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Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Farm Bureau Federation

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 97%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 72%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 79%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 47%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 98%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 42%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 37%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 68%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 55%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 31%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 93%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 77%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 26%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 88%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 29%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 32%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 47%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 98%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 44%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 31%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 41%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 80%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 79%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 84%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 28%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 89%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 98%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 82%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 95%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 87%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 26%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 22%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 23%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 19%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 17%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 43%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 88%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 62%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 79%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 95%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 43%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 68%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 41%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 78%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 98%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 38%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 63%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 47%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 95%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 95%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 30%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 37%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 68%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 31%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 53%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 53%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 26%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 78%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 30%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 28%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 48%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 80%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 77%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 38%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 68%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 89%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 87%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 62%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 75%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 22%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 60%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 28%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 84%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 41%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 79%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 37%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 51%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 43%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 43%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 53%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 42%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 33%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 35%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 28%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 37%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 68%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 78%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 30%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 21%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 45%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 89%
Wayne Allard 88%
William Archer 77%
Richard Armey 80%
John Ashcroft 84%
Henry Scott Baesler 74%
Richard Hugh Baker 95%
John Baldacci 45%
Cass Ballenger 95%
James Barcia 75%
Robert Barr, Jr. 85%
William Barrett 98%
Herbert Bateman 95%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 55%
Douglas Bereuter 73%
Michael Bilirakis 85%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 95%
Sherwood Boehlert 53%
Kit Bond 95%
Henry Bonilla 95%
David Edward Bonior 35%
Robert Borski, Jr. 18%
Rick Boucher 50%
Carol Moseley Braun 58%
John Breaux 74%
George Brown, Jr. 38%
Richard Bryan 26%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 21%
Jim Bunning 92%
Conrad Burns 95%
Steve Buyer 88%
Robert Byrd 16%
Herbert Callahan 92%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 59%
Mike Castle 55%
John Chafee 58%
Helen Chenoweth 88%
Jon Lynn Christensen 85%
William Clay, Sr. 18%
Eva Clayton 35%
Robert Clement 69%
Mac Collins 90%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 93%
Paul Coverdell 89%
Christopher Cox 82%
William Coyne 18%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 88%
Philip Crane 87%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 80%
Alfonse D'Amato 79%
Patsy Ann Danner 88%
Thomas Daschle 42%
Thomas Davis III 60%
Thomas DeLay 87%
Peter Deutsch 44%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 68%
Jay Dickey 95%
Julian Dixon 33%
Chris Dodd 21%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 94%
Calvin Dooley 74%
John Doolittle 95%
Byron Dorgan 42%
Jennifer Dunn 90%
Chet Edwards 88%
Vern Ehlers 66%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 65%
Philip English 73%
John Ensign 73%
Lane Evans 30%
Terry Everett 93%
Thomas Ewing 92%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 89%
Harris Fawell 65%
Victor Fazio 62%
Russ Feingold 21%
Thomas Foglietta 18%
Mark Foley 85%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Harold Ford, Sr. 35%
Wendell Ford 53%
Tillie Fowler 82%
Jon David Fox 55%
Robert Franks 50%
William Frist 89%
Jonas Frost III 87%
Elizabeth Furse 36%
John Ganske 90%
Sam Gejdenson 25%
George Gekas 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 46%
Wayne Gilchrest 63%
Paul Gillmor 83%
Benjamin Gilman 63%
Newt Gingrich 88%
John Glenn 11%
Henry Gonzalez 54%
William Goodling 81%
Bart Gordon 75%
Slade Gorton 84%
Porter Goss 48%
Daniel Graham 63%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 84%
James Greenwood 59%
Judd Gregg 67%
Gilbert Gutknecht 88%
Tony Hall 32%
Lee Hamilton 65%
James Hansen 88%
Jane Harman 42%
J. Dennis Hastert 93%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 85%
Joel Hefley 83%
W.G. Hefner 65%
Jesse Helms 100%
Van Hilleary 93%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 55%
David Lee Hobson 83%
Pete Hoekstra 78%
Ernest Hollings 26%
Stephen Horn 70%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 75%
Duncan Hunter 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 83%
Henry Hyde 83%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 78%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
William Jefferson 39%
James Merrill Jeffords 68%
Nancy Johnson 68%
Paul Kanjorski 30%
Sue Kelly 63%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 21%
Joseph Kennedy II 23%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 33%
Bob Kerrey 39%
Jay Kim 93%
Gerald Kleczka 47%
Ronald Klink 32%
Scott Klug 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 90%
James Kolbe 75%
John LaFalce 28%
Tom Lantos 29%
Stephen Largent 76%
Rick Lazio 51%
James Leach 73%
Ron Lewis 95%
John Linder 90%
William Lipinski 50%
Robert Livingston 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 33%
Connie Mack 94%
Thomas Manton 53%
Matthew Martinez 49%
Frank Mascara 43%
Robert Matsui 36%
Karen McCarthy 46%
Bill McCollum 88%
James McCrery III 97%
Joseph McDade 85%
Paul McHale 35%
John McHugh 88%
Scott McInnis 78%
David McIntosh 88%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 23%
Michael McNulty 42%
Martin Meehan 29%
Carrie Meek 39%
Jack Metcalf 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 57%
Dan Miller 63%
David Minge 58%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 35%
John Moakley 32%
Alan Mollohan 56%
Constance Morella 45%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 26%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 43%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 98%
Mark Neumann 80%
Robert William Ney 85%
Don Nickles 84%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 95%
James Nussle 95%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 35%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 82%
Major Owens 18%
Michael Oxley 98%
Ronald Packard 83%
Paul Michael Parker 98%
William Paxon 90%
Donald Payne 18%
Owen Pickett 83%
Richard Pombo 93%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
John Edward Porter 45%
Glenn Poshard 83%
Deborah Pryce 75%
Jack Quinn 67%
George Radanovich 90%
James Ramstad 54%
Ralph Regula 79%
Frank Duncan Riggs 87%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 33%
Charles Robb 68%
Timothy Roemer 65%
William Roth, Jr. 68%
Marge Roukema 41%
Martin Olav Sabo 33%
Matthew Salmon 75%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 53%
Rick Santorum 79%
Paul Sarbanes 21%
H. James Saxton 54%
Joe Scarborough 58%
Daniel Schaefer 90%
Steven Schiff 73%
John Shadegg 83%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 63%
Christopher Shays 40%
E.G. Shuster 87%
Norman Sisisky 79%
David Skaggs 30%
Joseph Skeen 95%
Ike Skelton 92%
Linda Smith 73%
Nick Smith 89%
Bob Smith 78%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 87%
Mark Souder 73%
Arlen Specter 84%
Floyd Spence 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 53%
Charles Stenholm 83%
Ted Stevens 100%
Louis Stokes 17%
Robert Stump 93%
Bart Stupak 46%
James Talent 78%
John Tanner 87%
William Tauzin 95%
Charles Taylor 90%
Gene Taylor 63%
Craig Thomas 95%
William Thomas 95%
Fred Thompson 74%
Karen Thurman 56%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Esteban Edward Torres 28%
Robert Torricelli 43%
James Traficant, Jr. 75%
Bruce Vento 23%
James Walsh 85%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 89%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 97%
David Weldon 85%
W. Curtis Weldon 53%
Gerald Weller 93%
Paul Wellstone 32%
Rick White 65%
Robert Wise, Jr. 45%
Albert Wynn 45%
Sidney Yates 17%

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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