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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 28%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 24%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 30%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 15%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 96%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 16%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 16%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 16%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 92%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 96%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 24%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 80%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 16%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 12%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 52%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 16%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 8%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 96%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 12%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 80%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 95%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 96%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 12%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 36%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 16%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 28%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 92%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 12%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 24%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 12%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 96%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 92%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 16%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 60%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 28%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 96%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 72%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 12%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 12%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 96%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 80%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 32%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 16%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 12%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 12%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 68%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 16%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 95%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 24%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 96%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 84%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 96%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 32%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 76%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 28%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 84%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 96%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 92%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 16%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 8%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 84%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 92%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 48%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 16%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 92%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 16%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 16%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 92%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 92%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 92%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 92%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 12%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 92%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 12%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 12%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 16%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 16%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 24%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 96%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 92%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 24%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 96%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 12%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 84%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 84%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 84%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 92%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 96%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 20%
Wayne Allard 10%
Thomas Allen 96%
William Archer 12%
Richard Armey 8%
John Ashcroft 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 16%
John Baldacci 96%
Cass Ballenger 12%
James Barcia 92%
Robert Barr, Jr. 12%
William Barrett 32%
Herbert Bateman 12%
Bob Bennett 25%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Douglas Bereuter 16%
Marion Berry 76%
Michael Bilirakis 16%
Rod Blagojevich 84%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 16%
Sherwood Boehlert 72%
Kit Bond 30%
Henry Bonilla 28%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 92%
Rick Boucher 88%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 84%
John Breaux 75%
George Brown, Jr. 92%
Richard Bryan 80%
Ed Bryant 12%
Jim Bunning 16%
Conrad Burns 30%
Steve Buyer 16%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 16%
Ben Campbell 35%
Thomas Campbell 40%
Chris Cannon 12%
Julia Carson 92%
Mike Castle 52%
John Chafee 65%
Helen Chenoweth 32%
William Clay, Sr. 88%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 85%
Robert Clement 76%
Mac Collins 8%
Larry Combest 12%
Gary Condit 80%
Merrill Cook 24%
John Cooksey 20%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 16%
William Coyne 96%
Larry Craig 15%
Robert Cramer 76%
Philip Crane 12%
Barbara Cubin 16%
Randall Cunningham 12%
Patsy Ann Danner 84%
Thomas Daschle 95%
James Davis 84%
Thomas Davis III 40%
Bill Delahunt 96%
Thomas DeLay 8%
Peter Deutsch 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 64%
Jay Dickey 16%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 40%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 16%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Jennifer Dunn 12%
Chet Edwards 92%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 16%
Philip English 56%
Bob Etheridge 84%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 16%
Thomas Ewing 24%
Russ Feingold 95%
Mark Foley 24%
Michael Patrick Forbes 56%
Harold Ford, Jr. 92%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 6%
Tillie Fowler 24%
Robert Franks 40%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 88%
John Ganske 24%
Sam Gejdenson 96%
George Gekas 12%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 92%
Jim Gibbons 28%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Paul Gillmor 24%
Benjamin Gilman 72%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 32%
William Goodling 16%
Bart Gordon 84%
Slade Gorton 15%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 70%
William Phillip Gramm 10%
Rodney Grams 15%
James Greenwood 32%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 12%
Charles Hagel 15%
Tony Hall 84%
James Hansen 12%
J. Dennis Hastert 12%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 8%
Jesse Helms 5%
Rick Hill 24%
Van Hilleary 12%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 96%
David Lee Hobson 20%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Ernest Hollings 75%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Stephen Horn 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 16%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 56%
Kenny Hulshof 12%
Duncan Hunter 16%
William Hutchinson 24%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 10%
Henry Hyde 20%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 8%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 16%
Christopher John 72%
Nancy Johnson 72%
Paul Kanjorski 96%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Bob Kerrey 85%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 88%
Ronald Klink 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 16%
James Kolbe 24%
John LaFalce 92%
Nicholas Lampson 92%
Tom Lantos 92%
Stephen Largent 12%
Rick Lazio 44%
James Leach 64%
Ron Lewis 12%
John Linder 12%
William Lipinski 52%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
William Luther 92%
Connie Mack 20%
James Maloney 88%
Matthew Martinez 92%
Frank Mascara 96%
Robert Matsui 96%
Karen McCarthy 92%
Bill McCollum 20%
James McCrery III 24%
John McHugh 44%
Scott McInnis 16%
David McIntosh 12%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 96%
Michael McNulty 84%
Martin Meehan 96%
Carrie Meek 96%
Jack Metcalf 32%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 16%
David Minge 88%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 96%
John Moakley 72%
Alan Mollohan 88%
Constance Morella 80%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 60%
Frank Murkowski 30%
Jack Murtha 96%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Robert William Ney 48%
Don Nickles 10%
Anne Northup 24%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 12%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 96%
Dave Obey 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 84%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 20%
Ronald Packard 8%
Donald Payne 92%
Edward Pease 20%
John Peterson 16%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 8%
Owen Pickett 68%
Richard Pombo 16%
Earl Pomeroy 96%
John Edward Porter 32%
Deborah Pryce 36%
Jack Quinn 52%
George Radanovich 12%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
Bob Riley 16%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 96%
Charles Robb 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 92%
Timothy Roemer 88%
James Rogan 16%
William Roth, Jr. 30%
Marge Roukema 24%
Jim Ryun 12%
Martin Olav Sabo 92%
Matthew Salmon 12%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 84%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 28%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 40%
Joe Scarborough 12%
John Shadegg 12%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 24%
Christopher Shays 64%
E.G. Shuster 16%
Norman Sisisky 92%
Joseph Skeen 28%
Ike Skelton 76%
Gordon Smith 30%
Nick Smith 28%
Bob Smith 15%
Vic Snyder 88%
Mark Souder 36%
Arlen Specter 85%
Floyd Spence 16%
John Spratt, Jr. 92%
Charles Stenholm 72%
Ted Stevens 40%
Ted Strickland 100%
Robert Stump 12%
Bart Stupak 96%
John Sununu 12%
James Talent 20%
John Tanner 72%
Ellen Tauscher 84%
William Tauzin 20%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 28%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 20%
Fred Thompson 10%
Karen Thurman 96%
Strom Thurmond 15%
Todd Tiahrt 8%
Robert Torricelli 90%
James Traficant, Jr. 64%
James Turner 80%
Bruce Vento 96%
James Walsh 52%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 30%
Wesley Watkins 20%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 32%
David Weldon 16%
W. Curtis Weldon 32%
Gerald Weller 32%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 92%
Robert Weygand 92%
Heather Wilson 22%
Robert Wise, Jr. 92%
Albert Wynn 88%

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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