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2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 79%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 89%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 93%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 93%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 56%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 71%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 33%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 7%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 14%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 14%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 7%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 44%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 7%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 93%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 89%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 93%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 36%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 43%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 21%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 89%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 93%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 86%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 93%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 93%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 79%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 7%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 21%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 79%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 71%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 89%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 33%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 93%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 71%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 7%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 7%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 89%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 71%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 86%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 14%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 86%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 21%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 44%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 43%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 86%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 79%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 64%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 21%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 7%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 93%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 86%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 7%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 86%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 14%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 93%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 33%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 86%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 7%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 79%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 86%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 21%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 11%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 7%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 56%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 89%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 93%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 21%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 93%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 14%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 64%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 79%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 14%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 11%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 86%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 7%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 7%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 86%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 14%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 71%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 79%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 93%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 14%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Gary Ackerman 7%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Todd Akin 93%
Wayne Allard 89%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 7%
Joe Baca, Sr. 21%
Brian Baird 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 86%
Roscoe Bartlett 86%
Charlie Bass 79%
Evan Bayh 22%
Bob Beauprez 93%
Bob Bennett 89%
Shelley Berkley 14%
Howard Berman 14%
Marion Berry 43%
Judy Biggert 93%
Michael Bilirakis 93%
Jeff Bingaman 11%
Sherwood Boehlert 79%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 86%
Mary Bono Mack 93%
Leonard Boswell 43%
Rick Boucher 29%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 43%
Henry Brown, Jr. 93%
Ginny Brown-Waite 93%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 89%
Dan Burton 71%
Steve Buyer 93%
Robert Byrd 0%
Chris Cannon 93%
Dennis Cardoza 43%
Julia Carson 14%
Edward Case 7%
Mike Castle 57%
Ben Chandler III 33%
Chris Chocola 100%
Hillary Clinton 11%
Norm Coleman 89%
Kent Conrad 22%
Jon Corzine 22%
Jerry Costello 43%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 89%
Robert Cramer 79%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Artur Davis 14%
James Davis 14%
Jo Ann Davis 86%
Lincoln Davis 43%
Thomas Davis III 93%
Bill Delahunt 7%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 64%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 86%
Norm Dicks 14%
Chris Dodd 11%
Elizabeth Dole 89%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 11%
David Dreier 93%
Chet Edwards 43%
Vern Ehlers 57%
Jo Ann Emerson 71%
Philip English 93%
John Ensign 78%
Bob Etheridge 14%
Lane Evans 14%
Terry Everett 93%
Tom Feeney 86%
Russ Feingold 0%
Michael Ferguson 86%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 14%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 86%
Barney Frank 7%
William Frist 89%
Elton Gallegly 93%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 64%
Paul Gillmor 86%
Charlie Gonzalez 14%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 93%
Bart Gordon 29%
Mark Green 93%
Judd Gregg 78%
Gilbert Gutknecht 64%
Jane Harman 21%
Katherine Harris 93%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 93%
Joel Hefley 93%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 100%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
David Lee Hobson 93%
Pete Hoekstra 86%
Thomas Holden 36%
Darlene Hooley 29%
John Nathan Hostettler 86%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 71%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 21%
James Merrill Jeffords 44%
William Lewis Jenkins 93%
Nancy Johnson 64%
Tim Johnson 79%
Paul Kanjorski 29%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 79%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 93%
Patrick Kennedy 7%
Dale Kildee 7%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 7%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 93%
Dennis Kucinich 7%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 86%
Tom Lantos 7%
Steve LaTourette 93%
James Leach 57%
Jerry Lewis 93%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 11%
John Linder 93%
Trent Lott, Sr. 89%
Dick Lugar 78%
Don Manzullo 93%
Jim Marshall 29%
Robert Matsui 14%
Thaddeus McCotter 100%
James McCrery III 93%
John McHugh 93%
Michael McNulty 7%
Martin Meehan 7%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 14%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 21%
Brad Miller 7%
Alan Mollohan 21%
Dennis Moore 21%
Jack Murtha 29%
Marilyn Musgrave 79%
Sue Myrick 93%
Ben Nelson 56%
Robert William Ney 100%
Anne Northup 79%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 86%
James Nussle 86%
Jim Oberstar 7%
Dave Obey 14%
John Olver 7%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 21%
Thomas William Osborne 86%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 93%
Ron Paul 43%
Donald Payne 14%
John Peterson 86%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 86%
Todd Platts 93%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 43%
Jon Porter, Sr. 93%
Deborah Pryce 93%
George Radanovich 86%
James Ramstad 79%
Ralph Regula 93%
Denny Rehberg 93%
Richard Renzi 93%
Silvestre Reyes 21%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Mike Ross 43%
Steve Rothman 14%
Jim Ryun 86%
Martin Olav Sabo 21%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 79%
John Shadegg 79%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 86%
Christopher Shays 71%
Donald Sherwood 86%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 86%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 89%
Olympia Snowe 78%
Vic Snyder 21%
Hilda Solis 7%
Mark Souder 86%
Arlen Specter 78%
John Spratt, Jr. 7%
Pete Stark 7%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 7%
Bart Stupak 7%
John Sullivan 100%
John Sununu 89%
John Sweeney 79%
James Talent 89%
Tom Tancredo 79%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 21%
Charles Taylor 93%
Gene Taylor 43%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 93%
Todd Tiahrt 93%
Ed Towns 21%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 7%
George Voinovich 78%
James Walsh 79%
Zach Wamp 79%
John Warner 89%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 7%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 86%
Gerald Weller 93%
Robert Wexler 7%
Heather Wilson 79%
Lynn Woolsey 7%
David Wu 29%
Albert Wynn 21%

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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