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Special Interest Groups

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2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 15%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 59%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 65%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 82%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 13%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 61%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 77%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 14%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 18%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 13%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 17%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 9%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 83%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 78%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 69%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 66%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 56%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 71%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 68%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 71%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 11%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 74%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 13%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 48%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 18%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 48%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 55%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 9%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 13%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 14%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 13%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 11%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 60%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 76%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 18%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 73%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 16%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 75%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 74%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 72%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 12%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 17%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 12%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 77%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 54%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 59%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 49%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 49%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 62%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 11%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 59%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 48%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 12%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 11%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 82%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 48%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 56%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 64%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 14%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 14%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 72%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 19%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 49%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 78%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 55%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 66%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 11%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 54%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 24%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 13%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 11%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 55%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 54%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 47%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 72%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 27%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 9%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 61%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 71%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 14%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 9%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 53%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 46%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 78%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 9%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 53%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 68%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 53%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 11%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 7%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 46%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 6%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 75%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 59%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 15%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 75%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 15%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 51%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 59%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 54%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 11%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 73%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 29%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 6%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 66%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 69%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 45%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 63%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 78%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 13%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 60%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 78%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 9%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 82%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 78%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 78%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 12%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 49%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 12%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 54%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 66%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 10%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8%
Gary Ackerman 9%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Todd Akin 78%
Wayne Allard 84%
George Allen 67%
Thomas Allen 11%
Joe Baca, Sr. 10%
Brian Baird 13%
Richard Hugh Baker 58%
J. Gresham Barrett 80%
Roscoe Bartlett 80%
Charlie Bass 59%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Beauprez 72%
Bob Bennett 70%
Shelley Berkley 16%
Howard Berman 14%
Marion Berry 11%
Judy Biggert 60%
Michael Bilirakis 59%
Jeff Bingaman 10%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
Kit Bond 62%
Henry Bonilla 48%
Mary Bono Mack 51%
Leonard Boswell 17%
Rick Boucher 13%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 23%
Henry Brown, Jr. 55%
Ginny Brown-Waite 68%
Jim Bunning 69%
Conrad Burns 73%
Dan Burton 65%
Steve Buyer 56%
Robert Byrd 21%
Chris Cannon 73%
Dennis Cardoza 16%
Julia Carson 7%
Edward Case 19%
Mike Castle 52%
Ben Chandler III 14%
Chris Chocola 75%
Hillary Clinton 11%
Norm Coleman 60%
Kent Conrad 23%
Jon Corzine 19%
Jerry Costello 15%
Christopher Cox 78%
Larry Craig 76%
Robert Cramer 26%
Barbara Cubin 77%
Randall Cunningham 54%
Artur Davis 12%
James Davis 16%
Jo Ann Davis 62%
Lincoln Davis 24%
Thomas Davis III 53%
Bill Delahunt 8%
Thomas DeLay 63%
James DeMint 75%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 57%
Norm Dicks 10%
Chris Dodd 12%
Elizabeth Dole 64%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 70%
John Doolittle 55%
Byron Dorgan 13%
David Dreier 52%
Chet Edwards 16%
Vern Ehlers 56%
Jo Ann Emerson 42%
Philip English 59%
John Ensign 89%
Bob Etheridge 13%
Lane Evans 9%
Terry Everett 54%
Tom Feeney 82%
Russ Feingold 22%
Michael Ferguson 48%
Mark Foley 56%
Harold Ford, Jr. 14%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 61%
Barney Frank 12%
William Frist 66%
Elton Gallegly 57%
Jim Gibbons 77%
Wayne Gilchrest 54%
Paul Gillmor 59%
Charlie Gonzalez 14%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 65%
Bart Gordon 21%
Mark Green 71%
Judd Gregg 83%
Gilbert Gutknecht 79%
Jane Harman 16%
Katherine Harris 72%
Melissa Hart 68%
Robert Hayes 49%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 75%
Joel Hefley 77%
Wally Herger, Jr. 75%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 13%
Maurice Hinchey 9%
David Lee Hobson 49%
Pete Hoekstra 72%
Thomas Holden 14%
Darlene Hooley 18%
John Nathan Hostettler 73%
Kenny Hulshof 58%
Duncan Hunter 56%
Kay Hutchison 73%
Henry Hyde 51%
Daniel Inouye 7%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 63%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 11%
William Jefferson 11%
James Merrill Jeffords 23%
William Lewis Jenkins 62%
Nancy Johnson 54%
Tim Johnson 46%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Ric Keller 70%
Sue Kelly 52%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 15%
Mark Kennedy 69%
Patrick Kennedy 11%
Dale Kildee 11%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Joseph Knollenberg 50%
Herb Kohl 18%
James Kolbe 49%
Dennis Kucinich 23%
Jon Kyl 89%
Ray LaHood 45%
Tom Lantos 9%
Steve LaTourette 45%
James Leach 37%
Jerry Lewis 49%
Ron Lewis 58%
Joe Lieberman 14%
Blanche Lincoln 16%
John Linder 69%
Trent Lott, Sr. 74%
Dick Lugar 70%
Don Manzullo 72%
Jim Marshall 26%
Thaddeus McCotter 53%
James McCrery III 63%
John McHugh 47%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 11%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 11%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 8%
Brad Miller 14%
Alan Mollohan 15%
Dennis Moore 18%
Jack Murtha 13%
Marilyn Musgrave 77%
Sue Myrick 80%
Ben Nelson 34%
Robert William Ney 52%
Anne Northup 49%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 85%
James Nussle 56%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 15%
John Olver 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Thomas William Osborne 47%
Major Owens 13%
Michael Oxley 58%
Ron Paul 90%
Donald Payne 14%
John Peterson 52%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 51%
Todd Platts 52%
Richard Pombo 61%
Earl Pomeroy 12%
Jon Porter, Sr. 51%
Deborah Pryce 55%
George Radanovich 69%
James Ramstad 67%
Ralph Regula 48%
Denny Rehberg 61%
Richard Renzi 51%
Silvestre Reyes 14%
Thomas Reynolds 60%
Mike Ross 13%
Steve Rothman 12%
Jim Ryun 70%
Martin Olav Sabo 7%
Rick Santorum 83%
Paul Sarbanes 14%
Jim Saxton 48%
John Shadegg 81%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 49%
Christopher Shays 52%
Donald Sherwood 48%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 42%
Ike Skelton 13%
Gordon Smith 61%
Olympia Snowe 51%
Vic Snyder 15%
Hilda Solis 8%
Mark Souder 57%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Pete Stark 13%
Cliff Stearns 77%
Ted Stevens 67%
Ted Strickland 14%
Bart Stupak 14%
John Sullivan 73%
John Sununu 82%
John Sweeney 48%
James Talent 64%
Tom Tancredo 81%
John Tanner 29%
Ellen Tauscher 12%
Charles Taylor 56%
Gene Taylor 30%
Craig Thomas 78%
William Thomas 54%
Todd Tiahrt 60%
Ed Towns 6%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 13%
George Voinovich 60%
James Walsh 49%
Zach Wamp 54%
John Warner 68%
Diane Watson 10%
Anthony Weiner 12%
David Weldon 54%
W. Curtis Weldon 50%
Gerald Weller 57%
Robert Wexler 9%
Heather Wilson 46%
Lynn Woolsey 14%
David Wu 16%
Albert Wynn 12%

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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