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

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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