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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

1998 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 70%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 82%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 86%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 82%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 27%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 29%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 27%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 36%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 82%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 9%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 18%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 91%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 27%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 22%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 9%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 27%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 43%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 29%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 64%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 18%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
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%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 18%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 18%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 18%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 86%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 29%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 27%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 27%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 11%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 18%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 43%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 14%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 27%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 9%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 29%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 91%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 18%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 91%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 27%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 86%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 29%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 9%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 82%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 64%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 18%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 27%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 18%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 18%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 91%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 29%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 9%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 29%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 18%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 82%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 18%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 29%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 18%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 86%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Gary Ackerman 27%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 29%
Wayne Allard 86%
Thomas Allen 27%
Bill Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 86%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 27%
Cass Ballenger 91%
James Barcia 45%
Robert Barr, Jr. 91%
Bill Barrett 82%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 91%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 18%
Douglas Bereuter 82%
Howard Berman 33%
Marion Berry 36%
Brian Bilbray 73%
Michael Bilirakis 100%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
Rod Blagojevich 27%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 36%
Kit Bond 86%
Henry Bonilla 90%
David Edward Bonior 27%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 9%
Leonard Boswell 45%
Rick Boucher 18%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 45%
John Breaux 43%
Richard Bryan 43%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 14%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 57%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 27%
Mike Castle 64%
John Chafee 86%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 82%
William Clay, Sr. 9%
Eva Clayton 27%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 43%
Robert Clement 27%
Michael Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 45%
Kent Conrad 29%
Merrill Cook 91%
John Cooksey 100%
Jerry Costello 27%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 82%
William Coyne 18%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 45%
Philip Crane 82%
Barbara Cubin 82%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 45%
Thomas Daschle 29%
James Davis 18%
Thomas Davis III 91%
Bill Delahunt 9%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 18%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 64%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 27%
Julian Dixon 20%
Chris Dodd 29%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 86%
Calvin Dooley 27%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 29%
David Dreier 100%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 18%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 91%
Philip English 73%
Bob Etheridge 36%
Lane Evans 18%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 91%
Russ Feingold 14%
Mark Foley 91%
Michael Patrick Forbes 45%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Barney Frank 9%
Robert Franks 73%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 27%
Elton Gallegly 91%
John Ganske 73%
Sam Gejdenson 27%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 9%
Jim Gibbons 91%
Wayne Gilchrest 82%
Paul Gillmor 82%
Benjamin Gilman 60%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 82%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 45%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 90%
Daniel Graham 43%
William Phillip Gramm 86%
Rodney Grams 86%
James Greenwood 91%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 91%
Tony Hall 27%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 91%
Joel Hefley 100%
Jesse Helms 83%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Rick Hill 55%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 11%
Maurice Hinchey 18%
David Lee Hobson 91%
Pete Hoekstra 91%
Thomas Holden 27%
Ernest Hollings 17%
Darlene Hooley 36%
Stephen Horn 64%
John Nathan Hostettler 91%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 60%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 82%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 91%
Daniel Inouye 29%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 89%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 9%
William Jefferson 14%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 73%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Paul Kanjorski 18%
Sue Kelly 64%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 14%
Patrick Kennedy 9%
Bob Kerrey 29%
Dale Kildee 27%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Gerald Kleczka 27%
Ronald Klink 27%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
Herb Kohl 43%
James Kolbe 91%
Dennis Kucinich 9%
Jon Kyl 86%
John LaFalce 20%
Ray LaHood 64%
Nicholas Lampson 27%
Tom Lantos 27%
Stephen Largent 82%
Steve LaTourette 55%
Rick Lazio 64%
James Leach 73%
Jerry Lewis 91%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 29%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 18%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 27%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 45%
Don Manzullo 100%
Matthew Martinez 30%
Frank Mascara 27%
Robert Matsui 18%
Karen McCarthy 27%
Bill McCollum 91%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 73%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 91%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 27%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 27%
Carrie Meek 18%
Jack Metcalf 64%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
Dan Miller 91%
David Minge 27%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 18%
John Moakley 18%
Alan Mollohan 27%
Constance Morella 45%
Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 86%
Jack Murtha 36%
Sue Myrick 91%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 91%
Robert William Ney 91%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 27%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 30%
Major Owens 18%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Ron Paul 82%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 36%
Richard Pombo 91%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
John Edward Porter 73%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 55%
George Radanovich 90%
James Ramstad 91%
Ralph Regula 82%
Silvestre Reyes 27%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 27%
Charles Robb 29%
Ciro Rodriguez 30%
Timothy Roemer 45%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 86%
Steve Rothman 27%
Marge Roukema 73%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 18%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 45%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 80%
Joe Scarborough 82%
John Shadegg 82%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 91%
Christopher Shays 55%
E.G. Shuster 82%
Norman Sisisky 27%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 36%
Gordon Smith 100%
Nick Smith 91%
Bob Smith 86%
Olympia Snowe 71%
Vic Snyder 27%
Mark Souder 82%
Arlen Specter 33%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 18%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 100%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 86%
Ted Strickland 27%
Bob Stump 91%
Bart Stupak 36%
John Sununu 100%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 36%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 80%
Craig Thomas 86%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 86%
Karen Thurman 27%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 33%
Ed Towns 10%
James Traficant, Jr. 36%
James Turner 36%
Bruce Vento 27%
James Walsh 64%
Zach Wamp 91%
John Warner 86%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 91%
David Weldon 91%
W. Curtis Weldon 73%
Gerald Weller 73%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 18%
Bob Weygand 18%
Heather Wilson 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. 27%
Lynn Woolsey 27%
Albert Wynn 27%

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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