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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Population Connection

2000 Positions

Issues: Social
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 88%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 13%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 13%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 88%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 27%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 88%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 75%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 9%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 91%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 27%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 91%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 45%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 91%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 9%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 91%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 9%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 9%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 45%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 91%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 13%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 80%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 10%
James Barcia 9%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 75%
Bob Bennett 13%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 100%
Douglas Bereuter 45%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 36%
Judy Biggert 91%
Michael Bilirakis 9%
Jeff Bingaman 88%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 13%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 91%
Mary Bono Mack 27%
Robert Borski, Jr. 45%
Leonard Boswell 91%
Rick Boucher 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 91%
John Breaux 13%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 88%
Herbert Callahan 9%
Ben Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 91%
Mike Castle 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 91%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 100%
Kent Conrad 75%
John Cooksey 40%
Jerry Costello 9%
Christopher Cox 9%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 13%
Robert Cramer 91%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 88%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 64%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 18%
Norm Dicks 100%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 13%
Calvin Dooley 91%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 75%
David Dreier 9%
Jennifer Dunn 36%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 91%
Vern Ehlers 18%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 82%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 0%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 14%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 82%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 13%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Elton Gallegly 36%
John Ganske 70%
George Gekas 9%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 73%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 100%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 90%
Porter Goss 18%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 9%
Tony Hall 18%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 90%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 45%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 10%
Ernest Hollings 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 91%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 13%
Henry Hyde 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 9%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 9%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 9%
Herb Kohl 88%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 27%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 18%
Ray LaHood 0%
Nicholas Lampson 91%
Tom Lantos 100%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 40%
James Leach 82%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
Dick Lugar 25%
William Luther 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
Frank Mascara 9%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 18%
Scott McInnis 18%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 71%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 73%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 70%
Alan Mollohan 0%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 100%
Frank Murkowski 14%
Jack Murtha 18%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 18%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 9%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 9%
Jim Oberstar 45%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Doug Ose 91%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 9%
Ron Paul 0%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
Deborah Pryce 88%
Jack Quinn 10%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 27%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Timothy Roemer 27%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 100%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 91%
Rick Santorum 13%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 9%
Joe Scarborough 10%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 64%
Christopher Shays 90%
Donald Sherwood 9%
Ronnie Shows 0%
Norman Sisisky 91%
Joseph Skeen 18%
Ike Skelton 11%
Gordon Smith 25%
Nick Smith 27%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 88%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 100%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 9%
Ted Stevens 38%
Ted Strickland 91%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 18%
John Sweeney 73%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 90%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 9%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 9%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 64%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 13%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 100%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 9%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 80%
George Voinovich 0%
James Walsh 18%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 29%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 9%
Gerald Weller 9%
Paul Wellstone 88%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 45%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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