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Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 7%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 26%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 4%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 4%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 22%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 4%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 9%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 78%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 15%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 17%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 85%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 91%
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 96%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 96%
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 4%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 4%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 17%
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 91%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 96%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 83%
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 67%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 78%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 96%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 48%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 48%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 4%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 4%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 4%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 4%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 4%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 96%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 4%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 61%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 83%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 7%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 96%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 22%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 4%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 93%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 57%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 74%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 13%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 96%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 96%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 9%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 4%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 26%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 4%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 4%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 74%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 4%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 26%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 9%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 13%
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 96%
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 91%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
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 41%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 96%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 26%
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 4%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 48%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 9%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 87%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 96%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 7%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 4%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 87%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 93%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 4%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 96%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 4%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 13%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 22%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 52%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 96%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 17%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 93%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 22%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 87%
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 100%
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 78%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 96%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 96%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 22%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 22%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 26%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 26%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 91%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 4%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 4%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 9%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 9%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 96%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 26%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 91%
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 48%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 4%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 35%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 4%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 22%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 7%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 9%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 96%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 78%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 4%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 4%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 87%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 9%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 4%
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 4%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 96%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 4%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 9%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 74%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 96%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 9%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 4%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 96%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 22%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 93%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 96%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 96%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 96%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 9%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 43%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 22%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 63%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 22%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 96%
Todd Akin 9%
Wayne Allard 4%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 96%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 4%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 4%
Evan Bayh 96%
Melissa Bean 87%
Bob Bennett 4%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 70%
Judy Biggert 43%
Brian Bilbray 13%
Jeff Bingaman 81%
Kit Bond 4%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Dan Boren 52%
Leonard Boswell 74%
Rick Boucher 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 78%
Henry Brown, Jr. 9%
Ginny Brown-Waite 4%
Jim Bunning 4%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 22%
Robert Byrd 67%
Chris Cannon 22%
Dennis Cardoza 87%
Russ Carnahan 96%
Julia Carson 96%
Mike Castle 43%
Ben Chandler III 70%
Hillary Clinton 93%
Norm Coleman 30%
Kent Conrad 67%
Jerry Costello 83%
Larry Craig 7%
Robert Cramer 65%
Barbara Cubin 9%
Artur Davis 87%
Geoff Davis 22%
Jo Ann Davis 4%
Lincoln Davis 61%
Thomas Davis III 26%
Bill Delahunt 96%
James DeMint 4%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 48%
Norm Dicks 100%
Chris Dodd 85%
Elizabeth Dole 4%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 11%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 81%
Thelma Drake 22%
David Dreier 22%
Chet Edwards 83%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Jo Ann Emerson 26%
Philip English 30%
John Ensign 4%
Bob Etheridge 91%
Terry Everett 4%
Tom Feeney 13%
Russ Feingold 93%
Michael Ferguson 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 26%
Barney Frank 100%
Elton Gallegly 22%
Wayne Gilchrest 39%
Paul Gillmor 13%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 4%
Bart Gordon 61%
Judd Gregg 7%
Jane Harman 91%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 22%
Wally Herger, Jr. 4%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 74%
Maurice Hinchey 96%
David Lee Hobson 30%
Pete Hoekstra 9%
Thomas Holden 74%
Darlene Hooley 96%
Kenny Hulshof 22%
Duncan Hunter 13%
Kay Hutchison 4%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 26%
Daniel Inouye 81%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 87%
Tim Johnson 35%
Paul Kanjorski 87%
Ric Keller 4%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 96%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 22%
Herb Kohl 81%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. 22%
Jon Kyl 7%
Ray LaHood 26%
Tom Lantos 96%
Steve LaTourette 26%
Frank Lautenberg 100%
Jerry Lewis 26%
Ron Lewis 17%
Joe Lieberman 81%
Blanche Lincoln 78%
John Linder 4%
Trent Lott, Sr. 4%
Dick Lugar 11%
Dan Lungren 9%
Connie Mack IV 9%
Don Manzullo 9%
Jim Marshall 52%
Melquiades Martinez 7%
Thaddeus McCotter 30%
James McCrery III 22%
John McHugh 30%
Michael McNulty 74%
Martin Meehan 96%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 96%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 70%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 87%
Brad Miller 100%
Alan Mollohan 83%
Dennis Moore 91%
Jack Murtha 96%
Marilyn Musgrave 4%
Sue Myrick 4%
Ben Nelson 44%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
Jim Oberstar 96%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 91%
Ron Paul 22%
Donald Payne 91%
John Peterson 13%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 13%
Todd Platts 39%
Earl Pomeroy 96%
Jon Porter, Sr. 30%
Deborah Pryce 26%
George Radanovich 17%
James Ramstad 39%
Ralph Regula 22%
Denny Rehberg 13%
Richard Renzi 35%
Silvestre Reyes 91%
Thomas Reynolds 30%
Mike Ross 74%
Steve Rothman 100%
Ken Salazar 81%
Jim Saxton 30%
Jean Schmidt 22%
John Shadegg 9%
Christopher Shays 65%
Ike Skelton 74%
Gordon Smith 11%
Olympia Snowe 44%
Vic Snyder 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 17%
Arlen Specter 30%
John Spratt, Jr. 87%
Pete Stark 96%
Cliff Stearns 9%
Ted Stevens 7%
Bart Stupak 96%
John Sullivan 4%
John Sununu 11%
Tom Tancredo 4%
John Tanner 74%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Gene Taylor 30%
Craig Thomas 4%
Todd Tiahrt 4%
Ed Towns 87%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 96%
George Voinovich 15%
James Walsh 35%
Zach Wamp 9%
John Warner 11%
Diane Watson 91%
Anthony Weiner 96%
David Weldon 4%
Gerald Weller 22%
Robert Wexler 91%
Heather Wilson 48%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 96%

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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