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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

1997-1998 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 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 88%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 0%
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 9 Barbara Lee 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 23 Lois Capps 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 18%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 91%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 58%
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 75%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 92%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 83%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 43%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 13%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 88%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 58%
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 9%
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 17%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 17%
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 17%
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 83%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
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 38%
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 8%
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 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
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 38%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 38%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 8%
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 58%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 20%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 27%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
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 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 13%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 73%
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 42%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 63%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 42%
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 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 58%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 38%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 38%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 11%
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 10%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 11%
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 83%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75%
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 67%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 100%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 88%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
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 8%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 33%
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 17%
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 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 92%
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 92%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 9%
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 17%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 92%
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 17%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 0%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 8%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 58%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 17%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 63%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 8%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 100%
Henry Scott Baesler 42%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
John Baldacci 0%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 64%
Robert Barr, Jr. 92%
William Barrett 100%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 0%
Douglas Bereuter 75%
Marion Berry 60%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Rod Blagojevich 9%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Kit Bond 88%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 0%
Rick Boucher 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 58%
Carol Moseley Braun 0%
John Breaux 29%
George Brown, Jr. 0%
Richard Bryan 13%
Ed Bryant 100%
Dale Bumpers 0%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 50%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 100%
Thomas Campbell 83%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 25%
John Chafee 38%
Helen Chenoweth 100%
Jon Lynn Christensen 100%
William Clay, Sr. 10%
Eva Clayton 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 25%
Robert Clement 33%
Mac Collins 100%
Larry Combest 100%
Gary Condit 92%
Merrill Cook 100%
John Cooksey 100%
Paul Coverdell 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
William Coyne 0%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 58%
Philip Crane 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Alfonse D'Amato 75%
Patsy Ann Danner 75%
Thomas Daschle 29%
James Davis 8%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Bill Delahunt 9%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 8%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 75%
Jay Dickey 92%
Julian Dixon 8%
Chris Dodd 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 88%
Calvin Dooley 36%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 63%
Jennifer Dunn 100%
Chet Edwards 58%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 100%
Philip English 75%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 0%
Lane Evans 8%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 83%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 75%
Harris Fawell 42%
Victor Fazio 17%
Russ Feingold 0%
Mark Foley 91%
Michael Patrick Forbes 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Wendell Ford 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 89%
Tillie Fowler 100%
Jon David Fox 58%
Robert Franks 55%
William Frist 43%
Jonas Frost III 18%
Elizabeth Furse 0%
John Ganske 75%
Sam Gejdenson 8%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Paul Gillmor 83%
Benjamin Gilman 33%
John Glenn 0%
Henry Gonzalez 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 92%
William Goodling 92%
Bart Gordon 17%
Slade Gorton 100%
Porter Goss 67%
Daniel Graham 0%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
James Greenwood 50%
Judd Gregg 29%
Gilbert Gutknecht 100%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 17%
Lee Hamilton 8%
James Hansen 100%
Jane Harman 13%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
W.G. Hefner 9%
Jesse Helms 100%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 25%
David Lee Hobson 83%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 14%
Darlene Hooley 8%
Stephen Horn 42%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 73%
Kenny Hulshof 83%
Duncan Hunter 100%
William Hutchinson 82%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 88%
Henry Hyde 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 27%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
William Lewis Jenkins 100%
Christopher John 67%
Jay Johnson 0%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Paul Kanjorski 0%
Sue Kelly 25%
Dirk Kempthorne 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Joseph Kennedy II 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 9%
Bob Kerrey 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 8%
Jay Kim 100%
Gerald Kleczka 0%
Ronald Klink 8%
Scott Klug 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 83%
John LaFalce 0%
Nicholas Lampson 0%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 92%
Rick Lazio 42%
James Leach 25%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
William Lipinski 18%
Robert Livingston 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
William Luther 8%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 8%
Thomas Manton 0%
Matthew Martinez 36%
Frank Mascara 25%
Robert Matsui 8%
Karen McCarthy 8%
Bill McCollum 91%
James McCrery III 100%
Joseph McDade 91%
Paul McHale 0%
John McHugh 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 8%
Carrie Meek 9%
Jack Metcalf 83%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 9%
Dan Miller 75%
David Minge 25%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 0%
John Moakley 0%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Constance Morella 17%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 13%
Frank Murkowski 100%
Jack Murtha 25%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 100%
Mark Neumann 83%
Robert William Ney 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 92%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 42%
Major Owens 0%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Michael Pappas 50%
Paul Michael Parker 100%
William Paxon 100%
Donald Payne 9%
Edward Pease 92%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Owen Pickett 92%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 9%
John Edward Porter 25%
Glenn Poshard 0%
Deborah Pryce 100%
Jack Quinn 67%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 8%
William Redmond 100%
Ralph Regula 92%
Frank Duncan Riggs 100%
Bob Riley 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 8%
Charles Robb 0%
Ciro Rodriguez 17%
Timothy Roemer 17%
James Rogan 100%
William Roth, Jr. 38%
Marge Roukema 42%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Matthew Salmon 92%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 58%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 50%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 42%
Joe Scarborough 73%
Daniel Schaefer 100%
John Shadegg 92%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 83%
Christopher Shays 18%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 82%
David Skaggs 0%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 58%
Gordon Smith 100%
Linda Smith 92%
Nick Smith 92%
Robert Smith 100%
Bob Smith 100%
Vincent Snowbarger 100%
Vic Snyder 0%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 50%
Floyd Spence 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 0%
Charles Stenholm 92%
Ted Stevens 100%
Louis Stokes 8%
Ted Strickland 0%
Robert Stump 100%
Bart Stupak 17%
John Sununu 75%
James Talent 100%
John Tanner 44%
Ellen Tauscher 8%
William Tauzin 100%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 67%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 57%
Karen Thurman 33%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Esteban Edward Torres 9%
Robert Torricelli 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 100%
James Turner 83%
Bruce Vento 0%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 88%
Wesley Watkins 100%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 55%
Gerald Weller 90%
Paul Wellstone 0%
Robert Wexler 8%
Robert Weygand 8%
Rick White 83%
Heather Wilson 100%
Robert Wise, Jr. 18%
Albert Wynn 0%
Sidney Yates 8%

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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