or Login to see your representatives.

Access Candidates' and Representatives' Biographies, Voting Records, Interest Group Ratings, Issue Positions, Public Statements, and Campaign Finances

Simply enter your zip code above to get to all of your candidates and representatives, or enter a name. Then, just click on the person you are interested in, and you can navigate to the categories of information we track for them.

Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: 60 Plus Association

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 90%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 30%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 60%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 70%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 10%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 80%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 70%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 80%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 10%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 70%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 80%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 30%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 90%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
Bill Archer 80%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 10%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 60%
Robert Barr, Jr. 90%
Bill Barrett 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Herbert Bateman 70%
Bob Bennett 70%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 70%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 20%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 80%
Kit Bond 70%
Henry Bonilla 90%
David Edward Bonior 10%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 10%
Leonard Boswell 40%
Rick Boucher 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 10%
John Breaux 50%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Richard Bryan 10%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 90%
Dan Burton 80%
Steve Buyer 80%
Robert Byrd 30%
Herbert Callahan 90%
Ben Campbell 70%
Thomas Campbell 70%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 30%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 20%
Robert Clement 10%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 70%
Kent Conrad 20%
Merrill Cook 90%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 10%
Paul Coverdell 90%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 90%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 10%
James Davis 10%
Thomas Davis III 80%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 0%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 20%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 50%
Calvin Dooley 10%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 20%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 0%
Vern Ehlers 80%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 90%
Philip English 100%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 10%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 90%
Barney Frank 0%
Robert Franks 90%
William Frist 70%
Jonas Frost III 0%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 70%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 70%
Paul Gillmor 90%
Benjamin Gilman 90%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 80%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 30%
Slade Gorton 60%
Porter Goss 80%
Daniel Graham 10%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 90%
James Greenwood 90%
Judd Gregg 70%
Gilbert Gutknecht 70%
Tony Hall 10%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 80%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Rick Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 80%
Pete Hoekstra 80%
Thomas Holden 10%
Ernest Hollings 20%
Darlene Hooley 20%
Stephen Horn 80%
John Nathan Hostettler 90%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 90%
Henry Hyde 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 10%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 20%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Sue Kelly 90%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 10%
Bob Kerrey 10%
Dale Kildee 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
Ronald Klink 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 20%
James Kolbe 90%
Dennis Kucinich 10%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 10%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 10%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 100%
Steve LaTourette 100%
Rick Lazio 70%
James Leach 50%
Jerry Lewis 90%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 40%
John Linder 90%
William Lipinski 10%
Trent Lott, Sr. 70%
Dick Lugar 70%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 10%
Don Manzullo 100%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Frank Mascara 10%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 20%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 90%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 100%
Dan Miller 100%
David Minge 10%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 10%
Alan Mollohan 10%
Constance Morella 20%
Patrick Moynihan 20%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 10%
Sue Myrick 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 70%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 80%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 90%
Ronald Packard 100%
Ron Paul 90%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 90%
Owen Pickett 0%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
John Edward Porter 90%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Jack Quinn 70%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 90%
Ralph Regula 80%
Silvestre Reyes 10%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 20%
Timothy Roemer 50%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 40%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 80%
Joe Scarborough 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
Christopher Shays 70%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 10%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 20%
Gordon Smith 90%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 0%
Mark Souder 80%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 20%
Ted Stevens 60%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 10%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 90%
William Thomas 80%
Fred Thompson 80%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 20%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
James Turner 20%
Bruce Vento 0%
James Walsh 90%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 70%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 90%
Gerald Weller 80%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 10%
Heather Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 0%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
Albert Wynn 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.

Back to top