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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Radical Middle

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 75%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 65%
Joe Lieberman 65%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 60%
James Leach 60%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 60%
Lynn Woolsey 60%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 55%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 55%
Christopher Shays 55%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 50%
Barney Frank 50%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
Tom Lantos 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
Dick Lugar 50%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 50%
John Olver 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 50%
Thomas Allen 45%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 45%
Mike Castle 45%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 45%
Maurice Hinchey 45%
Nancy Johnson 45%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 45%
Donald Payne 45%
Olympia Snowe 45%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 45%
Robert Wexler 45%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 40%
Edward Case 40%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
Hillary Clinton 40%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Philip English 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 40%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 40%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 40%
Vic Snyder 40%
Ed Towns 40%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
Brian Baird 35%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 35%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 35%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 35%
Jon Corzine 35%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 35%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 35%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 35%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 35%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 35%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 35%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 35%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 35%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 35%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 35%
Dennis Moore 35%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 35%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 35%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 35%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 35%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 35%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 35%
Diane Watson 35%
Albert Wynn 35%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 30%
Gary Ackerman 30%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
Shelley Berkley 30%
Howard Berman 30%
Michael Bilirakis 30%
Leonard Boswell 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 30%
Dennis Cardoza 30%
Norm Coleman 30%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 30%
James Davis 30%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 30%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 30%
Harold Ford, Jr. 30%
Henry Hyde 30%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 30%
William Jefferson 30%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 30%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 30%
Ray LaHood 30%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 30%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 30%
Robert Matsui 30%
Michael McNulty 30%
Martin Meehan 30%
Jim Oberstar 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 30%
Earl Pomeroy 30%
James Ramstad 30%
Steve Rothman 30%
Gordon Smith 30%
James Walsh 30%
Gerald Weller 30%
Heather Wilson 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Evan Bayh 25%
Marion Berry 25%
Judy Biggert 25%
Jeff Bingaman 25%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 25%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
Christopher Cox 25%
Robert Cramer 25%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 25%
Byron Dorgan 25%
David Dreier 25%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 25%
Jo Ann Emerson 25%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Mark Foley 25%
Paul Gillmor 25%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 25%
Darlene Hooley 25%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
James Kolbe 25%
Dennis Kucinich 25%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 25%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
Ben Nelson 25%
Thomas William Osborne 25%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 25%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25%
Deborah Pryce 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 25%
Rick Santorum 25%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 25%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
Hilda Solis 25%
Mark Souder 25%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
David Wu 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
Charlie Bass 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 20%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 20%
Ginny Brown-Waite 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
Julia Carson 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Artur Davis 20%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 20%
Bill Delahunt 20%
Chris Dodd 20%
John Ensign 20%
Lane Evans 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
Elton Gallegly 20%
Bart Gordon 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 20%
Katherine Harris 20%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
Tim Johnson 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 20%
Steve LaTourette 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
Major Owens 20%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 20%
Mike Ross 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
Pete Stark 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 15%
Wayne Allard 15%
Bob Beauprez 15%
Kit Bond 15%
Mary Bono Mack 15%
Rick Boucher 15%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 15%
Henry Brown, Jr. 15%
Conrad Burns 15%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 15%
Jerry Costello 15%
Jo Ann Davis 15%
Thomas Davis III 15%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 15%
James DeMint 15%
Norm Dicks 15%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
Russ Feingold 15%
Michael Ferguson 15%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 15%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 15%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
Mark Green 15%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 15%
Judd Gregg 15%
Jane Harman 15%
Melissa Hart 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 15%
Daniel Inouye 15%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Dale Kildee 15%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 15%
Jerry Lewis 15%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 15%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 15%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 15%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 15%
Marilyn Musgrave 15%
Anne Northup 15%
Michael Oxley 15%
John Peterson 15%
Jon Porter, Sr. 15%
Ralph Regula 15%
Denny Rehberg 15%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 15%
Richard Renzi 15%
Silvestre Reyes 15%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 15%
Jim Ryun 15%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 15%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 15%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
Jim Saxton 15%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 15%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 15%
Arlen Specter 15%
Ted Strickland 15%
Bart Stupak 15%
Gene Taylor 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 15%
Todd Tiahrt 15%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 15%
Zach Wamp 15%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 15%
Anthony Weiner 15%
David Weldon 15%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 15%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 15%
Joe Baca, Sr. 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
Bob Bennett 10%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 10%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
Dan Burton 10%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 10%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 10%
Kent Conrad 10%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Lincoln Davis 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
Thomas DeLay 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 10%
Jim Gibbons 10%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 10%
Charlie Gonzalez 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Kay Hutchison 10%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 10%
Mark Kennedy 10%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 10%
Jon Kyl 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
John Linder 10%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 10%
Don Manzullo 10%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
Thaddeus McCotter 10%
James McCrery III 10%
John McHugh 10%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 10%
Brad Miller 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
Sue Myrick 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 10%
Ron Paul 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 10%
Cliff Stearns 10%
John Sweeney 10%
Charles Taylor 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
John Warner 10%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
Todd Akin 5%
George Allen 5%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
Henry Bonilla 5%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 5%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
Ben Chandler III 5%
Chris Chocola 5%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 5%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 5%
Larry Craig 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
John Doolittle 5%
Terry Everett 5%
Tom Feeney 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
William Frist 5%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 5%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
Joel Hefley 5%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Thomas Holden 5%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
Paul Kanjorski 5%
Ric Keller 5%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
Ron Lewis 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
Alan Mollohan 5%
Jack Murtha 5%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 5%
Robert William Ney 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 5%
James Nussle 5%
Dave Obey 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 5%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 5%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 5%
George Radanovich 5%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 5%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 5%
John Shadegg 5%
Donald Sherwood 5%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
Ike Skelton 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
John Sununu 5%
James Talent 5%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 5%
George Voinovich 5%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Jim Marshall 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
John Sullivan 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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