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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Family Research Council

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 66%
Gary Ackerman 66%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 66%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 66%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Brian Baird 66%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 66%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 66%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 100%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 66%
Charlie Bass 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
Evan Bayh 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 66%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 66%
Douglas Bereuter 66%
Shelley Berkley 66%
Howard Berman 66%
Marion Berry 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
Rod Blagojevich 66%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 66%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 66%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 66%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 100%
Rick Boucher 66%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 66%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 66%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 50%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 100%
Herbert Callahan 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 66%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 66%
Julia Carson 33%
Mike Castle 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 33%
Eva Clayton 66%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
Robert Clement 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 66%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 100%
Kent Conrad 50%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 66%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 66%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 100%
Philip Crane 66%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 66%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 50%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 66%
James Davis 100%
Thomas Davis III 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 66%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 66%
Bill Delahunt 66%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 66%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 66%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Norm Dicks 66%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 66%
Chris Dodd 50%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 66%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 66%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 50%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 33%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 66%
Philip English 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 66%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 66%
Terry Everett 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 66%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 33%
Russ Feingold 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 66%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 66%
Elton Gallegly 100%
John Ganske 66%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 66%
Benjamin Gilman 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Bart Gordon 66%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 66%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 66%
James Greenwood 66%
Judd Gregg 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 66%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Tony Hall 66%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 33%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 50%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 66%
Maurice Hinchey 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 66%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 50%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 66%
Darlene Hooley 66%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 66%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 66%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 50%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 66%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 66%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 66%
Christopher John 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 66%
Nancy Johnson 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 33%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 50%
James Kolbe 66%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 66%
Ray LaHood 100%
Nicholas Lampson 66%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
Tom Lantos 66%
Stephen Largent 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 66%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 100%
James Leach 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 66%
Jerry Lewis 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 33%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 0%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 66%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 33%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 100%
Dick Lugar 50%
William Luther 66%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 33%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 66%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 66%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 66%
Karen McCarthy 66%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 66%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 33%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 66%
Carrie Meek 66%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 66%
Dan Miller 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 66%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 66%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 66%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 66%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
Constance Morella 33%
Frank Murkowski 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
Jack Murtha 66%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 66%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Doug Ose 100%
Major Owens 66%
Michael Oxley 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 66%
Ron Paul 66%
Donald Payne 66%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 66%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
David Phelps 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 66%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 66%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 66%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
James Ramstad 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 66%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
Ralph Regula 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 66%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 66%
Timothy Roemer 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 66%
Steve Rothman 66%
Marge Roukema 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 66%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 66%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 66%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 66%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 66%
Jim Saxton 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 33%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 66%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 66%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
Ronnie Shows 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
Gordon Smith 50%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 66%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 66%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 33%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 50%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 66%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 66%
Fred Thompson 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Karen Thurman 66%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 66%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
Robert Torricelli 50%
Ed Towns 66%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
James Turner 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 66%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 50%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 33%
Wesley Watkins 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 33%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 66%
Anthony Weiner 66%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
Paul Wellstone 50%
Robert Wexler 66%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Lynn Woolsey 66%
David Wu 66%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
Albert Wynn 66%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%

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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