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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2001 Conservative on Social Policy Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 69%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 79%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 73%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 81%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 59%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 66%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 69%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 58%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 11%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 81%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 23%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 8%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 81%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 23%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 81%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 69%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 52%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 69%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 41%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 69%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 23%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 79%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 69%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 68%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 69%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 63%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 36%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 42%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 23%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 81%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 31%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 81%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 70%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 81%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 59%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 73%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 81%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 69%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 81%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 41%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 34%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 21%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 11%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 19%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 11%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 46%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 6%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 69%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 61%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 47%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 81%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 11%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 69%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 73%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 81%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 27%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 36%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 59%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 81%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 69%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 59%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 63%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 34%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 61%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 63%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 27%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 21%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 55%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 34%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 11%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 69%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 81%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 69%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 81%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 11%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 55%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 79%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 69%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 55%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 22%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 69%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 19%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 81%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 11%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 8%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 42%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 44%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 32%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 46%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 55%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 31%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 79%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 43%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 81%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 81%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 27%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 81%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 29%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 8%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 32%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 69%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 36%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 11%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 81%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 36%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 81%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 66%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 31%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 55%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 49%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 79%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
Todd Akin 81%
Wayne Allard 79%
George Allen 70%
Thomas Allen 11%
Richard Armey 81%
Joe Baca, Sr. 31%
Brian Baird 38%
Richard Hugh Baker 69%
Cass Ballenger 60%
James Barcia 47%
Robert Barr, Jr. 81%
Roscoe Bartlett 81%
Charlie Bass 42%
Evan Bayh 36%
Bob Bennett 79%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 30%
Douglas Bereuter 63%
Shelley Berkley 23%
Howard Berman 11%
Marion Berry 53%
Judy Biggert 42%
Michael Bilirakis 69%
Jeff Bingaman 32%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 79%
Henry Bonilla 69%
David Edward Bonior 36%
Mary Bono Mack 51%
Robert Borski, Jr. 43%
Leonard Boswell 34%
Rick Boucher 29%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
John Breaux 54%
Henry Brown, Jr. 81%
Ed Bryant 81%
Jim Bunning 79%
Conrad Burns 79%
Dan Burton 81%
Steve Buyer 69%
Robert Byrd 53%
Herbert Callahan 67%
Ben Campbell 59%
Chris Cannon 81%
Jean Carnahan 44%
Brad Carson 42%
Julia Carson 11%
Mike Castle 45%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Robert Clement 51%
Hillary Clinton 20%
Michael Collins 69%
Larry Combest 81%
Gary Condit 38%
Kent Conrad 51%
John Cooksey 67%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 52%
Christopher Cox 67%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 79%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 69%
Barbara Cubin 81%
Randall Cunningham 69%
Thomas Daschle 8%
James Davis 34%
Jo Ann Davis 81%
Thomas Davis III 51%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 81%
Peter Deutsch 23%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 55%
Norm Dicks 32%
Chris Dodd 20%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 58%
Calvin Dooley 31%
John Doolittle 81%
Byron Dorgan 51%
David Dreier 54%
Jennifer Dunn 53%
John Edwards 36%
Chet Edwards 40%
Vern Ehlers 59%
Jo Ann Emerson 69%
Philip English 55%
John Ensign 68%
Bob Etheridge 34%
Lane Evans 11%
Terry Everett 81%
Russ Feingold 32%
Michael Ferguson 54%
Peter Fitzgerald 59%
Mark Foley 47%
Harold Ford, Jr. 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 63%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 79%
Jonas Frost III 30%
Elton Gallegly 69%
John Ganske 63%
George Gekas 69%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 20%
Jim Gibbons 69%
Wayne Gilchrest 49%
Paul Gillmor 63%
Benjamin Gilman 36%
Charlie Gonzalez 11%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 81%
Bart Gordon 45%
Porter Goss 69%
Daniel Graham 20%
William Phillip Gramm 79%
Mark Green 81%
James Greenwood 41%
Judd Gregg 79%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 54%
Gilbert Gutknecht 81%
Tony Hall 54%
James Hansen 81%
Jane Harman 29%
Melissa Hart 81%
Robert Hayes 81%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 81%
Joel Hefley 81%
Jesse Helms 79%
Wally Herger, Jr. 69%
Baron Hill 41%
Van Hilleary 81%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 27%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 55%
Pete Hoekstra 63%
Thomas Holden 55%
Ernest Hollings 32%
Darlene Hooley 19%
Stephen Horn 38%
John Nathan Hostettler 81%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 39%
Kenny Hulshof 69%
Duncan Hunter 81%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 59%
Kay Hutchison 59%
Henry Hyde 81%
Daniel Inouye 8%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 81%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 22%
James Merrill Jeffords 42%
William Lewis Jenkins 81%
Christopher John 61%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Tim Johnson 59%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Ric Keller 81%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 8%
Mark Kennedy 69%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Brian Kerns 81%
Dale Kildee 42%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 21%
Joseph Knollenberg 69%
Herb Kohl 8%
James Kolbe 44%
Dennis Kucinich 41%
Jon Kyl 79%
John LaFalce 47%
Ray LaHood 55%
Nicholas Lampson 38%
Tom Lantos 27%
Steve LaTourette 61%
James Leach 39%
Jerry Lewis 60%
Ron Lewis 81%
Joe Lieberman 20%
Blanche Lincoln 36%
John Linder 81%
William Lipinski 50%
Trent Lott, Sr. 72%
Dick Lugar 73%
William Luther 23%
James Maloney 34%
Don Manzullo 59%
Frank Mascara 50%
Robert Matsui 11%
Karen McCarthy 11%
James McCrery III 61%
John McHugh 58%
Scott McInnis 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 22%
Michael McNulty 42%
Martin Meehan 11%
Carrie Meek 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 19%
Dan Miller 52%
Zell Bryan Miller 59%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 21%
Alan Mollohan 52%
Dennis Moore 27%
Constance Morella 23%
Jack Murtha 47%
Sue Myrick 81%
Ben Nelson 48%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 69%
Robert William Ney 69%
Don Nickles 79%
Anne Northup 69%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 69%
James Nussle 69%
Jim Oberstar 44%
Dave Obey 36%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 47%
Thomas William Osborne 69%
Doug Ose 47%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 69%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 81%
David Phelps 81%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 81%
Todd Platts 69%
Richard Pombo 81%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
Deborah Pryce 45%
Jack Quinn 53%
George Radanovich 81%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 61%
Denny Rehberg 67%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
Thomas Reynolds 69%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 23%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Mike Ross 45%
Steve Rothman 23%
Marge Roukema 44%
Jim Ryun 81%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 34%
Rick Santorum 79%
Paul Sarbanes 8%
Jim Saxton 69%
Edward Schrock 81%
John Shadegg 66%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 55%
Christopher Shays 37%
Donald Sherwood 67%
Ronnie Shows 81%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 40%
Joseph Skeen 69%
Ike Skelton 61%
Gordon Smith 55%
Nick Smith 69%
Bob Smith 79%
Olympia Snowe 48%
Vic Snyder 39%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 63%
Arlen Specter 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 45%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 81%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 73%
Ted Strickland 36%
Bob Stump 63%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sweeney 53%
Tom Tancredo 81%
John Tanner 47%
Ellen Tauscher 11%
William Tauzin 69%
Charles Taylor 81%
Gene Taylor 63%
Craig Thomas 79%
William Thomas 47%
Fred Thompson 79%
Karen Thurman 40%
Strom Thurmond 79%
Todd Tiahrt 81%
Robert Torricelli 32%
Ed Towns 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 69%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 23%
James Turner 47%
George Voinovich 55%
James Walsh 61%
Zach Wamp 81%
John Warner 59%
Wesley Watkins 81%
Diane Watson 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 81%
Anthony Weiner 11%
David Weldon 81%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 69%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 11%
Heather Wilson 69%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 33%
Albert Wynn 34%

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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