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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 71%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 86%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 21%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 14%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 93%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 93%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 0%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 36%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 86%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 64%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 14%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 91%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 71%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 86%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 86%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 14%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 92%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 14%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 14%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 14%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 29%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 86%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 14%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 14%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 79%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 79%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 7%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 93%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 36%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 86%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 14%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 36%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 79%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 14%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
Richard Armey 100%
Brian Baird 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 93%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 86%
Marion Berry 50%
Michael Bilirakis 93%
Rod Blagojevich 7%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 14%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
John Breaux 29%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 14%
Herbert Callahan 93%
Ben Campbell 86%
Chris Cannon 93%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 79%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 43%
Mac Collins 93%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 57%
John Cooksey 92%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 14%
Thomas Davis III 93%
Bill Delahunt 15%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 79%
Chris Dodd 17%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 86%
Calvin Dooley 64%
John Doolittle 93%
Byron Dorgan 0%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 14%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Philip English 86%
Bob Etheridge 36%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 71%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 86%
Harold Ford, Jr. 7%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 14%
John Ganske 64%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 86%
Wayne Gilchrest 86%
Paul Gillmor 85%
Benjamin Gilman 58%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 43%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 14%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 85%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 93%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 93%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 7%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 14%
Darlene Hooley 14%
Stephen Horn 71%
John Nathan Hostettler 93%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 92%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 93%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Henry Hyde 77%
Jay Inslee 21%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
William Jefferson 23%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
William Lewis Jenkins 93%
Christopher John 71%
Nancy Johnson 79%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Sue Kelly 86%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
John LaFalce 0%
Nicholas Lampson 7%
Tom Lantos 9%
Stephen Largent 100%
James Leach 86%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 29%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 14%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 7%
James Maloney 29%
Frank Mascara 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 7%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 71%
Scott McInnis 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 7%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 14%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 23%
Dennis Moore 21%
Constance Morella 43%
Frank Murkowski 86%
Jack Murtha 14%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Robert William Ney 93%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 86%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Doug Ose 93%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 14%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 43%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 86%
Ralph Regula 93%
Thomas Reynolds 93%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 14%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 38%
Marge Roukema 86%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 36%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 79%
Joe Scarborough 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
Christopher Shays 71%
Donald Sherwood 93%
Ronnie Shows 54%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 36%
Gordon Smith 86%
Nick Smith 92%
Bob Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 14%
Floyd Spence 92%
John Spratt, Jr. 14%
Charles Stenholm 43%
Ted Stevens 86%
Ted Strickland 0%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 7%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 79%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 36%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 43%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 71%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 14%
James Traficant, Jr. 43%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 7%
James Turner 36%
George Voinovich 71%
James Walsh 79%
Zach Wamp 86%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 93%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Gerald Weller 85%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 93%
David Wu 21%
Albert Wynn 14%

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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