Rating Group: Progressive Democrats of America

2007-2008 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 0%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 66%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 77%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 88%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 44%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 66%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 44%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 55%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 55%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 44%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 44%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 44%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 55%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 55%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 44%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 55%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 44%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 44%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 44%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 44%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 44%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 66%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 66%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 44%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 66%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 44%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 55%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 66%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 55%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 44%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 44%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 55%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 66%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 55%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 75%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 55%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 44%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 55%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 66%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 66%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 44%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 55%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 44%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 44%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 66%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 44%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 44%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 55%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 44%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 55%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 55%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 50%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 75%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 44%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 66%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 66%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 22%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 44%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 33%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 55%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 44%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 66%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 77%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 66%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 66%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 44%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 66%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 55%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 44%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 66%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 66%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 44%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 33%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 55%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 66%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 55%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 55%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 50%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 55%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 22%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 44%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 22%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 33%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 55%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 55%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 55%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 66%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 55%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 55%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 66%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 44%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 44%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 55%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 66%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 22%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 66%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 55%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 66%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 66%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 66%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 50%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 44%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 55%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 20%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 55%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 55%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 55%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 44%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 44%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 55%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 44%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 55%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 44%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 55%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 66%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 22%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 66%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 66%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 44%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 33%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 44%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 55%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 55%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 66%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 44%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 55%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 66%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 55%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 66%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 44%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 44%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 66%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 66%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 55%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 44%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 88%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 44%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 66%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 66%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 44%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 75%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 44%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 77%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 66%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 66%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 55%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 55%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 55%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 44%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 66%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 55%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 44%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 44%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 66%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 55%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 55%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 44%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 66%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 44%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 44%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 40%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 44%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 44%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 44%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 55%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 16%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 55%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 44%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 44%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 44%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 55%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 44%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 44%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 55%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 55%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 66%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 44%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 66%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 55%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 22%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 55%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 75%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 66%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 66%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 66%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 44%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 55%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 55%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 44%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 33%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 66%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 44%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 55%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 33%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 66%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 33%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 55%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 66%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 44%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 77%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 25%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 44%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 55%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 66%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 75%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 85%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 66%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 66%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 44%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 66%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 44%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 55%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 66%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 66%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 66%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 44%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 44%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 55%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 66%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 66%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 66%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 55%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 44%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 55%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 80%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 66%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 66%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 44%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 77%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 44%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 55%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 66%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 66%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 66%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 44%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 33%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 55%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 44%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 77%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 33%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 44%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 33%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 44%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 44%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 55%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 66%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 44%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 50%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 66%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 33%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 44%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 55%
Gary Ackerman Other 44%
Todd Akin Other 66%
Thomas Allen Other 55%
Jason Altmire Other 55%
Michael Arcuri Other 55%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 55%
Brian Baird Other 44%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 44%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 44%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 77%
Melissa Bean Other 44%
Shelley Berkley Other 55%
Howard Berman Other 44%
Marion Berry Other 44%
Judy Biggert Other 66%
Brian Bilbray Other 66%
Mary Bono Mack Other 22%
Dan Boren Other 25%
Leonard Boswell Other 44%
Rick Boucher Other 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 44%
Nancy Boyda Other 55%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 66%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 77%
Dan Burton Other 75%
Steve Buyer Other 85%
Chris Cannon Other 44%
Dennis Cardoza Other 44%
Russ Carnahan Other 55%
Christopher Carney Other 55%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 33%
Ben Chandler III Other 55%
Jerry Costello Other 55%
Robert Cramer Other 44%
Barbara Cubin Other 66%
Artur Davis Other 44%
David Davis Other 66%
Geoff Davis Other 66%
Jo Ann Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 44%
Thomas Davis III Other 22%
Bill Delahunt Other 55%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 66%
Norm Dicks Other 44%
John Doolittle Other 66%
Thelma Drake Other 66%
David Dreier Other 66%
Chet Edwards Other 44%
Vern Ehlers Other 33%
Brad Ellsworth Other 33%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 33%
Philip English Other 22%
Bob Etheridge Other 33%
Terry Everett Other 77%
Tom Feeney Other 66%
Michael Ferguson Other 44%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 22%
Barney Frank Other 44%
Elton Gallegly Other 66%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 50%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 33%
Paul Gillmor Other 50%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 44%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 77%
Bart Gordon Other 44%
John Hall Other 55%
Phil Hare Other 55%
Jane Harman Other 44%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 44%
Robert Hayes Other 88%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 44%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 44%
Baron Hill Other 33%
Maurice Hinchey Other 55%
David Lee Hobson Other 22%
Paul Hodes Other 55%
Pete Hoekstra Other 77%
Thomas Holden Other 55%
Darlene Hooley Other 44%
Kenny Hulshof Other 66%
Duncan Hunter Other 75%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 55%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 55%
William Jefferson Other 55%
Tim Johnson Other 77%
Steve Kagen Other 55%
Paul Kanjorski Other 55%
Ric Keller Other 66%
Patrick Kennedy Other 55%
Dale Kildee Other 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 55%
Ron Klein Other 44%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 77%
Dennis Kucinich Other 55%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 77%
Ray LaHood Other 33%
Nicholas Lampson Other 33%
Tom Lantos Other 50%
Steve LaTourette Other 33%
Jerry Lewis Other 66%
Ron Lewis Other 66%
John Linder Other 44%
Dan Lungren Other 75%
Connie Mack IV Other 66%
Tim Mahoney Other 44%
Don Manzullo Other 66%
Jim Marshall Other 71%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 66%
James McCrery III Other 66%
John McHugh Other 44%
Michael McNulty Other 55%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 44%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 44%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 55%
Harry Mitchell Other 44%
Alan Mollohan Other 55%
Dennis Moore Other 44%
Patrick Murphy Other 55%
Jack Murtha Other 44%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 66%
Sue Myrick Other 66%
Jim Oberstar Other 50%
Dave Obey Other 55%
John Olver Other 55%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 44%
Ron Paul Other 77%
Donald Payne Other 55%
John Peterson Other 66%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 66%
Todd Platts Other 33%
Earl Pomeroy Other 44%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 22%
Deborah Pryce Other 22%
George Radanovich Other 66%
James Ramstad Other 33%
Ralph Regula Other 22%
Denny Rehberg Other 22%
Richard Renzi Other 22%
Silvestre Reyes Other 44%
Thomas Reynolds Other 66%
Laura Richardson Other 20%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 55%
Mike Ross Other 44%
Steve Rothman Other 50%
William Sali Other 44%
Jim Saxton Other 77%
Jean Schmidt Other 66%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 44%
John Shadegg Other 44%
Christopher Shays Other 44%
Heath Shuler Other 44%
Ike Skelton Other 44%
Vic Snyder Other 44%
Hilda Solis Other 55%
Mark Souder Other 66%
Zack Space Other 55%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 55%
Pete Stark Other 42%
Cliff Stearns Other 66%
Bart Stupak Other 55%
John Sullivan Other 66%
Betty Sutton Other 55%
Tom Tancredo Other 66%
John Tanner Other 44%
Ellen Tauscher Other 44%
Gene Taylor Other 88%
Todd Tiahrt Other 66%
Ed Towns Other 44%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 44%
James Walsh Other 33%
Zach Wamp Other 57%
Diane Watson Other 55%
Anthony Weiner Other 44%
David Weldon Other 66%
Gerald Weller Other 66%
Robert Wexler Other 55%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 55%
Heather Wilson Other 22%
Lynn Woolsey Other 55%
David Wu Other 55%
Albert Wynn Other 55%

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