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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

1995-1996 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 22%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 18%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 22%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 18%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 73%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 70%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 73%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 18%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 18%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 60%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 18%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 73%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Coats Republican 20%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 64%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 18%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 70%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 73%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 70%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 73%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 64%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 89%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 82%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 18%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 70%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 18%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 27%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 27%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 64%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 18%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 70%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 18%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 82%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 73%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 64%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 18%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 73%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 30%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 22%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 18%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 18%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 55%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 18%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 27%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 82%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 73%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 55%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 18%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 91%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 18%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 27%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 18%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 73%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 56%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 20%
Gary Ackerman 73%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 89%
Bill Archer 18%
Richard Armey 18%
John Ashcroft 22%
Henry Scott Baesler 55%
Richard Hugh Baker 18%
William Baker 20%
John Baldacci 73%
Cass Ballenger 18%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 18%
Bill Barrett 18%
Roscoe Bartlett 18%
Charlie Bass 18%
Herbert Bateman 20%
Anthony Beilenson 70%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 55%
Douglas Bereuter 27%
Howard Berman 80%
Tom Bevill 60%
Brian Bilbray 18%
Michael Bilirakis 18%
Jeff Bingaman 70%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 10%
Peter Blute 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 36%
Kit Bond 30%
Henry Bonilla 18%
David Edward Bonior 91%
Sonny Bono 18%
Robert Borski, Jr. 80%
Rick Boucher 60%
Bill Bradley 80%
John Breaux 60%
Bill Brewster 30%
George Brown, Jr. 91%
Hank Brown 10%
Richard Bryan 60%
Ed Bryant 18%
John Bryant 80%
Dale Bumpers 80%
Jim Bunning 18%
Conrad Burns 20%
Dan Burton 18%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 60%
Herbert Callahan 18%
Ben Campbell 33%
Thomas Campbell 67%
Mike Castle 27%
John Chafee 30%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 27%
Jon Lynn Christensen 18%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Robert Clement 55%
William Clinger 10%
William Cohen 70%
Ronald Coleman 60%
Barbara-Rose Collins 90%
Cardiss Collins 90%
Michael Collins 18%
Larry Combest 18%
Gary Condit 27%
Kent Conrad 70%
Jerry Costello 64%
Paul Coverdell 20%
Christopher Cox 18%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 20%
Robert Cramer 27%
Philip Crane 18%
Barbara Cubin 18%
Randall Cunningham 18%
Alfonse D'Amato 30%
Patsy Ann Danner 36%
Thomas Daschle 70%
Thomas Davis III 18%
E. Kika de la Garza 60%
Thomas DeLay 18%
Ronald Dellums 91%
Peter Deutsch 64%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Jay Dickey 18%
Norm Dicks 64%
Julian Dixon 91%
Chris Dodd 60%
Robert Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
Calvin Dooley 55%
John Doolittle 27%
Byron Dorgan 60%
Robert Dornan 10%
David Dreier 18%
Jennifer Dunn 18%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 18%
Bill Emerson 10%
Philip English 20%
John Ensign 18%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 18%
Thomas Ewing 18%
Jim Exon 80%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 33%
Harris Fawell 18%
Victor Fazio 82%
Russ Feingold 70%
Cleo Fields 100%
Jack Fields, Jr. 10%
Floyd Flake 90%
Thomas Foglietta 100%
Mark Foley 18%
Michael Patrick Forbes 27%
Wendell Ford 70%
Tillie Fowler 22%
Jon David Fox 27%
Barney Frank 91%
Gary Franks 10%
Robert Franks 27%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 64%
Elizabeth Furse 80%
Elton Gallegly 20%
John Ganske 18%
Sam Gejdenson 91%
George Gekas 18%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 73%
Pete Geren 30%
Sam Gibbons 70%
Wayne Gilchrest 27%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 27%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 60%
Henry Gonzalez 70%
William Goodling 18%
Bart Gordon 36%
Slade Gorton 20%
Porter Goss 18%
Daniel Graham 67%
William Phillip Gramm 25%
Rodney Grams 20%
James Greenwood 27%
Judd Gregg 20%
Steven Gunderson 30%
Gilbert Gutknecht 18%
Tony Hall 70%
Lee Hamilton 45%
Melton Hancock 10%
James Hansen 18%
Jane Harman 44%
J. Dennis Hastert 18%
Mark Hatfield 70%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 18%
Joel Hefley 27%
W.G. Hefner 55%
Jesse Helms 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 18%
Van Hilleary 18%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 82%
David Lee Hobson 18%
Pete Hoekstra 18%
Martin Hoke 30%
Thomas Holden 55%
Ernest Hollings 70%
Stephen Horn 27%
John Nathan Hostettler 27%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 27%
Duncan Hunter 18%
Kay Hutchison 33%
Henry Hyde 18%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 18%
Daniel Inouye 75%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 18%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
Andrew Jacobs, Jr. 90%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Harry Johnston 70%
J. Bennett Johnston 40%
Paul Kanjorski 73%
Nancy Landon Kassebaum 30%
Sue Kelly 27%
Dirk Kempthorne 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 80%
Joseph Kennedy II 73%
Patrick Kennedy 82%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 73%
Bob Kerrey 67%
Dale Kildee 73%
Jay Kim 27%
Gerald Kleczka 55%
Ronald Klink 73%
Scott Klug 18%
Joseph Knollenberg 18%
Herb Kohl 50%
James Kolbe 18%
Jon Kyl 22%
John LaFalce 82%
Ray LaHood 18%
Tom Lantos 70%
Stephen Largent 10%
Steve LaTourette 18%
Greg Laughlin 40%
Rick Lazio 18%
James Leach 18%
Jerry Lewis 27%
Ron Lewis 18%
Joe Lieberman 70%
Jim Lightfoot 10%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Linder 18%
William Lipinski 55%
Robert Livingston 18%
Trent Lott, Sr. 22%
Dick Lugar 20%
William Luther 55%
Connie Mack 22%
Thomas Manton 73%
Don Manzullo 18%
Matthew Martinez 90%
Frank Mascara 73%
Robert Matsui 82%
Karen McCarthy 73%
Bill McCollum 18%
James McCrery III 18%
Joseph McDade 20%
Paul McHale 55%
John McHugh 18%
Scott McInnis 27%
David McIntosh 18%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 60%
Martin Meehan 64%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 18%
Jan Meyers 30%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 18%
David Minge 45%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 91%
John Moakley 70%
Susan Molinari 20%
Alan Mollohan 64%
G.V. Montgomery 40%
Carlos Moorhead 10%
Constance Morella 36%
Carol Moseley Braun 60%
Patrick Moynihan 80%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Jack Murtha 64%
John Myers 20%
Sue Myrick 18%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 18%
Mark Neumann 18%
Robert William Ney 18%
Don Nickles 22%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 18%
Sam Nunn 50%
James Nussle 18%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 73%
John Olver 82%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
Bill Orton 50%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 18%
Ronald Packard 27%
Mike Parker 18%
William Paxon 18%
Donald Payne 100%
Lewis Payne, Jr. 40%
Claiborne Pell 80%
Pete Peterson 70%
Owen Pickett 55%
Richard Pombo 27%
Earl Pomeroy 64%
John Edward Porter 18%
Glenn Poshard 55%
Larry Pressler 30%
Deborah Pryce 18%
David Pryor 70%
James Quillen 10%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 18%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 18%
Bill Richardson 64%
Frank Duncan Riggs 18%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 64%
Charles Robb 60%
Timothy Roemer 55%
Charles Rose III 80%
Toby Roth 10%
William Roth, Jr. 44%
Marge Roukema 36%
Martin Olav Sabo 91%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Jim Saxton 27%
Joe Scarborough 27%
Daniel Schaefer 27%
Steven Schiff 18%
Patricia Schroeder 80%
John Shadegg 18%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 18%
Christopher Shays 27%
E.G. Shuster 18%
Paul Simon 80%
Alan Simpson 20%
Norman Sisisky 45%
David Skaggs 91%
Joseph Skeen 18%
Ike Skelton 30%
Linda Smith 20%
Nick Smith 18%
Bob Smith 22%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 18%
Mark Souder 27%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 64%
Pete Stark 78%
Cliff Stearns 18%
Charles Stenholm 36%
Ted Stevens 30%
Louis Stokes 100%
Gerry Studds 80%
Bob Stump 27%
Bart Stupak 73%
James Talent 18%
John Tanner 45%
William Tauzin 18%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 27%
Frank Tejeda 80%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 18%
Fred Thompson 30%
Ray Thornton 60%
Karen Thurman 70%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 18%
Peter Torkildsen 20%
Esteban Edward Torres 91%
Ed Towns 91%
James Traficant, Jr. 55%
Bruce Vento 91%
Harold Volkmer 80%
Barbara Vucanovich 20%
Robert Walker 10%
James Walsh 18%
Zach Wamp 18%
John Warner 20%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
David Weldon 18%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
Gerald Weller 18%
Paul Wellstone 80%
Rick White 18%
Pat Williams 80%
Charles Wilson 70%
Bob Wise, Jr. 64%
Lynn Woolsey 82%
Albert Wynn 91%
Sidney Yates 89%
Bill Zeliff 10%
Richard Zimmer 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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