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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2002 Composite Liberal Score

Issues:
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 81%
Gary Ackerman 78%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 84%
Todd Akin 8%
Wayne Allard 15%
George Allen 27%
Thomas Allen 77%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 67%
Joe Baca, Sr. 73%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
Brian Baird 73%
Richard Hugh Baker 13%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 94%
Cass Ballenger 19%
Roscoe Bartlett 32%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 17%
Charlie Bass 42%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 58%
Evan Bayh 59%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 92%
Bob Bennett 17%
Douglas Bereuter 41%
Shelley Berkley 68%
Howard Berman 84%
Marion Berry 57%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75%
Judy Biggert 35%
Michael Bilirakis 19%
Jeff Bingaman 77%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 58%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 85%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 8%
Sherwood Boehlert 48%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 27%
Kit Bond 23%
Henry Bonilla 14%
Mary Bono Mack 44%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 20%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Rick Boucher 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 93%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 53%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. 21%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 85%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
Jim Bunning 23%
Conrad Burns 24%
Dan Burton 30%
Steve Buyer 27%
Robert Byrd 63%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 16%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
Ben Campbell 31%
Chris Cannon 25%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 10%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 72%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 85%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 70%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 65%
Brad Carson 55%
Julia Carson 88%
Mike Castle 45%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 16%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 83%
Hillary Clinton 87%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 92%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 30%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
Michael Collins 21%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 47%
Larry Combest 19%
Kent Conrad 76%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 98%
Jon Corzine 87%
Jerry Costello 56%
Christopher Cox 33%
Larry Craig 17%
Robert Cramer 51%
Philip Crane 14%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 24%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 8%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 70%
Barbara Cubin 11%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 78%
Randall Cunningham 22%
Thomas Daschle 69%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 89%
James Davis 61%
Jo Ann Davis 23%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 73%
Thomas Davis III 31%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 87%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 76%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
Bill Delahunt 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
Thomas DeLay 12%
Peter Deutsch 66%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 35%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 37%
Norm Dicks 71%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 78%
Chris Dodd 81%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 86%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
Calvin Dooley 63%
John Doolittle 17%
Byron Dorgan 64%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 69%
David Dreier 40%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 27%
Jennifer Dunn 32%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 91%
John Edwards 63%
Chet Edwards 59%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 34%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 73%
Philip English 29%
John Ensign 26%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 79%
Bob Etheridge 62%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 18%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 91%
Russ Feingold 85%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 73%
Michael Ferguson 40%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 97%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 42%
Mark Foley 35%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 17%
Harold Ford, Jr. 64%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Barney Frank 86%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 44%
William Frist 13%
Jonas Frost III 75%
Elton Gallegly 29%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 76%
Jim Gibbons 24%
Wayne Gilchrest 49%
Paul Gillmor 28%
Charlie Gonzalez 82%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 31%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 15%
Bart Gordon 56%
Porter Goss 29%
Daniel Graham 62%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 21%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 20%
Mark Green 28%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
James Greenwood 45%
Judd Gregg 29%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 82%
Gilbert Gutknecht 38%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 38%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
Jane Harman 59%
Melissa Hart 18%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 12%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 24%
Robert Hayes 21%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 8%
Joel Hefley 17%
Wally Herger, Jr. 18%
Baron Hill 62%
Maurice Hinchey 91%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 66%
David Lee Hobson 27%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 76%
Pete Hoekstra 34%
Thomas Holden 52%
Ernest Hollings 62%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 96%
Darlene Hooley 70%
John Nathan Hostettler 43%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 53%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 75%
Kenny Hulshof 27%
Duncan Hunter 30%
Kay Hutchison 15%
Henry Hyde 21%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
Daniel Inouye 73%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 26%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 19%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 91%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 94%
William Jefferson 66%
James Merrill Jeffords 81%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Christopher John 51%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
Nancy Johnson 55%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
Tim Johnson 44%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 35%
Paul Kanjorski 66%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 77%
Ric Keller 11%
Sue Kelly 36%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
Mark Kennedy 20%
Patrick Kennedy 72%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 87%
Dale Kildee 70%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 26%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 15%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
Gerald Kleczka 78%
Joseph Knollenberg 22%
Herb Kohl 65%
James Kolbe 35%
Dennis Kucinich 85%
Jon Kyl 11%
Ray LaHood 35%
Nicholas Lampson 64%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 57%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 69%
Tom Lantos 74%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 66%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 78%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 36%
Steve LaTourette 44%
James Leach 57%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 97%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 84%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 79%
Jerry Lewis 31%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 97%
Ron Lewis 13%
Joe Lieberman 78%
Blanche Lincoln 53%
John Linder 8%
William Lipinski 53%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 74%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 8%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 31%
Dick Lugar 22%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 74%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 73%
Don Manzullo 30%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 87%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 62%
Robert Matsui 82%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 60%
Karen McCarthy 77%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 82%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 11%
James McCrery III 21%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 93%
John McHugh 28%
Scott McInnis 20%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 22%
Michael McNulty 77%
Martin Meehan 77%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 73%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 87%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 79%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 91%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 15%
Zell Bryan Miller 37%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 64%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 44%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 34%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 75%
Jack Murtha 58%
Sue Myrick 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 75%
Ben Nelson 48%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 59%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 22%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 11%
Anne Northup 27%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 18%
James Nussle 34%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 75%
John Olver 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 58%
Thomas William Osborne 34%
Doug Ose 39%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 29%
Major Owens 91%
Michael Oxley 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 69%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 83%
Ron Paul 52%
Donald Payne 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 14%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 51%
John Peterson 28%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 45%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 16%
Todd Platts 40%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 55%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 21%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 73%
Deborah Pryce 33%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 8%
Jack Quinn 42%
George Radanovich 30%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 67%
James Ramstad 42%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
Ralph Regula 28%
Denny Rehberg 23%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 76%
Silvestre Reyes 63%
Thomas Reynolds 24%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 13%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 77%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 24%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 38%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 37%
Mike Ross 56%
Steve Rothman 68%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 17%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 87%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 34%
Jim Ryun 13%
Martin Olav Sabo 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 73%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 91%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 58%
Rick Santorum 20%
Paul Sarbanes 92%
Jim Saxton 28%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 70%
Edward Schrock 13%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 91%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 8%
John Shadegg 13%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 31%
Christopher Shays 51%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 32%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 72%
Donald Sherwood 15%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 15%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 52%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 12%
Ike Skelton 57%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 89%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
Gordon Smith 46%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 21%
Nick Smith 42%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 63%
Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 33%
Arlen Specter 49%
John Spratt, Jr. 67%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 81%
Pete Stark 98%
Cliff Stearns 23%
Charles Stenholm 49%
Ted Stevens 25%
Ted Strickland 66%
Bart Stupak 68%
John Sullivan 17%
John Sweeney 31%
Tom Tancredo 28%
John Tanner 54%
Ellen Tauscher 66%
William Tauzin 12%
Charles Taylor 27%
Gene Taylor 49%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 40%
Craig Thomas 11%
William Thomas 41%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 21%
Todd Tiahrt 18%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 21%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 91%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 28%
Ed Towns 86%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 93%
James Turner 57%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 79%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 39%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 78%
George Voinovich 39%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 23%
James Walsh 41%
Zach Wamp 28%
John Warner 31%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
Diane Watson 93%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 84%
Anthony Weiner 79%
David Weldon 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 48%
Gerald Weller 12%
Robert Wexler 74%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 26%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 21%
Heather Wilson 37%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 34%
Lynn Woolsey 94%
David Wu 70%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 78%
Albert Wynn 74%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 19%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 22%

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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