Rating Group: League of Women Voters

2007 Campaign Finance and Election Issues Score

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 50%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 25%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 25%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 50%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 50%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 50%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 50%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 75%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 50%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 25%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 50%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 50%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 50%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 75%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 75%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 50%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 50%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 50%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 50%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 50%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 50%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 50%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 50%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 50%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 50%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 50%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 100%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 50%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 50%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 50%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 50%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 50%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 100%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 50%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 50%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 50%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 25%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 25%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 50%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 50%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 50%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 50%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 50%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 50%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 50%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 75%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 100%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 50%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 50%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 75%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 50%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 50%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 50%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 50%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 50%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 50%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 25%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 25%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 0%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 75%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 25%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 50%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 50%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 75%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 75%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 75%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 50%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 50%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 50%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 50%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 50%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 50%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 50%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 50%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 50%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 50%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 50%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 50%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 75%
NA President Barack Obama II D 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 50%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 50%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 50%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 50%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 50%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 50%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 100%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 50%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 100%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 50%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 50%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 75%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 50%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 75%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 75%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 50%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 50%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 50%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 50%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 50%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 50%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 50%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 50%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 50%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 50%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 50%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 50%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 25%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 50%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 25%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 25%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 25%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 50%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 100%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 50%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 50%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 50%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 50%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 50%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 50%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 50%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 50%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 50%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 50%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 50%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 50%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 50%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 50%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 50%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 50%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 25%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 50%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 50%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 50%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 50%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 50%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 75%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 75%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 75%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 50%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 0%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 50%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 50%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 50%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 50%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 50%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 75%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 50%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 25%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 75%
Todd Akin Other 50%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 50%
Michael Arcuri Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 50%
Evan Bayh Other 75%
Melissa Bean Other 100%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 50%
Judy Biggert Other 50%
Brian Bilbray Other 50%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Kit Bond Other 25%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
Dan Boren Other 50%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 0%
Nancy Boyda Other 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 50%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 50%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 75%
Chris Cannon Other 50%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
Russ Carnahan Other 50%
Christopher Carney Other 50%
Mike Castle Other 100%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 75%
Norm Coleman Other 0%
Kent Conrad Other 50%
Jerry Costello Other 50%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 50%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
Artur Davis Other 100%
David Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 50%
Lincoln Davis Other 50%
Thomas Davis III Other 50%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 50%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 66%
Elizabeth Dole Other 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 25%
John Doolittle Other 50%
Byron Dorgan Other 50%
Thelma Drake Other 50%
David Dreier Other 50%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
Vern Ehlers Other 50%
Brad Ellsworth Other 50%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 0%
Philip English Other 50%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 50%
Tom Feeney Other 50%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 50%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 50%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 50%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 50%
Bart Gordon Other 50%
Judd Gregg Other 25%
John Hall Other 100%
Phil Hare Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Baron Hill Other 50%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 50%
Paul Hodes Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 50%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 50%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 25%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 50%
Daniel Inouye Other 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 50%
Steve Kagen Other 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 75%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 50%
Ron Klein Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 50%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 50%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 50%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 100%
Nicholas Lampson Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 50%
Frank Lautenberg Other 100%
Jerry Lewis Other 50%
Ron Lewis Other 50%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 75%
John Linder Other 50%
Dick Lugar Other 25%
Dan Lungren Other 50%
Connie Mack IV Other 0%
Tim Mahoney Other 50%
Don Manzullo Other 50%
Jim Marshall Other 50%
Melquiades Martinez Other 25%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 50%
James McCrery III Other 50%
John McHugh Other 50%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 50%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Harry Mitchell Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Patrick Murphy Other 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 50%
Ben Nelson Other 50%
Jim Oberstar Other 0%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 0%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 0%
Todd Platts Other 50%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 50%
Deborah Pryce Other 50%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 50%
Ralph Regula Other 50%
Denny Rehberg Other 50%
Richard Renzi Other 50%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 50%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 50%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Ken Salazar Other 50%
William Sali Other 50%
Jim Saxton Other 100%
Jean Schmidt Other 50%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 100%
Heath Shuler Other 50%
Ike Skelton Other 50%
Gordon Smith Other 25%
Olympia Snowe Other 75%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 50%
Zack Space Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 25%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 50%
Ted Stevens Other 25%
Bart Stupak Other 50%
John Sullivan Other 50%
John Sununu Other 50%
Betty Sutton Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 50%
John Tanner Other 0%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 50%
Todd Tiahrt Other 50%
Ed Towns Other 50%
George Voinovich Other 50%
James Walsh Other 50%
Zach Wamp Other 50%
John Warner Other 25%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 75%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 50%
Gerald Weller Other 50%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 50%
Heather Wilson Other 50%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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