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

2003-2004 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%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 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%
Barney Frank 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy 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%
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%
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%
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%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
Evan Bayh 97%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 97%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 97%
Jon Corzine 97%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 97%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 97%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 97%
Russ Feingold 97%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 97%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 97%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 97%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 97%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 97%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 97%
Herb Kohl 97%
Tom Lantos 97%
Frank Lautenberg 97%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 97%
Robert Matsui 97%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 97%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 97%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 97%
Martin Olav Sabo 97%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 97%
Paul Sarbanes 97%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 97%
Ellen Tauscher 97%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 97%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 97%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 94%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 94%
Kent Conrad 94%
Byron Dorgan 94%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 94%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 93%
Thomas Allen 93%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 93%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 93%
Artur Davis 93%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 93%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 93%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 93%
Lane Evans 93%
Charlie Gonzalez 93%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 93%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 93%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 93%
Patrick Kennedy 93%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 93%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 93%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 93%
Brad Miller 93%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 93%
Steve Rothman 93%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 93%
Vic Snyder 93%
Pete Stark 93%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 93%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 93%
Diane Watson 93%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 91%
Daniel Inouye 91%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 91%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 91%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
Shelley Berkley 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Norm Dicks 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 90%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
Bob Etheridge 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
Maurice Hinchey 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Major Owens 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 90%
Donald Payne 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 90%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Lynn Woolsey 90%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 88%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 87%
Howard Berman 87%
Leonard Boswell 87%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 87%
Julia Carson 87%
Edward Case 87%
Jerry Costello 87%
James Davis 87%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 87%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 87%
Martin Meehan 87%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 87%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 87%
Mike Ross 87%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 87%
Ted Strickland 87%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 87%
Robert Wexler 87%
David Wu 87%
James Merrill Jeffords 85%
Blanche Lincoln 85%
Brian Baird 83%
Marion Berry 83%
Dennis Cardoza 83%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 83%
Jane Harman 83%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 83%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 83%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 83%
Dave Obey 83%
Earl Pomeroy 83%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 83%
Silvestre Reyes 83%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
Gary Ackerman 80%
Chet Edwards 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 80%
John Tanner 80%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 77%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 77%
Thomas Holden 77%
Alan Mollohan 77%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 77%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 77%
Bart Stupak 77%
Rick Boucher 73%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 73%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 73%
Jim Marshall 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
Ike Skelton 73%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 73%
Lincoln Davis 70%
Bart Gordon 70%
James Leach 70%
Jack Murtha 70%
Robert Cramer 67%
Ben Nelson 61%
Gene Taylor 60%
Mike Castle 53%
James Ramstad 53%
Christopher Shays 53%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 50%
Tim Johnson 50%
Judy Biggert 47%
Nancy Johnson 47%
Sue Kelly 47%
Charlie Bass 43%
Sherwood Boehlert 43%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 43%
Steve LaTourette 43%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 43%
John McHugh 43%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 43%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 43%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 43%
Heather Wilson 43%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 42%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 42%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 40%
Philip English 40%
Michael Ferguson 40%
Mark Green 40%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 40%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 40%
Robert William Ney 40%
James Nussle 40%
Jon Porter, Sr. 40%
Jim Saxton 40%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 40%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 37%
Thomas Davis III 37%
Vern Ehlers 37%
Mark Foley 37%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 37%
Wayne Gilchrest 37%
Paul Gillmor 37%
Katherine Harris 37%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 37%
James Kolbe 37%
Ray LaHood 37%
Thaddeus McCotter 37%
Thomas William Osborne 37%
Michael Oxley 37%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 37%
Todd Platts 37%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 37%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 37%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 37%
James Walsh 37%
Gerald Weller 37%
Roscoe Bartlett 33%
Bob Beauprez 33%
Michael Bilirakis 33%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 33%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 33%
Melissa Hart 33%
John Nathan Hostettler 33%
Mark Kennedy 33%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 33%
Ron Lewis 33%
Don Manzullo 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 33%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 33%
Ron Paul 33%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 33%
Richard Pombo 33%
George Radanovich 33%
Denny Rehberg 33%
Richard Renzi 33%
Jim Ryun 33%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 33%
Donald Sherwood 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
John Sweeney 33%
Tom Tancredo 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
W. Curtis Weldon 33%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 30%
J. Gresham Barrett 30%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 30%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 30%
Henry Brown, Jr. 30%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 30%
Dan Burton 30%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 30%
Chris Chocola 30%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 30%
Jo Ann Davis 30%
James DeMint 30%
Jo Ann Emerson 30%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Elton Gallegly 30%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 30%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 30%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 30%
Joel Hefley 30%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 30%
Wally Herger, Jr. 30%
David Lee Hobson 30%
Pete Hoekstra 30%
Duncan Hunter 30%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 30%
Joseph Knollenberg 30%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 30%
James McCrery III 30%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 30%
Marilyn Musgrave 30%
Anne Northup 30%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 30%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 30%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 30%
John Peterson 30%
Deborah Pryce 30%
Ralph Regula 30%
Thomas Reynolds 30%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 30%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 30%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 30%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 30%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 30%
Mark Souder 30%
William Thomas 30%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 30%
Zach Wamp 30%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 30%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 30%
Todd Akin 27%
Richard Hugh Baker 27%
Henry Bonilla 27%
Chris Cannon 27%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 27%
Christopher Cox 27%
Barbara Cubin 27%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 27%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 27%
John Doolittle 27%
David Dreier 27%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 27%
Terry Everett 27%
Tom Feeney 27%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 27%
Jim Gibbons 27%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 27%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 27%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 27%
Robert Hayes 27%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 27%
Kenny Hulshof 27%
Henry Hyde 27%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 27%
Ric Keller 27%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 27%
Jerry Lewis 27%
John Linder 27%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 27%
Sue Myrick 27%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 27%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 27%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 27%
John Sullivan 27%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 27%
David Weldon 27%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 27%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 24%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 24%
John Warner 24%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 23%
Ginny Brown-Waite 23%
Steve Buyer 23%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 23%
Thomas DeLay 23%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 23%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 23%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 23%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 23%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 23%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 23%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 23%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 23%
John Shadegg 23%
Charles Taylor 23%
Norm Coleman 21%
Arlen Specter 21%
George Voinovich 21%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Bob Bennett 18%
Kay Hutchison 18%
Dick Lugar 18%
Gordon Smith 18%
Judd Gregg 15%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
Ted Stevens 15%
James Talent 15%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 12%
George Allen 12%
Kit Bond 12%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 12%
Jim Bunning 12%
Conrad Burns 12%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 12%
Elizabeth Dole 12%
John Ensign 12%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 12%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 12%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 12%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 12%
John Sununu 12%
Wayne Allard 9%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 9%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 9%
William Frist 9%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 9%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 6%
Larry Craig 6%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 6%
Jon Kyl 6%
Trent Lott, Sr. 6%
Rick Santorum 6%
Craig Thomas 6%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 3%

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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