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

1999 Positions

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

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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