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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2003 Positions

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

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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