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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Liberty Lobby

1995 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 40%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 20%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 30%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 30%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 20%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 20%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 30%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 50%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 40%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 40%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 20%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 50%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 50%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 20%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 30%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 60%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 30%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 30%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 40%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 60%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 40%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 40%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 50%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 30%
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 40%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 30%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 50%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 50%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 30%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 40%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 70%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 60%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 60%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 30%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 70%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 30%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 30%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 30%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 30%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 60%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 50%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 30%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 70%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 40%
William Archer 50%
Richard Armey 50%
John Ashcroft 20%
Henry Scott Baesler 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
John Baldacci 20%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 10%
Robert Barr, Jr. 60%
William Barrett 60%
Herbert Bateman 40%
Bob Bennett 10%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 30%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 50%
David Edward Bonior 30%
Robert Borski, Jr. 20%
Rick Boucher 30%
Carol Moseley Braun 40%
John Breaux 30%
George Brown, Jr. 20%
Richard Bryan 40%
Ed Bryant 60%
Dale Bumpers 40%
Jim Bunning 70%
Conrad Burns 20%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 40%
Ben Campbell 40%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 20%
Helen Chenoweth 70%
Jon Lynn Christensen 50%
William Clay, Sr. 20%
Eva Clayton 40%
Robert Clement 20%
Mac Collins 50%
Larry Combest 50%
Gary Condit 50%
Paul Coverdell 30%
Christopher Cox 60%
William Coyne 20%
Larry Craig 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
Randall Cunningham 50%
Alfonse D'Amato 40%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 30%
Thomas Davis III 30%
Thomas DeLay 50%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Jay Dickey 50%
Julian Dixon 20%
Chris Dodd 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 10%
John Doolittle 70%
Byron Dorgan 40%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
Chet Edwards 10%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 60%
Philip English 50%
John Ensign 50%
Lane Evans 40%
Terry Everett 60%
Thomas Ewing 50%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 40%
Harris Fawell 50%
Victor Fazio 20%
Russ Feingold 60%
Thomas Foglietta 20%
Mark Foley 50%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Sr. 20%
Wendell Ford 40%
Tillie Fowler 50%
Jon David Fox 50%
Robert Franks 50%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 10%
Elizabeth Furse 10%
John Ganske 60%
Sam Gejdenson 30%
George Gekas 50%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Newt Gingrich 40%
John Glenn 40%
Henry Gonzalez 20%
William Goodling 70%
Bart Gordon 30%
Slade Gorton 20%
Porter Goss 60%
Daniel Graham 30%
William Phillip Gramm 40%
Rodney Grams 30%
James Greenwood 40%
Judd Gregg 40%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Tony Hall 20%
Lee Hamilton 30%
James Hansen 50%
Jane Harman 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 70%
W.G. Hefner 40%
Jesse Helms 40%
Van Hilleary 50%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Stephen Horn 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 60%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 40%
Duncan Hunter 60%
Henry Hyde 40%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 40%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 30%
Sue Kelly 50%
Dirk Kempthorne 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 20%
Joseph Kennedy II 30%
Patrick Kennedy 10%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 30%
Bob Kerrey 30%
Jay Kim 50%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
Ronald Klink 30%
Scott Klug 40%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
James Kolbe 40%
John LaFalce 20%
Tom Lantos 30%
Stephen Largent 40%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 30%
Ron Lewis 60%
John Linder 50%
William Lipinski 80%
Robert Livingston 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 30%
William Luther 10%
Connie Mack 30%
Thomas Manton 40%
Matthew Martinez 40%
Frank Mascara 20%
Robert Matsui 20%
Karen McCarthy 10%
Bill McCollum 50%
James McCrery III 40%
Joseph McDade 50%
Paul McHale 0%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 60%
David McIntosh 50%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 40%
Michael McNulty 30%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 20%
Jack Metcalf 60%
Dan Miller 50%
David Minge 20%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 40%
John Moakley 20%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Constance Morella 30%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 40%
Frank Murkowski 30%
Jack Murtha 40%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 50%
Mark Neumann 50%
Robert William Ney 50%
Don Nickles 40%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
James Nussle 50%
Jim Oberstar 30%
Dave Obey 30%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Major Owens 40%
Michael Oxley 50%
Ronald Packard 50%
Paul Michael Parker 40%
William Paxon 50%
Donald Payne 50%
Owen Pickett 30%
Richard Pombo 70%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
John Edward Porter 30%
Glenn Poshard 10%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Jack Quinn 40%
George Radanovich 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 50%
Frank Duncan Riggs 50%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 10%
Charles Robb 20%
Timothy Roemer 30%
William Roth, Jr. 20%
Marge Roukema 60%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
Matthew Salmon 50%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 30%
H. James Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 70%
Daniel Schaefer 60%
Steven Schiff 40%
John Shadegg 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 40%
E.G. Shuster 70%
Norman Sisisky 20%
David Skaggs 30%
Joseph Skeen 50%
Ike Skelton 30%
Linda Smith 50%
Nick Smith 40%
Bob Smith 50%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 60%
Mark Souder 70%
Arlen Specter 20%
Floyd Spence 60%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 30%
Louis Stokes 20%
Robert Stump 60%
Bart Stupak 20%
James Talent 50%
John Tanner 50%
William Tauzin 50%
Charles Taylor 60%
Gene Taylor 80%
Craig Thomas 40%
William Thomas 50%
Fred Thompson 40%
Karen Thurman 20%
Strom Thurmond 30%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
Esteban Edward Torres 30%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
Bruce Vento 30%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 60%
John Warner 40%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 60%
David Weldon 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 50%
Paul Wellstone 40%
Rick White 30%
Robert Wise, Jr. 30%
Albert Wynn 30%
Sidney Yates 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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