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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2003 Composite Conservative Score

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

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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