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

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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