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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees

1997 Positions

Issues: Labor
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 29%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 29%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 8%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 64%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 21%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 58%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 57%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 86%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 29%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 23%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 21%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 93%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 93%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 21%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 75%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 75%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 21%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 79%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 21%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 43%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 17%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 93%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 21%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 29%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 17%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 36%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 36%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 58%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 79%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 86%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 86%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 21%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 79%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 58%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 29%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 79%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 79%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 31%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 21%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 21%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 93%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 58%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 23%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 21%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 21%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 71%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 21%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 86%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 75%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 21%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 77%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 67%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 69%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 79%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 21%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 21%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 21%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 86%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 57%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 21%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 79%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 23%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 21%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 83%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 79%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 79%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 79%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 21%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 21%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 93%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 92%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 8%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 79%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 71%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 7%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 17%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 29%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 71%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 43%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 73%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 79%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 23%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 79%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 93%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 79%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 43%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 79%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 64%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 86%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 17%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 25%
Wayne Allard 17%
Thomas Allen 100%
William Archer 21%
Richard Armey 21%
John Ashcroft 17%
Henry Scott Baesler 93%
Richard Hugh Baker 23%
John Baldacci 86%
Cass Ballenger 23%
James Barcia 86%
Robert Barr, Jr. 21%
William Barrett 43%
Herbert Bateman 50%
Bob Bennett 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 93%
Douglas Bereuter 46%
Marion Berry 86%
Michael Bilirakis 31%
Rod Blagojevich 93%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 21%
Sherwood Boehlert 64%
Kit Bond 17%
Henry Bonilla 14%
David Edward Bonior 93%
Sonny Bono 21%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 86%
Carol Moseley Braun 92%
John Breaux 42%
George Brown, Jr. 85%
Richard Bryan 50%
Ed Bryant 21%
Dale Bumpers 75%
Jim Bunning 21%
Conrad Burns 25%
Steve Buyer 21%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 46%
Ben Campbell 25%
Thomas Campbell 29%
Chris Cannon 31%
Walter Holden Capps 92%
Julia Carson 92%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 33%
Helen Chenoweth 15%
Jon Lynn Christensen 21%
William Clay, Sr. 79%
Eva Clayton 93%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 93%
Mac Collins 29%
Larry Combest 14%
Gary Condit 71%
Merrill Cook 21%
John Cooksey 21%
Paul Coverdell 25%
Christopher Cox 9%
William Coyne 86%
Larry Craig 17%
Robert Cramer 71%
Philip Crane 15%
Barbara Cubin 18%
Randall Cunningham 21%
Alfonse D'Amato 42%
Patsy Ann Danner 71%
Thomas Daschle 83%
James Davis 93%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Bill Delahunt 86%
Thomas DeLay 21%
Ronald Dellums 75%
Peter Deutsch 86%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 64%
Jay Dickey 31%
Julian Dixon 86%
Chris Dodd 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 64%
John Doolittle 7%
Byron Dorgan 83%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
Chet Edwards 93%
Vern Ehlers 29%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 21%
Philip English 64%
John Ensign 21%
Bob Etheridge 93%
Lane Evans 93%
Terry Everett 7%
Thomas Ewing 36%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 25%
Harris Fawell 50%
Victor Fazio 79%
Russ Feingold 83%
Thomas Foglietta 75%
Mark Foley 36%
Michael Patrick Forbes 62%
Harold Ford, Jr. 93%
Wendell Ford 83%
Tillie Fowler 21%
Jon David Fox 57%
Robert Franks 36%
William Frist 25%
Jonas Frost III 93%
Elizabeth Furse 79%
John Ganske 14%
Sam Gejdenson 93%
George Gekas 43%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 86%
Jim Gibbons 23%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 43%
Benjamin Gilman 71%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 67%
Henry Gonzalez 86%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
William Goodling 29%
Bart Gordon 69%
Slade Gorton 17%
Porter Goss 21%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 8%
James Greenwood 29%
Judd Gregg 17%
Gilbert Gutknecht 21%
Charles Hagel 25%
Tony Hall 100%
Lee Hamilton 93%
James Hansen 21%
Jane Harman 71%
J. Dennis Hastert 21%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 21%
Joel Hefley 21%
W.G. Hefner 100%
Jesse Helms 17%
Rick Hill 36%
Van Hilleary 14%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 83%
David Lee Hobson 36%
Pete Hoekstra 21%
Ernest Hollings 83%
Darlene Hooley 79%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 29%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 67%
Kenny Hulshof 29%
Duncan Hunter 25%
William Hutchinson 36%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 17%
Henry Hyde 43%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 21%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 21%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 42%
William Lewis Jenkins 29%
Christopher John 57%
Jay Johnson 86%
Nancy Johnson 64%
Paul Kanjorski 93%
Sue Kelly 38%
Dirk Kempthorne 18%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 92%
Joseph Kennedy II 86%
Patrick Kennedy 93%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 93%
Bob Kerrey 58%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 79%
Jay Kim 36%
Gerald Kleczka 71%
Ronald Klink 93%
Scott Klug 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 43%
James Kolbe 31%
John LaFalce 79%
Nicholas Lampson 86%
Tom Lantos 79%
Stephen Largent 21%
Rick Lazio 57%
James Leach 57%
Ron Lewis 23%
John Linder 21%
William Lipinski 69%
Robert Livingston 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 25%
William Luther 79%
Connie Mack 17%
James Maloney 79%
Thomas Manton 83%
Matthew Martinez 86%
Frank Mascara 93%
Robert Matsui 79%
Karen McCarthy 79%
Bill McCollum 21%
James McCrery III 21%
Joseph McDade 69%
Paul McHale 93%
John McHugh 54%
Scott McInnis 21%
David McIntosh 9%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 86%
Michael McNulty 92%
Martin Meehan 92%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 57%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 86%
Dan Miller 43%
David Minge 71%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 79%
Alan Mollohan 91%
Constance Morella 43%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 58%
Frank Murkowski 25%
Jack Murtha 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 36%
Mark Neumann 23%
Robert William Ney 50%
Don Nickles 17%
Anne Northup 29%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 21%
James Nussle 21%
Jim Oberstar 77%
Dave Obey 79%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Major Owens 77%
Michael Oxley 36%
Ronald Packard 29%
Michael Pappas 36%
Paul Michael Parker 29%
William Paxon 21%
Donald Payne 90%
Edward Pease 29%
John Peterson 21%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 21%
Owen Pickett 86%
Richard Pombo 7%
Earl Pomeroy 93%
John Edward Porter 54%
Glenn Poshard 93%
Deborah Pryce 23%
Jack Quinn 62%
George Radanovich 8%
James Ramstad 21%
William Redmond 27%
Ralph Regula 50%
Frank Duncan Riggs 15%
Bob Riley 23%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 86%
Charles Robb 58%
Ciro Rodriguez 75%
Timothy Roemer 71%
James Rogan 14%
William Roth, Jr. 8%
Marge Roukema 57%
Jim Ryun 23%
Martin Olav Sabo 79%
Matthew Salmon 21%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 79%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 21%
Rick Santorum 25%
Paul Sarbanes 92%
H. James Saxton 43%
Joe Scarborough 21%
Daniel Schaefer 21%
Steven Schiff 100%
John Shadegg 21%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 36%
E.G. Shuster 23%
Norman Sisisky 93%
David Skaggs 79%
Joseph Skeen 29%
Ike Skelton 85%
Gordon Smith 17%
Linda Smith 50%
Nick Smith 14%
Robert Smith 17%
Bob Smith 25%
Vincent Snowbarger 21%
Vic Snyder 93%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 23%
Mark Souder 21%
Arlen Specter 67%
Floyd Spence 21%
John Spratt, Jr. 93%
Charles Stenholm 54%
Ted Stevens 42%
Louis Stokes 86%
Ted Strickland 86%
Robert Stump 21%
Bart Stupak 79%
John Sununu 21%
James Talent 21%
John Tanner 71%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
William Tauzin 21%
Charles Taylor 23%
Gene Taylor 36%
Craig Thomas 8%
William Thomas 36%
Fred Thompson 25%
Karen Thurman 93%
Strom Thurmond 25%
Todd Tiahrt 29%
Esteban Edward Torres 86%
Robert Torricelli 83%
James Traficant, Jr. 57%
James Turner 86%
Bruce Vento 79%
James Walsh 57%
Zach Wamp 29%
John Warner 17%
Wesley Watkins 23%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 21%
David Weldon 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 57%
Gerald Weller 50%
Paul Wellstone 83%
Robert Wexler 79%
Robert Weygand 93%
Rick White 21%
Robert Wise, Jr. 86%
Albert Wynn 86%
Sidney Yates 100%

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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