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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Public Interest Research Group

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 86%
Gary Ackerman 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 85%
Todd Akin 10%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 5%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 24%
Wayne Allard 10%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 76%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 81%
Joe Baca, Sr. 52%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
Brian Baird 81%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 5%
Roscoe Bartlett 19%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 14%
Charlie Bass 19%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60%
Evan Bayh 65%
Bob Beauprez 5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 62%
Howard Berman 76%
Marion Berry 38%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 85%
Judy Biggert 14%
Michael Bilirakis 14%
Jeff Bingaman 80%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 95%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
Mary Bono Mack 5%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Leonard Boswell 57%
Rick Boucher 52%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 81%
Henry Brown, Jr. 5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
Ginny Brown-Waite 5%
Jim Bunning 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
Conrad Burns 5%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
Dan Burton 19%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 5%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Dennis Cardoza 43%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 75%
Julia Carson 86%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
Edward Case 76%
Mike Castle 48%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 70%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
Chris Chocola 5%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 81%
Hillary Clinton 95%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 62%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 10%
Norm Coleman 15%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 65%
Kent Conrad 65%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 81%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 86%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
Jon Corzine 95%
Jerry Costello 67%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 19%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 76%
Barbara Cubin 5%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 86%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Artur Davis 52%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 86%
James Davis 76%
Jo Ann Davis 14%
Lincoln Davis 43%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
Thomas Davis III 29%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
Bill Delahunt 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 5%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 14%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
Norm Dicks 76%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 81%
Chris Dodd 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Elizabeth Dole 15%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 10%
Byron Dorgan 60%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 62%
David Dreier 5%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 14%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 29%
Vern Ehlers 52%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 86%
Jo Ann Emerson 5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 86%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
Bob Etheridge 71%
Lane Evans 86%
Terry Everett 5%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 76%
Tom Feeney 10%
Russ Feingold 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
Michael Ferguson 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 19%
Mark Foley 14%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
Harold Ford, Jr. 76%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
Barney Frank 86%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 24%
William Frist 5%
Elton Gallegly 5%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 38%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
Paul Gillmor 10%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
Charlie Gonzalez 62%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 5%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 48%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
Mark Green 29%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 43%
Judd Gregg 50%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 14%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
Jane Harman 90%
Katherine Harris 10%
Melissa Hart 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Joel Hefley 19%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 57%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 62%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 76%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 67%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Henry Hyde 5%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 55%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
William Jefferson 48%
James Merrill Jeffords 95%
William Lewis Jenkins 14%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
Nancy Johnson 52%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 52%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 70%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
Paul Kanjorski 62%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 95%
Ric Keller 10%
Sue Kelly 62%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Mark Kennedy 19%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 40%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 67%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 14%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 48%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 80%
James Kolbe 0%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Jon Kyl 5%
Ray LaHood 24%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 30%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 81%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 14%
Frank Lautenberg 95%
James Leach 67%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 81%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 5%
Joe Lieberman 55%
Blanche Lincoln 35%
John Linder 5%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
Dick Lugar 10%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Don Manzullo 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
Jim Marshall 52%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 57%
Robert Matsui 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 71%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 86%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 5%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 14%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 90%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 86%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 71%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 71%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 14%
Brad Miller 86%
Alan Mollohan 38%
Dennis Moore 71%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 14%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 81%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 19%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 95%
Jack Murtha 38%
Marilyn Musgrave 5%
Sue Myrick 5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Ben Nelson 30%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 7%
Robert William Ney 5%
Anne Northup 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 76%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 29%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 86%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 76%
Ron Paul 19%
Donald Payne 90%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 76%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 29%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 43%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 24%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 48%
Jon Porter, Sr. 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 81%
Deborah Pryce 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 10%
George Radanovich 5%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 81%
James Ramstad 48%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 81%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Richard Renzi 10%
Silvestre Reyes 48%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 5%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 10%
Mike Ross 43%
Steve Rothman 86%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 19%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 14%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Jim Saxton 52%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 67%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
Donald Sherwood 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 48%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Ike Skelton 57%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 81%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
Gordon Smith 30%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 71%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 30%
John Spratt, Jr. 71%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 80%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 14%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 71%
Bart Stupak 62%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 25%
John Sweeney 19%
James Talent 5%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 48%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 14%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 5%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 48%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 81%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 5%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 95%
Ed Towns 52%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 76%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 81%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 24%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 62%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 5%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 19%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 10%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
Diane Watson 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
Anthony Weiner 95%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
Gerald Weller 5%
Robert Wexler 95%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 5%
Lynn Woolsey 86%
David Wu 76%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
Albert Wynn 62%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 5%

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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