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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Concord Coalition

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 4%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 40%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 87%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 79%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 97%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 58%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 51%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 65%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 44%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 59%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 51%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 2%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 51%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 44%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 82%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 73%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 92%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 68%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 63%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 81%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 36%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 24%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 3%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 19%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 33%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 28%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 6%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 77%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 18%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 84%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 33%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 51%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 51%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 37%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 36%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 68%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 60%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 31%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 79%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 15%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 68%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 47%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 24%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 56%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 73%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 21%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 70%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 28%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 26%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 98%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 26%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 8%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 29%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 8%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 2%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 21%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 16%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 18%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 14%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 68%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 67%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 56%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 65%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 68%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 73%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 32%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 63%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 73%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 40%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 35%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 21%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 21%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 70%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 37%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 85%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 49%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 96%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 28%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 68%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 21%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 63%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 32%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 59%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 79%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 51%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 51%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 89%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 96%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 81%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 59%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 51%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 28%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 6%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 49%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 28%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 96%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 18%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 77%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 51%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 59%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 2%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 19%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 42%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 54%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 44%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 61%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 17%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 97%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 81%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 44%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 97%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 93%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 75%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 42%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 70%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 8%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 87%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 99%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 18%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 43%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 8%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 94%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 81%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 54%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 65%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 79%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 68%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 87%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 32%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 79%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 51%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 56%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 32%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 28%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 84%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 26%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 48%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 46%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 47%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 68%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 83%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 37%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 51%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 58%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 64%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 7%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 31%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 84%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 98%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 87%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 87%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 98%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 99%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 65%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 99%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 51%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 54%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 87%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 26%
Wayne Allard 87%
Thomas Allen 18%
William Archer 75%
Richard Armey 35%
John Ashcroft 75%
Brian Baird 88%
Richard Hugh Baker 2%
John Baldacci 12%
Cass Ballenger 44%
James Barcia 47%
Robert Barr, Jr. 65%
William Barrett 65%
Herbert Bateman 8%
Evan Bayh 93%
Bob Bennett 8%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 73%
Douglas Bereuter 42%
Marion Berry 60%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Rod Blagojevich 26%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 33%
Sherwood Boehlert 12%
Kit Bond 8%
Henry Bonilla 37%
David Edward Bonior 12%
Robert Borski, Jr. 23%
Rick Boucher 24%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 87%
John Breaux 40%
Richard Bryan 65%
Ed Bryant 12%
Jim Bunning 58%
Conrad Burns 70%
Steve Buyer 3%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 37%
Ben Campbell 8%
Thomas Campbell 70%
Chris Cannon 6%
Julia Carson 61%
Mike Castle 95%
Helen Chenoweth 89%
William Clay, Sr. 36%
Eva Clayton 95%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 65%
Robert Clement 63%
Mac Collins 21%
Larry Combest 6%
Gary Condit 81%
Merrill Cook 47%
John Cooksey 6%
Paul Coverdell 8%
Christopher Cox 79%
William Coyne 70%
Larry Craig 62%
Robert Cramer 71%
Philip Crane 75%
Barbara Cubin 17%
Randall Cunningham 40%
Patsy Ann Danner 66%
Thomas Daschle 51%
James Davis 92%
Thomas Davis III 18%
Bill Delahunt 84%
Thomas DeLay 51%
Peter Deutsch 49%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 2%
Jay Dickey 30%
Julian Dixon 40%
Chris Dodd 72%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 8%
Calvin Dooley 79%
John Doolittle 47%
Byron Dorgan 82%
Jennifer Dunn 50%
John Edwards 92%
Chet Edwards 92%
Vern Ehlers 63%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 47%
Philip English 6%
Bob Etheridge 79%
Lane Evans 17%
Terry Everett 56%
Thomas Ewing 35%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 96%
Ernest Fletcher 8%
Mark Foley 44%
Michael Patrick Forbes 14%
Harold Ford, Jr. 76%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 56%
Tillie Fowler 2%
Robert Franks 10%
William Frist 8%
Jonas Frost III 28%
John Ganske 82%
Sam Gejdenson 40%
George Gekas 23%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 28%
Jim Gibbons 56%
Wayne Gilchrest 6%
Paul Gillmor 28%
Benjamin Gilman 2%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 87%
William Goodling 14%
Bart Gordon 31%
Slade Gorton 36%
Porter Goss 37%
Daniel Graham 98%
William Phillip Gramm 75%
Rodney Grams 87%
Mark Green 87%
James Greenwood 6%
Judd Gregg 71%
Gilbert Gutknecht 67%
Charles Hagel 87%
Tony Hall 40%
James Hansen 2%
J. Dennis Hastert 9%
Robert Hayes 6%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 63%
Joel Hefley 91%
Jesse Helms 62%
Baron Hill 82%
Rick Hill 40%
Van Hilleary 44%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 12%
David Lee Hobson 37%
Pete Hoekstra 79%
Ernest Hollings 51%
Darlene Hooley 73%
Stephen Horn 23%
John Nathan Hostettler 67%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 9%
Kenny Hulshof 79%
Duncan Hunter 21%
William Hutchinson 12%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 26%
Henry Hyde 60%
Jay Inslee 93%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 63%
William Jefferson 55%
James Merrill Jeffords 58%
William Lewis Jenkins 12%
Christopher John 18%
Nancy Johnson 49%
Paul Kanjorski 48%
Sue Kelly 11%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 38%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Bob Kerrey 43%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 79%
Gerald Kleczka 79%
Ronald Klink 70%
Joseph Knollenberg 37%
James Kolbe 37%
Steven Kuykendall 2%
John LaFalce 92%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
Tom Lantos 25%
Stephen Largent 66%
Rick Lazio 21%
James Leach 26%
Ron Lewis 6%
Blanche Lincoln 32%
John Linder 61%
William Lipinski 37%
Trent Lott, Sr. 8%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 8%
James Maloney 23%
Matthew Martinez 61%
Frank Mascara 37%
Robert Matsui 28%
Karen McCarthy 94%
Bill McCollum 0%
James McCrery III 21%
John McHugh 11%
Scott McInnis 74%
David McIntosh 56%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 44%
Michael McNulty 35%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 28%
Jack Metcalf 47%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 12%
Dan Miller 44%
David Minge 99%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 56%
John Moakley 47%
Alan Mollohan 50%
Dennis Moore 63%
Constance Morella 82%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 60%
Frank Murkowski 36%
Jack Murtha 35%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 44%
Robert William Ney 7%
Don Nickles 80%
Anne Northup 6%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 44%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 97%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 28%
Doug Ose 51%
Major Owens 56%
Michael Oxley 44%
Ronald Packard 44%
Donald Payne 51%
Edward Pease 17%
John Peterson 4%
David Phelps 63%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 56%
Owen Pickett 18%
Richard Pombo 15%
Earl Pomeroy 77%
John Edward Porter 49%
Deborah Pryce 9%
Jack Quinn 15%
George Radanovich 8%
James Ramstad 95%
Ralph Regula 37%
Thomas Reynolds 6%
Bob Riley 56%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Charles Robb 94%
Ciro Rodriguez 65%
Timothy Roemer 89%
James Rogan 70%
William Roth, Jr. 22%
Marge Roukema 81%
Jim Ryun 73%
Martin Olav Sabo 54%
Matthew Salmon 93%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 28%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 96%
Rick Santorum 61%
Paul Sarbanes 51%
H. James Saxton 2%
Joe Scarborough 94%
John Shadegg 88%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 97%
Donald Sherwood 11%
Ronnie Shows 28%
E.G. Shuster 30%
Norman Sisisky 51%
Joseph Skeen 21%
Ike Skelton 63%
Gordon Smith 16%
Nick Smith 87%
Bob Smith 87%
Vic Snyder 73%
Mark Souder 23%
Arlen Specter 41%
Floyd Spence 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 66%
Charles Stenholm 87%
Ted Stevens 8%
Ted Strickland 37%
Robert Stump 44%
Bart Stupak 69%
John Sununu 87%
John Sweeney 23%
James Talent 2%
Tom Tancredo 73%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 51%
William Tauzin 2%
Charles Taylor 46%
Gene Taylor 73%
Craig Thomas 87%
William Thomas 33%
Fred Thompson 26%
Karen Thurman 92%
Strom Thurmond 8%
Todd Tiahrt 56%
Robert Torricelli 43%
James Traficant, Jr. 11%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 35%
James Turner 40%
Bruce Vento 85%
George Voinovich 99%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 60%
John Warner 8%
Wesley Watkins 51%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 11%
Anthony Weiner 59%
David Weldon 28%
W. Curtis Weldon 10%
Gerald Weller 73%
Paul Wellstone 78%
Robert Wexler 53%
Robert Weygand 51%
Heather Wilson 2%
Robert Wise, Jr. 54%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 56%

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.

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