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1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 83%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 91%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
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 33%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 91%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 20%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 16%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 70%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 91%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 58%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 91%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 91%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 91%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 66%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 85%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 16%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
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 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 8%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 9%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 66%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 91%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 9%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
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 18%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 90%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 80%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 91%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 83%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 16%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 91%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 83%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 66%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 91%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 20%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 16%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 80%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 0%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 8%
Bill Archer 91%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Brian Baird 8%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 8%
Cass Ballenger 91%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 91%
Bill Barrett 83%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
Charlie Bass 91%
Herbert Bateman 83%
Evan Bayh 0%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 8%
Douglas Bereuter 83%
Shelley Berkley 16%
Howard Berman 8%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 100%
Brian Bilbray 72%
Michael Bilirakis 91%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 91%
David Edward Bonior 8%
Mary Bono Mack 91%
Robert Borski, Jr. 8%
Leonard Boswell 41%
Rick Boucher 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 41%
John Breaux 20%
Richard Bryan 20%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 20%
Herbert Callahan 83%
Ben Campbell 80%
Thomas Campbell 58%
Chris Cannon 91%
Julia Carson 9%
Mike Castle 66%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 91%
William Clay, Sr. 8%
Eva Clayton 8%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 0%
Robert Clement 50%
Michael Collins 91%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 66%
Kent Conrad 0%
Merrill Cook 83%
John Cooksey 91%
Jerry Costello 16%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 90%
William Coyne 8%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 58%
Philip Crane 91%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 58%
Thomas Daschle 0%
James Davis 16%
Thomas Davis III 91%
Bill Delahunt 16%
Thomas DeLay 91%
James DeMint 100%
Peter Deutsch 16%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75%
Jay Dickey 100%
Norm Dicks 9%
Julian Dixon 8%
Chris Dodd 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 80%
Calvin Dooley 58%
John Doolittle 91%
Byron Dorgan 0%
David Dreier 91%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
John Edwards 0%
Chet Edwards 18%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 91%
Philip English 91%
Bob Etheridge 41%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 91%
Thomas Ewing 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Peter Fitzgerald 60%
Ernest Fletcher 100%
Mark Foley 75%
Michael Patrick Forbes 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 16%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Barney Frank 8%
Robert Franks 83%
William Frist 100%
Jonas Frost III 25%
Elton Gallegly 83%
John Ganske 58%
Sam Gejdenson 8%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 8%
Jim Gibbons 75%
Wayne Gilchrest 75%
Paul Gillmor 91%
Benjamin Gilman 66%
Charlie Gonzalez 8%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 45%
Slade Gorton 80%
Porter Goss 91%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 75%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Tony Hall 25%
James Hansen 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 91%
Joel Hefley 91%
Jesse Helms 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 91%
Baron Hill 25%
Rick Hill 83%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
David Lee Hobson 91%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Thomas Holden 33%
Ernest Hollings 0%
Darlene Hooley 16%
Stephen Horn 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 90%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 81%
Kenny Hulshof 81%
Duncan Hunter 91%
Asa Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 72%
Daniel Inouye 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 83%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 18%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 91%
Christopher John 66%
Nancy Johnson 66%
Paul Kanjorski 8%
Sue Kelly 83%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 9%
Bob Kerrey 20%
Dale Kildee 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Gerald Kleczka 8%
Ronald Klink 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 91%
Herb Kohl 0%
James Kolbe 90%
Dennis Kucinich 8%
Steven Kuykendall 91%
Jon Kyl 100%
John LaFalce 8%
Ray LaHood 90%
Nicholas Lampson 8%
Tom Lantos 11%
Stephen Largent 91%
Steve LaTourette 83%
Rick Lazio 75%
James Leach 83%
Jerry Lewis 91%
Ron Lewis 100%
Joe Lieberman 20%
Blanche Lincoln 20%
John Linder 91%
William Lipinski 25%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
William Luther 16%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 33%
Don Manzullo 100%
Matthew Martinez 9%
Frank Mascara 8%
Robert Matsui 8%
Karen McCarthy 25%
Bill McCollum 91%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 75%
Scott McInnis 91%
David McIntosh 91%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 9%
Michael McNulty 8%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 8%
Jack Metcalf 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Dan Miller 91%
David Minge 16%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 16%
John Moakley 8%
Alan Mollohan 27%
Dennis Moore 25%
Constance Morella 16%
Patrick Moynihan 20%
Frank Murkowski 80%
Jack Murtha 33%
Sue Myrick 91%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 91%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 83%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 0%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 16%
Doug Ose 91%
Major Owens 8%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 91%
Ron Paul 75%
Donald Payne 8%
Edward Pease 100%
John Peterson 100%
David Phelps 16%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 41%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
John Edward Porter 66%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 83%
Silvestre Reyes 16%
Thomas Reynolds 91%
Bob Riley 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 25%
Charles Robb 20%
Ciro Rodriguez 8%
Timothy Roemer 41%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 100%
Steve Rothman 8%
Marge Roukema 75%
Jim Ryun 91%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 41%
Rick Santorum 80%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 75%
Joe Scarborough 90%
John Shadegg 91%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 81%
Christopher Shays 50%
Donald Sherwood 91%
Ronnie Shows 54%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 50%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 41%
Gordon Smith 80%
Nick Smith 90%
Bob Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 8%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 0%
Floyd Spence 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 9%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 91%
Charles Stenholm 41%
Ted Stevens 80%
Ted Strickland 16%
Bob Stump 91%
Bart Stupak 16%
John Sununu 91%
John Sweeney 83%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 50%
Ellen Tauscher 33%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 91%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 90%
Fred Thompson 60%
Karen Thurman 8%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 91%
Robert Torricelli 20%
Ed Towns 8%
James Traficant, Jr. 41%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 16%
James Turner 41%
Bruce Vento 8%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 75%
Zach Wamp 75%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 91%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
Gerald Weller 83%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 0%
Bob Weygand 25%
Heather Wilson 91%
Bob Wise, Jr. 25%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
David Wu 16%
Albert Wynn 8%

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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