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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Communications Workers of America

2000 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 29%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 13%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 38%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 13%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 83%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 88%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 63%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 13%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 38%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 38%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 88%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 13%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 83%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 13%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 13%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 75%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 13%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 14%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 88%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 88%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
Brian Baird 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 63%
Robert Barr, Jr. 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 13%
Charlie Bass 13%
Evan Bayh 83%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Douglas Bereuter 13%
Shelley Berkley 75%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 13%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
Rod Blagojevich 86%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 100%
Leonard Boswell 75%
Rick Boucher 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
John Breaux 50%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 33%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 13%
Robert Byrd 83%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 20%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 88%
Mike Castle 25%
Eva Clayton 88%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 83%
Robert Clement 88%
Michael Collins 13%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 63%
Kent Conrad 100%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 88%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 38%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 0%
Bill Delahunt 88%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 38%
Norm Dicks 88%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 17%
Calvin Dooley 63%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 75%
Vern Ehlers 13%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 13%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 25%
Bob Etheridge 75%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 13%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 88%
Elton Gallegly 13%
John Ganske 25%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 38%
Wayne Gilchrest 14%
Paul Gillmor 13%
Benjamin Gilman 38%
Charlie Gonzalez 88%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 13%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 0%
James Greenwood 29%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 25%
Tony Hall 100%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 13%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 13%
Joel Hefley 13%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 63%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 13%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 83%
Darlene Hooley 75%
Stephen Horn 38%
John Nathan Hostettler 38%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 25%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 13%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 13%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 13%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 86%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 50%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Sue Kelly 13%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 13%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 88%
Ray LaHood 25%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
Tom Lantos 88%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 25%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 83%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 75%
James Maloney 63%
Don Manzullo 0%
Frank Mascara 100%
Robert Matsui 88%
Karen McCarthy 100%
James McCrery III 13%
John McHugh 13%
Scott McInnis 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 88%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 88%
John Moakley 100%
Alan Mollohan 88%
Dennis Moore 50%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 100%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 25%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 13%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 88%
Doug Ose 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 43%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 13%
Earl Pomeroy 88%
Deborah Pryce 0%
Jack Quinn 38%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 13%
Ralph Regula 13%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 13%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 50%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 13%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 75%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 38%
Joe Scarborough 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
Christopher Shays 25%
Donald Sherwood 13%
Ronnie Shows 50%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 17%
Nick Smith 13%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 17%
Vic Snyder 88%
Mark Souder 13%
Arlen Specter 83%
Floyd Spence 17%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 13%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 17%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bob Stump 13%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 13%
John Tanner 63%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 13%
Gene Taylor 75%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 88%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 83%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 88%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 13%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 88%
David Weldon 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 13%
Gerald Weller 25%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 88%
Heather Wilson 13%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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