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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 13%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 11%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 94%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 6%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 11%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 89%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 94%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 89%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 13%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 11%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 78%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 78%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 6%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 11%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 89%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 11%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 12%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 22%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 44%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 94%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 11%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 78%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 28%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 89%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 11%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 89%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 11%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 89%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 94%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 11%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 11%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 11%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 14%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 89%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 6%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 11%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 11%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 11%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 28%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 6%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 88%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 6%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 89%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 6%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 78%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 89%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 11%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 78%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 89%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 89%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 11%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 94%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 22%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 78%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 6%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 6%
George Allen 6%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 89%
Brian Baird 89%
Richard Hugh Baker 11%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 100%
Cass Ballenger 11%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 11%
Charlie Bass 22%
Evan Bayh 83%
Bob Beauprez 11%
Chris Bell 78%
Bob Bennett 6%
Douglas Bereuter 33%
Shelley Berkley 78%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 78%
Judy Biggert 11%
Michael Bilirakis 11%
Jeff Bingaman 89%
Sherwood Boehlert 13%
Kit Bond 6%
Henry Bonilla 11%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
Leonard Boswell 78%
Rick Boucher 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 78%
John Breaux 78%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
Jim Bunning 6%
Conrad Burns 6%
Max Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 100%
Ben Campbell 11%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 78%
Brad Carson 78%
Julia Carson 88%
Edward Case 89%
Mike Castle 33%
Chris Chocola 11%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Norm Coleman 11%
Michael Collins 0%
Kent Conrad 83%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 89%
Christopher Cox 13%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 56%
Philip Crane 11%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Thomas Daschle 100%
Artur Davis 89%
James Davis 88%
Jo Ann Davis 11%
Lincoln Davis 78%
Thomas Davis III 11%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 13%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 89%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11%
Norm Dicks 89%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 11%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 6%
Calvin Dooley 78%
John Doolittle 11%
Byron Dorgan 94%
David Dreier 11%
Jennifer Dunn 11%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 11%
Philip English 22%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 89%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 13%
Russ Feingold 94%
Michael Ferguson 14%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
Mark Foley 11%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 13%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 89%
Elton Gallegly 11%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 11%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Charlie Gonzalez 89%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 11%
Daniel Graham 100%
Mark Green 11%
James Greenwood 11%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Jane Harman 89%
Katherine Harris 11%
Melissa Hart 11%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 22%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 89%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 11%
Pete Hoekstra 11%
Thomas Holden 89%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 78%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 33%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 11%
Kay Hutchison 17%
Henry Hyde 11%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Janklow 13%
William Jefferson 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 88%
William Lewis Jenkins 13%
Christopher John 67%
Nancy Johnson 50%
Tim Johnson 33%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 11%
Sue Kelly 11%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 11%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 11%
Herb Kohl 89%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 11%
Nicholas Lampson 78%
Steve LaTourette 0%
James Leach 44%
Jerry Lewis 11%
Ron Lewis 11%
Joe Lieberman 91%
Blanche Lincoln 89%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 71%
Trent Lott, Sr. 6%
Dick Lugar 6%
Denise Majette 100%
Don Manzullo 11%
Jim Marshall 67%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 11%
James McCrery III 13%
John McHugh 33%
Scott McInnis 0%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
Brad Miller 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 7%
Alan Mollohan 89%
Dennis Moore 89%
Jack Murtha 89%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 11%
Ben Nelson 47%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 11%
Robert William Ney 11%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 89%
Thomas William Osborne 11%
Doug Ose 11%
Major Owens 89%
Michael Oxley 11%
Ron Paul 38%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Todd Platts 22%
Richard Pombo 11%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
Jon Porter, Sr. 11%
Deborah Pryce 11%
Jack Quinn 22%
George Radanovich 11%
James Ramstad 11%
Ralph Regula 11%
Denny Rehberg 11%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
Thomas Reynolds 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Mike Ross 78%
Steve Rothman 89%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 78%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 13%
Edward Schrock 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 22%
Donald Sherwood 11%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 11%
Ike Skelton 78%
Gordon Smith 13%
Nick Smith 22%
Olympia Snowe 28%
Vic Snyder 88%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 11%
Arlen Specter 6%
John Spratt, Jr. 89%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 11%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 6%
Ted Strickland 89%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 13%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 11%
James Talent 6%
Tom Tancredo 25%
John Tanner 78%
Ellen Tauscher 89%
William Tauzin 11%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 33%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 11%
Todd Tiahrt 11%
Ed Towns 89%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 88%
George Voinovich 6%
James Walsh 11%
Zach Wamp 11%
John Warner 0%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 11%
W. Curtis Weldon 13%
Gerald Weller 11%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 11%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 78%
Albert Wynn 78%

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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