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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Center for Security Policy

2005-2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 21%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 21%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 68%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 76%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 96%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 36%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 59%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 81%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 32%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 21%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 48%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 28%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 56%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 92%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 92%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 84%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 8%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 84%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 17%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 93%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 84%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 84%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 88%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 22%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 42%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 28%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 96%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 71%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 96%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 26%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 9%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 12%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 28%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 33%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 19%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 96%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 92%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 16%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 75%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 28%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 84%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 79%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 96%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 15%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 20%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 24%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 7%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 19%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 75%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 93%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 11%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 4%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 67%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 42%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 44%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 22%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 26%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 22%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 24%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 24%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 78%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 7%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 89%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 89%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 96%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 89%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 63%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 93%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 30%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 96%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 96%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 89%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 96%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 19%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 30%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 56%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 54%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 16%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 23%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 19%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 89%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 26%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 81%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 19%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 74%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 15%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 27%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 58%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 76%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 15%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 89%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 76%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 7%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 96%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 48%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 84%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 7%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 88%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 52%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 56%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 88%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 48%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 93%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 96%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 42%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 28%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 26%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 96%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 41%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 93%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 52%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 93%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 44%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 70%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 74%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 45%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 69%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 57%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 24%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 22%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 88%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 26%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 96%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 42%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 96%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 80%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 37%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 52%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 12%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 81%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 96%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 11%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 19%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 76%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 22%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 67%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 85%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 15%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 35%
Gary Ackerman 26%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 12%
Todd Akin 96%
Wayne Allard 96%
Thomas Allen 19%
Joe Baca, Sr. 35%
Brian Baird 36%
Richard Hugh Baker 96%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 71%
Evan Bayh 44%
Melissa Bean 70%
Bob Bennett 72%
Shelley Berkley 48%
Howard Berman 44%
Marion Berry 52%
Judy Biggert 85%
Brian Bilbray 100%
Jeff Bingaman 24%
Kit Bond 80%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Dan Boren 85%
Leonard Boswell 59%
Rick Boucher 48%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Henry Brown, Jr. 89%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 91%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 89%
Robert Byrd 28%
Chris Cannon 85%
Dennis Cardoza 68%
Russ Carnahan 48%
Julia Carson 17%
Mike Castle 81%
Ben Chandler III 73%
Hillary Clinton 32%
Norm Coleman 64%
Kent Conrad 36%
Jerry Costello 48%
Larry Craig 71%
Robert Cramer 81%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Artur Davis 73%
Geoff Davis 96%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Lincoln Davis 88%
Thomas Davis III 92%
Bill Delahunt 15%
James DeMint 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 81%
Norm Dicks 54%
Chris Dodd 25%
Elizabeth Dole 92%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 76%
John Doolittle 96%
Byron Dorgan 32%
Thelma Drake 100%
David Dreier 85%
Chet Edwards 78%
Vern Ehlers 65%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
Philip English 93%
John Ensign 92%
Bob Etheridge 56%
Terry Everett 92%
Tom Feeney 92%
Russ Feingold 8%
Michael Ferguson 96%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 93%
Barney Frank 15%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 78%
Paul Gillmor 96%
Charlie Gonzalez 44%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 89%
Bart Gordon 74%
Judd Gregg 72%
Jane Harman 48%
Robert Hayes 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 96%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 65%
Maurice Hinchey 12%
David Lee Hobson 89%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Thomas Holden 63%
Darlene Hooley 36%
Kenny Hulshof 93%
Duncan Hunter 92%
Kay Hutchison 84%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 89%
Daniel Inouye 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 7%
William Jefferson 32%
Tim Johnson 88%
Paul Kanjorski 46%
Ric Keller 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 13%
Patrick Kennedy 46%
Dale Kildee 30%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 4%
Joseph Knollenberg 93%
Herb Kohl 24%
Dennis Kucinich 11%
John Kuhl, Jr. 96%
Jon Kyl 88%
Ray LaHood 80%
Tom Lantos 44%
Steve LaTourette 89%
Frank Lautenberg 17%
Jerry Lewis 84%
Ron Lewis 96%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Blanche Lincoln 28%
John Linder 96%
Trent Lott, Sr. 83%
Dick Lugar 60%
Dan Lungren 100%
Connie Mack IV 89%
Don Manzullo 88%
Jim Marshall 84%
Melquiades Martinez 76%
Thaddeus McCotter 100%
James McCrery III 89%
John McHugh 92%
Michael McNulty 23%
Martin Meehan 12%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 46%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 78%
Brad Miller 38%
Alan Mollohan 41%
Dennis Moore 59%
Jack Murtha 48%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
Ben Nelson 76%
Jim Oberstar 8%
Dave Obey 8%
John Olver 15%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 54%
Ron Paul 31%
Donald Payne 8%
John Peterson 96%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Todd Platts 100%
Earl Pomeroy 63%
Jon Porter, Sr. 96%
Deborah Pryce 93%
George Radanovich 93%
James Ramstad 96%
Ralph Regula 89%
Denny Rehberg 89%
Richard Renzi 96%
Silvestre Reyes 57%
Thomas Reynolds 89%
Mike Ross 69%
Steve Rothman 19%
Ken Salazar 42%
Jim Saxton 89%
Jean Schmidt 100%
John Shadegg 96%
Christopher Shays 69%
Ike Skelton 69%
Gordon Smith 64%
Olympia Snowe 52%
Vic Snyder 44%
Hilda Solis 11%
Mark Souder 96%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Pete Stark 4%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Ted Stevens 71%
Bart Stupak 38%
John Sullivan 96%
John Sununu 71%
Tom Tancredo 96%
John Tanner 77%
Ellen Tauscher 31%
Gene Taylor 80%
Todd Tiahrt 89%
Ed Towns 28%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 19%
George Voinovich 56%
James Walsh 79%
Zach Wamp 93%
John Warner 76%
Diane Watson 12%
Anthony Weiner 23%
David Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 89%
Robert Wexler 20%
Heather Wilson 73%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
David Wu 22%
Albert Wynn 33%

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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