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

2001 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 79%
Gary Ackerman 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 21%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
Todd Akin 29%
Wayne Allard 9%
George Allen 27%
Thomas Allen 79%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 79%
Richard Armey 21%
Joe Baca, Sr. 93%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 21%
Brian Baird 79%
Richard Hugh Baker 21%
John Baldacci 86%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Cass Ballenger 21%
James Barcia 93%
Robert Barr, Jr. 21%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 93%
Roscoe Bartlett 29%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 36%
Charlie Bass 21%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 73%
Evan Bayh 91%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 14%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 71%
Douglas Bereuter 36%
Shelley Berkley 93%
Howard Berman 86%
Marion Berry 64%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 29%
Michael Bilirakis 36%
Jeff Bingaman 95%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 71%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 93%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 29%
Sherwood Boehlert 29%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 21%
Kit Bond 9%
Henry Bonilla 21%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 21%
Robert Borski, Jr. 93%
Leonard Boswell 86%
Rick Boucher 93%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 86%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 21%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 93%
John Breaux 59%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 86%
Henry Brown, Jr. 21%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 9%
Ed Bryant 21%
Jim Bunning 9%
Conrad Burns 18%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 29%
Dan Burton 21%
Steve Buyer 21%
Robert Byrd 77%
Herbert Callahan 21%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 21%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 14%
Ben Campbell 36%
Chris Cannon 21%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 29%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 86%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 86%
Jean Carnahan 91%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 86%
Brad Carson 71%
Julia Carson 86%
Mike Castle 29%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 29%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 21%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 93%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 91%
Robert Clement 71%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 86%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 36%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 18%
Michael Collins 14%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
Larry Combest 21%
Gary Condit 71%
Kent Conrad 91%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
John Cooksey 21%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 86%
Christopher Cox 21%
William Coyne 93%
Larry Craig 9%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 21%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 21%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 86%
Barbara Cubin 14%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 29%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 93%
Randall Cunningham 21%
Thomas Daschle 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 86%
Jo Ann Davis 29%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 86%
Thomas Davis III 29%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 21%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 86%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 86%
Bill Delahunt 79%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 93%
Thomas DeLay 21%
James DeMint 21%
Peter Deutsch 79%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 23%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 21%
Norm Dicks 79%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 79%
Chris Dodd 86%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 86%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 18%
Calvin Dooley 64%
John Doolittle 29%
Byron Dorgan 91%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 93%
David Dreier 21%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 29%
Jennifer Dunn 21%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
John Edwards 95%
Chet Edwards 79%
Vern Ehlers 21%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 21%
Jo Ann Emerson 29%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 71%
Philip English 29%
John Ensign 32%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 79%
Bob Etheridge 79%
Lane Evans 86%
Terry Everett 21%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 93%
Russ Feingold 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 91%
Michael Ferguson 21%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 86%
Peter Fitzgerald 27%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 21%
Ernest Fletcher 21%
Mark Foley 21%
Harold Ford, Jr. 86%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 14%
Barney Frank 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 21%
William Frist 9%
Jonas Frost III 93%
Elton Gallegly 21%
John Ganske 43%
George Gekas 29%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 86%
Jim Gibbons 29%
Wayne Gilchrest 36%
Paul Gillmor 29%
Benjamin Gilman 36%
Charlie Gonzalez 71%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 29%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 21%
Bart Gordon 71%
Porter Goss 21%
Daniel Graham 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 29%
William Phillip Gramm 9%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 21%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 18%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 29%
Mark Green 21%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 86%
James Greenwood 21%
Judd Gregg 9%
Felix Grucci, Jr. 29%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 93%
Gilbert Gutknecht 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 29%
Tony Hall 64%
James Hansen 21%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 79%
Melissa Hart 21%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 21%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
Robert Hayes 21%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 21%
Joel Hefley 36%
Jesse Helms 9%
Wally Herger, Jr. 14%
Baron Hill 86%
Van Hilleary 21%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 100%
Maurice Hinchey 93%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 93%
David Lee Hobson 29%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 86%
Pete Hoekstra 29%
Thomas Holden 93%
Ernest Hollings 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 93%
Darlene Hooley 86%
Stephen Horn 29%
John Nathan Hostettler 29%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 21%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 86%
Kenny Hulshof 29%
Duncan Hunter 14%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 23%
Kay Hutchison 23%
Henry Hyde 29%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 5%
Daniel Inouye 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 86%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 21%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 79%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 29%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 36%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 93%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 93%
William Jefferson 93%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 21%
Christopher John 50%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 86%
Nancy Johnson 36%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 21%
Tim Johnson 36%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 36%
Paul Kanjorski 86%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 71%
Ric Keller 21%
Sue Kelly 29%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Mark Kennedy 36%
Patrick Kennedy 86%
Brian Kerns 29%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 86%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 21%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 21%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 29%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 21%
Herb Kohl 82%
James Kolbe 21%
Dennis Kucinich 86%
Jon Kyl 9%
John LaFalce 86%
Ray LaHood 29%
Nicholas Lampson 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 91%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 86%
Tom Lantos 86%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 79%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 21%
Steve LaTourette 21%
James Leach 43%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 93%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
Jerry Lewis 21%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 93%
Ron Lewis 21%
Joe Lieberman 91%
Blanche Lincoln 86%
John Linder 21%
William Lipinski 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 86%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 93%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 36%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 36%
Dick Lugar 14%
William Luther 64%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 71%
James Maloney 79%
Don Manzullo 29%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 93%
Frank Mascara 86%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 71%
Robert Matsui 93%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 23%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 86%
Karen McCarthy 86%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 93%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 18%
James McCrery III 21%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 29%
Scott McInnis 21%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 21%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 93%
Michael McNulty 86%
Martin Meehan 79%
Carrie Meek 71%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 21%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 79%
Dan Miller 21%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 21%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 86%
Zell Bryan Miller 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 93%
Alan Mollohan 71%
Dennis Moore 79%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 29%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 79%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 36%
Constance Morella 50%
Frank Murkowski 14%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 86%
Sue Myrick 29%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 93%
Ben Nelson 64%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 95%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 21%
Robert William Ney 29%
Don Nickles 9%
Anne Northup 21%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 21%
James Nussle 21%
Jim Oberstar 93%
Dave Obey 93%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 86%
Thomas William Osborne 29%
Doug Ose 29%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 29%
Major Owens 93%
Michael Oxley 21%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 93%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 36%
Donald Payne 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 93%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 29%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57%
John Peterson 21%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 29%
David Phelps 71%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 21%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 29%
Todd Platts 29%
Richard Pombo 43%
Earl Pomeroy 79%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 21%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 79%
Deborah Pryce 29%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 36%
Jack Quinn 21%
George Radanovich 21%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 86%
James Ramstad 36%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 93%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 29%
Denny Rehberg 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Silvestre Reyes 86%
Thomas Reynolds 29%
Bob Riley 29%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 93%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 14%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 95%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 79%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 21%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 29%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 29%
Mike Ross 71%
Steve Rothman 93%
Marge Roukema 29%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 21%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 86%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 29%
Jim Ryun 29%
Martin Olav Sabo 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 79%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 93%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 79%
Rick Santorum 9%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 93%
Jim Saxton 21%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 29%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 79%
Edward Schrock 21%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 36%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 86%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 21%
John Shadegg 36%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 21%
Christopher Shays 43%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 93%
Donald Sherwood 21%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 29%
Ronnie Shows 64%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 29%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 29%
Joseph Skeen 21%
Ike Skelton 64%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 86%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 71%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 36%
Gordon Smith 41%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 21%
Nick Smith 36%
Bob Smith 9%
Olympia Snowe 41%
Vic Snyder 64%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 21%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 79%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 86%
Cliff Stearns 29%
Charles Stenholm 57%
Ted Stevens 14%
Ted Strickland 93%
Bob Stump 21%
Bart Stupak 86%
John Sununu 21%
John Sweeney 29%
Tom Tancredo 29%
John Tanner 57%
Ellen Tauscher 86%
William Tauzin 21%
Charles Taylor 21%
Gene Taylor 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 29%
Craig Thomas 14%
William Thomas 21%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 93%
Fred Thompson 9%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 86%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 21%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 29%
Karen Thurman 93%
Strom Thurmond 9%
Todd Tiahrt 21%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 21%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 93%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 36%
Robert Torricelli 91%
Ed Towns 86%
James Traficant, Jr. 36%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 93%
James Turner 71%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 86%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 79%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 93%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 29%
George Voinovich 9%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 29%
James Walsh 21%
Zach Wamp 29%
John Warner 32%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Wesley Watkins 21%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 21%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 86%
Anthony Weiner 93%
David Weldon 29%
W. Curtis Weldon 21%
Gerald Weller 21%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 79%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 21%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 21%
Heather Wilson 29%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 21%
Lynn Woolsey 93%
David Wu 79%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
Albert Wynn 86%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 29%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 14%

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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