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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Criminal Justice Association

2005 Positions

Issues: Crime
State Office District Name Party Rating
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Dan Boren 100%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 100%
Ben Chandler III 100%
Robert Cramer 100%
Lincoln Davis 100%
Chet Edwards 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Jim Marshall 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 100%
Jean Schmidt 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
Arlen Specter 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 94%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 94%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 94%
Bob Etheridge 94%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 94%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 94%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 94%
Earl Pomeroy 94%
Silvestre Reyes 94%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 94%
John Spratt, Jr. 94%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 93%
Jo Ann Davis 93%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 93%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Marilyn Musgrave 93%
Leonard Boswell 91%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 88%
Todd Akin 88%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 88%
J. Gresham Barrett 88%
Melissa Bean 88%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 88%
Mary Bono Mack 88%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 88%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
Henry Brown, Jr. 88%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 88%
Dan Burton 88%
Steve Buyer 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 88%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 88%
Chris Cannon 88%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 88%
Dennis Cardoza 88%
Russ Carnahan 88%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 88%
Artur Davis 88%
Geoff Davis 88%
Thomas Davis III 88%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 88%
John Doolittle 88%
Thelma Drake 88%
Jo Ann Emerson 88%
Philip English 88%
Terry Everett 88%
Tom Feeney 88%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 88%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 88%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 88%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
Elton Gallegly 88%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 88%
Paul Gillmor 88%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 88%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 88%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 88%
Bart Gordon 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 88%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 88%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 88%
Robert Hayes 88%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 88%
Wally Herger, Jr. 88%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 88%
David Lee Hobson 88%
Kenny Hulshof 88%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 88%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 88%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 88%
Paul Kanjorski 88%
Ric Keller 88%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 88%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 88%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 88%
Joseph Knollenberg 88%
John Kuhl, Jr. 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 88%
Steve LaTourette 88%
Jerry Lewis 88%
Ron Lewis 88%
John Linder 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 88%
Dan Lungren 88%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 88%
Thaddeus McCotter 88%
James McCrery III 88%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 88%
John McHugh 88%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 88%
Michael McNulty 88%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 88%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 88%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 88%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 88%
Sue Myrick 88%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 88%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
John Peterson 88%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 88%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 88%
Todd Platts 88%
Jon Porter, Sr. 88%
Deborah Pryce 88%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 88%
George Radanovich 88%
James Ramstad 88%
Ralph Regula 88%
Denny Rehberg 88%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 88%
Richard Renzi 88%
Thomas Reynolds 88%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 88%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 88%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 88%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 88%
Jim Saxton 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 88%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 88%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
Mark Souder 88%
John Sullivan 88%
Gene Taylor 88%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 88%
Todd Tiahrt 88%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 88%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 88%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 88%
James Walsh 88%
Zach Wamp 88%
David Weldon 88%
Gerald Weller 88%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 88%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 88%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 88%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 87%
Ginny Brown-Waite 87%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 87%
Norm Coleman 87%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 87%
Elizabeth Dole 87%
John Ensign 87%
Michael Ferguson 87%
Kay Hutchison 87%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 87%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 87%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 87%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 87%
Joe Lieberman 87%
Dick Lugar 87%
Melquiades Martinez 87%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 87%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 87%
Ben Nelson 87%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 87%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 87%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 87%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 87%
Steve Rothman 87%
Ken Salazar 87%
Olympia Snowe 87%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 87%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 87%
John Warner 87%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 86%
Jane Harman 86%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 83%
Joe Baca, Sr. 83%
Judy Biggert 83%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 83%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 83%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 83%
David Dreier 83%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 83%
Pete Hoekstra 83%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 83%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 83%
Ray LaHood 83%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83%
Brad Miller 83%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 83%
Jack Murtha 83%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 83%
John Shadegg 83%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 83%
John Tanner 83%
Mike Castle 82%
Barbara Cubin 82%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 82%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 82%
Bart Stupak 82%
Heather Wilson 82%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 81%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
Christopher Shays 80%
Marion Berry 77%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 77%
Rick Boucher 77%
Jerry Costello 77%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 77%
Vern Ehlers 77%
Wayne Gilchrest 77%
Darlene Hooley 77%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 77%
Tim Johnson 77%
Dale Kildee 77%
Connie Mack IV 77%
Don Manzullo 77%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 77%
Alan Mollohan 77%
Dennis Moore 77%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 77%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 77%
Vic Snyder 77%
Cliff Stearns 77%
Albert Wynn 77%
Roscoe Bartlett 76%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 76%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 76%
Tom Lantos 76%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 76%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 76%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 76%
Tom Tancredo 76%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 75%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 75%
Wayne Allard 75%
Evan Bayh 75%
Bob Bennett 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75%
Jeff Bingaman 75%
Kit Bond 75%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 75%
Jim Bunning 75%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 75%
Hillary Clinton 75%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 75%
Larry Craig 75%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 75%
Byron Dorgan 75%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 75%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 75%
Russ Feingold 75%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 75%
Herb Kohl 75%
Jon Kyl 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 75%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 75%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 75%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 75%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 75%
Gordon Smith 75%
Ted Stevens 75%
John Sununu 75%
George Voinovich 75%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 73%
Brian Baird 72%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 72%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 72%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 72%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 72%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 72%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 72%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 72%
William Jefferson 72%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 72%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 72%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 72%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 72%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 72%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 72%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 72%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 72%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 72%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 72%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 72%
Kent Conrad 71%
Chris Dodd 71%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 71%
Howard Berman 70%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 70%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 70%
Norm Dicks 70%
Patrick Kennedy 70%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 70%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 70%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 69%
Shelley Berkley 68%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 68%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 68%
Gary Ackerman 66%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 66%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 66%
James DeMint 66%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 66%
Charlie Gonzalez 66%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 66%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 66%
Ellen Tauscher 66%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 66%
Ed Towns 66%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 66%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 66%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 66%
Anthony Weiner 66%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 64%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 64%
Robert Byrd 62%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 62%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 62%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 62%
Craig Thomas 62%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 61%
Thomas Allen 61%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 61%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 61%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 61%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 61%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 61%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 61%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 61%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 61%
Dave Obey 61%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 61%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 61%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 61%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 61%
David Wu 61%
Bill Delahunt 60%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 58%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 58%
Jim Oberstar 58%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 58%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 58%
Robert Wexler 58%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 57%
Judd Gregg 57%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 56%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 56%
Hilda Solis 56%
Diane Watson 56%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 55%
Julia Carson 55%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 55%
Barney Frank 55%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 55%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 55%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 53%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 52%
Maurice Hinchey 52%
John Olver 52%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 52%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 50%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 50%
Dennis Kucinich 50%
Martin Meehan 50%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 50%
Donald Payne 50%
Pete Stark 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 50%
Lynn Woolsey 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 47%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 47%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 47%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 46%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 44%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 44%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 44%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 44%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 44%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 44%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 41%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 41%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 40%
Ron Paul 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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