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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Security Council Foundation

2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 75%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 50%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 50%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 25%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 25%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 25%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 25%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 25%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 75%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 75%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 75%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 75%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 75%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 25%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 75%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 25%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 75%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 50%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 75%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 75%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 75%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 75%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 75%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 25%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 50%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 25%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 75%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 75%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 75%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 25%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 25%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 75%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 75%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 25%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 50%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 75%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 25%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 75%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 75%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 25%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 25%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 25%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 50%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 75%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 75%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 25%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 75%
Gary Ackerman 25%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Todd Akin 75%
Wayne Allard 75%
George Allen 75%
Thomas Allen 25%
Joe Baca, Sr. 25%
Brian Baird 25%
Richard Hugh Baker 75%
Cass Ballenger 75%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
Charlie Bass 75%
Evan Bayh 75%
Bob Bennett 75%
Douglas Bereuter 75%
Shelley Berkley 25%
Howard Berman 25%
Marion Berry 25%
Judy Biggert 75%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Jeff Bingaman 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Kit Bond 75%
Henry Bonilla 75%
Mary Bono Mack 75%
Leonard Boswell 25%
Rick Boucher 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
John Breaux 75%
Henry Brown, Jr. 75%
Jim Bunning 75%
Conrad Burns 75%
Dan Burton 75%
Steve Buyer 75%
Robert Byrd 50%
Ben Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 75%
Brad Carson 25%
Julia Carson 25%
Mike Castle 75%
Hillary Clinton 50%
Michael Collins 75%
Kent Conrad 50%
Jon Corzine 50%
Jerry Costello 25%
Christopher Cox 75%
Larry Craig 75%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 75%
Barbara Cubin 75%
Randall Cunningham 75%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 25%
Jo Ann Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 75%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 75%
James DeMint 75%
Peter Deutsch 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75%
Norm Dicks 25%
Chris Dodd 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 75%
Calvin Dooley 50%
John Doolittle 75%
Byron Dorgan 50%
David Dreier 75%
Jennifer Dunn 75%
John Edwards 75%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Jo Ann Emerson 75%
Philip English 75%
John Ensign 75%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Lane Evans 25%
Terry Everett 75%
Russ Feingold 25%
Michael Ferguson 50%
Peter Fitzgerald 75%
Ernest Fletcher 50%
Mark Foley 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 25%
Barney Frank 25%
William Frist 75%
Jonas Frost III 25%
Elton Gallegly 75%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 25%
Jim Gibbons 75%
Wayne Gilchrest 75%
Paul Gillmor 75%
Charlie Gonzalez 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 75%
Bart Gordon 25%
Porter Goss 75%
Daniel Graham 50%
Mark Green 50%
James Greenwood 75%
Judd Gregg 75%
Gilbert Gutknecht 50%
Jane Harman 25%
Melissa Hart 75%
Robert Hayes 75%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 75%
Joel Hefley 75%
Wally Herger, Jr. 75%
Baron Hill 25%
Maurice Hinchey 25%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Pete Hoekstra 50%
Thomas Holden 25%
Ernest Hollings 25%
Darlene Hooley 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 50%
Kenny Hulshof 75%
Duncan Hunter 50%
Kay Hutchison 75%
Henry Hyde 75%
Daniel Inouye 25%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 25%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 75%
Christopher John 50%
Nancy Johnson 75%
Tim Johnson 75%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Ric Keller 75%
Sue Kelly 75%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 25%
Mark Kennedy 75%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Dale Kildee 25%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 25%
Gerald Kleczka 25%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
Herb Kohl 75%
James Kolbe 75%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 75%
Ray LaHood 75%
Nicholas Lampson 25%
Tom Lantos 25%
Steve LaTourette 75%
James Leach 50%
Jerry Lewis 75%
Ron Lewis 75%
Joe Lieberman 75%
Blanche Lincoln 75%
John Linder 50%
William Lipinski 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 75%
Dick Lugar 75%
Don Manzullo 75%
Robert Matsui 25%
Karen McCarthy 25%
James McCrery III 75%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 75%
Michael McNulty 25%
Martin Meehan 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
Zell Bryan Miller 75%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Dennis Moore 25%
Jack Murtha 25%
Sue Myrick 75%
Ben Nelson 75%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
Don Nickles 75%
Anne Northup 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 75%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Oberstar 25%
Dave Obey 25%
John Olver 25%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 25%
Thomas William Osborne 75%
Doug Ose 75%
Major Owens 25%
Michael Oxley 75%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 25%
John Peterson 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75%
Todd Platts 50%
Richard Pombo 75%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
Deborah Pryce 50%
Jack Quinn 75%
George Radanovich 75%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 75%
Denny Rehberg 75%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Thomas Reynolds 75%
Ciro Rodriguez 25%
Mike Ross 25%
Steve Rothman 25%
Jim Ryun 50%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 25%
Rick Santorum 75%
Paul Sarbanes 25%
Jim Saxton 75%
Edward Schrock 75%
John Shadegg 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 75%
Christopher Shays 75%
Donald Sherwood 75%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
Ike Skelton 50%
Gordon Smith 75%
Nick Smith 50%
Olympia Snowe 75%
Vic Snyder 25%
Hilda Solis 25%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
Pete Stark 25%
Cliff Stearns 75%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 75%
Ted Strickland 25%
Bart Stupak 25%
John Sullivan 75%
John Sununu 75%
John Sweeney 50%
Tom Tancredo 75%
John Tanner 25%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
William Tauzin 50%
Charles Taylor 50%
Gene Taylor 25%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 50%
Todd Tiahrt 75%
Ed Towns 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 25%
James Turner 50%
George Voinovich 75%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 75%
Diane Watson 25%
Anthony Weiner 25%
David Weldon 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 75%
Robert Wexler 25%
Heather Wilson 75%
Lynn Woolsey 25%
David Wu 25%
Albert Wynn 25%

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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