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Special Interest Groups

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

2000 Positions

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

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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