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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
Gary Ackerman 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 14%
Richard Armey 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 25%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 86%
Brian Baird 14%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 93%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Charlie Bass 93%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 14%
Evan Bayh 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 86%
Shelley Berkley 29%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
Judy Biggert 100%
Michael Bilirakis 93%
Jeff Bingaman 14%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
Rod Blagojevich 7%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 57%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Mary Bono Mack 93%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Leonard Boswell 36%
Rick Boucher 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
John Breaux 29%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 14%
Herbert Callahan 93%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Ben Campbell 86%
Chris Cannon 93%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 29%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 7%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 79%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 93%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0%
Eva Clayton 7%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 43%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 93%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 86%
Michael Collins 93%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 57%
Kent Conrad 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
John Cooksey 92%
Jerry Costello 7%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 57%
Philip Crane 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 0%
Barbara Cubin 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Thomas Daschle 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
James Davis 14%
Thomas Davis III 93%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 93%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
Bill Delahunt 15%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 7%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 86%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 79%
Norm Dicks 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Chris Dodd 17%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 86%
Calvin Dooley 64%
John Doolittle 93%
Byron Dorgan 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 7%
David Dreier 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 79%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 14%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
Philip English 86%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 14%
Bob Etheridge 36%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
Russ Feingold 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 71%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 86%
Harold Ford, Jr. 7%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Barney Frank 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 86%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 14%
Elton Gallegly 86%
John Ganske 64%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 86%
Wayne Gilchrest 86%
Paul Gillmor 85%
Benjamin Gilman 58%
Charlie Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
Bart Gordon 43%
Porter Goss 100%
Daniel Graham 14%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 79%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 7%
James Greenwood 85%
Judd Gregg 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 86%
Tony Hall 21%
James Hansen 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 93%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
Baron Hill 7%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 7%
David Lee Hobson 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 14%
Ernest Hollings 14%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 14%
Darlene Hooley 14%
Stephen Horn 71%
John Nathan Hostettler 93%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 92%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 93%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 77%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
Daniel Inouye 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 21%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
William Jefferson 23%
James Merrill Jeffords 57%
William Lewis Jenkins 93%
Christopher John 71%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0%
Nancy Johnson 79%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 93%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
Sue Kelly 86%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 100%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 0%
Ray LaHood 92%
Nicholas Lampson 7%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 14%
Tom Lantos 9%
Stephen Largent 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Steve LaTourette 86%
James Leach 86%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
Jerry Lewis 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 14%
Blanche Lincoln 29%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 14%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 64%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 7%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
James Maloney 29%
Don Manzullo 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Frank Mascara 0%
Robert Matsui 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 86%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 36%
Karen McCarthy 7%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
John McHugh 71%
Scott McInnis 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 7%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 14%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 23%
Dennis Moore 21%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 36%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 93%
Constance Morella 43%
Frank Murkowski 86%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 14%
Jack Murtha 14%
Sue Myrick 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
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%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0%
Doug Ose 93%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
Ron Paul 86%
Donald Payne 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
John Peterson 100%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 79%
David Phelps 14%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 14%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 14%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 43%
George Radanovich 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 14%
James Ramstad 86%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Ralph Regula 93%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
Silvestre Reyes 0%
Thomas Reynolds 93%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 14%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Timothy Roemer 38%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 77%
Steve Rothman 0%
Marge Roukema 86%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 31%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 36%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
Jim Saxton 79%
Joe Scarborough 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 7%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 93%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
Christopher Shays 71%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 7%
Donald Sherwood 93%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 86%
Ronnie Shows 54%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 36%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 57%
Gordon Smith 86%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 92%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 71%
Vic Snyder 0%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 14%
Floyd Spence 92%
John Spratt, Jr. 14%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 43%
Ted Stevens 86%
Ted Strickland 0%
Bob 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%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0%
Fred Thompson 71%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 93%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 93%
Karen Thurman 0%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 100%
Robert Torricelli 14%
Ed Towns 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 43%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 7%
James Turner 36%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 21%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 91%
George Voinovich 71%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
James Walsh 79%
Zach Wamp 86%
John Warner 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
Wesley Watkins 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 93%
W. Curtis Weldon 71%
Gerald Weller 85%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
Heather Wilson 93%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 86%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 21%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 14%
Albert Wynn 14%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 93%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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