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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Criminal Justice Association

2005 Positions

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

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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