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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Center for Security Policy

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 94%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 71%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 94%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 94%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 17%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 89%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 83%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 17%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 25%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 17%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 9%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 28%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 83%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 70%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 94%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 83%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 42%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 42%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 17%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 94%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 12%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 92%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 83%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 67%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 17%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 75%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 83%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 17%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 17%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 89%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 88%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 94%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 44%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 67%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 17%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 25%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 8%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 94%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 25%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 75%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 28%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 75%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 94%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 83%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 17%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 28%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 25%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 73%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 22%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 22%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 17%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 75%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 83%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 83%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 8%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 89%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 89%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 83%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 75%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 73%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 9%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 83%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 92%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 17%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 56%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 94%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 83%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 17%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 94%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 67%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 67%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 92%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 42%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 94%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 58%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 83%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 83%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 17%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 22%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 30%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 17%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 2%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 22%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 83%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 8%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 83%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 22%
Todd Akin 92%
Wayne Allard 83%
George Allen 94%
Thomas Allen 8%
Brian Baird 17%
Richard Hugh Baker 83%
J. Gresham Barrett 92%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
Charlie Bass 83%
Evan Bayh 78%
Bob Beauprez 92%
Bob Bennett 89%
Shelley Berkley 27%
Howard Berman 20%
Marion Berry 8%
Judy Biggert 75%
Michael Bilirakis 75%
Jeff Bingaman 22%
Sherwood Boehlert 82%
Kit Bond 94%
Henry Bonilla 82%
Mary Bono Mack 67%
Leonard Boswell 42%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 83%
Ginny Brown-Waite 90%
Jim Bunning 94%
Conrad Burns 94%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 89%
Robert Byrd 11%
Chris Cannon 92%
Dennis Cardoza 58%
Julia Carson 22%
Edward Case 27%
Mike Castle 75%
Ben Chandler III 30%
Chris Chocola 92%
Hillary Clinton 28%
Norm Coleman 94%
Kent Conrad 22%
Jon Corzine 22%
Jerry Costello 42%
Christopher Cox 91%
Larry Craig 89%
Robert Cramer 58%
Barbara Cubin 80%
Randall Cunningham 83%
Artur Davis 33%
James Davis 17%
Jo Ann Davis 83%
Lincoln Davis 55%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 92%
Norm Dicks 17%
Chris Dodd 22%
Elizabeth Dole 94%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 94%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 22%
David Dreier 75%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 58%
Jo Ann Emerson 82%
Philip English 75%
John Ensign 94%
Bob Etheridge 33%
Lane Evans 25%
Terry Everett 92%
Tom Feeney 100%
Russ Feingold 17%
Michael Ferguson 91%
Mark Foley 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 36%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 91%
Barney Frank 8%
William Frist 94%
Elton Gallegly 92%
Jim Gibbons 83%
Wayne Gilchrest 83%
Paul Gillmor 83%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 58%
Mark Green 83%
Judd Gregg 94%
Gilbert Gutknecht 83%
Jane Harman 25%
Katherine Harris 75%
Melissa Hart 75%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Joel Hefley 75%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
David Lee Hobson 75%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Thomas Holden 55%
Darlene Hooley 42%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 92%
Kay Hutchison 89%
Henry Hyde 100%
Daniel Inouye 27%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 83%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 6%
William Lewis Jenkins 83%
Nancy Johnson 82%
Tim Johnson 75%
Paul Kanjorski 25%
Ric Keller 91%
Sue Kelly 83%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 11%
Mark Kennedy 83%
Patrick Kennedy 42%
Dale Kildee 33%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 75%
Herb Kohl 17%
James Kolbe 75%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 94%
Ray LaHood 75%
Tom Lantos 42%
Steve LaTourette 67%
James Leach 67%
Jerry Lewis 83%
Ron Lewis 75%
Joe Lieberman 80%
Blanche Lincoln 22%
John Linder 73%
Trent Lott, Sr. 94%
Dick Lugar 94%
Don Manzullo 83%
Jim Marshall 60%
Robert Matsui 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 72%
James McCrery III 75%
John McHugh 75%
Michael McNulty 58%
Martin Meehan 17%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Brad Miller 36%
Alan Mollohan 42%
Dennis Moore 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Marilyn Musgrave 92%
Sue Myrick 83%
Ben Nelson 71%
Robert William Ney 75%
Anne Northup 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 75%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 75%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 82%
Ron Paul 27%
Donald Payne 8%
John Peterson 91%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 83%
Todd Platts 92%
Richard Pombo 75%
Earl Pomeroy 50%
Jon Porter, Sr. 83%
Deborah Pryce 83%
George Radanovich 75%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 83%
Denny Rehberg 83%
Richard Renzi 92%
Silvestre Reyes 33%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
Mike Ross 42%
Steve Rothman 36%
Jim Ryun 92%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
Rick Santorum 94%
Paul Sarbanes 11%
Jim Saxton 92%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 75%
Christopher Shays 83%
Donald Sherwood 83%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 75%
Ike Skelton 36%
Gordon Smith 88%
Olympia Snowe 94%
Vic Snyder 33%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 80%
Arlen Specter 94%
John Spratt, Jr. 42%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 92%
Ted Stevens 94%
Ted Strickland 17%
Bart Stupak 27%
John Sullivan 92%
John Sununu 88%
John Sweeney 91%
James Talent 89%
Tom Tancredo 83%
John Tanner 42%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
Charles Taylor 83%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 94%
William Thomas 83%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Ed Towns 9%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
George Voinovich 88%
James Walsh 83%
Zach Wamp 83%
John Warner 89%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 9%
David Weldon 83%
W. Curtis Weldon 82%
Gerald Weller 92%
Robert Wexler 17%
Heather Wilson 67%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
David Wu 17%
Albert Wynn 0%

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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