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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Concord Coalition

1995 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 55%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 48%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 55%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 48%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 44%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 27%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 38%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 48%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 48%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 55%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 45%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 29%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 32%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 23%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 14%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 45%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 14%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 45%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 55%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 32%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 29%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 45%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 28%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 42%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 27%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 56%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 52%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 59%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 50%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 32%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 35%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 32%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 50%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 52%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 52%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 55%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 50%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 52%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 55%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 44%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 55%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 55%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 36%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 41%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 32%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 32%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 38%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 45%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 60%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 52%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 59%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 36%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 82%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 27%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 41%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 43%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 68%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 48%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 23%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 32%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 41%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 55%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 52%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 36%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 52%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 59%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 48%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 32%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 32%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 41%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 36%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 32%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 32%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 45%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 45%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 59%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 59%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 35%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 41%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 55%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 41%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 48%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 42%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 59%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 45%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 36%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 32%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 27%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 27%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 45%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 32%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 45%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 86%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 48%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 59%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 41%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 32%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 48%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 23%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 14%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 44%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 59%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 55%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 48%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 36%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 36%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 50%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 36%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 33%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 56%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 59%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 59%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 55%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 36%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 23%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 56%
Wayne Allard 55%
William Archer 52%
Richard Armey 50%
John Ashcroft 50%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 48%
William Baker 45%
John Baldacci 32%
Cass Ballenger 50%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 45%
William Barrett 50%
Herbert Bateman 50%
Anthony Beilenson 45%
Bob Bennett 44%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 36%
Douglas Bereuter 59%
Tom Bevill 32%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 45%
Peter Blute 77%
Sherwood Boehlert 32%
Kit Bond 52%
Henry Bonilla 45%
David Edward Bonior 23%
Sonny Bono 50%
Robert Borski, Jr. 18%
Rick Boucher 15%
Bill Bradley 52%
Carol Moseley Braun 40%
John Breaux 44%
Bill Brewster 48%
Glen Browder 41%
George Brown, Jr. 43%
Hank Brown 60%
Richard Bryan 44%
Ed Bryant 55%
John Bryant 38%
Dale Bumpers 35%
Jim Bunn 50%
Jim Bunning 45%
Conrad Burns 48%
Steve Buyer 50%
Robert Byrd 36%
Herbert Callahan 45%
Ben Campbell 52%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 56%
Jim Chapman 45%
Helen Chenoweth 50%
Jon Lynn Christensen 59%
Dick Chrysler 45%
William Clay, Sr. 27%
Eva Clayton 41%
Robert Clement 36%
William Clinger 45%
William Cohen 52%
Ronald Coleman 18%
Barbara-Rose Collins 26%
Cardiss Collins 39%
Mac Collins 52%
Larry Combest 50%
Gary Condit 55%
Wes Cooley 50%
Paul Coverdell 44%
Christopher Cox 50%
William Coyne 32%
Larry Craig 44%
Robert Cramer 41%
Philip Crane 48%
Frank Arnold Cremeans 59%
Barbara Cubin 48%
Randall Cunningham 45%
Alfonse D'Amato 44%
Patsy Ann Danner 41%
Thomas Daschle 32%
Thomas Davis III 68%
E. Kika de la Garza 41%
Thomas DeLay 45%
Ronald Dellums 32%
Peter Deutsch 41%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Jay Dickey 50%
Julian Dixon 24%
Chris Dodd 40%
Robert Dole 48%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 52%
Calvin Dooley 52%
John Doolittle 50%
Byron Dorgan 40%
Robert Dornan 45%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
Chet Edwards 23%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 45%
Bill Emerson 45%
Philip English 55%
John Ensign 59%
Lane Evans 27%
Terry Everett 50%
Thomas Ewing 48%
Jim Exon 44%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 48%
Harris Fawell 50%
Victor Fazio 32%
Russ Feingold 52%
Cleo Fields 22%
Jack Fields, Jr. 50%
Floyd Flake 32%
Michael Patrick Flanagan 45%
Thomas Foglietta 29%
Mark Foley 55%
Michael Patrick Forbes 45%
Harold Ford, Sr. 33%
Wendell Ford 24%
Tillie Fowler 45%
Jon David Fox 50%
Gary Franks 41%
Robert Franks 59%
Daniel Frisa 50%
William Frist 44%
Jonas Frost III 23%
David Funderburk 50%
Elizabeth Furse 50%
John Ganske 57%
Sam Gejdenson 23%
George Gekas 45%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 20%
Pete Geren 64%
Sam Gibbons 48%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
Paul Gillmor 48%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
John Glenn 36%
Henry Gonzalez 18%
William Goodling 57%
Bart Gordon 32%
Slade Gorton 52%
Porter Goss 50%
Daniel Graham 44%
William Phillip Gramm 54%
Rodney Grams 56%
Enid Greene 50%
James Greenwood 55%
Judd Gregg 54%
Steven Gunderson 68%
Gilbert Gutknecht 55%
Tony Hall 43%
Lee Hamilton 59%
Melton Hancock 50%
James Hansen 48%
Jane Harman 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 45%
Mark Hatfield 45%
James Hayes 45%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 50%
W.G. Hefner 32%
Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman 50%
Jesse Helms 44%
Van Hilleary 55%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 26%
David Lee Hobson 45%
Pete Hoekstra 64%
Martin Hoke 50%
Ernest Hollings 40%
Stephen Horn 59%
John Nathan Hostettler 41%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 52%
Duncan Hunter 36%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 55%
Henry Hyde 45%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 59%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 57%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 59%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 56%
Nancy Johnson 59%
Harry Johnston 33%
J. Bennett Johnston 42%
Paul Kanjorski 32%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
Dirk Kempthorne 44%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
Joseph Kennedy II 50%
Patrick Kennedy 23%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 32%
Bob Kerrey 60%
Jay Kim 45%
Gerald Kleczka 41%
Ronald Klink 32%
Scott Klug 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 45%
James Kolbe 55%
John LaFalce 48%
Tom Lantos 27%
Stephen Largent 62%
Greg Laughlin 59%
Rick Lazio 59%
James Leach 59%
Ron Lewis 45%
Jim Ross Lightfoot 45%
Blanche Lincoln 57%
John Linder 45%
William Lipinski 41%
Robert Livingston 45%
James Longley, Jr. 59%
Trent Lott, Sr. 44%
William Luther 68%
Connie Mack 44%
Thomas Manton 5%
Matthew Martinez 40%
Bill Martini 59%
Frank Mascara 36%
Robert Matsui 27%
Karen McCarthy 59%
Bill McCollum 45%
James McCrery III 45%
Joseph McDade 45%
Paul McHale 59%
John McHugh 41%
Scott McInnis 55%
David McIntosh 55%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 26%
Michael McNulty 60%
Martin Meehan 64%
Carrie Meek 27%
Jack Metcalf 50%
Jan Meyers 55%
Dan Miller 59%
David Minge 73%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 32%
John Moakley 18%
Susan Molinari 50%
Alan Mollohan 18%
G.V. Montgomery 68%
Carlos Moorhead 45%
Constance Morella 76%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 50%
Frank Murkowski 44%
Jack Murtha 32%
John Myers 40%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 50%
Mark Neumann 48%
Robert William Ney 55%
Don Nickles 44%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 50%
Sam Nunn 60%
James Nussle 57%
Jim Oberstar 41%
Dave Obey 36%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 36%
William Orton 55%
Major Owens 32%
Michael Oxley 45%
Ronald Packard 45%
Paul Michael Parker 55%
William Paxon 59%
Donald Payne 32%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 55%
Claiborne Pell 56%
Pete Peterson 41%
Owen Pickett 23%
Richard Pombo 45%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
John Edward Porter 73%
Glenn Poshard 55%
Larry Pressler 52%
Deborah Pryce 50%
David Pryor 39%
James Quillen 45%
Jack Quinn 59%
George Radanovich 50%
James Ramstad 67%
Ralph Regula 50%
Bill Richardson 41%
Frank Duncan Riggs 55%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 32%
Charles Robb 60%
Timothy Roemer 59%
Charles Rose III 23%
Toby Roth 55%
William Roth, Jr. 56%
Marge Roukema 73%
Martin Olav Sabo 43%
Matthew Salmon 55%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 68%
Rick Santorum 44%
Paul Sarbanes 32%
H. James Saxton 36%
Joe Scarborough 45%
Daniel Schaefer 45%
Steven Schiff 55%
Patricia Schroeder 52%
Andrea Seastrand 50%
John Shadegg 55%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 50%
Christopher Shays 64%
E.G. Shuster 57%
Paul Simon 52%
Alan Simpson 52%
Norman Sisisky 59%
David Skaggs 41%
Joseph Skeen 48%
Ike Skelton 32%
Linda Smith 59%
Nick Smith 68%
Bob Smith 44%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 50%
Mark Souder 36%
Arlen Specter 44%
Floyd Spence 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 45%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 52%
Steve Stockman 45%
Louis Stokes 27%
Gerry Studds 29%
Robert Stump 50%
Bart Stupak 36%
James Talent 50%
John Tanner 45%
Randy Tate 55%
William Tauzin 55%
Charles Taylor 50%
Gene Taylor 68%
Frank Tejeda 14%
Craig Thomas 52%
William Thomas 45%
Fred Thompson 48%
Ray Thornton 41%
Karen Thurman 23%
Strom Thurmond 46%
Todd Tiahrt 50%
Peter Torkildsen 50%
Esteban Edward Torres 36%
Robert Torricelli 25%
James Traficant, Jr. 9%
Bruce Vento 50%
Harold Volkmer 58%
Barbara Vucanovich 45%
Robert Walker 50%
James Walsh 45%
Zach Wamp 59%
Michael Ward 36%
John Warner 48%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 50%
David Weldon 45%
W. Curtis Weldon 60%
Gerald Weller 45%
Paul Wellstone 36%
Rick White 55%
Pat Williams 19%
Charles Wilson 25%
Robert Wise, Jr. 18%
Albert Wynn 36%
Sidney Yates 26%
Bill Zeliff 55%
Richard Zimmer 55%

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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