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