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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2003 Composite Liberal Score

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

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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