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Special Interest Groups

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

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 19%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 25%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 7%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 25%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 85%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 15%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 11%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 89%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 93%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 85%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 85%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 4%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 15%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 15%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 30%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 7%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 96%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 25%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 7%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 20%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 95%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 40%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 7%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 7%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 75%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 80%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 96%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 20%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
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 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 95%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 85%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 30%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 30%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 25%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 95%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 20%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 4%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 20%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 96%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 19%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 85%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 30%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 30%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 35%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 25%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 25%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 7%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 30%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 96%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 35%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 30%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 95%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 95%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 30%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 20%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 11%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 15%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 75%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 20%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 7%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 25%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 7%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 85%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 70%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 95%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 35%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 15%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 15%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 40%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 85%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 7%
Gary Ackerman 80%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 20%
Wayne Allard 7%
George Allen 7%
Thomas Allen 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
Brian Baird 85%
Richard Hugh Baker 20%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 95%
Cass Ballenger 25%
J. Gresham Barrett 25%
Roscoe Bartlett 25%
Charlie Bass 35%
Evan Bayh 96%
Bob Beauprez 25%
Chris Bell 90%
Bob Bennett 11%
Douglas Bereuter 35%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Howard Berman 90%
Marion Berry 90%
Judy Biggert 40%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 7%
Henry Bonilla 20%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Leonard Boswell 90%
Rick Boucher 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
John Breaux 85%
Henry Brown, Jr. 25%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Jim Bunning 7%
Conrad Burns 7%
Max Burns 20%
Dan Burton 15%
Steve Buyer 15%
Robert Byrd 100%
Ben Campbell 22%
Chris Cannon 25%
Dennis Cardoza 90%
Brad Carson 85%
Julia Carson 100%
Edward Case 85%
Mike Castle 45%
Chris Chocola 25%
Hillary Clinton 100%
Norm Coleman 15%
Michael Collins 15%
Kent Conrad 93%
Jon Corzine 96%
Jerry Costello 90%
Christopher Cox 20%
Larry Craig 4%
Robert Cramer 65%
Philip Crane 20%
Barbara Cubin 15%
Randall Cunningham 25%
Thomas Daschle 100%
Artur Davis 95%
James Davis 85%
Jo Ann Davis 20%
Lincoln Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 15%
James DeMint 30%
Peter Deutsch 90%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Norm Dicks 95%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 7%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 4%
Calvin Dooley 70%
John Doolittle 25%
Byron Dorgan 93%
David Dreier 20%
Jennifer Dunn 25%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 30%
Jo Ann Emerson 25%
Philip English 35%
John Ensign 7%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 20%
Tom Feeney 20%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 30%
Peter Fitzgerald 4%
Mark Foley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 25%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 4%
Jonas Frost III 95%
Elton Gallegly 25%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 35%
Charlie Gonzalez 95%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 15%
Bart Gordon 70%
Porter Goss 25%
Mark Green 35%
James Greenwood 30%
Judd Gregg 7%
Gilbert Gutknecht 25%
Jane Harman 80%
Katherine Harris 25%
Melissa Hart 25%
Robert Hayes 15%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 20%
Joel Hefley 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. 25%
Baron Hill 80%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
David Lee Hobson 25%
Pete Hoekstra 20%
Thomas Holden 75%
Ernest Hollings 96%
Darlene Hooley 90%
John Nathan Hostettler 30%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 35%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Duncan Hunter 20%
Kay Hutchison 15%
Henry Hyde 15%
Daniel Inouye 89%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 15%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Janklow 20%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 85%
William Lewis Jenkins 10%
Christopher John 55%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Tim Johnson 50%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Ric Keller 20%
Sue Kelly 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 96%
Mark Kennedy 25%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Gerald Kleczka 95%
Joseph Knollenberg 25%
Herb Kohl 96%
James Kolbe 30%
Jon Kyl 4%
Ray LaHood 30%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 95%
Steve LaTourette 40%
Frank Lautenberg 96%
James Leach 65%
Jerry Lewis 20%
Ron Lewis 30%
Blanche Lincoln 89%
John Linder 25%
William Lipinski 65%
Trent Lott, Sr. 4%
Dick Lugar 7%
Denise Majette 95%
Don Manzullo 25%
Jim Marshall 75%
Robert Matsui 95%
Karen McCarthy 75%
Thaddeus McCotter 30%
James McCrery III 25%
John McHugh 40%
Scott McInnis 20%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 95%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 95%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Brad Miller 95%
Zell Bryan Miller 15%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jack Murtha 75%
Marilyn Musgrave 20%
Sue Myrick 20%
Ben Nelson 63%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 30%
Robert William Ney 35%
Don Nickles 4%
Anne Northup 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 40%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 85%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Thomas William Osborne 35%
Doug Ose 25%
Major Owens 85%
Michael Oxley 30%
Ron Paul 40%
Donald Payne 90%
John Peterson 25%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 30%
Todd Platts 30%
Richard Pombo 25%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
Jon Porter, Sr. 25%
Deborah Pryce 25%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 25%
James Ramstad 50%
Ralph Regula 25%
Denny Rehberg 25%
Richard Renzi 25%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
Thomas Reynolds 25%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Mike Ross 90%
Steve Rothman 90%
Jim Ryun 25%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 85%
Rick Santorum 4%
Paul Sarbanes 96%
Jim Saxton 30%
Edward Schrock 15%
John Shadegg 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 45%
Donald Sherwood 30%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 35%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 7%
Nick Smith 25%
Olympia Snowe 22%
Vic Snyder 95%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 15%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 7%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sullivan 15%
John Sununu 11%
John Sweeney 30%
James Talent 11%
Tom Tancredo 25%
John Tanner 85%
Ellen Tauscher 95%
William Tauzin 25%
Charles Taylor 15%
Gene Taylor 65%
Craig Thomas 4%
William Thomas 25%
Todd Tiahrt 25%
Ed Towns 85%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 95%
George Voinovich 11%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 25%
John Warner 7%
Diane Watson 95%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 25%
Gerald Weller 25%
Robert Wexler 90%
Heather Wilson 35%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
David Wu 85%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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