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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2004 Conservative on Social Policy Score

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
Gary Ackerman 14%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 91%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 71%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 55%
Wayne Allard 84%
George Allen 71%
Thomas Allen 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 22%
Joe Baca, Sr. 31%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 77%
Brian Baird 30%
Richard Hugh Baker 80%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 91%
Roscoe Bartlett 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 67%
Charlie Bass 47%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 42%
Evan Bayh 26%
Bob Beauprez 67%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 15%
Bob Bennett 63%
Shelley Berkley 19%
Howard Berman 16%
Marion Berry 48%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 30%
Judy Biggert 43%
Michael Bilirakis 85%
Jeff Bingaman 34%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 81%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 39%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 29%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 91%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 61%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 66%
Kit Bond 66%
Henry Bonilla 73%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 76%
Mary Bono Mack 44%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 91%
Leonard Boswell 37%
Rick Boucher 43%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 48%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 59%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 83%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 28%
Henry Brown, Jr. 81%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 15%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
Ginny Brown-Waite 84%
Jim Bunning 84%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 85%
Conrad Burns 84%
Dan Burton 91%
Steve Buyer 83%
Robert Byrd 31%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 85%
Chris Cannon 65%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 77%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 27%
Dennis Cardoza 41%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 26%
Julia Carson 19%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 85%
Edward Case 35%
Mike Castle 42%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 85%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 39%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 84%
Ben Chandler III 49%
Chris Chocola 77%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
Hillary Clinton 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 91%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 71%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 70%
Norm Coleman 63%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 49%
Kent Conrad 35%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 39%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 84%
Jon Corzine 0%
Jerry Costello 46%
Christopher Cox 67%
Larry Craig 84%
Robert Cramer 51%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 81%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 24%
Barbara Cubin 84%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 91%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 19%
Randall Cunningham 85%
Artur Davis 35%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 25%
Jo Ann Davis 85%
Lincoln Davis 53%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 19%
Thomas Davis III 48%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 26%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 91%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 38%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 17%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 12%
Thomas DeLay 85%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 49%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 53%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 53%
Norm Dicks 27%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 30%
Chris Dodd 19%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 23%
Elizabeth Dole 81%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 69%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 40%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
David Dreier 57%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 67%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
Chet Edwards 46%
Vern Ehlers 50%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 22%
Jo Ann Emerson 73%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 22%
Philip English 52%
John Ensign 71%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 12%
Bob Etheridge 37%
Lane Evans 19%
Terry Everett 91%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Tom Feeney 91%
Russ Feingold 31%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
Michael Ferguson 55%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 61%
Mark Foley 47%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 76%
Harold Ford, Jr. 38%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 57%
Barney Frank 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 91%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 48%
William Frist 66%
Elton Gallegly 85%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 81%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 50%
Jim Gibbons 72%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Paul Gillmor 73%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 85%
Charlie Gonzalez 19%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 91%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 91%
Bart Gordon 46%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 65%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 71%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 76%
Mark Green 77%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 35%
Judd Gregg 58%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 70%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 18%
Jane Harman 29%
Katherine Harris 70%
Melissa Hart 61%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 67%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 84%
Robert Hayes 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 84%
Joel Hefley 91%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 70%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 45%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 32%
David Lee Hobson 57%
Pete Hoekstra 85%
Thomas Holden 50%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
Darlene Hooley 31%
John Nathan Hostettler 77%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 19%
Kenny Hulshof 70%
Duncan Hunter 91%
Kay Hutchison 60%
Henry Hyde 65%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 84%
Daniel Inouye 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 73%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 91%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 18%
William Jefferson 34%
James Merrill Jeffords 33%
William Lewis Jenkins 77%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 18%
Nancy Johnson 41%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 84%
Tim Johnson 51%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 91%
Paul Kanjorski 37%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 34%
Ric Keller 85%
Sue Kelly 54%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 70%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Dale Kildee 36%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 15%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 53%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 91%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 42%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 85%
Joseph Knollenberg 60%
Herb Kohl 23%
James Kolbe 42%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 84%
Ray LaHood 55%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 44%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 40%
Tom Lantos 15%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 22%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 23%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 61%
Steve LaTourette 54%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
James Leach 38%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 23%
Jerry Lewis 67%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 81%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 46%
John Linder 83%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 84%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 22%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 76%
Dick Lugar 52%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 12%
Don Manzullo 91%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Jim Marshall 52%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 47%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 55%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 23%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 71%
Thaddeus McCotter 91%
James McCrery III 77%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 61%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 70%
Michael McNulty 40%
Martin Meehan 12%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 28%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 73%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 35%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 91%
Brad Miller 31%
Alan Mollohan 41%
Dennis Moore 35%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 59%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 19%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 73%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 62%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 73%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 40%
Marilyn Musgrave 91%
Sue Myrick 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 23%
Ben Nelson 54%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 85%
Robert William Ney 60%
Anne Northup 64%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 91%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 67%
James Nussle 61%
Jim Oberstar 36%
Dave Obey 28%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 43%
Thomas William Osborne 61%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 61%
Major Owens 16%
Michael Oxley 61%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 24%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 12%
Ron Paul 54%
Donald Payne 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 61%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 91%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 49%
John Peterson 70%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 73%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
Todd Platts 65%
Richard Pombo 85%
Earl Pomeroy 37%
Jon Porter, Sr. 47%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 61%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 19%
Deborah Pryce 48%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 42%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 80%
George Radanovich 77%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 47%
James Ramstad 60%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 17%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 67%
Denny Rehberg 85%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 41%
Richard Renzi 70%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
Thomas Reynolds 67%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 71%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 38%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 73%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 61%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
Mike Ross 45%
Steve Rothman 25%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 91%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 77%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 41%
Jim Ryun 85%
Martin Olav Sabo 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Rick Santorum 71%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 56%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 25%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 19%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 34%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 81%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 85%
John Shadegg 85%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 59%
Christopher Shays 38%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 81%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 15%
Donald Sherwood 66%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 73%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 91%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 43%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 58%
Ike Skelton 48%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 31%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 51%
Gordon Smith 56%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 85%
Olympia Snowe 48%
Vic Snyder 31%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 73%
Arlen Specter 56%
John Spratt, Jr. 37%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 91%
Ted Stevens 63%
Ted Strickland 29%
Bart Stupak 39%
John Sullivan 80%
John Sununu 66%
John Sweeney 58%
James Talent 84%
Tom Tancredo 81%
John Tanner 46%
Ellen Tauscher 19%
Charles Taylor 85%
Gene Taylor 77%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 58%
Craig Thomas 84%
William Thomas 59%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 34%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 77%
Todd Tiahrt 77%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 67%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
Ed Towns 18%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 65%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 29%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 73%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 36%
George Voinovich 53%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 61%
James Walsh 51%
Zach Wamp 85%
John Warner 47%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Diane Watson 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 16%
Anthony Weiner 14%
David Weldon 83%
W. Curtis Weldon 54%
Gerald Weller 56%
Robert Wexler 14%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 81%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 85%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 77%
Heather Wilson 51%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 57%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 31%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
Albert Wynn 29%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 65%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 69%

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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