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Rating Group: American Public Health Association

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 75%
Robert Barr, Jr. 0%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 25%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
Evan Bayh 83%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 88%
Douglas Bereuter 13%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 75%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 83%
Judy Biggert 13%
Michael Bilirakis 13%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 86%
Mary Bono Mack 13%
Robert Borski, Jr. 88%
Leonard Boswell 88%
Rick Boucher 88%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 88%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 88%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 88%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 83%
Herbert Callahan 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Jean Carnahan 83%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 83%
Brad Carson 75%
Julia Carson 86%
Mike Castle 38%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 67%
Robert Clement 63%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 88%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
John Cooksey 13%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 75%
Christopher Cox 13%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 88%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Thomas Daschle 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 88%
James Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 13%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
Thomas Davis III 25%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 17%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 88%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 75%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 75%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jennifer Dunn 14%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 88%
Vern Ehlers 13%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 14%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 38%
John Ensign 17%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 88%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 83%
Michael Ferguson 38%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
Ernest Fletcher 13%
Mark Foley 25%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 86%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 38%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 86%
Elton Gallegly 0%
John Ganske 38%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 88%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Benjamin Gilman 63%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 13%
Bart Gordon 75%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 13%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 13%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Mark Green 13%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 88%
James Greenwood 25%
Judd Gregg 0%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 13%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 88%
Gilbert Gutknecht 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 38%
Tony Hall 71%
James Hansen 14%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
Melissa Hart 13%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 88%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 38%
Jesse Helms 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 88%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 88%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 86%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 75%
Ernest Hollings 83%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 29%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 13%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
William Jefferson 88%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 63%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 88%
Nancy Johnson 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 88%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 88%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 13%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Brian Kerns 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 38%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 83%
James Kolbe 13%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 88%
Ray LaHood 25%
Nicholas Lampson 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 88%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 67%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 38%
Dick Lugar 0%
William Luther 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
James Maloney 100%
Don Manzullo 13%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Frank Mascara 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 88%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
Karen McCarthy 88%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 88%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 25%
Scott McInnis 17%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 88%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 14%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Zell Bryan Miller 33%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Dennis Moore 88%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 75%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Ben Nelson 0%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 13%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 13%
Jim Oberstar 88%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 25%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Major Owens 88%
Michael Oxley 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
Ron Paul 14%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
David Phelps 75%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 14%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 88%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
Deborah Pryce 13%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Jack Quinn 33%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
James Ramstad 50%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 13%
Denny Rehberg 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 88%
Thomas Reynolds 25%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 88%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 88%
Timothy Roemer 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
Mike Ross 88%
Steve Rothman 100%
Marge Roukema 29%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 13%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 88%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
Jim Saxton 50%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
Edward Schrock 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
Christopher Shays 50%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 13%
Ronnie Shows 50%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 38%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 57%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Gordon Smith 33%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 0%
Bob Smith 0%
Olympia Snowe 17%
Vic Snyder 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 83%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 13%
Charles Stenholm 50%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 88%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 67%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 25%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 75%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 75%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 13%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 17%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 88%
Fred Thompson 0%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Karen Thurman 100%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 0%
Robert Torricelli 83%
Ed Towns 88%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 88%
James Turner 75%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 13%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 88%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 13%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 17%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 13%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
Gerald Weller 13%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 13%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 13%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%

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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