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2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 68%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 58%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 83%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 55%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 53%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 52%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 62%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 57%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 92%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 12%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 11%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 57%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 72%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 74%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 62%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 14%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 15%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 16%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 14%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 24%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 14%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 12%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 21%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 29%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 72%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 61%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 57%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 13%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 11%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 55%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 49%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 55%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 83%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 83%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 61%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 22%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 14%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 77%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 68%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 30%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 17%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 78%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 19%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 77%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 9%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 56%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 77%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 82%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 51%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 12%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 47%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 14%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 60%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 11%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 11%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 83%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 68%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 84%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 81%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 54%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 19%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 77%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 53%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 56%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 58%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 16%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 14%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 9%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 11%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 14%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 18%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 13%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 58%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 46%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 57%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 16%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 63%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 29%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 60%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 19%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 62%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 65%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 56%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 14%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 16%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 11%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 82%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 15%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 57%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 69%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 14%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 53%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 71%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 37%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 77%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 16%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 14%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 64%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 14%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 49%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 14%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 74%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 59%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 49%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 62%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 12%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 89%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 86%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 55%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 57%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 13%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 53%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 18%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 14%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 37%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 62%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 17%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 51%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 73%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 51%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 11%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 14%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 85%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 65%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 11%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 16%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 78%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 80%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 77%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 36%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 81%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 52%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 86%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 14%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 69%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 78%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 59%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 77%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 74%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 64%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 47%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 9%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 60%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 62%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 61%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 15%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 45%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 9%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 9%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 19%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 16%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 56%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 65%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 18%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 46%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 20%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 18%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 15%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 78%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 15%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 72%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 15%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 51%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 16%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 87%
Gary Ackerman 15%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 12%
Todd Akin 71%
Wayne Allard 84%
Thomas Allen 13%
Joe Baca, Sr. 13%
Brian Baird 16%
Richard Hugh Baker 63%
J. Gresham Barrett 76%
Roscoe Bartlett 63%
Evan Bayh 12%
Melissa Bean 46%
Bob Bennett 71%
Shelley Berkley 15%
Howard Berman 11%
Marion Berry 24%
Judy Biggert 59%
Michael Bilirakis 61%
Jeff Bingaman 16%
Kit Bond 67%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Dan Boren 43%
Leonard Boswell 20%
Rick Boucher 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 27%
Henry Brown, Jr. 55%
Ginny Brown-Waite 63%
Jim Bunning 88%
Dan Burton 63%
Steve Buyer 60%
Robert Byrd 10%
Chris Cannon 75%
Dennis Cardoza 21%
Russ Carnahan 13%
Julia Carson 9%
Mike Castle 52%
Ben Chandler III 16%
Hillary Clinton 17%
Norm Coleman 58%
Kent Conrad 16%
Jerry Costello 21%
Larry Craig 82%
Robert Cramer 36%
Barbara Cubin 63%
Artur Davis 16%
Geoff Davis 59%
Jo Ann Davis 57%
Lincoln Davis 32%
Thomas Davis III 49%
Bill Delahunt 16%
James DeMint 92%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 48%
Norm Dicks 14%
Chris Dodd 10%
Elizabeth Dole 79%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 64%
John Doolittle 53%
Byron Dorgan 12%
Thelma Drake 54%
David Dreier 57%
Chet Edwards 28%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Philip English 53%
John Ensign 91%
Bob Etheridge 16%
Terry Everett 60%
Tom Feeney 72%
Russ Feingold 22%
Michael Ferguson 47%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 66%
Barney Frank 19%
Elton Gallegly 53%
Wayne Gilchrest 41%
Paul Gillmor 55%
Charlie Gonzalez 16%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 53%
Bart Gordon 27%
Judd Gregg 88%
Jane Harman 11%
Robert Hayes 58%
Wally Herger, Jr. 67%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 22%
Maurice Hinchey 11%
David Lee Hobson 53%
Pete Hoekstra 64%
Thomas Holden 19%
Darlene Hooley 17%
Kenny Hulshof 54%
Duncan Hunter 62%
Kay Hutchison 69%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 72%
Daniel Inouye 12%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 13%
William Jefferson 25%
Tim Johnson 43%
Paul Kanjorski 20%
Ric Keller 62%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Patrick Kennedy 12%
Dale Kildee 7%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 12%
Joseph Knollenberg 58%
Herb Kohl 14%
Dennis Kucinich 22%
John Kuhl, Jr. 55%
Jon Kyl 87%
Ray LaHood 49%
Tom Lantos 10%
Steve LaTourette 43%
Jerry Lewis 54%
Ron Lewis 62%
Joe Lieberman 15%
Blanche Lincoln 18%
John Linder 75%
Trent Lott, Sr. 76%
Dick Lugar 67%
Dan Lungren 67%
Connie Mack IV 68%
Don Manzullo 66%
Jim Marshall 29%
Melquiades Martinez 76%
Thaddeus McCotter 49%
James McCrery III 58%
John McHugh 42%
Michael McNulty 12%
Martin Meehan 14%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 14%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 32%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 13%
Brad Miller 11%
Alan Mollohan 21%
Dennis Moore 16%
Jack Murtha 23%
Marilyn Musgrave 75%
Sue Myrick 71%
Ben Nelson 57%
Jim Oberstar 11%
Dave Obey 13%
John Olver 16%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 20%
Ron Paul 84%
Donald Payne 16%
John Peterson 55%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 54%
Todd Platts 48%
Earl Pomeroy 16%
Jon Porter, Sr. 54%
Deborah Pryce 53%
George Radanovich 65%
James Ramstad 54%
Ralph Regula 48%
Denny Rehberg 55%
Richard Renzi 52%
Silvestre Reyes 17%
Thomas Reynolds 53%
Mike Ross 22%
Steve Rothman 13%
Ken Salazar 20%
Jim Saxton 41%
Jean Schmidt 58%
John Shadegg 83%
Christopher Shays 38%
Ike Skelton 23%
Gordon Smith 59%
Olympia Snowe 39%
Vic Snyder 14%
Hilda Solis 13%
Mark Souder 55%
Arlen Specter 51%
John Spratt, Jr. 12%
Pete Stark 23%
Cliff Stearns 75%
Ted Stevens 63%
Bart Stupak 9%
John Sullivan 73%
John Sununu 89%
Tom Tancredo 76%
John Tanner 34%
Ellen Tauscher 13%
Gene Taylor 26%
Craig Thomas 83%
Todd Tiahrt 56%
Ed Towns 15%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 13%
George Voinovich 59%
James Walsh 44%
Zach Wamp 56%
John Warner 67%
Diane Watson 14%
Anthony Weiner 13%
David Weldon 55%
Gerald Weller 51%
Robert Wexler 12%
Heather Wilson 39%
Lynn Woolsey 16%
David Wu 11%
Albert Wynn 17%

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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