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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Concord Coalition

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 62%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 57%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 77%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 68%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 54%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 58%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 51%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 52%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 42%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 49%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 65%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 59%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 34%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 68%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 59%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 68%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 42%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 62%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 52%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 61%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 26%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 58%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 55%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 59%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 45%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 58%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 37%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 38%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 54%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 79%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 62%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 68%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 62%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 41%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 53%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 34%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 24%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 38%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 22%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 63%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 63%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 52%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 67%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 43%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 68%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 56%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 62%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 43%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 73%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 65%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 56%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 48%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 37%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 47%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 62%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 24%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 47%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 42%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 72%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 58%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 58%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 59%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 56%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 56%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 53%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 64%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 64%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 76%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 68%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 48%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 51%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 66%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 46%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 66%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 56%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 43%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 58%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 56%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 56%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 51%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 43%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 62%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 51%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 45%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 64%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 26%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 61%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 76%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 46%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 62%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 74%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 64%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 47%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 39%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 51%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 68%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 59%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 43%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 43%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 67%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 72%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 76%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 16%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 30%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 51%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 68%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 60%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 63%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 39%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 40%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 56%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 52%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 43%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 46%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 58%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 74%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 54%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 62%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 36%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 49%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 45%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 43%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 54%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 53%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 45%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 66%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 84%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 52%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 64%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 58%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 49%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 60%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 62%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 64%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 45%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 34%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 42%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 58%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 56%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 32%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 64%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 82%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 76%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 44%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 24%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 48%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 70%
Wayne Allard 45%
Thomas Allen 64%
William Archer 62%
Richard Armey 68%
John Ashcroft 46%
Henry Scott Baesler 43%
Richard Hugh Baker 50%
John Baldacci 70%
Cass Ballenger 61%
James Barcia 62%
Robert Barr, Jr. 60%
William Barrett 56%
Herbert Bateman 56%
Bob Bennett 64%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 68%
Douglas Bereuter 66%
Marion Berry 41%
Michael Bilirakis 58%
Rod Blagojevich 72%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 70%
Sherwood Boehlert 63%
Kit Bond 60%
Henry Bonilla 41%
David Edward Bonior 55%
Robert Borski, Jr. 22%
Rick Boucher 24%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 66%
Carol Moseley Braun 65%
John Breaux 67%
George Brown, Jr. 45%
Richard Bryan 74%
Ed Bryant 49%
Dale Bumpers 45%
Jim Bunning 56%
Conrad Burns 65%
Steve Buyer 46%
Robert Byrd 51%
Herbert Callahan 60%
Ben Campbell 60%
Thomas Campbell 90%
Chris Cannon 64%
Julia Carson 66%
Mike Castle 82%
John Chafee 71%
Helen Chenoweth 38%
Jon Lynn Christensen 70%
William Clay, Sr. 21%
Eva Clayton 62%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 50%
Robert Clement 63%
Mac Collins 66%
Larry Combest 60%
Gary Condit 66%
Merrill Cook 54%
John Cooksey 48%
Paul Coverdell 55%
Christopher Cox 51%
William Coyne 45%
Larry Craig 73%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 51%
Barbara Cubin 39%
Randall Cunningham 62%
Alfonse D'Amato 56%
Patsy Ann Danner 51%
Thomas Daschle 45%
James Davis 86%
Thomas Davis III 54%
Bill Delahunt 44%
Thomas DeLay 66%
Peter Deutsch 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
Jay Dickey 35%
Julian Dixon 37%
Chris Dodd 47%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 60%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 45%
Byron Dorgan 35%
Jennifer Dunn 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 70%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 62%
Philip English 58%
John Ensign 77%
Bob Etheridge 37%
Lane Evans 43%
Terry Everett 56%
Thomas Ewing 62%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 39%
Harris Fawell 72%
Victor Fazio 58%
Russ Feingold 71%
Thomas Foglietta 70%
Mark Foley 70%
Michael Patrick Forbes 47%
Harold Ford, Jr. 62%
Wendell Ford 29%
Tillie Fowler 61%
Jon David Fox 56%
Robert Franks 74%
William Frist 71%
Jonas Frost III 58%
Elizabeth Furse 61%
John Ganske 65%
Sam Gejdenson 68%
George Gekas 64%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 21%
Jim Gibbons 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 65%
Paul Gillmor 68%
Benjamin Gilman 54%
John Glenn 61%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 47%
William Goodling 62%
Bart Gordon 56%
Slade Gorton 67%
Porter Goss 66%
Daniel Graham 64%
William Phillip Gramm 55%
Rodney Grams 44%
James Greenwood 62%
Judd Gregg 75%
Gilbert Gutknecht 78%
Charles Hagel 67%
Tony Hall 70%
Lee Hamilton 72%
James Hansen 59%
Jane Harman 78%
J. Dennis Hastert 58%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 64%
Joel Hefley 64%
W.G. Hefner 72%
Jesse Helms 39%
Rick Hill 47%
Van Hilleary 45%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 18%
David Lee Hobson 52%
Pete Hoekstra 76%
Ernest Hollings 31%
Darlene Hooley 68%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 63%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 70%
Kenny Hulshof 68%
Duncan Hunter 35%
William Hutchinson 57%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 74%
Henry Hyde 43%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 78%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 36%
William Jefferson 47%
James Merrill Jeffords 62%
William Lewis Jenkins 56%
Christopher John 58%
Jay Johnson 60%
Nancy Johnson 62%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
Sue Kelly 58%
Dirk Kempthorne 65%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 36%
Joseph Kennedy II 40%
Patrick Kennedy 38%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 64%
Bob Kerrey 59%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 26%
Jay Kim 50%
Gerald Kleczka 72%
Ronald Klink 60%
Scott Klug 65%
Joseph Knollenberg 52%
James Kolbe 68%
John LaFalce 63%
Nicholas Lampson 64%
Tom Lantos 57%
Stephen Largent 42%
Rick Lazio 72%
James Leach 78%
Ron Lewis 56%
John Linder 64%
William Lipinski 54%
Robert Livingston 56%
Trent Lott, Sr. 69%
William Luther 86%
Connie Mack 71%
James Maloney 52%
Thomas Manton 48%
Matthew Martinez 60%
Frank Mascara 64%
Robert Matsui 62%
Karen McCarthy 72%
Bill McCollum 45%
James McCrery III 58%
Joseph McDade 50%
Paul McHale 72%
John McHugh 60%
Scott McInnis 78%
David McIntosh 34%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Michael McNulty 38%
Martin Meehan 92%
Carrie Meek 37%
Jack Metcalf 58%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 37%
Dan Miller 80%
David Minge 90%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 26%
John Moakley 24%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Constance Morella 84%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 46%
Frank Murkowski 64%
Jack Murtha 56%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 56%
Mark Neumann 77%
Robert William Ney 59%
Don Nickles 76%
Anne Northup 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 64%
James Nussle 74%
Jim Oberstar 21%
Dave Obey 36%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 58%
Major Owens 38%
Michael Oxley 58%
Ronald Packard 56%
Michael Pappas 58%
Paul Michael Parker 50%
William Paxon 68%
Donald Payne 24%
Edward Pease 52%
John Peterson 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 56%
Owen Pickett 66%
Richard Pombo 15%
Earl Pomeroy 64%
John Edward Porter 86%
Glenn Poshard 72%
Deborah Pryce 63%
Jack Quinn 62%
George Radanovich 62%
James Ramstad 84%
William Redmond 64%
Ralph Regula 66%
Frank Duncan Riggs 53%
Bob Riley 54%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 76%
Charles Robb 85%
Ciro Rodriguez 49%
Timothy Roemer 60%
James Rogan 57%
William Roth, Jr. 74%
Marge Roukema 84%
Jim Ryun 47%
Martin Olav Sabo 62%
Matthew Salmon 40%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 50%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 52%
Rick Santorum 73%
Paul Sarbanes 29%
H. James Saxton 60%
Joe Scarborough 34%
Daniel Schaefer 50%
John Shadegg 32%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 74%
Christopher Shays 82%
E.G. Shuster 34%
Norman Sisisky 74%
David Skaggs 68%
Joseph Skeen 56%
Ike Skelton 60%
Gordon Smith 65%
Linda Smith 43%
Nick Smith 74%
Robert Smith 54%
Bob Smith 47%
Vincent Snowbarger 45%
Vic Snyder 64%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 64%
Mark Souder 62%
Arlen Specter 35%
Floyd Spence 48%
John Spratt, Jr. 68%
Charles Stenholm 74%
Ted Stevens 62%
Louis Stokes 26%
Ted Strickland 70%
Robert Stump 58%
Bart Stupak 72%
John Sununu 72%
James Talent 58%
John Tanner 71%
Ellen Tauscher 74%
William Tauzin 58%
Charles Taylor 68%
Gene Taylor 47%
Craig Thomas 64%
William Thomas 56%
Fred Thompson 45%
Karen Thurman 64%
Strom Thurmond 66%
Todd Tiahrt 49%
Esteban Edward Torres 51%
Robert Torricelli 42%
James Traficant, Jr. 37%
James Turner 66%
Bruce Vento 76%
James Walsh 70%
Zach Wamp 72%
John Warner 70%
Wesley Watkins 62%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 64%
David Weldon 36%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 56%
Paul Wellstone 21%
Robert Wexler 71%
Robert Weygand 59%
Rick White 70%
Robert Wise, Jr. 52%
Albert Wynn 60%

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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