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1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 77%
Gary Ackerman 7%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 7%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 85%
Brian Baird 7%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 7%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
Cass Ballenger 92%
James Barcia 28%
Robert Barr, Jr. 78%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 7%
Bill Barrett 92%
Roscoe Bartlett 92%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 91%
Charlie Bass 85%
Herbert Bateman 85%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 11%
Evan Bayh 11%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 7%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 14%
Douglas Bereuter 85%
Shelley Berkley 7%
Howard Berman 7%
Marion Berry 35%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 11%
Judy Biggert 100%
Brian Bilbray 61%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
Rod Blagojevich 7%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 14%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 78%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 14%
Rick Boucher 21%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 57%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
John Breaux 12%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Richard Bryan 0%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 92%
Dan Burton 85%
Steve Buyer 92%
Robert Byrd 11%
Herbert Callahan 92%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 87%
Thomas Campbell 57%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 85%
Chris Cannon 92%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 64%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 85%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 76%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 42%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 76%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 76%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Michael Collins 92%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 77%
Larry Combest 92%
Gary Condit 57%
Kent Conrad 11%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 7%
Merrill Cook 71%
John Cooksey 85%
Jerry Costello 7%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 90%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 7%
Barbara Cubin 92%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 57%
Thomas Daschle 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 14%
Thomas Davis III 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 85%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 7%
Bill Delahunt 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 88%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Jay Dickey 92%
Norm Dicks 7%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 7%
Julian Dixon 7%
Chris Dodd 12%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 7%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 88%
Calvin Dooley 64%
John Doolittle 78%
Byron Dorgan 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 0%
David Dreier 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 35%
Vern Ehlers 92%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 92%
Jo Ann Emerson 85%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 71%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 14%
Bob Etheridge 14%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 92%
Thomas Ewing 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
Russ Feingold 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 11%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
Peter Fitzgerald 66%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 64%
Michael Patrick Forbes 28%
Harold Ford, Jr. 7%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 92%
Barney Frank 7%
Robert Franks 64%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 64%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 14%
Elton Gallegly 71%
John Ganske 23%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 71%
Wayne Gilchrest 71%
Paul Gillmor 92%
Benjamin Gilman 35%
Charlie Gonzalez 7%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 92%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 38%
Slade Gorton 77%
Porter Goss 92%
Daniel Graham 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 50%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 7%
James Greenwood 64%
Judd Gregg 88%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 78%
Tony Hall 7%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 92%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 92%
Joel Hefley 85%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 21%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 92%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 7%
David Lee Hobson 92%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 7%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 30%
Ernest Hollings 0%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 7%
Darlene Hooley 7%
Stephen Horn 57%
John Nathan Hostettler 92%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 76%
Asa Hutchinson 92%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 85%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 7%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 85%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 7%
William Jefferson 16%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 85%
Christopher John 57%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 7%
Nancy Johnson 76%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 85%
Paul Kanjorski 7%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 85%
Sue Kelly 71%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Bob Kerrey 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 42%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
Gerald Kleczka 7%
Ronald Klink 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 11%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Steven Kuykendall 85%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 7%
Ray LaHood 84%
Nicholas Lampson 7%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 22%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 92%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 78%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
Rick Lazio 57%
James Leach 64%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 7%
Jerry Lewis 92%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 11%
Blanche Lincoln 22%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 14%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 15%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 7%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 78%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 7%
Connie Mack 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 7%
James Maloney 14%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Matthew Martinez 0%
Frank Mascara 0%
Robert Matsui 7%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 7%
Karen McCarthy 7%
Bill McCollum 84%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
John McHugh 78%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 7%
Martin Meehan 7%
Carrie Meek 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
Jack Metcalf 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 7%
Dan Miller 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
David Minge 14%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 7%
Alan Mollohan 16%
Dennis Moore 7%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 35%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 85%
Constance Morella 28%
Patrick Moynihan 12%
Frank Murkowski 88%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
Jack Murtha 15%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 7%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 92%
Robert William Ney 92%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 71%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 14%
Doug Ose 92%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 14%
Ron Paul 71%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 64%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 92%
David Phelps 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 92%
Owen Pickett 42%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 92%
Earl Pomeroy 14%
John Edward Porter 76%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 7%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 7%
James Ramstad 78%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 7%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
Silvestre Reyes 7%
Thomas Reynolds 85%
Bob Riley 92%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 7%
Timothy Roemer 28%
James Rogan 92%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 76%
William Roth, Jr. 88%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 64%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 85%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 92%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 28%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 78%
Rick Santorum 88%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 7%
Jim Saxton 64%
Joe Scarborough 80%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 85%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 7%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 85%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 84%
Christopher Shays 57%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 7%
Donald Sherwood 85%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
Ronnie Shows 38%
E.G. Shuster 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Norman Sisisky 50%
Joseph Skeen 84%
Ike Skelton 21%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 77%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92%
Nick Smith 85%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Vic Snyder 7%
Mark Souder 85%
Arlen Specter 44%
Floyd Spence 78%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 7%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 85%
Charles Stenholm 57%
Ted Stevens 88%
Ted Strickland 0%
Bob Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 7%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 71%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 92%
John Tanner 57%
Ellen Tauscher 28%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 92%
Gene Taylor 35%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
Fred Thompson 88%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 85%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
Karen Thurman 7%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
Robert Torricelli 11%
Ed Towns 14%
James Traficant, Jr. 14%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 42%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 7%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 85%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 7%
Bruce Vento 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 80%
George Voinovich 77%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 57%
Zach Wamp 71%
John Warner 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 7%
David Weldon 85%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Gerald Weller 92%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 85%
Bob Wise, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 71%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 11%
Albert Wynn 7%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 85%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 92%

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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