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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The John Birch Society

2002 Positions

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

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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