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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The John Birch Society

2002 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
Gary Ackerman 32%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 55%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 6%
Todd Akin 60%
Wayne Allard 65%
George Allen 60%
Thomas Allen 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 32%
Joe Baca, Sr. 37%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 58%
Brian Baird 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 53%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 35%
Cass Ballenger 55%
Roscoe Bartlett 68%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 53%
Charlie Bass 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
Evan Bayh 30%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 26%
Bob Bennett 55%
Douglas Bereuter 39%
Shelley Berkley 42%
Howard Berman 21%
Marion Berry 55%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 5%
Judy Biggert 40%
Michael Bilirakis 47%
Jeff Bingaman 21%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 30%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 56%
Sherwood Boehlert 35%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 45%
Kit Bond 53%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Mary Bono Mack 32%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 45%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 40%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 15%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 55%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 30%
John Breaux 26%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 32%
Henry Brown, Jr. 50%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 40%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 60%
Jim Bunning 58%
Conrad Burns 55%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 40%
Dan Burton 56%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 25%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 45%
Ben Campbell 56%
Chris Cannon 55%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 32%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 35%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 25%
Brad Carson 42%
Julia Carson 32%
Mike Castle 55%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 70%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 45%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 53%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 22%
Hillary Clinton 25%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 70%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 45%
Michael Collins 75%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 30%
Larry Combest 40%
Kent Conrad 35%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 30%
Jon Corzine 20%
Jerry Costello 60%
Christopher Cox 60%
Larry Craig 63%
Robert Cramer 45%
Philip Crane 63%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 61%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 25%
Barbara Cubin 55%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 60%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 35%
Randall Cunningham 44%
Thomas Daschle 7%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 25%
James Davis 30%
Jo Ann Davis 70%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 30%
Thomas Davis III 42%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 36%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 65%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 53%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
Bill Delahunt 21%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 25%
Thomas DeLay 50%
James DeMint 65%
Peter Deutsch 32%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 45%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Norm Dicks 15%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 37%
Chris Dodd 10%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 35%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 47%
Calvin Dooley 20%
John Doolittle 55%
Byron Dorgan 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 35%
David Dreier 40%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 90%
Jennifer Dunn 40%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 20%
John Edwards 20%
Chet Edwards 45%
Vern Ehlers 35%
Jo Ann Emerson 53%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 32%
Philip English 47%
John Ensign 68%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 35%
Bob Etheridge 35%
Lane Evans 35%
Terry Everett 63%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
Russ Feingold 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
Michael Ferguson 40%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 30%
Peter Fitzgerald 70%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 80%
Ernest Fletcher 50%
Mark Foley 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 58%
Harold Ford, Jr. 35%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 47%
Barney Frank 35%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
William Frist 60%
Jonas Frost III 20%
Elton Gallegly 45%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 30%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 41%
Paul Gillmor 42%
Charlie Gonzalez 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 85%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 50%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 40%
Daniel Graham 30%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 45%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 65%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 55%
Mark Green 55%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 35%
James Greenwood 35%
Judd Gregg 58%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 65%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 45%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 21%
Jane Harman 35%
Melissa Hart 53%
J. Dennis Hastert 43%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 45%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 50%
Robert Hayes 74%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 65%
Joel Hefley 65%
Wally Herger, Jr. 50%
Baron Hill 35%
Maurice Hinchey 30%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 30%
David Lee Hobson 45%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 20%
Pete Hoekstra 55%
Thomas Holden 45%
Ernest Hollings 35%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 35%
Darlene Hooley 42%
John Nathan Hostettler 90%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 39%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 25%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Duncan Hunter 55%
Kay Hutchison 63%
Henry Hyde 55%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 70%
Daniel Inouye 26%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 30%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 45%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 30%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 35%
William Jefferson 33%
James Merrill Jeffords 10%
William Lewis Jenkins 58%
Christopher John 40%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 25%
Nancy Johnson 35%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 55%
Tim Johnson 40%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 40%
Ric Keller 53%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 11%
Mark Kennedy 50%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 11%
Dale Kildee 35%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 30%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 42%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 55%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
Gerald Kleczka 35%
Joseph Knollenberg 42%
Herb Kohl 10%
James Kolbe 40%
Dennis Kucinich 42%
Jon Kyl 85%
Ray LaHood 37%
Nicholas Lampson 47%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 40%
Tom Lantos 33%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 40%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 30%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 45%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 30%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 25%
Jerry Lewis 45%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 29%
Ron Lewis 50%
Joe Lieberman 5%
Blanche Lincoln 25%
John Linder 55%
William Lipinski 40%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 74%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 45%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 55%
Dick Lugar 55%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 30%
Don Manzullo 53%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 21%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 40%
Robert Matsui 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 65%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 37%
Karen McCarthy 26%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 35%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 50%
James McCrery III 42%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 30%
John McHugh 53%
Scott McInnis 53%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 45%
Michael McNulty 35%
Martin Meehan 28%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 44%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 32%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 55%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 26%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 30%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 65%
Zell Bryan Miller 32%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 30%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 35%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 15%
Jack Murtha 39%
Sue Myrick 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 39%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 30%
Ben Nelson 35%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 45%
Robert William Ney 45%
Don Nickles 75%
Anne Northup 47%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 71%
James Nussle 50%
Jim Oberstar 35%
Dave Obey 35%
John Olver 28%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 41%
Thomas William Osborne 45%
Doug Ose 45%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 55%
Major Owens 37%
Michael Oxley 47%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 30%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 25%
Ron Paul 89%
Donald Payne 30%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 26%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 56%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
John Peterson 56%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 70%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 60%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 60%
Todd Platts 55%
Richard Pombo 47%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 30%
Deborah Pryce 45%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 45%
Jack Quinn 39%
George Radanovich 42%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 35%
James Ramstad 45%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
Ralph Regula 50%
Denny Rehberg 45%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
Silvestre Reyes 47%
Thomas Reynolds 50%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 50%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 16%
Ciro Rodriguez 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 45%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 45%
Mike Ross 55%
Steve Rothman 35%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 75%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 50%
Jim Ryun 60%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 40%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 45%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 74%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
Jim Saxton 40%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 35%
Edward Schrock 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 65%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 32%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 55%
John Shadegg 65%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 30%
Donald Sherwood 45%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 50%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 45%
Ike Skelton 40%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 35%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 44%
Nick Smith 60%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 35%
Hilda Solis 25%
Mark Souder 45%
Arlen Specter 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 35%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
Pete Stark 30%
Cliff Stearns 69%
Charles Stenholm 30%
Ted Stevens 40%
Ted Strickland 45%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sullivan 60%
John Sununu 45%
John Sweeney 40%
Tom Tancredo 68%
John Tanner 47%
Ellen Tauscher 20%
William Tauzin 50%
Charles Taylor 65%
Gene Taylor 55%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 65%
Craig Thomas 74%
William Thomas 47%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 50%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 45%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 32%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 60%
Ed Towns 33%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
James Turner 40%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 35%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 35%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 30%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 35%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 55%
George Voinovich 68%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 55%
James Walsh 42%
Zach Wamp 70%
John Warner 55%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 35%
Diane Watson 30%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 20%
Anthony Weiner 21%
David Weldon 60%
W. Curtis Weldon 47%
Gerald Weller 50%
Robert Wexler 25%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 47%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 55%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 60%
Heather Wilson 45%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
Lynn Woolsey 30%
David Wu 45%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
Albert Wynn 35%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 45%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 50%

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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