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2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Brian Baird 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 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 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg 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%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller 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%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Steve Rothman 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall 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%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 89%
Roscoe Bartlett 89%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 89%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 89%
Jerry Costello 89%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 89%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 89%
Norm Dicks 89%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 89%
Lane Evans 89%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 89%
Harold Ford, Jr. 89%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 89%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 89%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
Dale Kildee 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 89%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 89%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 89%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 89%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 89%
Michael McNulty 89%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 89%
Brad Miller 89%
John Olver 89%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 89%
Albert Wynn 89%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 80%
Kent Conrad 80%
Jon Corzine 80%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
Russ Feingold 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Arlen Specter 80%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80%
Thomas Allen 78%
Charlie Bass 78%
Howard Berman 78%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 78%
Sherwood Boehlert 78%
Julia Carson 78%
Edward Case 78%
Mike Castle 78%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 78%
Vern Ehlers 78%
Michael Ferguson 78%
Elton Gallegly 78%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 78%
Mark Green 78%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 78%
Jane Harman 78%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 78%
Maurice Hinchey 78%
Darlene Hooley 78%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 78%
Nancy Johnson 78%
James Leach 78%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 78%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 78%
Dennis Moore 78%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 78%
Jim Oberstar 78%
Major Owens 78%
Donald Payne 78%
James Ramstad 78%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 78%
Martin Olav Sabo 78%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 78%
Vic Snyder 78%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 78%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 78%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 78%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 78%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 67%
Judy Biggert 67%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Rick Boucher 67%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 67%
James Davis 67%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
Charlie Gonzalez 67%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 67%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
Sue Kelly 67%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
Todd Platts 67%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67%
Jim Saxton 67%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 67%
John Spratt, Jr. 67%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 67%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 67%
Diane Watson 67%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 67%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 60%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60%
Evan Bayh 60%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 60%
Byron Dorgan 60%
Daniel Inouye 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
Ben Nelson 60%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 60%
Shelley Berkley 56%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 56%
Artur Davis 56%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 56%
Philip English 56%
Bob Etheridge 56%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 56%
Steve LaTourette 56%
John Linder 56%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 56%
Earl Pomeroy 56%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 56%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 56%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 56%
Ted Strickland 56%
John Sweeney 56%
W. Curtis Weldon 56%
Gerald Weller 56%
Joe Baca, Sr. 44%
Leonard Boswell 44%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 44%
Ginny Brown-Waite 44%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 44%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 44%
Jo Ann Davis 44%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 44%
Wayne Gilchrest 44%
Bart Gordon 44%
Thomas Holden 44%
Tim Johnson 44%
Paul Kanjorski 44%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 44%
James Kolbe 44%
Jim Marshall 44%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 44%
Anne Northup 44%
Dave Obey 44%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 44%
Deborah Pryce 44%
Ralph Regula 44%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 44%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 44%
Bart Stupak 44%
Tom Tancredo 44%
Gene Taylor 44%
Wayne Allard 40%
Jeff Bingaman 40%
Robert Byrd 40%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 40%
Norm Coleman 40%
Elizabeth Dole 40%
John Ensign 40%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 40%
Rick Santorum 40%
Gordon Smith 40%
John Warner 40%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
Thomas Davis III 33%
Mark Foley 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Jim Gibbons 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 33%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
Jack Murtha 33%
Robert William Ney 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
Jon Porter, Sr. 33%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 33%
Cliff Stearns 33%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 33%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 33%
Todd Akin 22%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 22%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 22%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 22%
Dan Burton 22%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 22%
Robert Cramer 22%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 22%
James DeMint 22%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 22%
Tom Feeney 22%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 22%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 22%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 22%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 22%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 22%
Pete Hoekstra 22%
John Nathan Hostettler 22%
Kenny Hulshof 22%
Duncan Hunter 22%
Henry Hyde 22%
William Jefferson 22%
Mark Kennedy 22%
Ron Lewis 22%
Thaddeus McCotter 22%
James McCrery III 22%
John McHugh 22%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 22%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 22%
Alan Mollohan 22%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 22%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 22%
Michael Oxley 22%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 22%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 22%
Richard Renzi 22%
Silvestre Reyes 22%
Thomas Reynolds 22%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 22%
John Shadegg 22%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 22%
James Walsh 22%
Zach Wamp 22%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 22%
Heather Wilson 22%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 22%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 20%
Jon Kyl 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
Dick Lugar 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20%
James Talent 20%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 11%
Richard Hugh Baker 11%
J. Gresham Barrett 11%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
Bob Beauprez 11%
Marion Berry 11%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 11%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 11%
Henry Bonilla 11%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 11%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 11%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 11%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 11%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11%
Steve Buyer 11%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11%
Chris Cannon 11%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 11%
Chris Chocola 11%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 11%
Christopher Cox 11%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 11%
Randall Cunningham 11%
Lincoln Davis 11%
Thomas DeLay 11%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 11%
John Doolittle 11%
David Dreier 11%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
Chet Edwards 11%
Jo Ann Emerson 11%
Terry Everett 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 11%
Paul Gillmor 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 11%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11%
Gilbert Gutknecht 11%
Katherine Harris 11%
Melissa Hart 11%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
Robert Hayes 11%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. 11%
David Lee Hobson 11%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 11%
Ric Keller 11%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 11%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 11%
Joseph Knollenberg 11%
Ray LaHood 11%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
Jerry Lewis 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 11%
Don Manzullo 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 11%
Marilyn Musgrave 11%
Sue Myrick 11%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 11%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 11%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 11%
James Nussle 11%
Thomas William Osborne 11%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 11%
Ron Paul 11%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 11%
John Peterson 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 11%
Richard Pombo 11%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 11%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 11%
George Radanovich 11%
Denny Rehberg 11%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
Mike Ross 11%
Jim Ryun 11%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 11%
Donald Sherwood 11%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
Ike Skelton 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
Mark Souder 11%
John Sullivan 11%
John Tanner 11%
Charles Taylor 11%
William Thomas 11%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
Todd Tiahrt 11%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 11%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
George Allen 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kit Bond 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
John Sununu 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
George Voinovich 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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