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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Liberty Lobby

1999 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 60%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 70%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 30%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 30%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 50%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 80%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 30%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 20%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 60%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 70%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 80%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 70%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 50%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 70%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 60%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 70%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 60%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 80%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 60%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 30%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 40%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 60%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 70%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 30%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 60%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 40%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 30%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 20%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 60%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 50%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 30%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 60%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 40%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 40%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 60%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 70%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 60%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 70%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 90%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 70%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 50%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 60%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 70%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 50%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 20%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 70%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 30%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 10%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 70%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 40%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 50%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 70%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 90%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 70%
Wayne Allard 90%
Thomas Allen 20%
William Archer 50%
Richard Armey 40%
John Ashcroft 80%
Brian Baird 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 60%
John Baldacci 40%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 70%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
William Barrett 40%
Herbert Bateman 30%
Evan Bayh 20%
Bob Bennett 70%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 20%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Marion Berry 40%
Michael Bilirakis 60%
Rod Blagojevich 30%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 30%
Sherwood Boehlert 30%
Kit Bond 70%
Henry Bonilla 60%
David Edward Bonior 30%
Robert Borski, Jr. 20%
Rick Boucher 30%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 40%
John Breaux 20%
Richard Bryan 0%
Ed Bryant 70%
Jim Bunning 90%
Conrad Burns 80%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 30%
Herbert Callahan 50%
Ben Campbell 70%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 60%
Julia Carson 50%
Mike Castle 20%
Helen Chenoweth 90%
William Clay, Sr. 20%
Eva Clayton 30%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Robert Clement 40%
Mac Collins 90%
Larry Combest 60%
Gary Condit 70%
Merrill Cook 80%
John Cooksey 50%
Paul Coverdell 70%
Christopher Cox 60%
William Coyne 30%
Larry Craig 70%
Robert Cramer 40%
Philip Crane 70%
Barbara Cubin 70%
Randall Cunningham 60%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 10%
James Davis 20%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Bill Delahunt 40%
Thomas DeLay 50%
Peter Deutsch 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 70%
Julian Dixon 10%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
Calvin Dooley 10%
John Doolittle 70%
Byron Dorgan 30%
Jennifer Dunn 30%
John Edwards 40%
Chet Edwards 30%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 50%
Philip English 60%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Lane Evans 50%
Terry Everett 80%
Thomas Ewing 60%
Russ Feingold 50%
Peter Fitzgerald 80%
Ernest Fletcher 50%
Mark Foley 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Tillie Fowler 70%
Robert Franks 40%
William Frist 80%
Jonas Frost III 20%
John Ganske 60%
Sam Gejdenson 30%
George Gekas 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 20%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 30%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 70%
Bart Gordon 50%
Slade Gorton 60%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 20%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 90%
Mark Green 60%
James Greenwood 30%
Judd Gregg 70%
Gilbert Gutknecht 80%
Charles Hagel 60%
Tony Hall 30%
James Hansen 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 30%
Robert Hayes 60%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 70%
Joel Hefley 80%
Jesse Helms 90%
Baron Hill 50%
Rick Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 90%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 40%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Ernest Hollings 30%
Darlene Hooley 20%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 60%
Duncan Hunter 60%
William Hutchinson 50%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Henry Hyde 30%
Jay Inslee 50%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 60%
William Jefferson 10%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
William Lewis Jenkins 70%
Christopher John 20%
Nancy Johnson 30%
Paul Kanjorski 30%
Sue Kelly 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Bob Kerrey 30%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 20%
Gerald Kleczka 50%
Ronald Klink 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 30%
James Kolbe 30%
Steven Kuykendall 40%
John LaFalce 10%
Nicholas Lampson 30%
Tom Lantos 30%
Stephen Largent 70%
Rick Lazio 30%
James Leach 40%
Ron Lewis 60%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 50%
William Lipinski 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 70%
William Luther 40%
Connie Mack 60%
James Maloney 40%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Frank Mascara 60%
Robert Matsui 20%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Bill McCollum 40%
James McCrery III 50%
John McHugh 50%
Scott McInnis 80%
David McIntosh 60%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 50%
Michael McNulty 20%
Martin Meehan 20%
Carrie Meek 20%
Jack Metcalf 70%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 10%
Dan Miller 50%
David Minge 40%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 40%
John Moakley 20%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 30%
Constance Morella 20%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 10%
Frank Murkowski 70%
Jack Murtha 40%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 50%
Robert William Ney 80%
Don Nickles 70%
Anne Northup 30%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 80%
James Nussle 60%
Jim Oberstar 30%
Dave Obey 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Doug Ose 40%
Major Owens 20%
Michael Oxley 40%
Ronald Packard 50%
Donald Payne 20%
Edward Pease 60%
John Peterson 50%
David Phelps 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 80%
Owen Pickett 30%
Richard Pombo 90%
Earl Pomeroy 30%
John Edward Porter 20%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 60%
James Ramstad 60%
Ralph Regula 40%
Thomas Reynolds 40%
Bob Riley 70%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 60%
Charles Robb 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 30%
Timothy Roemer 40%
James Rogan 50%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Marge Roukema 40%
Jim Ryun 60%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
Matthew Salmon 60%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 30%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 80%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 20%
H. James Saxton 40%
Joe Scarborough 60%
John Shadegg 70%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 30%
Christopher Shays 50%
Donald Sherwood 60%
Ronnie Shows 50%
E.G. Shuster 50%
Norman Sisisky 50%
Joseph Skeen 70%
Ike Skelton 30%
Gordon Smith 40%
Nick Smith 40%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 10%
Mark Souder 90%
Arlen Specter 20%
Floyd Spence 70%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 60%
Ted Strickland 70%
Robert Stump 70%
Bart Stupak 40%
John Sununu 40%
John Sweeney 80%
James Talent 50%
Tom Tancredo 70%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
William Tauzin 30%
Charles Taylor 60%
Gene Taylor 90%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 40%
Fred Thompson 60%
Karen Thurman 40%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
Robert Torricelli 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 20%
James Turner 40%
Bruce Vento 20%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 40%
Wesley Watkins 60%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 40%
Anthony Weiner 10%
David Weldon 80%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 60%
Paul Wellstone 30%
Robert Wexler 20%
Robert Weygand 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
Robert Wise, Jr. 70%
David Wu 40%
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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