| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Aanestad | 0% | ||||
| Richard Ackerman | 0% | ||||
| Elaine Alquist | 0% | ||||
| Steven Angelo | 0% | ||||
| Robert Antonioni | 0% | ||||
| Dion Aroner | 0% | ||||
| Roy Ashburn | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | Democratic | 0% |
| Steve Charles Baldwin | 0% | ||||
| Jarrett Barrios | 0% | ||||
| Patricia Bates | 0% | ||||
| James Battin | 0% | ||||
| Scott Baugh | 0% | ||||
| Robert Bernstein | 0% | ||||
| Frederick Berry | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Seventeenth Worcester | John Binienda, Sr. | Democratic | 0% |
| Thomas Birmingham | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Bosley | 0% | ||||
| CA | Secretary of State | Debra Bowen | Democratic | 0% | |
| Marilyn Brewer | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | Stephen Brewer | Democratic | 0% |
| Mike Briggs | 0% | ||||
| Arthur Broadhurst, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | Councilmember | At-Large | Michael Cahill | No Party Affiliation | 0% |
| Bill Campbell | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Tenth Plymouth | Christine Canavan | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Hampden and Hampshire | Gale Candaras | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 29 | Tony Cardenas | Democratic | 0% |
| Dennis Cardoza | 0% | ||||
| Paul Caron | 0% | ||||
| Paul Casey | 0% | ||||
| Gilbert Cedillo | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | First Worcester | Harriette Chandler | Democratic | 0% |
| Evelyn Chesky | 0% | ||||
| Vincent Paul Ciampa | 0% | ||||
| Edward Clancy, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Carol Cleven | 0% | ||||
| Edward Connolly | 0% | ||||
| Robert Correia | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 16 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 0% |
| Dave Cox | 0% | ||||
| Geraldine Creedon | 0% | ||||
| Robert Creedon, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Brian Cresta | 0% | ||||
| James Cunneen | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 53 | Susan Davis | Democratic | 0% |
| Walter DeFilippi | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Nineteenth Suffolk | Robert DeLeo | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | First Plymouth | Vinny deMacedo | Republican | 0% |
| Paul Demakis | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Third Essex | Brian Dempsey | Democratic | 0% |
| Richard Dickerson | 0% | ||||
| Salvatore DiMasi | 0% | ||||
| David Donnelly | 0% | ||||
| Carol Donovan | 0% | ||||
| Denise Ducheny | 0% | ||||
| Martha Escutia | 0% | ||||
| James Fagan | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Thirty-Third Middlesex | Christopher Fallon | Democratic | 0% |
| Susan Fargo | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Tenth Essex | Robert Fennell | Democratic | 0% |
| Liz Figueroa | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | Second Essex and Middlesex | Barry Finegold | Democratic | 0% |
| Kevin Finnegan | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Finneran | 0% | ||||
| Kevin Fitzgerald | 0% | ||||
| Nancy Flavin | 0% | ||||
| Richard Floyd | 0% | ||||
| David Flynn | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Seventh Suffolk | Gloria Fox | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Sixteenth Worcester | John Fresolo | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Worcester | Paul Frost | Republican | 0% |
| Peter Frusetta | 0% | ||||
| Martin Gallegos | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Sixth Norfolk | William Galvin | Democratic | 0% |
| Barbara Gardner | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | Democratic | 0% |
| David Gately | 0% | ||||
| Ronald Gauch | 0% | ||||
| Thomas George | 0% | ||||
| Anthony Philip Giglio | 0% | ||||
| Guy Glodis | 0% | ||||
| Emile Goguen | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Sixteenth Middlesex | Thomas Golden, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| Shirley Gomes | 0% | ||||
| Brett Granlund | 0% | ||||
| William Greene, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Cele Hahn | 0% | ||||
| Paul Haley | 0% | ||||
| Geoffrey Hall | 0% | ||||
| Robert Hargraves | 0% | ||||
| Lida Harkins | 0% | ||||
| John Hart, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Robert Havern III | 0% | ||||
| Sally Havice | 0% | ||||
| Raymond Haynes, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | Plymouth and Norfolk | Robert Hedlund, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| Robert Hertzberg | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Fourth Essex | Bradford Hill | Republican | 0% |
| Christopher Hodgkins | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House | 17 | Mike Honda | Democratic | 0% |
| George House, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Barbara Hyland | 0% | ||||
| Frank Hynes | 0% | ||||
| Cheryl Ann Jacques | 0% | ||||
| James Jajuga | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 0% |
| K. Maurice Johannessen | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Twentieth Middlesex | Bradley Jones, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | Brian Joyce | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Norfolk | Louis Kafka | Democratic | 0% |
| Howard Kaloogian | 0% | ||||
| Rachel Kaprielian | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Fifteenth Middlesex | Jay Kaufman | Democratic | 0% |
| Fred Keeley | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Keenan | 0% | ||||
| Shaun Kelly | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | Second Plymouth and Bristol | Thomas Kennedy | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Hampden and Hampshire | Michael Knapik | Republican | 0% |
| Wally Knox | 0% | ||||
| Brian Knuuttila | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Eleventh Bristol | Robert Koczera | Democratic | 0% |
| Peter Koutoujian | 0% | ||||
| Sheila Kuehl | 0% | ||||
| Paul Kujawski | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | First Franklin | Stephen Kulik | Democratic | 0% |
| Peter Larkin | 0% | ||||
| Lynne Leach | 0% | ||||
| Stephen LeDuc | 0% | ||||
| Brian Lees | 0% | ||||
| Ted Lempert | 0% | ||||
| Bill Leonard | 0% | ||||
| John Lepper | 0% | ||||
| Maryanne Lewis | 0% | ||||
| John Locke | 0% | ||||
| MA | U.S. House | 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 0% |
| Michael Machado | 0% | ||||
| Ken Maddox | 0% | ||||
| David Magnani | 0% | ||||
| Abel Maldonado | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Eleventh Suffolk | Elizabeth Malia | Democratic | 0% |
| Bob Margett | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 0% |
| Francis Marini | 0% | ||||
| J. James Marzilli, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Kerry Mazzoni | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 4 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Third Essex | Thomas McGee | Democratic | 0% |
| William McManus II | 0% | ||||
| Linda Melconian | 0% | ||||
| John Merrigan | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Nineteenth Middlesex | James Miceli | Democratic | 0% |
| Carole Migden | 0% | ||||
| CA | Supervisor | 4 | Dick Monteith | 0% | |
| MA | State Senate | Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Worcester and Norfolk | Richard Moore | Democratic | 0% |
| Michael Morrissey | 0% | ||||
| William Phillip Morrow | 0% | ||||
| Charles Murphy | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Eighteenth Middlesex | Kevin Murphy | Democratic | 0% |
| Kevin Murray | 0% | ||||
| Mary Jeanette Murray | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | Plymouth and Barnstable | Therese Murray | Democratic | 0% |
| William Nagle, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Twelfth Worcester | Harold Naughton, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| Andrea Nuciforo, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Thomas O'Brien | 0% | ||||
| Jack O'Connell | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Second Suffolk | Eugene O'Flaherty | Democratic | 0% |
| Keith Olberg | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Oller | 0% | ||||
| Deborah Ortiz | 0% | ||||
| Shirley Owens-Hicks | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | First Plymouth and Bristol | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 0% |
| Robert Pacheco | 0% | ||||
| Rod Pacheco | 0% | ||||
| Steven Panagiotakos | 0% | ||||
| Louis Papan | 0% | ||||
| Marie Parente | 0% | ||||
| Anne Marie Paulsen | 0% | ||||
| Steve Peace | 0% | ||||
| Vincent Pedone | 0% | ||||
| Anthony Pescetti | 0% | ||||
| Douglas Petersen | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Ninth Worcester | George Peterson, Jr. | Republican | 0% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Hampden | Thomas Petrolati | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Bristol | Elizabeth Poirier | Republican | 0% |
| Richard Polanco | 0% | ||||
| Charles Poochigian | 0% | ||||
| Susan Pope | 0% | ||||
| Ruth Provost | 0% | ||||
| John Quinn | 0% | ||||
| Henri S Rauschenbach | 0% | ||||
| MA | State Senate | First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | Democratic | 0% |
| Mary Rogeness | 0% | ||||
| George Rogers | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | Stan Rosenberg | Democratic | 0% |
| J. Michael Ruane | 0% | ||||
| George Runner, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Ninth Suffolk | Byron Rushing | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Suffolk | Angelo Scaccia | Democratic | 0% |
| Jack Scott | 0% | ||||
| Charles Shannon, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Kevin Shelley | 0% | ||||
| Mary Jane Simmons | 0% | ||||
| John Slattery | 0% | ||||
| Hilda Solis | 0% | ||||
| Nell Soto | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 14 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Essex | Theodore Speliotis | Democratic | 0% |
| Jo Ann Sprague | 0% | ||||
| Harriett Stanley | 0% | ||||
| John Stasik | 0% | ||||
| John Stefanini | 0% | ||||
| CA | State Senate | 6 | Darrell Steinberg | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Third Hampshire | Ellen Story | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Bristol | William Straus | Democratic | 0% |
| Tony Strickland | 0% | ||||
| Virginia Strom-Martin | 0% | ||||
| David Sullivan | 0% | ||||
| Joseph Sullivan | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Eleventh Hampden | Benjamin Swan, Sr. | Democratic | 0% |
| MA | State Senate | First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | Republican | 0% |
| Kathleen Teahan | 0% | ||||
| Bruce Thompson | 0% | ||||
| Helen Thomson | 0% | ||||
| Richard Tisei | 0% | ||||
| Stephen Tobin | 0% | ||||
| Steven Tolman | 0% | ||||
| MA | Councilmember | At-Large | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | 0% | |
| MA | State House | Twenty-Sixth Middlesex | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
| CA | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Torlakson | Non-partisan | 0% | |
| Robert Travaglini | 0% | ||||
| Philip Travis | 0% | ||||
| Susan Tucker | 0% | ||||
| Eric Turkington | 0% | ||||
| David Tuttle | 0% | ||||
| Jim Vallee | 0% | ||||
| Anthony Verga | 0% | ||||
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Antonio Villaraigosa | 0% | |
| Edward Vincent | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Eighth Hampden | Joseph Wagner | Democratic | 0% |
| Patricia Walrath | 0% | ||||
| Marian Walsh | 0% | ||||
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Suffolk | Martin Walsh | Democratic | 0% |
| Carl Washington | 0% | ||||
| Howard Wayne | 0% | ||||
| Scott Wildman | 0% | ||||
| Dianne Wilkerson | 0% | ||||
| Alice Wolf | 0% | ||||
| CA | State Senate | 35 | Roderick Wright | Democratic | 0% |
| Charlene Zettel | 0% |
Special Interest Groups
Rating Group: National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action
1998 Positions on Gun Rights
Issues:
Guns
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.
