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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Hispanic Leadership Agenda

1997-1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 18%
Gary Ackerman 92%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 9%
Thomas Allen 92%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 83%
Bill Archer 8%
Richard Armey 13%
John Ashcroft 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 25%
Richard Hugh Baker 13%
John Baldacci 88%
Cass Ballenger 17%
James Barcia 79%
Robert Barr, Jr. 4%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 92%
Bill Barrett 38%
Roscoe Bartlett 8%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 13%
Charlie Bass 21%
Herbert Bateman 8%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 96%
Bob Bennett 27%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Douglas Bereuter 13%
Howard Berman 92%
Marion Berry 79%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 73%
Brian Bilbray 29%
Michael Bilirakis 8%
Jeff Bingaman 82%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83%
Rod Blagojevich 88%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 8%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 92%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 8%
Sherwood Boehlert 63%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 4%
Kit Bond 36%
Henry Bonilla 42%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 92%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 79%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 50%
John Breaux 82%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 96%
George Brown, Jr. 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 9%
Richard Bryan 91%
Ed Bryant 8%
Jim Bunning 17%
Conrad Burns 27%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 21%
Robert Byrd 82%
Herbert Callahan 13%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 21%
Ben Campbell 36%
Thomas Campbell 42%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 8%
Chris Cannon 13%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
Julia Carson 83%
Mike Castle 58%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 21%
John Chafee 64%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 8%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 25%
William Clay, Sr. 88%
Eva Clayton 96%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 82%
Robert Clement 79%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 96%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 4%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 4%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
Michael Collins 4%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
Larry Combest 8%
Gary Condit 67%
Kent Conrad 91%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
Merrill Cook 33%
John Cooksey 13%
Jerry Costello 83%
Paul Coverdell 27%
Christopher Cox 8%
William Coyne 88%
Larry Craig 18%
Robert Cramer 75%
Philip Crane 13%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 29%
Barbara Cubin 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 8%
Patsy Ann Danner 79%
Thomas Daschle 91%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 88%
Thomas Davis III 29%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 92%
Bill Delahunt 96%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 92%
Thomas DeLay 4%
Peter Deutsch 71%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 18%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Jay Dickey 13%
Norm Dicks 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 88%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 91%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 36%
Calvin Dooley 83%
John Doolittle 13%
Byron Dorgan 91%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 79%
David Dreier 13%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 8%
Jennifer Dunn 8%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 88%
Vern Ehlers 46%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 17%
Jo Ann Emerson 4%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
Philip English 42%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 83%
Bob Etheridge 79%
Lane Evans 96%
Terry Everett 8%
Thomas Ewing 21%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 96%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 88%
Russ Feingold 91%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 91%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 96%
Mark Foley 17%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 92%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 6%
Tillie Fowler 8%
Barney Frank 92%
Robert Franks 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
William Frist 9%
Jonas Frost III 79%
Elton Gallegly 13%
John Ganske 29%
Sam Gejdenson 83%
George Gekas 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 75%
Jim Gibbons 29%
Wayne Gilchrest 46%
Paul Gillmor 21%
Benjamin Gilman 67%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 8%
William Goodling 8%
Bart Gordon 79%
Slade Gorton 9%
Porter Goss 8%
Daniel Graham 73%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 8%
William Phillip Gramm 9%
Rodney Grams 9%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 25%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
James Greenwood 29%
Judd Gregg 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 96%
Gilbert Gutknecht 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 29%
Tony Hall 83%
James Hansen 13%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 8%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 92%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 36%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 21%
Joel Hefley 13%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 4%
Rick Hill 17%
Van Hilleary 4%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 92%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 92%
David Lee Hobson 13%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Thomas Holden 83%
Ernest Hollings 55%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Stephen Horn 21%
John Nathan Hostettler 8%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 58%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 92%
Kenny Hulshof 8%
Duncan Hunter 8%
Asa Hutchinson 25%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 18%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 91%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 4%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 96%
William Jefferson 83%
James Merrill Jeffords 64%
William Lewis Jenkins 13%
Christopher John 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 79%
Nancy Johnson 71%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 4%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 4%
Paul Kanjorski 96%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 17%
Sue Kelly 54%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Bob Kerrey 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 96%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 29%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 4%
Gerald Kleczka 83%
Ronald Klink 83%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
Herb Kohl 91%
James Kolbe 29%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Jon Kyl 9%
John LaFalce 75%
Ray LaHood 38%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 91%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 13%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 17%
Steve LaTourette 42%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
Rick Lazio 38%
James Leach 58%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 83%
Jerry Lewis 21%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 96%
Ron Lewis 13%
Joe Lieberman 82%
John Linder 13%
William Lipinski 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 96%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 13%
Dick Lugar 9%
William Luther 75%
Connie Mack 9%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 92%
James Maloney 83%
Don Manzullo 13%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 92%
Matthew Martinez 83%
Frank Mascara 79%
Robert Matsui 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 27%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
Karen McCarthy 79%
Bill McCollum 13%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 18%
James McCrery III 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 92%
John McHugh 29%
Scott McInnis 21%
David McIntosh 13%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 79%
Martin Meehan 92%
Carrie Meek 96%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 96%
Jack Metcalf 9%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 91%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 96%
Dan Miller 4%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 83%
David Minge 88%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 96%
John Moakley 67%
Alan Mollohan 79%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 21%
Constance Morella 92%
Patrick Moynihan 73%
Frank Murkowski 36%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
Jack Murtha 88%
Sue Myrick 17%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 92%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 17%
Robert William Ney 29%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 17%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 4%
James Nussle 25%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Dave Obey 83%
John Olver 88%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 92%
Major Owens 96%
Michael Oxley 21%
Ronald Packard 4%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 38%
Donald Payne 88%
Edward Pease 13%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 96%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
John Peterson 13%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 4%
Owen Pickett 67%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 8%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 79%
John Edward Porter 33%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 29%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
Deborah Pryce 25%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 8%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
James Ramstad 42%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 25%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
Silvestre Reyes 92%
Bob Riley 8%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Charles Robb 82%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 9%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 91%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 79%
James Rogan 13%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 4%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 58%
William Roth, Jr. 27%
Steve Rothman 92%
Marge Roukema 21%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 4%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 96%
Jim Ryun 13%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 79%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 33%
Rick Santorum 18%
Paul Sarbanes 91%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
Jim Saxton 33%
Joe Scarborough 4%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 21%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 96%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 96%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 4%
John Shadegg 4%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 71%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 79%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 13%
E.G. Shuster 8%
Norman Sisisky 79%
Joseph Skeen 33%
Ike Skelton 79%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 96%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 79%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 38%
Gordon Smith 27%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
Nick Smith 17%
Bob Smith 9%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Vic Snyder 83%
Mark Souder 38%
Arlen Specter 73%
Floyd Spence 8%
John Spratt, Jr. 88%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 79%
Pete Stark 88%
Cliff Stearns 8%
Charles Stenholm 75%
Ted Stevens 36%
Ted Strickland 88%
Bob Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 88%
John Sununu 13%
James Talent 25%
John Tanner 79%
Ellen Tauscher 79%
William Tauzin 17%
Charles Taylor 8%
Gene Taylor 33%
Craig Thomas 9%
William Thomas 17%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Fred Thompson 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 29%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 8%
Karen Thurman 83%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 4%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 96%
Robert Torricelli 91%
Ed Towns 67%
James Traficant, Jr. 42%
James Turner 79%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 21%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
Bruce Vento 92%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 83%
James Walsh 54%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 45%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
Wesley Watkins 21%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 33%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 92%
David Weldon 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 21%
Gerald Weller 21%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 83%
Bob Weygand 96%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 8%
Heather Wilson 11%
Bob Wise, Jr. 79%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 17%
Lynn Woolsey 96%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 91%
Albert Wynn 88%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 8%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%

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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