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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Center for Security Policy

1998-2002 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 36%
Gary Ackerman 44%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 35%
Todd Akin 82%
Wayne Allard 85%
George Allen 89%
Thomas Allen 28%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 72%
Joe Baca, Sr. 56%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 84%
Brian Baird 25%
Richard Hugh Baker 88%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
Cass Ballenger 96%
Roscoe Bartlett 96%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 96%
Charlie Bass 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 35%
Evan Bayh 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 12%
Bob Bennett 80%
Douglas Bereuter 64%
Shelley Berkley 65%
Howard Berman 44%
Marion Berry 56%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 20%
Judy Biggert 60%
Michael Bilirakis 88%
Jeff Bingaman 15%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 72%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 92%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 76%
Kit Bond 70%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Mary Bono Mack 76%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 75%
Leonard Boswell 64%
Rick Boucher 32%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 64%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 84%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 39%
John Breaux 40%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 32%
Henry Brown, Jr. 91%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 28%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
Jim Bunning 94%
Conrad Burns 80%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 96%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 84%
Robert Byrd 35%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 84%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 72%
Ben Campbell 70%
Chris Cannon 84%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 91%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 32%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 44%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 33%
Brad Carson 73%
Julia Carson 32%
Mike Castle 72%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 88%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 31%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 92%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 56%
Hillary Clinton 56%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 84%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
Michael Collins 92%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 75%
Larry Combest 72%
Kent Conrad 30%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
Jon Corzine 33%
Jerry Costello 52%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 85%
Robert Cramer 68%
Philip Crane 80%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 81%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 55%
Barbara Cubin 88%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 24%
Randall Cunningham 92%
Thomas Daschle 25%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 24%
James Davis 60%
Jo Ann Davis 91%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 45%
Thomas Davis III 88%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 11%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 96%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 36%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 28%
Bill Delahunt 36%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 36%
Thomas DeLay 88%
James DeMint 85%
Peter Deutsch 72%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
Norm Dicks 36%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 44%
Chris Dodd 20%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 12%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Calvin Dooley 32%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 44%
David Dreier 80%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 76%
Jennifer Dunn 84%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 15%
John Edwards 50%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 44%
Jo Ann Emerson 84%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 68%
Philip English 64%
John Ensign 78%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 20%
Bob Etheridge 64%
Lane Evans 28%
Terry Everett 92%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 12%
Russ Feingold 25%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 25%
Michael Ferguson 91%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 8%
Peter Fitzgerald 69%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 73%
Ernest Fletcher 80%
Mark Foley 80%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 44%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 88%
Barney Frank 40%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
William Frist 90%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Elton Gallegly 88%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 76%
Jim Gibbons 96%
Wayne Gilchrest 72%
Paul Gillmor 76%
Charlie Gonzalez 48%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 84%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 80%
Bart Gordon 64%
Porter Goss 84%
Daniel Graham 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 88%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 82%
Mark Green 90%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 72%
James Greenwood 68%
Judd Gregg 95%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 48%
Gilbert Gutknecht 76%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 76%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 15%
Jane Harman 64%
Melissa Hart 91%
J. Dennis Hastert 92%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 24%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 88%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 85%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 96%
Joel Hefley 92%
Wally Herger, Jr. 72%
Baron Hill 35%
Maurice Hinchey 16%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 32%
David Lee Hobson 96%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 35%
Pete Hoekstra 76%
Thomas Holden 64%
Ernest Hollings 65%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 27%
Darlene Hooley 32%
John Nathan Hostettler 76%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 56%
Kenny Hulshof 72%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Kay Hutchison 90%
Henry Hyde 92%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 30%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 30%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 82%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 84%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 24%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 24%
William Jefferson 32%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 92%
Christopher John 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
Nancy Johnson 52%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
Tim Johnson 82%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 92%
Paul Kanjorski 40%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 48%
Ric Keller 91%
Sue Kelly 76%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 91%
Patrick Kennedy 72%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
Dale Kildee 64%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 16%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 91%
Gerald Kleczka 20%
Joseph Knollenberg 88%
Herb Kohl 35%
James Kolbe 60%
Dennis Kucinich 36%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 60%
Nicholas Lampson 36%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 45%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 55%
Tom Lantos 52%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 36%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 35%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 72%
Steve LaTourette 64%
James Leach 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 24%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 36%
Jerry Lewis 84%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 36%
Ron Lewis 84%
Joe Lieberman 60%
Blanche Lincoln 38%
John Linder 72%
William Lipinski 84%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 40%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 84%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 85%
Dick Lugar 65%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 44%
Don Manzullo 68%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 32%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 73%
Robert Matsui 16%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 52%
Karen McCarthy 32%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 27%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 85%
James McCrery III 84%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
John McHugh 80%
Scott McInnis 84%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 88%
Michael McNulty 56%
Martin Meehan 32%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 32%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 60%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 84%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 28%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 24%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 70%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 55%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 91%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 32%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 68%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 15%
Jack Murtha 60%
Sue Myrick 88%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 16%
Ben Nelson 56%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 78%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 84%
Robert William Ney 80%
Don Nickles 85%
Anne Northup 88%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 60%
Jim Oberstar 16%
Dave Obey 28%
John Olver 16%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 68%
Thomas William Osborne 73%
Doug Ose 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 73%
Major Owens 20%
Michael Oxley 72%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 76%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 16%
Ron Paul 40%
Donald Payne 24%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 36%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 82%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 52%
John Peterson 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 64%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 88%
Todd Platts 91%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 48%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 36%
Deborah Pryce 84%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 82%
Jack Quinn 80%
George Radanovich 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
James Ramstad 64%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
Ralph Regula 80%
Denny Rehberg 82%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 35%
Silvestre Reyes 60%
Thomas Reynolds 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 25%
Ciro Rodriguez 28%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
Mike Ross 82%
Steve Rothman 68%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 96%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 24%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 60%
Jim Ryun 84%
Martin Olav Sabo 12%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 52%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 32%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 52%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
Jim Saxton 80%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 55%
Edward Schrock 91%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 38%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 24%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 84%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 24%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 80%
John Shadegg 88%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 88%
Christopher Shays 60%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 40%
Donald Sherwood 70%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 72%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 90%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 73%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 75%
Ike Skelton 52%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 48%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 92%
Gordon Smith 70%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
Nick Smith 68%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Vic Snyder 44%
Hilda Solis 9%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 75%
John Spratt, Jr. 68%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
Pete Stark 32%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 72%
Ted Stevens 80%
Ted Strickland 48%
Bart Stupak 48%
John Sullivan 71%
John Sununu 84%
John Sweeney 85%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 64%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
William Tauzin 88%
Charles Taylor 96%
Gene Taylor 84%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 76%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 80%
Todd Tiahrt 88%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 82%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 24%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 75%
Ed Towns 32%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 25%
James Turner 68%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 30%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 28%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 56%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 83%
George Voinovich 75%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 85%
James Walsh 72%
Zach Wamp 84%
John Warner 70%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
Diane Watson 40%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 40%
Anthony Weiner 25%
David Weldon 96%
W. Curtis Weldon 84%
Gerald Weller 80%
Robert Wexler 56%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 72%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 86%
Heather Wilson 77%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Lynn Woolsey 28%
David Wu 45%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
Albert Wynn 32%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 96%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 96%

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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