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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group

2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 35%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 5%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 55%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 65%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50%
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 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 80%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 95%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 55%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 70%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 75%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 55%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 95%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 75%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 10%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 15%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 45%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 75%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 70%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 75%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 55%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 70%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 5%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 65%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 80%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 15%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 30%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 85%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 70%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 85%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 80%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 70%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 80%
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 90%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 65%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 95%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 65%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 6%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 5%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 25%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 30%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 85%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 5%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 10%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 95%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 95%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 15%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 20%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 95%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 90%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 5%
Gary Ackerman 95%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 55%
Todd Akin 5%
Wayne Allard 5%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 95%
Richard Armey 5%
Joe Baca, Sr. 70%
Brian Baird 90%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
John Baldacci 95%
Cass Ballenger 5%
James Barcia 70%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 30%
Charlie Bass 40%
Evan Bayh 60%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
Douglas Bereuter 20%
Shelley Berkley 80%
Howard Berman 75%
Marion Berry 60%
Judy Biggert 15%
Michael Bilirakis 30%
Jeff Bingaman 60%
Rod Blagojevich 85%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 85%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 95%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Rick Boucher 65%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 65%
John Breaux 30%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
Ed Bryant 5%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 55%
Herbert Callahan 5%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 10%
Jean Carnahan 55%
Brad Carson 40%
Julia Carson 95%
Mike Castle 60%
Eva Clayton 85%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 55%
Robert Clement 75%
Hillary Clinton 85%
Michael Collins 0%
Larry Combest 5%
Gary Condit 80%
Kent Conrad 55%
John Cooksey 5%
Jon Corzine 85%
Jerry Costello 70%
Christopher Cox 5%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 25%
Philip Crane 5%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 70%
James Davis 80%
Jo Ann Davis 15%
Thomas Davis III 30%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 5%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Norm Dicks 85%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
Calvin Dooley 40%
John Doolittle 10%
Byron Dorgan 55%
David Dreier 5%
Jennifer Dunn 15%
John Edwards 60%
Chet Edwards 55%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 10%
Philip English 30%
John Ensign 25%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 85%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 75%
Michael Ferguson 55%
Peter Fitzgerald 40%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 25%
Barney Frank 95%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Elton Gallegly 10%
John Ganske 45%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 85%
Jim Gibbons 5%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Benjamin Gilman 70%
Charlie Gonzalez 70%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
Bart Gordon 65%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 65%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 30%
James Greenwood 45%
Judd Gregg 30%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Tony Hall 85%
James Hansen 10%
Jane Harman 90%
Melissa Hart 15%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 15%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Baron Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 10%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 70%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
Thomas Holden 60%
Ernest Hollings 75%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Stephen Horn 35%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Henry Hyde 10%
Daniel Inouye 70%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
William Jefferson 65%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 10%
Christopher John 25%
Nancy Johnson 60%
Tim Johnson 55%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Ric Keller 10%
Sue Kelly 60%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 75%
Mark Kennedy 25%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Brian Kerns 10%
Dale Kildee 95%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 75%
Gerald Kleczka 95%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 55%
James Kolbe 10%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 95%
Ray LaHood 40%
Nicholas Lampson 65%
Tom Lantos 95%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 60%
Jerry Lewis 5%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 85%
Blanche Lincoln 35%
John Linder 5%
William Lipinski 45%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 5%
William Luther 90%
James Maloney 90%
Don Manzullo 5%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 80%
James McCrery III 5%
John McHugh 35%
Scott McInnis 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 95%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 95%
Dan Miller 15%
Zell Bryan Miller 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 90%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Dennis Moore 75%
Constance Morella 75%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 45%
Sue Myrick 10%
Ben Nelson 30%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 5%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 15%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 25%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 50%
Thomas William Osborne 5%
Doug Ose 20%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 25%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 5%
David Phelps 55%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Todd Platts 25%
Richard Pombo 10%
Earl Pomeroy 70%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 65%
Ralph Regula 15%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Silvestre Reyes 65%
Thomas Reynolds 20%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
Ciro Rodriguez 80%
Timothy Roemer 90%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 95%
Marge Roukema 50%
Jim Ryun 5%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 45%
Rick Santorum 5%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
Jim Saxton 60%
Edward Schrock 5%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 65%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Ronnie Shows 40%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Joseph Skeen 5%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 5%
Bob Smith 15%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 80%
Hilda Solis 90%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Pete Stark 80%
Cliff Stearns 15%
Charles Stenholm 25%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 85%
Bob Stump 5%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sununu 30%
John Sweeney 30%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 90%
William Tauzin 5%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 45%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 5%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Robert Torricelli 65%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
James Turner 45%
George Voinovich 5%
James Walsh 45%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 15%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 95%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 5%
Anthony Weiner 95%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 20%
Paul Wellstone 95%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 10%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 85%

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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