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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2003 Liberal on Social Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 77%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 47%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 55%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 17%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 37%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 85%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 77%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 59%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 65%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 79%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 53%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 42%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 59%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 85%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 51%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 85%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 79%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 72%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 88%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 58%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 63%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 81%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 37%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 85%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 30%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 85%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 68%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 68%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 69%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 85%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 78%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 68%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 21%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 84%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 77%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 37%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 24%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 78%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 92%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 82%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 84%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 24%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 71%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 39%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 24%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 36%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 59%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 92%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 21%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 47%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 92%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 42%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 36%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 53%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 73%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 84%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 61%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 76%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 81%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 59%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 78%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 24%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 64%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 92%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 92%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 92%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 36%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 24%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 51%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 92%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 47%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 72%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 49%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 15%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 24%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 74%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 84%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 84%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 83%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 24%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 17%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 63%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 29%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 36%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 63%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 39%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 17%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 45%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 84%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 69%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 84%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 47%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 37%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 62%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 24%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 61%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 15%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 74%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 30%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 64%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 24%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 65%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 61%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 81%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 78%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 16%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 59%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 92%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 24%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 78%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 40%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 66%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 17%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 70%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 30%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 70%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 24%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 47%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 59%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 40%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 5%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 85%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 51%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 75%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 45%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 17%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 48%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 92%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 75%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 74%
Gary Ackerman 82%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 79%
Todd Akin 5%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 92%
Joe Baca, Sr. 65%
Brian Baird 72%
Richard Hugh Baker 17%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 88%
Cass Ballenger 30%
J. Gresham Barrett 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 24%
Charlie Bass 48%
Evan Bayh 59%
Bob Beauprez 24%
Chris Bell 66%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 48%
Shelley Berkley 70%
Howard Berman 92%
Marion Berry 55%
Judy Biggert 52%
Michael Bilirakis 30%
Jeff Bingaman 68%
Sherwood Boehlert 53%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 14%
Mary Bono Mack 49%
Leonard Boswell 61%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 59%
John Breaux 54%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
Ginny Brown-Waite 13%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Max Burns 5%
Dan Burton 23%
Steve Buyer 13%
Robert Byrd 79%
Ben Campbell 45%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 62%
Brad Carson 58%
Julia Carson 82%
Edward Case 84%
Mike Castle 59%
Chris Chocola 5%
Hillary Clinton 85%
Norm Coleman 0%
Michael Collins 0%
Kent Conrad 57%
Jon Corzine 85%
Jerry Costello 55%
Christopher Cox 13%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 53%
Philip Crane 17%
Barbara Cubin 16%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 68%
Artur Davis 67%
James Davis 69%
Jo Ann Davis 30%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 49%
Bill Delahunt 88%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 72%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 30%
Norm Dicks 77%
Chris Dodd 79%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 59%
David Dreier 42%
Jennifer Dunn 37%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 61%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Jo Ann Emerson 39%
Philip English 46%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 62%
Lane Evans 78%
Terry Everett 14%
Tom Feeney 24%
Russ Feingold 79%
Michael Ferguson 36%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
Mark Foley 42%
Harold Ford, Jr. 65%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 42%
Barney Frank 90%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Elton Gallegly 15%
Jim Gibbons 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 51%
Paul Gillmor 5%
Charlie Gonzalez 78%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 57%
Porter Goss 5%
Daniel Graham 76%
Mark Green 24%
James Greenwood 57%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 24%
Jane Harman 73%
Katherine Harris 17%
Melissa Hart 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 24%
Joel Hefley 24%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 55%
Maurice Hinchey 84%
David Lee Hobson 37%
Pete Hoekstra 39%
Thomas Holden 52%
Ernest Hollings 68%
Darlene Hooley 67%
John Nathan Hostettler 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 54%
Kenny Hulshof 24%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 43%
Henry Hyde 17%
Daniel Inouye 74%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 92%
William Janklow 36%
William Jefferson 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 66%
William Lewis Jenkins 30%
Christopher John 52%
Nancy Johnson 57%
Tim Johnson 51%
Paul Kanjorski 55%
Ric Keller 14%
Sue Kelly 49%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 85%
Mark Kennedy 5%
Patrick Kennedy 81%
Dale Kildee 63%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
Gerald Kleczka 76%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 63%
James Kolbe 51%
Dennis Kucinich 70%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 42%
Nicholas Lampson 62%
Tom Lantos 77%
Steve LaTourette 48%
Frank Lautenberg 85%
James Leach 59%
Jerry Lewis 30%
Ron Lewis 22%
Joe Lieberman 75%
Blanche Lincoln 56%
John Linder 5%
William Lipinski 47%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
Denise Majette 92%
Don Manzullo 30%
Jim Marshall 50%
Robert Matsui 84%
Karen McCarthy 87%
Thaddeus McCotter 35%
James McCrery III 23%
John McHugh 44%
Scott McInnis 0%
Michael McNulty 63%
Martin Meehan 84%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Brad Miller 73%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 57%
Dennis Moore 69%
Jack Murtha 55%
Marilyn Musgrave 5%
Sue Myrick 17%
Ben Nelson 46%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 37%
Robert William Ney 46%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 24%
Jim Oberstar 66%
Dave Obey 74%
John Olver 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 56%
Thomas William Osborne 44%
Doug Ose 50%
Major Owens 82%
Michael Oxley 36%
Ron Paul 53%
Donald Payne 92%
John Peterson 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 30%
Todd Platts 44%
Richard Pombo 17%
Earl Pomeroy 53%
Jon Porter, Sr. 30%
Deborah Pryce 49%
Jack Quinn 45%
George Radanovich 22%
James Ramstad 55%
Ralph Regula 30%
Denny Rehberg 37%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Thomas Reynolds 30%
Ciro Rodriguez 67%
Mike Ross 57%
Steve Rothman 71%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 61%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 85%
Jim Saxton 44%
Edward Schrock 5%
John Shadegg 30%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 30%
Christopher Shays 58%
Donald Sherwood 30%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 57%
Ike Skelton 51%
Gordon Smith 41%
Nick Smith 15%
Olympia Snowe 51%
Vic Snyder 75%
Hilda Solis 92%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 49%
John Spratt, Jr. 65%
Pete Stark 92%
Cliff Stearns 17%
Charles Stenholm 52%
Ted Stevens 48%
Ted Strickland 66%
Bart Stupak 55%
John Sullivan 23%
John Sununu 41%
John Sweeney 5%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 30%
John Tanner 57%
Ellen Tauscher 78%
William Tauzin 24%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 44%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 40%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Ed Towns 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 87%
James Turner 53%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 5%
John Warner 44%
Diane Watson 90%
Anthony Weiner 78%
David Weldon 30%
W. Curtis Weldon 46%
Gerald Weller 5%
Robert Wexler 84%
Heather Wilson 42%
Lynn Woolsey 92%
David Wu 64%
Albert Wynn 71%

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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