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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Communications Workers of America

2002 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
Kent Conrad 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
Byron Dorgan 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
Robert Matsui 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Jack Murtha 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Mike Ross 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 89%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 89%
Shelley Berkley 89%
Marion Berry 89%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
Rick Boucher 89%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 89%
Jerry Costello 89%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 89%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 89%
Lane Evans 89%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 89%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 89%
Barney Frank 89%
Jonas Frost III 89%
Charlie Gonzalez 89%
Maurice Hinchey 89%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 89%
Thomas Holden 89%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 89%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 89%
William Jefferson 89%
Paul Kanjorski 89%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 89%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 89%
Dennis Kucinich 89%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 89%
Karen McCarthy 89%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 89%
Dave Obey 89%
Major Owens 89%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 89%
Martin Olav Sabo 89%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 89%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 89%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 89%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 89%
Hilda Solis 89%
John Spratt, Jr. 89%
Pete Stark 89%
Ted Strickland 89%
Bart Stupak 89%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 89%
James Turner 89%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 89%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 89%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 89%
Anthony Weiner 89%
Lynn Woolsey 89%
Albert Wynn 89%
Howard Berman 88%
Bill Delahunt 88%
Peter Deutsch 88%
Darlene Hooley 88%
Nicholas Lampson 88%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Evan Bayh 86%
Robert Byrd 86%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 86%
Hillary Clinton 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
Daniel Graham 86%
Ernest Hollings 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 86%
Herb Kohl 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 86%
Joe Lieberman 86%
Martin Meehan 86%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 86%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
Brian Baird 78%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 78%
Norm Dicks 78%
Chet Edwards 78%
Harold Ford, Jr. 78%
Bart Gordon 78%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 78%
Christopher John 78%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 78%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 78%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 78%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 78%
Steve Rothman 78%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 78%
Vic Snyder 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
John Tanner 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 71%
Jeff Bingaman 71%
John Breaux 71%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 71%
Thomas Daschle 71%
Russ Feingold 71%
Blanche Lincoln 71%
William Lipinski 71%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 71%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 71%
Leonard Boswell 67%
Brad Carson 67%
James Davis 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Baron Hill 67%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 67%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
Dennis Moore 67%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 67%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
Ike Skelton 67%
Ellen Tauscher 67%
Gene Taylor 67%
David Wu 67%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
Zell Bryan Miller 57%
Ben Nelson 57%
Gordon Smith 57%
Arlen Specter 57%
Jane Harman 56%
Duncan Hunter 56%
Charles Stenholm 50%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Robert Cramer 44%
Jo Ann Davis 44%
Calvin Dooley 44%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 44%
Robert Hayes 44%
John Nathan Hostettler 44%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 44%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Cliff Stearns 38%
Charles Taylor 38%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Michael Ferguson 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Pete Hoekstra 33%
Ray LaHood 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
Jerry Lewis 33%
Ron Lewis 33%
Don Manzullo 33%
John McHugh 33%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 33%
Ron Paul 33%
Jack Quinn 33%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
Jim Saxton 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 33%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 33%
Mark Souder 33%
John Sullivan 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 33%
James Walsh 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 33%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 33%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 29%
Dan Burton 25%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 25%
Richard Pombo 25%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
Tom Tancredo 25%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 22%
Todd Akin 22%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 22%
Richard Hugh Baker 22%
Cass Ballenger 22%
Charlie Bass 22%
Sherwood Boehlert 22%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 22%
Henry Brown, Jr. 22%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 22%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 22%
Vern Ehlers 22%
Terry Everett 22%
Ernest Fletcher 22%
Mark Foley 22%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 22%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 22%
Paul Gillmor 22%
Joel Hefley 22%
David Lee Hobson 22%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 22%
William Lewis Jenkins 22%
Tim Johnson 22%
Sue Kelly 22%
Mark Kennedy 22%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 22%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 22%
Robert William Ney 22%
James Nussle 22%
Doug Ose 22%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 22%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 22%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 22%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 22%
Deborah Pryce 22%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 22%
George Radanovich 22%
Ralph Regula 22%
Thomas Reynolds 22%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 22%
Edward Schrock 22%
John Shadegg 22%
Donald Sherwood 22%
Nick Smith 22%
John Sununu 22%
John Sweeney 22%
William Tauzin 22%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 22%
Todd Tiahrt 22%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 22%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 22%
David Weldon 22%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 22%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 22%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
George Voinovich 17%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 14%
Conrad Burns 14%
Ben Campbell 14%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 14%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
John Warner 14%
Henry Bonilla 13%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 13%
Steve Buyer 13%
Barbara Cubin 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 13%
John Doolittle 13%
Jo Ann Emerson 13%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 13%
Joseph Knollenberg 13%
Zach Wamp 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 11%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11%
Mike Castle 11%
Michael Collins 11%
Christopher Cox 11%
Philip Crane 11%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 11%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 11%
Thomas DeLay 11%
James DeMint 11%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 11%
Philip English 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 11%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 11%
Elton Gallegly 11%
Jim Gibbons 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 11%
Porter Goss 11%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 11%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 11%
Mark Green 11%
James Greenwood 11%
Melissa Hart 11%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 11%
Wally Herger, Jr. 11%
Kenny Hulshof 11%
Henry Hyde 11%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 11%
Nancy Johnson 11%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 11%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 11%
James Kolbe 11%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 11%
James Leach 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 11%
James McCrery III 11%
Scott McInnis 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 11%
Sue Myrick 11%
Anne Northup 11%
Thomas William Osborne 11%
Michael Oxley 11%
John Peterson 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 11%
Todd Platts 11%
Denny Rehberg 11%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 11%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
William Thomas 11%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 11%
Gerald Weller 11%
Heather Wilson 11%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 11%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Judy Biggert 0%
Kit Bond 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
Thomas Davis III 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
David Dreier 0%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
William Frist 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
Judd Gregg 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Don Nickles 0%
James Ramstad 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
Rick Santorum 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
Ted Stevens 0%
Craig Thomas 0%

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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