Rating Group: FreedomWorks

2006 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 50%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 58%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 67%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 83%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 67%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 50%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 42%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 67%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 33%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 67%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 83%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 83%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 8%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 8%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 17%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 0%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 0%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 42%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 0%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 17%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 8%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 67%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 67%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 8%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 8%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 67%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 8%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 0%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 83%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 67%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 8%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 8%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 92%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 67%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 17%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 17%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 25%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 17%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 17%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 50%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 75%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 67%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 8%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 67%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 58%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 8%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 67%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 58%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 67%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 83%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 92%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 50%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 33%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 83%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 42%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 17%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 8%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 83%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 17%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 58%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 92%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 92%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 50%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 83%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 8%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 42%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 8%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 8%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 8%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 67%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 0%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 67%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 67%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 83%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 92%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 75%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 17%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 92%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 58%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 67%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 92%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 0%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 17%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 8%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 8%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 8%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 8%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 17%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 33%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 8%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 17%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 25%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 67%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 67%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 67%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 67%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 0%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 83%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 25%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 67%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 8%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 8%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 67%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 58%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 25%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 17%
NA President Barack Obama II D 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 25%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 75%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 8%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 58%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 0%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 67%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 83%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 33%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 75%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 0%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 67%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 75%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 83%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 8%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 17%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 33%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 33%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 8%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 33%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 25%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 8%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 67%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 17%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 17%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 67%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 17%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 8%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 17%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 17%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 17%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 8%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 8%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 58%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 8%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 67%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 83%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 75%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 92%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 67%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 67%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 17%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 67%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 17%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 33%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 25%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 8%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 25%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 25%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 67%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 8%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 8%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 67%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 92%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 67%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 8%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 17%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 42%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 92%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 50%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 8%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 8%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 75%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 83%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 50%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 75%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 75%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 67%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 83%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 58%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 67%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 25%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 58%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 67%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 58%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 75%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 33%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 17%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 83%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 67%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 75%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 58%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 58%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 17%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 17%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 58%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 92%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 17%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 67%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 50%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 75%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 58%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 67%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 75%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 8%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 42%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 8%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 8%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 17%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 17%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 17%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 67%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 75%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 0%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 33%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 8%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 17%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 83%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 92%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 8%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 67%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 17%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 8%
Todd Akin Other 92%
Wayne Allard Other 92%
George Allen Other 83%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 17%
Brian Baird Other 17%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 58%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 75%
Charlie Bass Other 67%
Evan Bayh Other 8%
Melissa Bean Other 67%
Bob Beauprez Other 83%
Bob Bennett Other 75%
Shelley Berkley Other 0%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Marion Berry Other 33%
Judy Biggert Other 67%
Brian Bilbray Other 50%
Michael Bilirakis Other 92%
Jeff Bingaman Other 8%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 50%
Kit Bond Other 58%
Henry Bonilla Other 58%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
Dan Boren Other 58%
Leonard Boswell Other 33%
Rick Boucher Other 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 33%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 67%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 92%
Jim Bunning Other 83%
Conrad Burns Other 58%
Dan Burton Other 58%
Steve Buyer Other 75%
Robert Byrd Other 0%
Chris Cannon Other 67%
Dennis Cardoza Other 33%
Russ Carnahan Other 8%
Julia Carson Other 0%
Edward Case Other 17%
Mike Castle Other 58%
Ben Chandler III Other 8%
Chris Chocola Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 33%
Norm Coleman Other 42%
Kent Conrad Other 25%
Jerry Costello Other 0%
Larry Craig Other 92%
Robert Cramer Other 33%
Barbara Cubin Other 83%
Artur Davis Other 33%
Geoff Davis Other 83%
James Davis Other 0%
Jo Ann Davis Other 67%
Lincoln Davis Other 58%
Thomas Davis III Other 58%
Bill Delahunt Other 8%
James DeMint Other 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 67%
Norm Dicks Other 8%
Chris Dodd Other 8%
Elizabeth Dole Other 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 33%
John Doolittle Other 67%
Byron Dorgan Other 8%
Thelma Drake Other 67%
David Dreier Other 67%
Chet Edwards Other 58%
Vern Ehlers Other 58%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 50%
Philip English Other 67%
John Ensign Other 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 25%
Lane Evans Other 0%
Terry Everett Other 75%
Tom Feeney Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 17%
Michael Ferguson Other 58%
Mark Foley Other 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 83%
Barney Frank Other 25%
William Frist Other 75%
Elton Gallegly Other 67%
Jim Gibbons Other 92%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 42%
Paul Gillmor Other 67%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 17%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 58%
Bart Gordon Other 25%
Mark Green Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 92%
Jane Harman Other 17%
Katherine Harris Other 92%
Melissa Hart Other 67%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 50%
Robert Hayes Other 58%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 100%
Joel Hefley Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 67%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 25%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 50%
Pete Hoekstra Other 67%
Thomas Holden Other 25%
Darlene Hooley Other 17%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 58%
Kenny Hulshof Other 67%
Duncan Hunter Other 67%
Kay Hutchison Other 83%
Henry Hyde Other 67%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 92%
Daniel Inouye Other 17%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 50%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 8%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 67%
Nancy Johnson Other 42%
Tim Johnson Other 58%
Paul Kanjorski Other 8%
Ric Keller Other 92%
Sue Kelly Other 58%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 8%
Mark Kennedy Other 92%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 58%
Herb Kohl Other 17%
James Kolbe Other 58%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 67%
Jon Kyl Other 92%
Ray LaHood Other 58%
Tom Lantos Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 50%
James Leach Other 25%
Jerry Lewis Other 50%
Ron Lewis Other 83%
Joe Lieberman Other 17%
Blanche Lincoln Other 25%
John Linder Other 83%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 67%
Dick Lugar Other 50%
Dan Lungren Other 75%
Connie Mack IV Other 75%
Don Manzullo Other 58%
Jim Marshall Other 33%
Melquiades Martinez Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 58%
James McCrery III Other 67%
John McHugh Other 42%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 0%
Michael McNulty Other 0%
Martin Meehan Other 25%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 8%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 17%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 17%
Dennis Moore Other 25%
Jack Murtha Other 17%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 83%
Sue Myrick Other 92%
Ben Nelson Other 50%
Robert William Ney Other 33%
Anne Northup Other 42%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 92%
James Nussle Other 50%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 8%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 33%
Thomas William Osborne Other 67%
Major Owens Other 8%
Michael Oxley Other 50%
Ron Paul Other 75%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 58%
Todd Platts Other 83%
Richard Pombo Other 67%
Earl Pomeroy Other 17%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 75%
Deborah Pryce Other 75%
George Radanovich Other 67%
James Ramstad Other 75%
Ralph Regula Other 42%
Denny Rehberg Other 67%
Richard Renzi Other 67%
Silvestre Reyes Other 25%
Thomas Reynolds Other 67%
Mike Ross Other 33%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Jim Ryun Other 67%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 0%
Ken Salazar Other 33%
Rick Santorum Other 83%
Paul Sarbanes Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 42%
John Schwarz Other 42%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 33%
Donald Sherwood Other 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 25%
Ike Skelton Other 33%
Gordon Smith Other 50%
Olympia Snowe Other 17%
Vic Snyder Other 8%
Mike Sodrel Other 75%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 75%
Arlen Specter Other 42%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 17%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 92%
Ted Stevens Other 50%
Ted Strickland Other 8%
Bart Stupak Other 0%
John Sullivan Other 92%
John Sununu Other 100%
John Sweeney Other 33%
James Talent Other 50%
Tom Tancredo Other 92%
John Tanner Other 67%
Ellen Tauscher Other 17%
Charles Taylor Other 58%
Gene Taylor Other 50%
Craig Thomas Other 100%
William Thomas Other 67%
Todd Tiahrt Other 67%
Ed Towns Other 8%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 8%
George Voinovich Other 42%
James Walsh Other 25%
Zach Wamp Other 67%
John Warner Other 67%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Anthony Weiner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 67%
Gerald Weller Other 67%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Heather Wilson Other 50%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 8%
Albert Wynn Other 17%

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