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

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 93%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 13%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 7%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 93%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 27%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 40%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 93%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 93%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 87%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 53%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 27%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 93%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 27%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 87%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 87%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 93%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 27%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 13%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 20%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 93%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 40%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 93%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 13%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 27%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 93%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 93%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 53%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 27%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 87%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 27%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 27%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 40%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 93%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 93%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 87%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 53%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 87%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 47%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 67%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 87%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 47%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 87%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 87%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 27%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 93%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 47%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 27%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 93%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 20%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 53%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 87%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 27%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 93%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 93%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 87%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 93%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 93%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 40%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 93%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 87%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 33%
Gary Ackerman 93%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 13%
Thomas Allen 93%
Richard Armey 20%
Brian Baird 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
John Baldacci 93%
Cass Ballenger 20%
James Barcia 73%
Robert Barr, Jr. 20%
Roscoe Bartlett 20%
Charlie Bass 27%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 27%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 93%
Douglas Bereuter 40%
Shelley Berkley 87%
Howard Berman 93%
Marion Berry 80%
Judy Biggert 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 87%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 27%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Robert Borski, Jr. 80%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Rick Boucher 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 53%
John Breaux 100%
Ed Bryant 27%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 27%
Dan Burton 13%
Steve Buyer 20%
Robert Byrd 93%
Herbert Callahan 27%
Ben Campbell 13%
Chris Cannon 33%
Julia Carson 87%
Mike Castle 73%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 80%
Michael Collins 20%
Larry Combest 20%
Gary Condit 80%
Kent Conrad 100%
John Cooksey 33%
Jerry Costello 73%
Christopher Cox 20%
William Coyne 93%
Larry Craig 13%
Robert Cramer 60%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 27%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 87%
Thomas Davis III 47%
Bill Delahunt 93%
Thomas DeLay 20%
James DeMint 20%
Peter Deutsch 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 47%
Norm Dicks 87%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 27%
Calvin Dooley 93%
John Doolittle 27%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 27%
Jennifer Dunn 33%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 87%
Vern Ehlers 53%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 27%
Jo Ann Emerson 27%
Philip English 47%
Bob Etheridge 73%
Lane Evans 87%
Terry Everett 20%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 27%
Mark Foley 53%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 33%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 87%
Elton Gallegly 40%
John Ganske 60%
George Gekas 13%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 80%
Jim Gibbons 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 53%
Paul Gillmor 20%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
Charlie Gonzalez 87%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bart Gordon 67%
Porter Goss 20%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 13%
Mark Green 20%
James Greenwood 60%
Judd Gregg 13%
Gilbert Gutknecht 27%
Tony Hall 80%
James Hansen 20%
Robert Hayes 27%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 27%
Jesse Helms 7%
Wally Herger, Jr. 20%
Baron Hill 60%
Van Hilleary 27%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 93%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Thomas Holden 67%
Ernest Hollings 93%
Darlene Hooley 87%
Stephen Horn 67%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 53%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Duncan Hunter 27%
Asa Hutchinson 33%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 47%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 27%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 93%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 33%
Christopher John 67%
Nancy Johnson 53%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Sue Kelly 53%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 93%
Dale Kildee 93%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 93%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 40%
Dennis Kucinich 93%
Jon Kyl 20%
John LaFalce 93%
Ray LaHood 47%
Nicholas Lampson 80%
Tom Lantos 87%
Stephen Largent 27%
Steve LaTourette 53%
James Leach 73%
Jerry Lewis 27%
Ron Lewis 20%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 20%
William Lipinski 60%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
Dick Lugar 47%
William Luther 87%
James Maloney 73%
Don Manzullo 27%
Frank Mascara 80%
Robert Matsui 93%
Karen McCarthy 87%
James McCrery III 27%
John McHugh 47%
Scott McInnis 27%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 80%
Martin Meehan 93%
Carrie Meek 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 27%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 93%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Dennis Moore 87%
Constance Morella 93%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Jack Murtha 80%
Sue Myrick 27%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 33%
Robert William Ney 40%
Don Nickles 13%
Anne Northup 20%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 27%
James Nussle 27%
Jim Oberstar 87%
Dave Obey 87%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Doug Ose 27%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 20%
Ron Paul 27%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 20%
David Phelps 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 27%
Richard Pombo 27%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Deborah Pryce 27%
Jack Quinn 60%
George Radanovich 13%
James Ramstad 47%
Ralph Regula 33%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 27%
Bob Riley 20%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 93%
Ciro Rodriguez 93%
Timothy Roemer 67%
Steve Rothman 80%
Marge Roukema 47%
Jim Ryun 13%
Martin Olav Sabo 93%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 87%
Rick Santorum 27%
Paul Sarbanes 93%
Jim Saxton 40%
Joe Scarborough 27%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 67%
Donald Sherwood 40%
Ronnie Shows 53%
Joseph Skeen 27%
Ike Skelton 73%
Gordon Smith 40%
Nick Smith 13%
Bob Smith 13%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 93%
Mark Souder 33%
Arlen Specter 73%
Floyd Spence 27%
John Spratt, Jr. 93%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Charles Stenholm 60%
Ted Stevens 40%
Ted Strickland 87%
Bob Stump 20%
Bart Stupak 93%
John Sununu 33%
John Sweeney 33%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 73%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 20%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 20%
Fred Thompson 27%
Karen Thurman 87%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 27%
Robert Torricelli 93%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 53%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 93%
James Turner 73%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 47%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 40%
Wesley Watkins 20%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 20%
Anthony Weiner 87%
David Weldon 27%
W. Curtis Weldon 40%
Gerald Weller 33%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 87%
Heather Wilson 47%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 93%

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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