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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Liberty Lobby

2000 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 33%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 33%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 33%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 33%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. 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 0%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 33%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 33%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 33%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 33%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 33%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 33%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 33%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 33%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 33%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 33%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 33%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 33%
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 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 33%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 0%
Richard Armey 33%
Brian Baird 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 33%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 33%
James Barcia 33%
Robert Barr, Jr. 33%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Marion Berry 0%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 33%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
John Breaux 0%
Ed Bryant 33%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 33%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 33%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 33%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 0%
Mac Collins 33%
Larry Combest 33%
Gary Condit 33%
John Cooksey 33%
Christopher Cox 33%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 33%
Philip Crane 33%
Barbara Cubin 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 33%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 0%
John Doolittle 33%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 33%
Philip English 33%
Bob Etheridge 0%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 33%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
Ernest Fletcher 33%
Mark Foley 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 0%
John Ganske 33%
George Gekas 33%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bart Gordon 0%
Porter Goss 33%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 33%
James Greenwood 33%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Charles Hagel 0%
Tony Hall 0%
James Hansen 33%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 33%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 33%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Ernest Hollings 0%
Darlene Hooley 0%
Stephen Horn 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Duncan Hunter 33%
William Hutchinson 33%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 33%
Jay Inslee 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 33%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 0%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Sue Kelly 33%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 33%
James Kolbe 33%
John LaFalce 0%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 33%
James Leach 33%
Ron Lewis 33%
Blanche Lincoln 0%
John Linder 33%
William Lipinski 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 0%
James Maloney 33%
Frank Mascara 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
James McCrery III 33%
John McHugh 33%
Scott McInnis 33%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 33%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Dennis Moore 0%
Constance Morella 0%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 33%
James Nussle 33%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Doug Ose 33%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 33%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 33%
David Phelps 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 33%
Richard Pombo 33%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
Deborah Pryce 33%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 33%
James Ramstad 33%
Ralph Regula 33%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 0%
Marge Roukema 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 33%
John Shadegg 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
Christopher Shays 33%
Donald Sherwood 33%
Ronnie Shows 33%
Joseph Skeen 33%
Ike Skelton 0%
Gordon Smith 0%
Nick Smith 33%
Bob Smith 0%
Vic Snyder 0%
Mark Souder 33%
Arlen Specter 0%
Floyd Spence 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Charles Stenholm 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 33%
Robert Stump 33%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sununu 33%
John Sweeney 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 0%
William Tauzin 33%
Charles Taylor 33%
Gene Taylor 33%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 33%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Robert Torricelli 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 33%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 33%
Robert Anacletus Underwood 0%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 33%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 33%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 33%
David Wu 0%
Albert Wynn 0%

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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