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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2006 Liberal on Social Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 97%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 97%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 97%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 97%
John Olver 97%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 97%
Pete Stark 97%
Diane Watson 97%
Lynn Woolsey 97%
Gary Ackerman 96%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 96%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 96%
Dennis Kucinich 96%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 96%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 96%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 96%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 96%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 96%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 94%
Donald Payne 94%
Chris Dodd 93%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 93%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 93%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 93%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 93%
Hilda Solis 93%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 92%
Julia Carson 92%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 92%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 92%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 91%
Howard Berman 91%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 91%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 91%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 89%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 88%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 88%
Martin Meehan 87%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 86%
Bill Delahunt 86%
Russ Feingold 86%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 86%
Maurice Hinchey 85%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 85%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 84%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 84%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 84%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 84%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 84%
Tom Lantos 83%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 83%
Robert Wexler 83%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 82%
Barney Frank 82%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 82%
Patrick Kennedy 82%
Ed Towns 82%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 81%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 81%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 80%
Hillary Clinton 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 80%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
Steve Rothman 80%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 80%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 79%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 79%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 79%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 79%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 78%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 78%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 78%
Anthony Weiner 78%
Norm Dicks 77%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 77%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 77%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 76%
Jeff Bingaman 76%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 76%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 76%
Ellen Tauscher 76%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 75%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 75%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 75%
Daniel Inouye 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 75%
Thomas Allen 74%
Shelley Berkley 74%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 74%
William Jefferson 74%
Joe Lieberman 74%
David Wu 74%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 73%
Russ Carnahan 73%
Jane Harman 73%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 73%
Albert Wynn 73%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 72%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 72%
Charlie Gonzalez 72%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 72%
Evan Bayh 71%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 71%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 71%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 71%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
Brian Baird 70%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 70%
Dennis Moore 69%
Ken Salazar 69%
Joe Baca, Sr. 68%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 68%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 68%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 68%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 68%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 68%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 68%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 68%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 68%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 67%
Dale Kildee 67%
Herb Kohl 67%
Michael McNulty 67%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 66%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 66%
Brad Miller 66%
Dave Obey 66%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 65%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 65%
Jim Oberstar 65%
Silvestre Reyes 65%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 65%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 64%
Darlene Hooley 64%
Blanche Lincoln 64%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 64%
Vic Snyder 64%
Dennis Cardoza 63%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 63%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 63%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 63%
Bart Stupak 63%
Rick Boucher 62%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 62%
Artur Davis 62%
Jack Murtha 62%
Melissa Bean 61%
Bob Etheridge 61%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 61%
Paul Kanjorski 61%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 61%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 60%
Jerry Costello 60%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Christopher Shays 60%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 59%
Alan Mollohan 59%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 59%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 59%
John Tanner 59%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 58%
Leonard Boswell 58%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 58%
Ben Chandler III 58%
Kent Conrad 58%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 57%
Byron Dorgan 57%
Thomas Holden 57%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 57%
Chet Edwards 56%
Ron Paul 56%
Arlen Specter 56%
John Spratt, Jr. 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 55%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Marion Berry 54%
Mike Castle 54%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 54%
Mike Ross 54%
Ike Skelton 54%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 53%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 53%
Bart Gordon 53%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 53%
Judy Biggert 52%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 52%
Mary Bono Mack 51%
Robert Byrd 51%
Robert Cramer 51%
Jim Marshall 51%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 51%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 51%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 50%
James Walsh 50%
Heather Wilson 50%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 49%
Dan Boren 49%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 49%
James Ramstad 49%
Vern Ehlers 48%
Tim Johnson 48%
Dick Lugar 48%
Thomas Davis III 47%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 47%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 47%
Jerry Lewis 47%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 47%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 46%
Lincoln Davis 46%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 46%
Michael Ferguson 46%
Jon Porter, Sr. 46%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 45%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 45%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 45%
George Voinovich 45%
Roscoe Bartlett 44%
Philip English 44%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 44%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44%
Joseph Knollenberg 43%
Steve LaTourette 43%
Connie Mack IV 43%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 43%
Deborah Pryce 43%
John Warner 43%
Chris Cannon 42%
Melquiades Martinez 42%
David Dreier 41%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 41%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 41%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 41%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 41%
Ted Stevens 41%
Gene Taylor 41%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 41%
Norm Coleman 40%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 40%
Jim Saxton 40%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 39%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 39%
Gordon Smith 39%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 39%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 38%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 38%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 38%
Larry Craig 37%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 37%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 37%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 37%
Judd Gregg 36%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 35%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 35%
Ray LaHood 35%
Dan Lungren 35%
Ralph Regula 35%
Richard Renzi 35%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 34%
Jo Ann Emerson 34%
John McHugh 34%
Todd Platts 34%
Thomas Reynolds 34%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 34%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 33%
Bob Bennett 33%
John Sununu 33%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 32%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 32%
David Lee Hobson 32%
Kenny Hulshof 32%
John Kuhl, Jr. 32%
Don Manzullo 32%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 32%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 32%
James McCrery III 31%
John Shadegg 31%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 31%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 30%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 30%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 29%
Ben Nelson 29%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 28%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 28%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 28%
Geoff Davis 28%
Paul Gillmor 28%
Kay Hutchison 28%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 28%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 28%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 28%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 28%
Brian Bilbray 27%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 27%
Trent Lott, Sr. 27%
John Peterson 26%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 26%
Denny Rehberg 26%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 26%
Gerald Weller 26%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 23%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 23%
Thelma Drake 23%
Tom Feeney 23%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 23%
John Linder 23%
Thaddeus McCotter 23%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 23%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 23%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 23%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 23%
Zach Wamp 23%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 21%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 21%
Terry Everett 21%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 21%
Wayne Allard 18%
Kit Bond 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 18%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 18%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 18%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
Jon Kyl 18%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 17%
Richard Hugh Baker 17%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 17%
Henry Brown, Jr. 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 17%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
Jean Schmidt 17%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 17%
Mark Souder 17%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 16%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 16%
Todd Tiahrt 16%
Ginny Brown-Waite 15%
Dan Burton 15%
Elton Gallegly 15%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 15%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 15%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 11%
Steve Buyer 11%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
Robert Hayes 11%
Ron Lewis 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 11%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 11%
Tom Tancredo 11%
David Weldon 11%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 11%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Duncan Hunter 10%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 9%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 8%
Wally Herger, Jr. 8%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 8%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 8%
Todd Akin 6%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 6%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 6%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 6%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 6%
Pete Hoekstra 6%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 6%
Marilyn Musgrave 6%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 6%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 6%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
James DeMint 0%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
John Doolittle 0%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
John Sullivan 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 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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