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

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 27%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 27%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 27%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 7%
AZ U.S. House 5 Matthew Salmon Republican 18%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 73%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 18%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 91%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 91%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 91%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 18%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 91%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 82%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 18%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 45%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 91%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 45%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 27%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 27%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 18%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 82%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 91%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 18%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 91%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 18%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 13%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 27%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 36%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 91%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 36%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 36%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 36%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 93%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 91%
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 91%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 93%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 82%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 53%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 73%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 27%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 45%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 91%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 64%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 13%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 27%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 93%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 93%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 27%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 91%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 36%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 18%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 87%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 73%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 82%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 82%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 45%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 55%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 82%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 82%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 91%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 82%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 9%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 91%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 33%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 13%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 36%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 18%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 27%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 18%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 73%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 18%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 82%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 93%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 36%
SC U.S. House 1 Mark Sanford, Jr. Republican 36%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 91%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 18%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 73%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 91%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 91%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 27%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 91%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 27%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 93%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 18%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 91%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 82%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 82%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 18%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 18%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 91%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 13%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 20%
Gary Ackerman 91%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Wayne Allard 13%
Thomas Allen 91%
Bill Archer 18%
Richard Armey 18%
John Ashcroft 20%
Brian Baird 73%
Richard Hugh Baker 18%
John Baldacci 91%
Cass Ballenger 18%
James Barcia 73%
Robert Barr, Jr. 18%
Bill Barrett 27%
Roscoe Bartlett 18%
Charlie Bass 18%
Herbert Bateman 36%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Bennett 27%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 91%
Douglas Bereuter 45%
Shelley Berkley 82%
Howard Berman 91%
Marion Berry 82%
Judy Biggert 27%
Brian Bilbray 64%
Michael Bilirakis 36%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Rod Blagojevich 82%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 18%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 27%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 27%
Robert Borski, Jr. 73%
Leonard Boswell 55%
Rick Boucher 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 64%
John Breaux 100%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 18%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 27%
Dan Burton 18%
Steve Buyer 18%
Robert Byrd 93%
Herbert Callahan 27%
Ben Campbell 13%
Thomas Campbell 45%
Chris Cannon 36%
Julia Carson 82%
Mike Castle 64%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 36%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 73%
Michael Collins 18%
Larry Combest 18%
Gary Condit 82%
Kent Conrad 100%
Merrill Cook 27%
John Cooksey 36%
Jerry Costello 64%
Paul Coverdell 17%
Christopher Cox 18%
William Coyne 91%
Larry Craig 13%
Robert Cramer 64%
Philip Crane 18%
Barbara Cubin 18%
Randall Cunningham 18%
Patsy Ann Danner 55%
Thomas Daschle 100%
James Davis 82%
Thomas Davis III 45%
Bill Delahunt 91%
Thomas DeLay 18%
James DeMint 18%
Peter Deutsch 73%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 45%
Jay Dickey 18%
Norm Dicks 91%
Julian Dixon 82%
Chris Dodd 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 27%
Calvin Dooley 91%
John Doolittle 27%
Byron Dorgan 100%
David Dreier 18%
Jennifer Dunn 27%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 82%
Vern Ehlers 45%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 18%
Jo Ann Emerson 27%
Philip English 36%
Bob Etheridge 64%
Lane Evans 82%
Terry Everett 18%
Thomas Ewing 9%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 33%
Ernest Fletcher 18%
Mark Foley 45%
Michael Patrick Forbes 45%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 27%
Tillie Fowler 18%
Barney Frank 100%
Robert Franks 45%
William Frist 20%
Jonas Frost III 82%
Elton Gallegly 27%
John Ganske 55%
Sam Gejdenson 82%
George Gekas 9%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 73%
Jim Gibbons 36%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
Paul Gillmor 18%
Benjamin Gilman 45%
Charlie Gonzalez 82%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 36%
William Goodling 45%
Bart Gordon 55%
Slade Gorton 33%
Porter Goss 18%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 13%
Rodney Grams 13%
Mark Green 18%
James Greenwood 55%
Judd Gregg 13%
Gilbert Gutknecht 18%
Tony Hall 73%
James Hansen 18%
Robert Hayes 18%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 18%
Joel Hefley 27%
Jesse Helms 7%
Wally Herger, Jr. 18%
Baron Hill 64%
Rick Hill 27%
Van Hilleary 18%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 91%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 27%
Pete Hoekstra 36%
Thomas Holden 64%
Ernest Hollings 93%
Darlene Hooley 82%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 36%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 27%
Duncan Hunter 27%
Asa Hutchinson 36%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 20%
Kay Hutchison 20%
Henry Hyde 45%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 27%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 91%
James Merrill Jeffords 60%
William Lewis Jenkins 27%
Christopher John 64%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Paul Kanjorski 73%
Sue Kelly 36%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 91%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Dale Kildee 91%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 91%
Ronald Klink 82%
Joseph Knollenberg 18%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 27%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Steven Kuykendall 36%
Jon Kyl 20%
John LaFalce 91%
Ray LaHood 45%
Nicholas Lampson 73%
Tom Lantos 82%
Stephen Largent 18%
Steve LaTourette 45%
Rick Lazio 36%
James Leach 64%
Jerry Lewis 27%
Ron Lewis 18%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 18%
William Lipinski 64%
Trent Lott, Sr. 13%
Dick Lugar 47%
William Luther 82%
Connie Mack 40%
James Maloney 73%
Don Manzullo 27%
Matthew Martinez 91%
Frank Mascara 73%
Robert Matsui 91%
Karen McCarthy 82%
Bill McCollum 18%
James McCrery III 18%
John McHugh 45%
Scott McInnis 27%
David McIntosh 18%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 91%
Martin Meehan 91%
Carrie Meek 100%
Jack Metcalf 27%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 27%
David Minge 64%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 91%
Alan Mollohan 73%
Dennis Moore 82%
Constance Morella 91%
Patrick Moynihan 93%
Frank Murkowski 20%
Jack Murtha 73%
Sue Myrick 18%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 27%
Robert William Ney 45%
Don Nickles 13%
Anne Northup 27%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 27%
James Nussle 9%
Jim Oberstar 82%
Dave Obey 82%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 73%
Doug Ose 27%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 18%
Ronald Packard 18%
Ron Paul 27%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 36%
John Peterson 18%
David Phelps 55%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 18%
Owen Pickett 73%
Richard Pombo 27%
Earl Pomeroy 73%
John Edward Porter 45%
Deborah Pryce 18%
Jack Quinn 64%
George Radanovich 18%
James Ramstad 36%
Ralph Regula 27%
Silvestre Reyes 73%
Thomas Reynolds 27%
Bob Riley 18%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 91%
Charles Robb 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Timothy Roemer 64%
James Rogan 27%
William Roth, Jr. 40%
Steve Rothman 73%
Marge Roukema 45%
Jim Ryun 9%
Martin Olav Sabo 91%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 82%
Rick Santorum 27%
Paul Sarbanes 93%
Jim Saxton 36%
Joe Scarborough 27%
John Shadegg 18%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 36%
Christopher Shays 55%
Donald Sherwood 36%
Ronnie Shows 55%
E.G. Shuster 18%
Norman Sisisky 82%
Joseph Skeen 27%
Ike Skelton 64%
Gordon Smith 40%
Nick Smith 18%
Bob Smith 13%
Olympia Snowe 60%
Vic Snyder 91%
Mark Souder 36%
Arlen Specter 73%
Floyd Spence 27%
John Spratt, Jr. 91%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 18%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 40%
Ted Strickland 82%
Bob Stump 18%
Bart Stupak 91%
John Sununu 18%
John Sweeney 36%
James Talent 18%
Tom Tancredo 18%
John Tanner 73%
Ellen Tauscher 73%
William Tauzin 18%
Charles Taylor 18%
Gene Taylor 36%
Craig Thomas 13%
William Thomas 18%
Fred Thompson 27%
Karen Thurman 82%
Strom Thurmond 20%
Todd Tiahrt 27%
Robert Torricelli 93%
Ed Towns 100%
James Traficant, Jr. 45%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 91%
James Turner 64%
Bruce Vento 73%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 45%
Zach Wamp 36%
John Warner 40%
Wesley Watkins 18%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 18%
Anthony Weiner 82%
David Weldon 27%
W. Curtis Weldon 45%
Gerald Weller 27%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 82%
Bob Weygand 91%
Heather Wilson 55%
Bob Wise, Jr. 73%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 73%
Albert Wynn 91%

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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