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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Arab American Institute

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 67%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 40%
Joe Baca, Sr. 33%
Brian Baird 25%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 17%
Howard Berman 40%
Marion Berry 0%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 100%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 0%
Julia Carson 67%
Edward Case 33%
Mike Castle 0%
Ben Chandler III 0%
Chris Chocola 0%
Hillary Clinton 25%
Norm Coleman 33%
Kent Conrad 0%
Jon Corzine 60%
Jerry Costello 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 33%
Robert Cramer 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Artur Davis 25%
James Davis 50%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 33%
Chris Dodd 67%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 50%
David Dreier 0%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 33%
Bob Etheridge 0%
Lane Evans 20%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 60%
Michael Ferguson 0%
Mark Foley 17%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 40%
William Frist 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 0%
Mark Green 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Jane Harman 33%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 0%
Maurice Hinchey 80%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 0%
Darlene Hooley 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 33%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 60%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Tim Johnson 20%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Dale Kildee 50%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 75%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 33%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 25%
Tom Lantos 33%
Steve LaTourette 0%
James Leach 33%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 0%
Robert Matsui 40%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 0%
Michael McNulty 17%
Martin Meehan 50%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Brad Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 25%
Jack Murtha 0%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 100%
Robert William Ney 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 33%
John Olver 50%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Major Owens 43%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 100%
Donald Payne 75%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
Deborah Pryce 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Mike Ross 0%
Steve Rothman 33%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 50%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 67%
Jim Saxton 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 25%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 33%
Gordon Smith 25%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
Hilda Solis 50%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 67%
John Sweeney 0%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 0%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 60%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 0%
Diane Watson 67%
Anthony Weiner 20%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 17%
Heather Wilson 0%
Lynn Woolsey 80%
David Wu 33%
Albert Wynn 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 60%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 50%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 33%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 50%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 33%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 75%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 33%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 60%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 40%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 33%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 33%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 60%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 33%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 50%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 33%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 60%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 20%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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