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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Population Connection

2000 Positions

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