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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Radical Middle

2001-2002 Positions

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

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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