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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Concord Coalition

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 12%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 32%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 37%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 59%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 34%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 40%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 19%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 49%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 51%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 49%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 24%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 41%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 63%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 42%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 24%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 36%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 50%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 41%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 27%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 38%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 51%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 32%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 35%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 46%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 35%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 26%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 17%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 39%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 48%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 35%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 35%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 31%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 31%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 32%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 32%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 29%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 31%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 42%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 43%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 34%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 28%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 15%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 46%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 36%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 22%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 49%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 31%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 24%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 46%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 22%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 26%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 24%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 23%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 33%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 39%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 29%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 44%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 43%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 37%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 43%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 42%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 21%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 22%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 26%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 35%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 26%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 29%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 46%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 38%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 38%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 29%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 24%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 26%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 21%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 35%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 42%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 42%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 35%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 44%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 29%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 22%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 48%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 37%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 32%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 32%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 26%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 28%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 32%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 27%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 34%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 31%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 19%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 11%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 41%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 34%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 26%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 46%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 41%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 35%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 49%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 63%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 35%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 35%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 29%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 33%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 26%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 17%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 31%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 29%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 47%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 46%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 52%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 39%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 43%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 28%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 55%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 48%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 29%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 33%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 34%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 57%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 47%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 24%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 22%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 41%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 49%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 46%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 39%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 32%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 79%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 51%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 42%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 24%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 35%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 35%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 27%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 41%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 54%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 41%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 48%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 46%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 57%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 67%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 32%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 24%
Wayne Allard 20%
Thomas Allen 25%
Richard Armey 28%
Brian Baird 31%
Richard Hugh Baker 23%
John Baldacci 33%
Cass Ballenger 27%
James Barcia 29%
Robert Barr, Jr. 51%
Evan Bayh 39%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 33%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Marion Berry 43%
Michael Bilirakis 26%
Rod Blagojevich 13%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
Kit Bond 24%
Henry Bonilla 23%
David Edward Bonior 35%
Robert Borski, Jr. 25%
Rick Boucher 18%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 42%
John Breaux 27%
Ed Bryant 37%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 36%
Steve Buyer 23%
Robert Byrd 27%
Herbert Callahan 12%
Ben Campbell 20%
Chris Cannon 54%
Julia Carson 28%
Mike Castle 50%
Eva Clayton 28%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 27%
Robert Clement 20%
Mac Collins 45%
Larry Combest 31%
Gary Condit 29%
John Cooksey 23%
Christopher Cox 58%
William Coyne 36%
Larry Craig 32%
Robert Cramer 10%
Philip Crane 63%
Barbara Cubin 28%
Randall Cunningham 23%
Thomas Daschle 38%
James Davis 45%
Thomas Davis III 28%
Bill Delahunt 43%
Thomas DeLay 50%
Peter Deutsch 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 17%
Chris Dodd 38%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 35%
Calvin Dooley 21%
John Doolittle 19%
Byron Dorgan 22%
Jennifer Dunn 35%
John Edwards 43%
Chet Edwards 40%
Vern Ehlers 28%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 39%
Philip English 25%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 32%
Terry Everett 20%
Russ Feingold 63%
Peter Fitzgerald 34%
Ernest Fletcher 16%
Mark Foley 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 28%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 43%
William Frist 34%
Jonas Frost III 33%
John Ganske 38%
George Gekas 31%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 21%
Jim Gibbons 32%
Wayne Gilchrest 16%
Paul Gillmor 24%
Benjamin Gilman 17%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 39%
Bart Gordon 10%
Porter Goss 36%
Daniel Graham 50%
William Phillip Gramm 49%
Mark Green 42%
James Greenwood 22%
Judd Gregg 49%
Gilbert Gutknecht 42%
Charles Hagel 24%
Tony Hall 44%
James Hansen 24%
Robert Hayes 24%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 52%
Joel Hefley 53%
Jesse Helms 24%
Baron Hill 57%
Van Hilleary 26%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 25%
David Lee Hobson 22%
Pete Hoekstra 51%
Ernest Hollings 29%
Darlene Hooley 15%
Stephen Horn 21%
John Nathan Hostettler 55%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 36%
Kenny Hulshof 43%
Duncan Hunter 28%
William Hutchinson 29%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 15%
Henry Hyde 27%
Jay Inslee 57%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 15%
William Jefferson 32%
James Merrill Jeffords 21%
William Lewis Jenkins 27%
Christopher John 18%
Nancy Johnson 21%
Paul Kanjorski 33%
Sue Kelly 19%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 39%
Patrick Kennedy 32%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 40%
Gerald Kleczka 49%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
James Kolbe 31%
John LaFalce 39%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Tom Lantos 30%
Stephen Largent 56%
James Leach 20%
Ron Lewis 15%
Blanche Lincoln 27%
John Linder 32%
William Lipinski 26%
Trent Lott, Sr. 20%
William Luther 64%
James Maloney 8%
Frank Mascara 28%
Robert Matsui 34%
Karen McCarthy 38%
James McCrery III 10%
John McHugh 21%
Scott McInnis 44%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 38%
Michael McNulty 26%
Martin Meehan 66%
Carrie Meek 35%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 36%
Dan Miller 41%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 26%
John Moakley 41%
Alan Mollohan 21%
Dennis Moore 23%
Constance Morella 42%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Jack Murtha 33%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 37%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 49%
Anne Northup 22%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 45%
James Nussle 33%
Jim Oberstar 39%
Dave Obey 45%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 38%
Doug Ose 18%
Major Owens 45%
Michael Oxley 27%
Donald Payne 38%
John Peterson 32%
David Phelps 36%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 40%
Richard Pombo 31%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
Deborah Pryce 37%
Jack Quinn 9%
George Radanovich 39%
James Ramstad 48%
Ralph Regula 25%
Thomas Reynolds 23%
Bob Riley 33%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 53%
Ciro Rodriguez 35%
Timothy Roemer 48%
Marge Roukema 48%
Jim Ryun 41%
Martin Olav Sabo 51%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 24%
Rick Santorum 22%
Paul Sarbanes 33%
H. James Saxton 27%
Joe Scarborough 56%
John Shadegg 55%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 37%
Christopher Shays 53%
Donald Sherwood 15%
Ronnie Shows 26%
Joseph Skeen 20%
Ike Skelton 25%
Gordon Smith 20%
Nick Smith 40%
Bob Smith 22%
Vic Snyder 35%
Mark Souder 31%
Arlen Specter 30%
Floyd Spence 22%
John Spratt, Jr. 40%
Charles Stenholm 68%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 29%
Robert Stump 27%
Bart Stupak 46%
John Sununu 57%
John Sweeney 23%
Tom Tancredo 58%
John Tanner 58%
Ellen Tauscher 25%
William Tauzin 18%
Charles Taylor 21%
Gene Taylor 59%
Craig Thomas 39%
William Thomas 25%
Fred Thompson 22%
Karen Thurman 60%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Robert Torricelli 18%
James Traficant, Jr. 9%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 33%
James Turner 25%
George Voinovich 63%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 45%
John Warner 24%
Wesley Watkins 22%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 22%
Anthony Weiner 26%
David Weldon 31%
W. Curtis Weldon 28%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 25%
Robert Wexler 21%
Heather Wilson 19%
David Wu 33%
Albert Wynn 29%

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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