted Stevens 84%
Ted Strickland 12%
Bob Stump 92%
Bart Stupak 16%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 72%
James Talent 84%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 29%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
William Tauzin 84%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 72%
Craig Thomas 87%
William Thomas 66%
Fred Thompson 84%
Karen Thurman 4%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 95%
Robert Torricelli 8%
Ed Towns 4%
James Traficant, Jr. 52%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 28%
Bruce Vento 0%
George Voinovich 88%
James Walsh 64%
Zach Wamp 96%
John Warner 84%
Wesley Watkins 96%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 92%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 92%
W. Curtis Weldon 73%
Gerald Weller 80%
Paul Wellstone 8%
Robert Wexler 8%
Bob Weygand 12%
Heather Wilson 68%
Bob Wise, Jr. 24%
Lynn Woolsey 4%
David Wu 4%
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.

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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