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2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 69%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 63%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 15%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 8%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 7%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 89%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 88%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 7%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 7%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 85%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 23%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 83%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 7%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 3%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 76%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 15%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 96%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 15%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 82%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 3%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 7%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 7%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 88%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 92%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 81%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 96%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 7%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 66%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 7%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 89%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 7%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 3%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 7%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 81%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 96%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 89%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 89%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 11%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 88%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 66%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 3%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 96%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 96%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 3%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 88%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 89%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 82%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 3%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 82%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 42%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 3%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 32%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 3%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 4%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 4%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 10%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 3%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 3%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 96%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 81%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 3%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 36%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 89%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 3%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 85%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 21%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 84%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 89%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 7%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 78%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 3%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 7%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 3%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 92%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 84%
Gary Ackerman 7%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 7%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 92%
Joe Baca, Sr. 23%
Brian Baird 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 89%
John Baldacci 11%
Cass Ballenger 96%
James Barcia 42%
Robert Barr, Jr. 82%
Bill Barrett 96%
Roscoe Bartlett 89%
Charlie Bass 78%
Herbert Bateman 92%
Evan Bayh 15%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 10%
Douglas Bereuter 75%
Shelley Berkley 14%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 96%
Brian Bilbray 55%
Michael Bilirakis 85%
Jeff Bingaman 7%
Rod Blagojevich 7%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 46%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 85%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 22%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 57%
John Breaux 25%
Richard Bryan 7%
Ed Bryant 96%
Jim Bunning 92%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 88%
Steve Buyer 92%
Robert Byrd 7%
Herbert Callahan 88%
Ben Campbell 91%
Thomas Campbell 60%
Chris Cannon 96%
Julia Carson 8%
Mike Castle 57%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 80%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 7%
Robert Clement 46%
Michael Collins 89%
Larry Combest 96%
Gary Condit 46%
Kent Conrad 8%
Merrill Cook 78%
John Cooksey 80%
Jerry Costello 14%
Christopher Cox 95%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 92%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 55%
Thomas Daschle 8%
James Davis 14%
Thomas Davis III 78%
Bill Delahunt 3%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 53%
Jay Dickey 85%
Norm Dicks 7%
Julian Dixon 11%
Chris Dodd 16%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 92%
Calvin Dooley 67%
John Doolittle 82%
Byron Dorgan 7%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 7%
Chet Edwards 32%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 74%
Jo Ann Emerson 85%
Philip English 67%
Bob Etheridge 17%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 92%
Thomas Ewing 92%
Russ Feingold 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 61%
Ernest Fletcher 96%
Mark Foley 67%
Michael Patrick Forbes 21%
Harold Ford, Jr. 21%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 92%
Tillie Fowler 92%
Barney Frank 10%
Robert Franks 62%
William Frist 92%
Jonas Frost III 21%
Elton Gallegly 75%
John Ganske 40%
Sam Gejdenson 3%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 71%
Wayne Gilchrest 60%
Paul Gillmor 89%
Benjamin Gilman 29%
Charlie Gonzalez 7%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 89%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 37%
Slade Gorton 83%
Porter Goss 85%
Daniel Graham 7%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 96%
James Greenwood 52%
Judd Gregg 84%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Tony Hall 11%
James Hansen 96%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 89%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Joel Hefley 85%
Jesse Helms 92%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 21%
Rick Hill 92%
Van Hilleary 92%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 10%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 92%
Pete Hoekstra 96%
Thomas Holden 29%
Ernest Hollings 8%
Darlene Hooley 14%
Stephen Horn 42%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 78%
Kenny Hulshof 96%
Duncan Hunter 77%
Asa Hutchinson 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 92%
Kay Hutchison 92%
Henry Hyde 81%
Daniel Inouye 9%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 3%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 61%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
Christopher John 64%
Nancy Johnson 69%
Paul Kanjorski 3%
Sue Kelly 64%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 7%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Bob Kerrey 15%
Dale Kildee 3%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 7%
Gerald Kleczka 3%
Ronald Klink 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 7%
James Kolbe 89%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Steven Kuykendall 80%
Jon Kyl 92%
John LaFalce 7%
Ray LaHood 77%
Nicholas Lampson 14%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 96%
Steve LaTourette 75%
Frank Lautenberg 7%
Rick Lazio 50%
James Leach 55%
Jerry Lewis 85%
Joe Lieberman 8%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
John Linder 96%
William Lipinski 19%
Trent Lott, Sr. 92%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 7%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 10%
Don Manzullo 96%
Matthew Martinez 33%
Frank Mascara 7%
Robert Matsui 7%
Karen McCarthy 10%
Bill McCollum 86%
James McCrery III 96%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 96%
David McIntosh 96%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 7%
Martin Meehan 11%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 7%
Dan Miller 92%
Zell Bryan Miller 100%
David Minge 14%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 7%
John Moakley 3%
Alan Mollohan 19%
Dennis Moore 10%
Constance Morella 37%
Patrick Moynihan 16%
Frank Murkowski 92%
Jack Murtha 22%
Sue Myrick 96%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 89%
Robert William Ney 78%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 78%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 4%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 17%
Doug Ose 92%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Ron Paul 66%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 96%
John Peterson 95%
David Phelps 25%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
Owen Pickett 42%
Richard Pombo 89%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
John Edward Porter 66%
Deborah Pryce 96%
Jack Quinn 42%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 71%
Ralph Regula 82%
Silvestre Reyes 7%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Bob Riley 88%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 3%
Charles Robb 7%
Ciro Rodriguez 7%
Timothy Roemer 33%
James Rogan 92%
William Roth, Jr. 84%
Steve Rothman 3%
Marge Roukema 60%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 3%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 39%
Rick Santorum 84%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 48%
Joe Scarborough 72%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 81%
Christopher Shays 57%
Donald Sherwood 82%
Ronnie Shows 42%
E.G. Shuster 88%
Norman Sisisky 57%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Ike Skelton 25%
Gordon Smith 84%
Nick Smith 88%
Bob Smith 92%
Olympia Snowe 53%
Vic Snyder 7%
Mark Souder 82%
Arlen Specter 23%
Floyd Spence 84%
John Spratt, Jr. 11%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 89%
Charles Stenholm 67%
Ted Stevens 92%
Ted Strickland 7%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 7%
John Sununu 92%
John Sweeney 75%
James Talent 96%
Tom Tancredo 89%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 28%
William Tauzin 92%
Charles Taylor 92%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 84%
Karen Thurman 10%
Strom Thurmond 92%
Todd Tiahrt 96%
Robert Torricelli 7%
Ed Towns 15%
James Traficant, Jr. 32%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 3%
James Turner 44%
Bruce Vento 0%
George Voinovich 84%
James Walsh 64%
Zach Wamp 77%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 96%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 7%
David Weldon 82%
W. Curtis Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 74%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 3%
Bob Weygand 3%
Heather Wilson 75%
Bob Wise, Jr. 7%
Lynn Woolsey 3%
David Wu 10%
Albert Wynn 3%

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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