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2005 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 22%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 12%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 22%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 12%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 60%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 88%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 55%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 37%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 11%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 44%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 88%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 66%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 33%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 12%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 55%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 11%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 88%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 44%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 88%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 66%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 11%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 22%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 11%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 66%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 77%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 88%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 88%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 77%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 30%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 40%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 44%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 88%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 11%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 66%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
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 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 40%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 62%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 62%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 11%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 77%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 88%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 22%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 88%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 77%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 88%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 77%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 22%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 22%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 77%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 88%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 11%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 11%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 88%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 75%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 87%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 55%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 44%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 88%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 70%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 77%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 77%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 11%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 55%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 88%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 10%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 11%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 44%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 77%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 88%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 22%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 60%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 88%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 66%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 11%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 11%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 77%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 30%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 77%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 44%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 88%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 11%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 77%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 30%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 20%
Gary Ackerman 88%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 20%
Todd Akin 11%
Wayne Allard 40%
Thomas Allen 88%
Joe Baca, Sr. 55%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 11%
J. Gresham Barrett 11%
Roscoe Bartlett 22%
Evan Bayh 50%
Melissa Bean 77%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 88%
Howard Berman 88%
Marion Berry 55%
Judy Biggert 11%
Jeff Bingaman 22%
Kit Bond 0%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
Dan Boren 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 33%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 77%
Henry Brown, Jr. 11%
Ginny Brown-Waite 22%
Jim Bunning 10%
Dan Burton 11%
Steve Buyer 11%
Robert Byrd 40%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 55%
Russ Carnahan 88%
Julia Carson 66%
Mike Castle 77%
Ben Chandler III 88%
Hillary Clinton 50%
Norm Coleman 11%
Kent Conrad 44%
Jerry Costello 55%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 22%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Artur Davis 55%
Geoff Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 55%
Thomas Davis III 11%
Bill Delahunt 87%
James DeMint 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 22%
Norm Dicks 66%
Chris Dodd 44%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 33%
Thelma Drake 11%
David Dreier 0%
Chet Edwards 22%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Jo Ann Emerson 11%
Philip English 11%
John Ensign 11%
Bob Etheridge 66%
Terry Everett 11%
Tom Feeney 11%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 11%
Barney Frank 88%
Elton Gallegly 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 44%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 11%
Bart Gordon 55%
Judd Gregg 70%
Jane Harman 87%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 11%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 44%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 44%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 11%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 22%
Daniel Inouye 30%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 88%
William Jefferson 44%
Tim Johnson 66%
Paul Kanjorski 66%
Ric Keller 11%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Dale Kildee 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 40%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
John Kuhl, Jr. 0%
Jon Kyl 60%
Ray LaHood 33%
Tom Lantos 88%
Steve LaTourette 22%
Frank Lautenberg 60%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 11%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 11%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 10%
Dan Lungren 0%
Connie Mack IV 22%
Don Manzullo 0%
Jim Marshall 55%
Melquiades Martinez 30%
Thaddeus McCotter 11%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 22%
Michael McNulty 88%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 88%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 33%
Brad Miller 77%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Dennis Moore 77%
Jack Murtha 33%
Marilyn Musgrave 11%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 10%
Jim Oberstar 66%
Dave Obey 88%
John Olver 87%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Ron Paul 85%
Donald Payne 83%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 11%
Todd Platts 37%
Earl Pomeroy 44%
Jon Porter, Sr. 11%
Deborah Pryce 0%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 22%
Silvestre Reyes 44%
Thomas Reynolds 11%
Mike Ross 25%
Steve Rothman 88%
Ken Salazar 30%
Jim Saxton 77%
Jean Schmidt 0%
John Shadegg 22%
Christopher Shays 77%
Ike Skelton 55%
Gordon Smith 20%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Vic Snyder 66%
Hilda Solis 88%
Mark Souder 11%
Arlen Specter 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 66%
Pete Stark 88%
Cliff Stearns 11%
Ted Stevens 0%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 90%
Tom Tancredo 11%
John Tanner 66%
Ellen Tauscher 77%
Gene Taylor 77%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 42%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
George Voinovich 10%
James Walsh 22%
Zach Wamp 11%
John Warner 0%
Diane Watson 88%
Anthony Weiner 88%
David Weldon 11%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 77%
Heather Wilson 33%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
David Wu 88%
Albert Wynn 44%

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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