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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Concord Coalition

1995 Positions

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