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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: FreedomWorks

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 90%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 95%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 15%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 5%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 10%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 65%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 85%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 80%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 15%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 85%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 70%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 5%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 85%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 85%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 85%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 5%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 5%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 5%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 35%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 90%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 85%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 85%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 85%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 85%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 5%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 90%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 85%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 5%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 5%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 95%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 5%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 5%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 5%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 91%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 85%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 10%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 95%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 90%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Todd Akin 90%
Thomas Allen 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 15%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 85%
Cass Ballenger 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 85%
Charlie Bass 80%
Douglas Bereuter 60%
Shelley Berkley 20%
Howard Berman 5%
Marion Berry 30%
Judy Biggert 90%
Michael Bilirakis 80%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Henry Bonilla 85%
Mary Bono Mack 75%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 30%
Henry Brown, Jr. 85%
Dan Burton 85%
Steve Buyer 85%
Chris Cannon 90%
Brad Carson 40%
Julia Carson 10%
Mike Castle 70%
Michael Collins 85%
Jerry Costello 20%
Christopher Cox 90%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 95%
Barbara Cubin 75%
Randall Cunningham 85%
James Davis 5%
Jo Ann Davis 90%
Thomas Davis III 80%
Bill Delahunt 5%
Thomas DeLay 90%
James DeMint 95%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Norm Dicks 0%
Calvin Dooley 25%
John Doolittle 95%
David Dreier 85%
Jennifer Dunn 85%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Jo Ann Emerson 85%
Philip English 80%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 90%
Michael Ferguson 70%
Ernest Fletcher 80%
Mark Foley 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 15%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
Barney Frank 10%
Jonas Frost III 5%
Elton Gallegly 85%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Jim Gibbons 90%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Paul Gillmor 75%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 90%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 90%
Mark Green 90%
James Greenwood 70%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Jane Harman 35%
Melissa Hart 85%
J. Dennis Hastert 55%
Robert Hayes 85%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 90%
Joel Hefley 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 90%
Baron Hill 10%
Maurice Hinchey 10%
David Lee Hobson 85%
Pete Hoekstra 95%
Thomas Holden 15%
Darlene Hooley 10%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 55%
Kenny Hulshof 85%
Duncan Hunter 90%
Henry Hyde 75%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 10%
William Jefferson 15%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
Christopher John 40%
Nancy Johnson 65%
Tim Johnson 65%
Paul Kanjorski 15%
Ric Keller 90%
Sue Kelly 75%
Mark Kennedy 80%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 5%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 85%
James Kolbe 85%
Dennis Kucinich 10%
Ray LaHood 70%
Nicholas Lampson 5%
Tom Lantos 0%
Steve LaTourette 70%
James Leach 60%
Jerry Lewis 85%
Ron Lewis 90%
John Linder 90%
William Lipinski 20%
Don Manzullo 90%
Robert Matsui 5%
Karen McCarthy 5%
James McCrery III 85%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 85%
Michael McNulty 5%
Martin Meehan 5%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Dennis Moore 15%
Jack Murtha 25%
Sue Myrick 95%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 90%
Robert William Ney 85%
Anne Northup 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
James Nussle 85%
Jim Oberstar 15%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Thomas William Osborne 80%
Doug Ose 80%
Major Owens 15%
Michael Oxley 80%
Ron Paul 80%
Donald Payne 5%
John Peterson 80%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 85%
Todd Platts 75%
Richard Pombo 90%
Earl Pomeroy 5%
Deborah Pryce 85%
Jack Quinn 65%
George Radanovich 85%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 85%
Denny Rehberg 85%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Mike Ross 20%
Steve Rothman 5%
Jim Ryun 90%
Martin Olav Sabo 5%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 35%
Jim Saxton 70%
Edward Schrock 95%
John Shadegg 95%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 80%
Christopher Shays 75%
Donald Sherwood 90%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Ike Skelton 30%
Nick Smith 75%
Vic Snyder 0%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 85%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Pete Stark 15%
Cliff Stearns 95%
Charles Stenholm 35%
Ted Strickland 5%
Bart Stupak 5%
John Sununu 95%
John Sweeney 80%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 25%
Ellen Tauscher 15%
William Tauzin 85%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 35%
William Thomas 75%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Ed Towns 20%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
James Turner 20%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 85%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 5%
David Weldon 85%
W. Curtis Weldon 65%
Gerald Weller 85%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 85%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 5%
Albert Wynn 10%

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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