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Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Farm Bureau Federation

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 83%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 50%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 17%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 17%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 75%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 33%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 17%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 67%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 80%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 80%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 67%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 83%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 83%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 17%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 83%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 80%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 67%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 17%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 67%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 33%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 83%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 83%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 83%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 40%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 83%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 83%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 40%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 67%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 67%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 33%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 80%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 40%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 83%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 33%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 17%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 80%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 83%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 17%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 83%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 33%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 67%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 83%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 83%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 33%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 83%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 17%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 40%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 50%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 83%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 67%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 83%
Thomas Allen 50%
Richard Armey 83%
Brian Baird 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 33%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 50%
Evan Bayh 83%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 67%
Douglas Bereuter 83%
Marion Berry 100%
Michael Bilirakis 67%
Rod Blagojevich 67%
Sherwood Boehlert 83%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 17%
Robert Borski, Jr. 33%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 83%
John Breaux 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 67%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 67%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 83%
Chris Cannon 83%
Julia Carson 50%
Mike Castle 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 83%
Robert Clement 67%
Mac Collins 80%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 67%
John Cooksey 100%
Christopher Cox 67%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 67%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 80%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 80%
Bill Delahunt 50%
Thomas DeLay 83%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 83%
Chris Dodd 80%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 100%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 67%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 67%
Chet Edwards 67%
Vern Ehlers 83%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 67%
Philip English 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Lane Evans 17%
Terry Everett 100%
Russ Feingold 33%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Ernest Fletcher 83%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 83%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 80%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 67%
John Ganske 100%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 17%
Jim Gibbons 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 67%
Bart Gordon 83%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 83%
William Phillip Gramm 83%
Mark Green 83%
James Greenwood 80%
Judd Gregg 80%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 33%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 67%
Robert Hayes 67%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 67%
Joel Hefley 50%
Jesse Helms 60%
Baron Hill 40%
Van Hilleary 80%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Ernest Hollings 50%
Darlene Hooley 83%
Stephen Horn 67%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 83%
Kenny Hulshof 80%
Duncan Hunter 67%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 80%
Henry Hyde 67%
Jay Inslee 83%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 83%
Christopher John 100%
Nancy Johnson 83%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Patrick Kennedy 17%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 20%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
John LaFalce 50%
Nicholas Lampson 83%
Tom Lantos 33%
Stephen Largent 83%
James Leach 83%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 83%
William Lipinski 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 83%
William Luther 17%
James Maloney 40%
Frank Mascara 33%
Robert Matsui 50%
Karen McCarthy 33%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 83%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 33%
Carrie Meek 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Dan Miller 83%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 67%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 83%
Constance Morella 67%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 67%
Don Nickles 67%
Anne Northup 83%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 60%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 67%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 25%
Michael Oxley 100%
Donald Payne 25%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Richard Pombo 83%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 83%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 67%
Ralph Regula 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Bob Riley 83%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 17%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Timothy Roemer 83%
Marge Roukema 67%
Jim Ryun 83%
Martin Olav Sabo 33%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 67%
H. James Saxton 50%
Joe Scarborough 75%
John Shadegg 83%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 83%
Christopher Shays 80%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Ronnie Shows 67%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 50%
Vic Snyder 50%
Mark Souder 67%
Arlen Specter 67%
Floyd Spence 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 17%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 33%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 33%
John Sununu 67%
John Sweeney 100%
Tom Tancredo 50%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 83%
William Tauzin 83%
Charles Taylor 60%
Gene Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
Karen Thurman 67%
Strom Thurmond 83%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 67%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
James Turner 67%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 33%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 33%
David Weldon 83%
W. Curtis Weldon 83%
Gerald Weller 83%
Paul Wellstone 50%
Robert Wexler 33%
Heather Wilson 100%
David Wu 17%
Albert Wynn 50%

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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