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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Radical Middle

2001-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 15%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 30%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 30%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 75%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 15%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 65%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 35%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 35%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 30%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 15%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 45%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 15%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 65%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 15%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 15%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 15%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 35%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 65%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 30%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 35%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 35%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 35%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 35%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 30%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 45%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 40%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 30%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 45%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 30%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 30%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 55%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 50%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 45%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 15%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 50%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 50%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 30%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 5%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 55%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 15%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 15%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 15%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 70%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 30%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 15%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 15%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 35%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 65%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 35%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 30%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 15%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 15%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 15%
Gary Ackerman 15%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Todd Akin 10%
Wayne Allard 10%
George Allen 15%
Thomas Allen 40%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 15%
Cass Ballenger 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Charlie Bass 10%
Evan Bayh 45%
Bob Bennett 5%
Douglas Bereuter 35%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 35%
Marion Berry 5%
Judy Biggert 15%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jeff Bingaman 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Kit Bond 15%
Henry Bonilla 10%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Leonard Boswell 10%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 5%
John Breaux 35%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
Jim Bunning 15%
Conrad Burns 10%
Dan Burton 15%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 15%
Brad Carson 40%
Julia Carson 40%
Mike Castle 15%
Hillary Clinton 50%
Michael Collins 10%
Larry Combest 5%
Kent Conrad 10%
Jon Corzine 55%
Jerry Costello 30%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 10%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 15%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 10%
Jo Ann Davis 15%
Thomas Davis III 20%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 15%
Peter Deutsch 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Norm Dicks 25%
Chris Dodd 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 10%
John Doolittle 10%
Byron Dorgan 20%
David Dreier 10%
Jennifer Dunn 15%
John Edwards 15%
Chet Edwards 15%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Jo Ann Emerson 25%
Philip English 35%
John Ensign 5%
Bob Etheridge 35%
Lane Evans 25%
Terry Everett 5%
Russ Feingold 35%
Michael Ferguson 10%
Peter Fitzgerald 20%
Ernest Fletcher 15%
Mark Foley 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 45%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 5%
Barney Frank 75%
William Frist 30%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Elton Gallegly 20%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 15%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Paul Gillmor 35%
Charlie Gonzalez 30%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 5%
Porter Goss 10%
Daniel Graham 40%
Mark Green 25%
James Greenwood 35%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Jane Harman 20%
Melissa Hart 30%
J. Dennis Hastert 5%
Robert Hayes 15%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Baron Hill 5%
Maurice Hinchey 60%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 15%
Ernest Hollings 5%
Darlene Hooley 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 30%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Kay Hutchison 15%
Henry Hyde 25%
Daniel Inouye 20%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 45%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Christopher John 5%
Nancy Johnson 20%
Tim Johnson 10%
Paul Kanjorski 5%
Ric Keller 10%
Sue Kelly 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 45%
Mark Kennedy 15%
Patrick Kennedy 35%
Dale Kildee 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 25%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 20%
James Kolbe 10%
Dennis Kucinich 70%
Jon Kyl 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
Nicholas Lampson 35%
Tom Lantos 45%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 45%
Jerry Lewis 15%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 60%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
John Linder 15%
William Lipinski 15%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
Dick Lugar 25%
Don Manzullo 10%
Robert Matsui 20%
Karen McCarthy 20%
James McCrery III 10%
John McHugh 30%
Scott McInnis 5%
Michael McNulty 30%
Martin Meehan 30%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 50%
Zell Bryan Miller 20%
Alan Mollohan 10%
Dennis Moore 35%
Jack Murtha 10%
Sue Myrick 10%
Ben Nelson 15%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 20%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 10%
Anne Northup 20%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 45%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 45%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Thomas William Osborne 25%
Doug Ose 15%
Major Owens 45%
Michael Oxley 15%
Ron Paul 5%
Donald Payne 55%
John Peterson 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
Todd Platts 25%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 30%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jack Quinn 5%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 25%
Silvestre Reyes 20%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 30%
Mike Ross 25%
Steve Rothman 40%
Jim Ryun 10%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 35%
Paul Sarbanes 35%
Jim Saxton 5%
Edward Schrock 10%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 50%
Donald Sherwood 5%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 15%
Ike Skelton 10%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 25%
Vic Snyder 35%
Hilda Solis 50%
Mark Souder 35%
Arlen Specter 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 15%
Pete Stark 55%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 15%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sullivan 10%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 15%
Tom Tancredo 30%
John Tanner 5%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
William Tauzin 15%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 10%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 10%
Todd Tiahrt 10%
Ed Towns 35%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 40%
James Turner 15%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 15%
Zach Wamp 25%
John Warner 15%
Diane Watson 25%
Anthony Weiner 30%
David Weldon 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 5%
Robert Wexler 40%
Heather Wilson 10%
Lynn Woolsey 60%
David Wu 35%
Albert Wynn 30%

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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