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Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

2007-2008 Positions on Civil and Human

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 11
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 35
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 9
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 17
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 9
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 9
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 6
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 6
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 61
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 9
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 4
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 4
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 96
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 96
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 43
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 30
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 96
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 100
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 9
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 4
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 4
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 4
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 4
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 4
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 4
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 96
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 4
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 9
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 4
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 72
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 96
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 4
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 96
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 100
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 100
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 67
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 4
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 4
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 13
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 17
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 96
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 17
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 57
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 61
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 83
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 4
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 91
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 96
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 0
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 4
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 78
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 100
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 4
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 100
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 91
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 87
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 13
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 4
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 11
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 17
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 6
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 91
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 96
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 9
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 96
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 35
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 13
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 43
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 96
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 39
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 70
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 9
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 9
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 6
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 26
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 96
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 4
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 9
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 22
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 56
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 6
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 52
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 96
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 91
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 96
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 17
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 96
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 96
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 94
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 94
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 91
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 9
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 35
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 13
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 35
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 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 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 4
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 87
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 89
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 13
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 72
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 9
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 56
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 61
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 89
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 4
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 9
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 96
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 17
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 4
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 4
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 96
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 22
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 91
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 89
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 13
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 96
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 96
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 96
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 83
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 96
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 96
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 96
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 91
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 96
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 96
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 89
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 78
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 4
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 4
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 4
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 30
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 22
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 4
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 4
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 6
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 6
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 4
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 96
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 94
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 96
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 91
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 96
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 52
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 4
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 35
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 100
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 100
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 4
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 39
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 9
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 87
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 4
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 96
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 6
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 0
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 9
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 4
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 9
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 9
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 13
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 4
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 4
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 4
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 96
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 96
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 4
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 13
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 9
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 9
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 96
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 87
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 4
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 4
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 4
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 78
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 22
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 9
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 13
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 100
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 26
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 94
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 4
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 9
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 52
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 96
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 96
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 26
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 96
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 9
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 22
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 35
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 96
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 89
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 6
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 6
Gary Ackerman 96
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 94
Todd Akin 4
Jason Altmire 87
Michael Arcuri 100
Joe Baca, Sr. 96
Brian Baird 96
J. Gresham Barrett 4
Roscoe Bartlett 4
Evan Bayh 78
Melissa Bean 87
Bob Bennett 11
Shelley Berkley 100
Howard Berman 91
Marion Berry 91
Judy Biggert 26
Brian Bilbray 9
Jeff Bingaman 94
Kit Bond 0
Mary Bono Mack 17
Dan Boren 52
Leonard Boswell 96
Rick Boucher 96
Allen Boyd, Jr. 91
Henry Brown, Jr. 4
Ginny Brown-Waite 13
Jim Bunning 6
Dan Burton 9
Steve Buyer 17
Robert Byrd 44
Dennis Cardoza 96
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 87
Mike Castle 48
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. 35
Ben Chandler III 100
Travis Childers 22
Hillary Clinton 83
Kent Conrad 78
Jerry Costello 100
Artur Davis 96
Geoff Davis 13
Lincoln Davis 74
Bill Delahunt 96
James DeMint 6
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57
Norm Dicks 100
Chris Dodd 67
Byron Dorgan 67
David Dreier 9
Chet Edwards 96
Vern Ehlers 17
Brad Ellsworth 70
Jo Ann Emerson 35
John Ensign 0
Bob Etheridge 91
Russ Feingold 100
Barney Frank 100
Elton Gallegly 4
Gabrielle Giffords 87
Charlie Gonzalez 96
Bart Gordon 78
Judd Gregg 6
John Hall 100
Phil Hare 100
Jane Harman 100
Wally Herger, Jr. 9
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 100
Baron Hill 78
Maurice Hinchey 100
Paul Hodes 100
Pete Hoekstra 9
Thomas Holden 91
Kay Hutchison 6
Bob Inglis, Sr. 4
Daniel Inouye 83
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100
Tim Johnson 35
Steve Kagen 96
Paul Kanjorski 78
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 94
Patrick Kennedy 100
Dale Kildee 96
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100
Ron Klein 13
Herb Kohl 94
Dennis Kucinich 87
Jon Kyl 6
Steve LaTourette 52
Jerry Lewis 13
Joe Lieberman 78
Blanche Lincoln 78
John Linder 0
Dick Lugar 28
Dan Lungren 4
Connie Mack IV 4
Don Manzullo 4
Jim Marshall 65
Melquiades Martinez 33
Thaddeus McCotter 26
John McHugh 48
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 83
Brad Miller 100
Harry Mitchell 83
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
Patrick Murphy 87
Jack Murtha 100
Sue Myrick 4
Ben Nelson 61
Jim Oberstar 87
Dave Obey 96
John Olver 96
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 87
Ron Paul 0
Donald Payne 96
Todd Platts 43
Earl Pomeroy 96
George Radanovich 4
Denny Rehberg 13
Silvestre Reyes 96
Laura Richardson 48
Ciro Rodriguez 100
Mike Ross 83
Steve Rothman 100
Ken Salazar 89
Jean Schmidt 13
Joe Sestak, Jr. 96
John Shadegg 4
Heath Shuler 57
Ike Skelton 91
Olympia Snowe 56
Vic Snyder 96
Hilda Solis 100
Mark Souder 4
Zack Space 91
Arlen Specter 44
John Spratt, Jr. 87
Pete Stark 96
Cliff Stearns 13
Bart Stupak 100
John Sullivan 4
Betty Sutton 100
John Tanner 83
Ellen Tauscher 100
Gene Taylor 70
Todd Tiahrt 4
Ed Towns 96
George Voinovich 33
Zach Wamp 9
Diane Watson 100
Jim Webb, Jr. 89
Anthony Weiner 91
Robert Wexler 100
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 100
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 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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