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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Farm Bureau Federation

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 91%
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 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 91%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 60%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 45%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 55%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 44%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 27%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 9%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 18%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 91%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 27%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 18%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 64%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 27%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 18%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 60%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 60%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 45%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 80%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 73%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 91%
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 80%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 82%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 82%
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 9%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 91%
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 80%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 91%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 91%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 82%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 86%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 27%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 27%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 18%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 82%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 18%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 20%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 82%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 36%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
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 60%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 82%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 82%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 82%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 64%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 82%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 36%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 60%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 91%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 73%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 18%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 80%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 36%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 36%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 27%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 82%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 36%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 9%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 82%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 82%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 18%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 70%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 18%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 18%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 64%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 27%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 82%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 36%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 91%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
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 55%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 91%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 20%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 18%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 36%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 40%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 45%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 45%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 64%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 18%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 36%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 27%
William Archer 82%
Richard Armey 82%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 27%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 27%
Cass Ballenger 82%
James Barcia 64%
Robert Barr, Jr. 64%
William Barrett 91%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Evan Bayh 80%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 73%
Douglas Bereuter 100%
Marion Berry 82%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Rod Blagojevich 30%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 27%
Robert Borski, Jr. 18%
Rick Boucher 44%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 82%
John Breaux 80%
Richard Bryan 40%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 80%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 89%
Robert Byrd 40%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 45%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 11%
Mike Castle 73%
Helen Chenoweth 67%
William Clay, Sr. 10%
Eva Clayton 55%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 80%
Robert Clement 82%
Mac Collins 64%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 82%
Merrill Cook 91%
John Cooksey 100%
Paul Coverdell 80%
Christopher Cox 60%
William Coyne 18%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 82%
Philip Crane 70%
Barbara Cubin 90%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 82%
Thomas Daschle 60%
James Davis 64%
Thomas Davis III 82%
Bill Delahunt 18%
Thomas DeLay 82%
Peter Deutsch 36%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 73%
Jay Dickey 90%
Julian Dixon 20%
Chris Dodd 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 82%
John Doolittle 82%
Byron Dorgan 60%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 80%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 64%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 70%
Philip English 73%
Bob Etheridge 64%
Lane Evans 27%
Terry Everett 91%
Thomas Ewing 91%
Russ Feingold 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes 36%
Harold Ford, Jr. 57%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 70%
Tillie Fowler 90%
Robert Franks 73%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 55%
John Ganske 70%
Sam Gejdenson 18%
George Gekas 91%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 18%
Jim Gibbons 91%
Wayne Gilchrest 64%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Benjamin Gilman 55%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 91%
William Goodling 82%
Bart Gordon 70%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 82%
Daniel Graham 40%
William Phillip Gramm 80%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 82%
James Greenwood 82%
Judd Gregg 40%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 36%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 91%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 82%
Joel Hefley 55%
Jesse Helms 80%
Baron Hill 64%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 91%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 36%
David Lee Hobson 82%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Ernest Hollings 60%
Darlene Hooley 50%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 64%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 82%
Kenny Hulshof 91%
Duncan Hunter 90%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 80%
Jay Inslee 27%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 73%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 91%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Sue Kelly 73%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Patrick Kennedy 18%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 18%
Gerald Kleczka 18%
Ronald Klink 18%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 90%
Steven Kuykendall 100%
John LaFalce 45%
Nicholas Lampson 45%
Tom Lantos 14%
Stephen Largent 73%
Rick Lazio 64%
James Leach 82%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 82%
William Lipinski 27%
Trent Lott, Sr. 80%
William Luther 36%
Connie Mack 80%
James Maloney 27%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Frank Mascara 27%
Robert Matsui 27%
Karen McCarthy 64%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 82%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 18%
Michael McNulty 27%
Martin Meehan 9%
Carrie Meek 18%
Jack Metcalf 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 18%
Dan Miller 64%
David Minge 55%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 36%
John Moakley 27%
Alan Mollohan 67%
Dennis Moore 64%
Constance Morella 45%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 20%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 60%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 80%
Don Nickles 60%
Anne Northup 91%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 82%
James Nussle 91%
Jim Oberstar 22%
Dave Obey 18%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 64%
Doug Ose 91%
Major Owens 9%
Michael Oxley 91%
Ronald Packard 100%
Donald Payne 9%
Edward Pease 91%
John Peterson 86%
David Phelps 45%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
Owen Pickett 90%
Richard Pombo 91%
Earl Pomeroy 64%
John Edward Porter 82%
Deborah Pryce 80%
Jack Quinn 64%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 73%
Ralph Regula 100%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
Bob Riley 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 27%
Charles Robb 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 45%
Timothy Roemer 73%
James Rogan 82%
William Roth, Jr. 60%
Marge Roukema 73%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 18%
Matthew Salmon 73%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 73%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 55%
Rick Santorum 40%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 64%
Joe Scarborough 56%
John Shadegg 91%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 82%
Christopher Shays 36%
Donald Sherwood 91%
Ronnie Shows 91%
E.G. Shuster 91%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 82%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Bob Smith 40%
Vic Snyder 45%
Mark Souder 82%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Charles Stenholm 82%
Ted Stevens 80%
Ted Strickland 45%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sununu 73%
John Sweeney 73%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 55%
John Tanner 82%
Ellen Tauscher 45%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 89%
Gene Taylor 64%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 80%
Karen Thurman 55%
Strom Thurmond 80%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Robert Torricelli 20%
James Traficant, Jr. 73%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 18%
James Turner 82%
Bruce Vento 9%
George Voinovich 50%
James Walsh 82%
Zach Wamp 82%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 18%
David Weldon 90%
W. Curtis Weldon 82%
Gerald Weller 73%
Paul Wellstone 60%
Robert Wexler 30%
Robert Weygand 45%
Heather Wilson 100%
Robert Wise, Jr. 55%
David Wu 10%
Albert Wynn 18%

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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