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

2007-2008 Positions on Civil Rights and Social Justice Issues

State Office District Name Party Rating
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
Barney Frank 100%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Herb Kohl 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
Brad Miller 100%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
John Olver 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 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%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
Gary Ackerman 98%
Howard Berman 98%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 98%
Russ Carnahan 98%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 98%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 98%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 98%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 98%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 98%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 98%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 98%
Charlie Gonzalez 98%
Maurice Hinchey 98%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 98%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 98%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 98%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 98%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 98%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 98%
Steve Rothman 98%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 98%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 98%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 98%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 98%
Bart Stupak 98%
Ed Towns 98%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 98%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 98%
Diane Watson 98%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 98%
Anthony Weiner 98%
Robert Wexler 98%
David Wu 98%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 98%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 97%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 97%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 97%
Byron Dorgan 97%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 97%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 97%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 97%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 97%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 97%
Ken Salazar 97%
Jim Webb, Jr. 97%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
Michael Arcuri 95%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
Norm Dicks 95%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
Chet Edwards 95%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
John Hall 95%
Phil Hare 95%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 95%
Paul Hodes 95%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 95%
Ron Klein 95%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 95%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 95%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 95%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
Dave Obey 95%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 95%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
Hilda Solis 95%
Pete Stark 95%
Betty Sutton 95%
Ellen Tauscher 95%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 93%
Brian Baird 93%
Evan Bayh 93%
Shelley Berkley 93%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 93%
Ben Chandler III 93%
Jerry Costello 93%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 93%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 93%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 93%
Bob Etheridge 93%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 93%
Jane Harman 93%
Daniel Inouye 93%
Steve Kagen 93%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 93%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 93%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 93%
Alan Mollohan 93%
Dennis Moore 93%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 93%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
Jack Murtha 93%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 93%
Earl Pomeroy 93%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 93%
Ciro Rodriguez 93%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 93%
Ike Skelton 93%
Vic Snyder 93%
Zack Space 93%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 93%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 93%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 93%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
Melissa Bean 90%
Marion Berry 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 90%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 90%
Kent Conrad 90%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 90%
Thomas Holden 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 90%
Patrick Murphy 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Silvestre Reyes 90%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 90%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 88%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 88%
Dennis Cardoza 88%
Artur Davis 88%
Gabrielle Giffords 88%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 88%
Paul Kanjorski 88%
Harry Mitchell 88%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 88%
Mike Ross 88%
John Tanner 88%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 88%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 86%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 86%
Jason Altmire 85%
Lincoln Davis 85%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 85%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 85%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 85%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 85%
Leonard Boswell 83%
Bart Gordon 83%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 83%
Blanche Lincoln 83%
Ben Nelson 83%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83%
Robert Byrd 80%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 80%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 80%
Olympia Snowe 80%
Christopher Carney 78%
Brad Ellsworth 78%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 78%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 78%
Arlen Specter 76%
Dan Boren 75%
Steve LaTourette 75%
Jim Marshall 75%
Heath Shuler 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
Mike Castle 73%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
Gene Taylor 73%
Norm Coleman 69%
John McHugh 68%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 68%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 68%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 66%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 66%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 65%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 65%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 63%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 63%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 63%
Jo Ann Emerson 63%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 63%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 63%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 60%
Dick Lugar 59%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 59%
George Voinovich 59%
Ray LaHood 55%
Todd Platts 55%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 53%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 53%
Judy Biggert 50%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Thaddeus McCotter 50%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 50%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
Mary Bono Mack 48%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 48%
Tim Johnson 48%
Denny Rehberg 48%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 48%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 45%
Bob Bennett 45%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 45%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 45%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 45%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 45%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 43%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 43%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 43%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 43%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 41%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 41%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 40%
Jerry Lewis 40%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 40%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 38%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 38%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 38%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 38%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 38%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 38%
Kay Hutchison 38%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 38%
Melquiades Martinez 38%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 38%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 38%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 38%
Jean Schmidt 38%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 38%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 38%
Henry Brown, Jr. 35%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 35%
David Dreier 35%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 35%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 35%
Todd Tiahrt 35%
Kit Bond 34%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 34%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 34%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 33%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 33%
Ginny Brown-Waite 33%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 33%
Geoff Davis 33%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 33%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 30%
Steve Buyer 30%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 30%
Sue Myrick 30%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 30%
Mark Souder 30%
Cliff Stearns 30%
Zach Wamp 30%
Brian Bilbray 28%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 28%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 28%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 28%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 28%
Elton Gallegly 28%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 28%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 28%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 28%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 28%
Dan Lungren 28%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 28%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 28%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 28%
Roscoe Bartlett 25%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 25%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 25%
John Sullivan 25%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 25%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 24%
Judd Gregg 24%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 23%
Dan Burton 23%
Don Manzullo 23%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 23%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 23%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 23%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 23%
Todd Akin 20%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. 20%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 20%
George Radanovich 20%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 20%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 18%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 18%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 18%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 18%
Jim Bunning 17%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 15%
Connie Mack IV 15%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 15%
John Ensign 14%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 14%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 13%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10%
John Linder 10%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 10%
John Shadegg 10%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 10%
J. Gresham Barrett 8%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 8%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 8%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 3%
Jon Kyl 3%
James DeMint 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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