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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: State PIRGs Working Together

2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 95%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 77%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 5%
Thomas Allen 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 55%
Brian Baird 91%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 27%
Evan Bayh 77%
Melissa Bean 77%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 95%
Howard Berman 95%
Marion Berry 55%
Judy Biggert 18%
Jeff Bingaman 64%
Kit Bond 0%
Mary Bono Mack 5%
Dan Boren 23%
Leonard Boswell 45%
Rick Boucher 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 68%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
Ginny Brown-Waite 9%
Jim Bunning 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 64%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 59%
Russ Carnahan 95%
Julia Carson 86%
Mike Castle 59%
Ben Chandler III 77%
Hillary Clinton 91%
Norm Coleman 36%
Kent Conrad 55%
Jerry Costello 73%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 27%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Artur Davis 55%
Geoff Davis 5%
Jo Ann Davis 9%
Lincoln Davis 36%
Thomas Davis III 23%
Bill Delahunt 91%
James DeMint 14%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 14%
Norm Dicks 91%
Chris Dodd 86%
Elizabeth Dole 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 64%
Thelma Drake 5%
David Dreier 5%
Chet Edwards 36%
Vern Ehlers 45%
Jo Ann Emerson 9%
Philip English 5%
John Ensign 9%
Bob Etheridge 82%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 9%
Russ Feingold 95%
Michael Ferguson 18%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 9%
Barney Frank 100%
Elton Gallegly 9%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
Paul Gillmor 9%
Charlie Gonzalez 55%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 14%
Bart Gordon 59%
Judd Gregg 27%
Jane Harman 68%
Robert Hayes 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 55%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 9%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 45%
Darlene Hooley 95%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 23%
Daniel Inouye 68%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 50%
Tim Johnson 64%
Paul Kanjorski 64%
Ric Keller 14%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
Dale Kildee 91%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 86%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 68%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. 0%
Jon Kyl 9%
Ray LaHood 27%
Tom Lantos 95%
Steve LaTourette 18%
Jerry Lewis 5%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 64%
Blanche Lincoln 55%
John Linder 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 14%
Dan Lungren 0%
Connie Mack IV 18%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 64%
Melquiades Martinez 14%
Thaddeus McCotter 9%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 14%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 86%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 27%
Brad Miller 95%
Alan Mollohan 55%
Dennis Moore 73%
Jack Murtha 45%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 18%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 32%
Ron Paul 27%
Donald Payne 86%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 36%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
Deborah Pryce 5%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 59%
Ralph Regula 5%
Denny Rehberg 9%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 32%
Thomas Reynolds 9%
Mike Ross 45%
Steve Rothman 86%
Ken Salazar 68%
Jim Saxton 59%
John Shadegg 0%
Christopher Shays 64%
Ike Skelton 64%
Gordon Smith 41%
Olympia Snowe 64%
Vic Snyder 82%
Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 36%
John Spratt, Jr. 91%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Ted Stevens 0%
Bart Stupak 82%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 36%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 55%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
Gene Taylor 59%
Craig Thomas 5%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 86%
George Voinovich 5%
James Walsh 18%
Zach Wamp 14%
John Warner 9%
Diane Watson 95%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 9%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 18%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 86%
Albert Wynn 64%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 77%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 68%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 82%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 82%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 41%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 91%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 73%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 91%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 95%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 64%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 86%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 86%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 91%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 59%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 18%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 91%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 68%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 68%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 45%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 77%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 32%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 77%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 64%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 82%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 86%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 91%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 68%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 68%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 77%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 86%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 86%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 91%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 91%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 59%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 95%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 73%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 77%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 41%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 91%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 82%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 95%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 82%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 73%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 41%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 64%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 9%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 9%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 14%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 9%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 9%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch 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 5%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 41%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 14%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 41%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 68%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 41%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 14%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 9%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 27%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 9%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 23%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 9%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 9%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 9%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 9%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 14%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 9%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 9%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 18%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young 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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