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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Parent Teacher Association

2001-2002 Positions

Issues: Education
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 30%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 50%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 75%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 75%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 75%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 75%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 75%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 90%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 75%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 50%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 75%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 70%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 50%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 30%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 75%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 50%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 30%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 75%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 75%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 75%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 50%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 20%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 25%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 30%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 25%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 75%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 75%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 25%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 75%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 70%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 70%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 75%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 50%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 75%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 25%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 75%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 75%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 75%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 50%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 75%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 75%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 75%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 75%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 75%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 25%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 25%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 40%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 75%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
Wayne Allard 10%
George Allen 30%
Thomas Allen 75%
Brian Baird 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 30%
Marion Berry 75%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 50%
Rick Boucher 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Henry Brown, Jr. 50%
Jim Bunning 10%
Conrad Burns 30%
Steve Buyer 25%
Robert Byrd 90%
Chris Cannon 25%
Julia Carson 75%
Mike Castle 75%
Jon Corzine 90%
Christopher Cox 25%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 75%
Barbara Cubin 25%
Randall Cunningham 50%
James Davis 75%
Jo Ann Davis 25%
Thomas Davis III 50%
Bill Delahunt 75%
Thomas DeLay 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 50%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
John Doolittle 25%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Philip English 75%
John Ensign 40%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 75%
Terry Everett 50%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 75%
Mark Foley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 50%
William Frist 20%
Jim Gibbons 75%
Wayne Gilchrest 75%
Paul Gillmor 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
Bart Gordon 75%
Mark Green 50%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 25%
Charles Hagel 30%
Jane Harman 75%
Melissa Hart 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 50%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 25%
Joel Hefley 25%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
Darlene Hooley 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Kenny Hulshof 50%
Duncan Hunter 25%
Henry Hyde 50%
Jay Inslee 75%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
William Lewis Jenkins 50%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Ric Keller 50%
Sue Kelly 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 50%
Patrick Kennedy 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 75%
Joseph Knollenberg 25%
James Kolbe 50%
Tom Lantos 75%
James Leach 75%
Ron Lewis 25%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
James McCrery III 25%
John McHugh 50%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 75%
Michael McNulty 75%
Martin Meehan 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Dennis Moore 75%
Jack Murtha 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
Anne Northup 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 25%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 75%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Thomas William Osborne 75%
Major Owens 75%
Michael Oxley 50%
Donald Payne 75%
John Peterson 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 50%
Richard Pombo 50%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
Deborah Pryce 75%
George Radanovich 25%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 75%
Thomas Reynolds 75%
Jim Ryun 25%
Martin Olav Sabo 75%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 75%
John Shadegg 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 50%
Donald Sherwood 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 75%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 60%
Vic Snyder 75%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
Ted Stevens 11%
Ted Strickland 75%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sununu 50%
John Sweeney 75%
Tom Tancredo 25%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 75%
Charles Taylor 25%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 50%
Todd Tiahrt 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 75%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 50%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 30%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 75%
David Weldon 25%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
Gerald Weller 50%
Robert Wexler 75%
Heather Wilson 75%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 75%

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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