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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

1997 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 86%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 86%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 71%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 86%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 8%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 0%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 85%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 8%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 43%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 86%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 77%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 86%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 57%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 71%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 86%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 14%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 14%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 29%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 29%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 14%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 43%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 85%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 69%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 41%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 69%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 62%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 18%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 23%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 29%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 29%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 92%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 77%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 50%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 92%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 41%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 86%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 15%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 46%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 77%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 29%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 23%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 23%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 77%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 0%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 8%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 69%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 85%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 71%
Wayne Allard 86%
Thomas Allen 8%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 86%
Henry Scott Baesler 92%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 8%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 77%
Robert Barr, Jr. 100%
William Barrett 92%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 62%
Marion Berry 100%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Rod Blagojevich 8%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 54%
Kit Bond 71%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Sonny Bono 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 62%
Carol Moseley Braun 0%
John Breaux 43%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Richard Bryan 43%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 43%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 86%
Thomas Campbell 85%
Chris Cannon 100%
Walter Holden Capps 0%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 15%
John Chafee 29%
Helen Chenoweth 100%
Jon Lynn Christensen 92%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 14%
Robert Clement 18%
Mac Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 92%
Merrill Cook 92%
John Cooksey 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 92%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 69%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 57%
Patsy Ann Danner 100%
Thomas Daschle 29%
James Davis 0%
Thomas Davis III 46%
Bill Delahunt 9%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Ronald Dellums 0%
Peter Deutsch 15%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 85%
Jay Dickey 100%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 71%
Calvin Dooley 46%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 57%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 77%
Vern Ehlers 15%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Philip English 38%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 18%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 62%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 57%
Harris Fawell 15%
Victor Fazio 23%
Russ Feingold 0%
Thomas Foglietta 0%
Mark Foley 91%
Michael Patrick Forbes 27%
Harold Ford, Jr. 15%
Wendell Ford 14%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Jon David Fox 38%
Robert Franks 31%
William Frist 43%
Jonas Frost III 31%
Elizabeth Furse 0%
John Ganske 77%
Sam Gejdenson 8%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 38%
Paul Gillmor 77%
Benjamin Gilman 15%
John Glenn 0%
Henry Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 23%
Slade Gorton 86%
Porter Goss 62%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 86%
James Greenwood 46%
Judd Gregg 29%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 8%
Lee Hamilton 8%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 15%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 15%
Jesse Helms 100%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 50%
David Lee Hobson 85%
Pete Hoekstra 92%
Ernest Hollings 29%
Darlene Hooley 8%
Stephen Horn 31%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 54%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Duncan Hunter 100%
William Hutchinson 100%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 86%
Henry Hyde 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 27%
James Merrill Jeffords 14%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 62%
Jay Johnson 15%
Nancy Johnson 8%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Sue Kelly 38%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 9%
Bob Kerrey 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Jay Kim 100%
Gerald Kleczka 8%
Ronald Klink 38%
Scott Klug 31%
Joseph Knollenberg 92%
James Kolbe 85%
John LaFalce 0%
Nicholas Lampson 8%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 100%
Rick Lazio 23%
James Leach 15%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 15%
Robert Livingston 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 86%
James Maloney 0%
Thomas Manton 8%
Matthew Martinez 44%
Frank Mascara 23%
Robert Matsui 0%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 100%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 91%
Paul McHale 0%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 91%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 0%
Jack Metcalf 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
Dan Miller 85%
David Minge 8%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 8%
Constance Morella 0%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 14%
Frank Murkowski 86%
Jack Murtha 38%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Mark Neumann 85%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 86%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 54%
Dave Obey 8%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 62%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Michael Pappas 69%
Paul Michael Parker 100%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 0%
Edward Pease 77%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 85%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 38%
John Edward Porter 8%
Glenn Poshard 0%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 69%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 8%
William Redmond 91%
Ralph Regula 100%
Frank Duncan Riggs 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 23%
Timothy Roemer 15%
James Rogan 92%
William Roth, Jr. 43%
Marge Roukema 8%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 77%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 38%
Rick Santorum 86%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 8%
Joe Scarborough 77%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 85%
Christopher Shays 9%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 85%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 92%
Ike Skelton 77%
Gordon Smith 100%
Linda Smith 85%
Nick Smith 85%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 71%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Vic Snyder 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 71%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 86%
Louis Stokes 0%
Ted Strickland 0%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 23%
John Sununu 77%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 62%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 77%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 57%
Karen Thurman 15%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 0%
Robert Torricelli 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
James Turner 100%
Bruce Vento 0%
James Walsh 46%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 54%
Gerald Weller 85%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 8%
Robert Weygand 9%
Rick White 85%
Robert Wise, Jr. 8%
Albert Wynn 8%
Sidney Yates 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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