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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2004 Liberal on Social Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 37%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 24%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 16%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 16%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 56%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 86%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 44%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 84%
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 83%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 84%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 78%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 78%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 82%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 82%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 73%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 76%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 86%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 70%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 72%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 35%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 47%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 49%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 82%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 61%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 9%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 66%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 36%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 19%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 81%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 42%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 36%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 82%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 58%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 78%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 63%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 19%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 27%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 19%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 19%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 19%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 44%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 54%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 76%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 66%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 66%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 78%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 78%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 84%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 82%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 64%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 49%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 23%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 76%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 69%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 82%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 9%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 76%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 70%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 24%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 36%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 65%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 19%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 9%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 56%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 69%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 38%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 44%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 42%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 52%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 71%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 36%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 70%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 46%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 73%
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 88%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 76%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 77%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 65%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 34%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 31%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 58%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 39%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 49%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 23%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 36%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 62%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 86%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 50%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 63%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 25%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 59%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 82%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 66%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 63%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 31%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 60%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 34%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 65%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 77%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 17%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 53%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 88%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 24%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 78%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 42%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 70%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 77%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 31%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 69%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 82%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 77%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 73%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 17%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 39%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 88%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 40%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 53%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 61%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 82%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 19%
Thomas Allen 73%
Joe Baca, Sr. 68%
Brian Baird 70%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 39%
Charlie Bass 53%
Evan Bayh 70%
Bob Beauprez 31%
Bob Bennett 34%
Shelley Berkley 78%
Howard Berman 83%
Marion Berry 52%
Judy Biggert 57%
Michael Bilirakis 9%
Jeff Bingaman 65%
Sherwood Boehlert 55%
Kit Bond 31%
Henry Bonilla 25%
Mary Bono Mack 56%
Leonard Boswell 62%
Rick Boucher 57%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 52%
Henry Brown, Jr. 17%
Ginny Brown-Waite 15%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 67%
Chris Cannon 34%
Dennis Cardoza 59%
Julia Carson 81%
Edward Case 64%
Mike Castle 57%
Ben Chandler III 51%
Chris Chocola 20%
Hillary Clinton 82%
Norm Coleman 34%
Kent Conrad 64%
Jon Corzine 82%
Jerry Costello 53%
Christopher Cox 31%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 48%
Barbara Cubin 15%
Randall Cunningham 9%
Artur Davis 64%
James Davis 73%
Jo Ann Davis 9%
Lincoln Davis 46%
Thomas Davis III 51%
Bill Delahunt 82%
Thomas DeLay 9%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 47%
Norm Dicks 72%
Chris Dodd 77%
Elizabeth Dole 16%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 59%
David Dreier 42%
Chet Edwards 53%
Vern Ehlers 49%
Jo Ann Emerson 25%
Philip English 47%
John Ensign 19%
Bob Etheridge 62%
Lane Evans 78%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 67%
Michael Ferguson 44%
Mark Foley 52%
Harold Ford, Jr. 62%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 43%
Barney Frank 88%
William Frist 31%
Elton Gallegly 9%
Jim Gibbons 27%
Wayne Gilchrest 56%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Charlie Gonzalez 78%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 54%
Mark Green 20%
Judd Gregg 41%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Jane Harman 71%
Katherine Harris 28%
Melissa Hart 36%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 15%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 55%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
David Lee Hobson 42%
Pete Hoekstra 9%
Thomas Holden 49%
Darlene Hooley 68%
John Nathan Hostettler 20%
Kenny Hulshof 30%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 38%
Henry Hyde 34%
Daniel Inouye 82%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 88%
William Jefferson 66%
James Merrill Jeffords 66%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Nancy Johnson 59%
Tim Johnson 48%
Paul Kanjorski 63%
Ric Keller 9%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 82%
Mark Kennedy 28%
Patrick Kennedy 73%
Dale Kildee 63%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 84%
Joseph Knollenberg 39%
Herb Kohl 76%
James Kolbe 58%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 45%
Tom Lantos 85%
Steve LaTourette 45%
Frank Lautenberg 82%
James Leach 61%
Jerry Lewis 31%
Ron Lewis 17%
Joe Lieberman 82%
Blanche Lincoln 53%
John Linder 16%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 47%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 47%
Robert Matsui 88%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 23%
John McHugh 36%
Michael McNulty 60%
Martin Meehan 86%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 88%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 88%
Brad Miller 68%
Alan Mollohan 59%
Dennis Moore 65%
Jack Murtha 60%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 45%
Robert William Ney 39%
Anne Northup 36%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 36%
Jim Oberstar 64%
Dave Obey 72%
John Olver 88%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 57%
Thomas William Osborne 36%
Major Owens 83%
Michael Oxley 36%
Ron Paul 46%
Donald Payne 88%
John Peterson 28%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25%
Todd Platts 34%
Richard Pombo 9%
Earl Pomeroy 62%
Jon Porter, Sr. 53%
Deborah Pryce 51%
George Radanovich 20%
James Ramstad 39%
Ralph Regula 31%
Denny Rehberg 9%
Richard Renzi 28%
Silvestre Reyes 67%
Thomas Reynolds 31%
Mike Ross 54%
Steve Rothman 73%
Jim Ryun 9%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
Rick Santorum 19%
Paul Sarbanes 82%
Jim Saxton 44%
John Shadegg 9%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 61%
Donald Sherwood 33%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 56%
Ike Skelton 51%
Gordon Smith 42%
Olympia Snowe 51%
Vic Snyder 68%
Hilda Solis 88%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 42%
John Spratt, Jr. 62%
Pete Stark 88%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 34%
Ted Strickland 70%
Bart Stupak 60%
John Sullivan 19%
John Sununu 31%
John Sweeney 42%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 17%
John Tanner 54%
Ellen Tauscher 78%
Charles Taylor 9%
Gene Taylor 23%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 41%
Todd Tiahrt 23%
Ed Towns 81%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
George Voinovich 46%
James Walsh 49%
Zach Wamp 9%
John Warner 52%
Diane Watson 88%
Anthony Weiner 85%
David Weldon 17%
W. Curtis Weldon 46%
Gerald Weller 43%
Robert Wexler 86%
Heather Wilson 49%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
David Wu 68%
Albert Wynn 70%

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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