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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Public Health Association

2002 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 14%
George Allen 14%
Thomas Allen 83%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 83%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 83%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 17%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 57%
Evan Bayh 71%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 0%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 67%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 17%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 14%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Leonard Boswell 67%
Rick Boucher 83%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 83%
John Breaux 29%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 83%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Jim Bunning 14%
Conrad Burns 29%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 57%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 86%
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 83%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 57%
Brad Carson 50%
Julia Carson 100%
Mike Castle 0%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 57%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 83%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 17%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14%
Michael Collins 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 57%
Kent Conrad 71%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 67%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 14%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 83%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 83%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 67%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
James Davis 50%
Jo Ann Davis 17%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 83%
Thomas Davis III 17%
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 83%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 83%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 14%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
Norm Dicks 50%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 67%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14%
Calvin Dooley 33%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 71%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 67%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 86%
John Edwards 71%
Chet Edwards 83%
Vern Ehlers 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 17%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 43%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 83%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 83%
Russ Feingold 86%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 86%
Michael Ferguson 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 43%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 17%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Mark Foley 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 83%
Jim Gibbons 17%
Wayne Gilchrest 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 17%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 67%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 71%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 14%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 83%
James Greenwood 17%
Judd Gregg 29%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 86%
Jane Harman 67%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 14%
Robert Hayes 17%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 17%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 67%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 83%
Pete Hoekstra 17%
Thomas Holden 67%
Ernest Hollings 71%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
Darlene Hooley 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 83%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 33%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 14%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 83%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Jefferson 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 86%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 33%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
Nancy Johnson 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 17%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 57%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 17%
Paul Kanjorski 67%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 83%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 17%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 86%
Dale Kildee 67%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 17%
Gerald Kleczka 83%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 57%
James Kolbe 17%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 0%
Nicholas Lampson 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 83%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 67%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 83%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 17%
James Leach 0%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 71%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 83%
Jerry Lewis 17%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 86%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 60%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17%
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 0%
Dick Lugar 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Don Manzullo 33%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 67%
Robert Matsui 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 43%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 83%
Karen McCarthy 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 17%
Scott McInnis 0%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 17%
Michael McNulty 83%
Martin Meehan 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 83%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 86%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
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 29%
Alan Mollohan 67%
Dennis Moore 83%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 71%
Jack Murtha 50%
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 67%
Ben Nelson 29%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 71%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 17%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 83%
Dave Obey 67%
John Olver 83%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 83%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 67%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 83%
Ron Paul 60%
Donald Payne 83%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 17%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 33%
John Peterson 0%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 33%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 0%
Richard Pombo 17%
Earl Pomeroy 67%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 83%
Deborah Pryce 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Jack Quinn 17%
George Radanovich 17%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
James Ramstad 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 17%
Denny Rehberg 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
Mike Ross 67%
Steve Rothman 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 83%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
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. 67%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 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 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 29%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Donald Sherwood 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Ike Skelton 50%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 67%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17%
Gordon Smith 43%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 17%
Olympia Snowe 43%
Vic Snyder 50%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 17%
Arlen Specter 43%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Charles Stenholm 17%
Ted Stevens 14%
Ted Strickland 67%
Bart Stupak 67%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 33%
Ellen Tauscher 67%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 17%
Gene Taylor 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 14%
William Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 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%
Ed Towns 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
James Turner 50%
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 0%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 17%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 14%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 17%
Heather Wilson 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86%
Albert Wynn 83%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 30%

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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