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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

1999 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 91%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 91%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 22%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 27%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 11%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 27%
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 9%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 91%
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 9%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall 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 22%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 18%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 82%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 91%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 9%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 82%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 91%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 82%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 64%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 77%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 22%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 9%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 11%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 64%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 91%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 11%
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 9%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 27%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 64%
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 77%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 27%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 91%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 77%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 82%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 77%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 64%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 91%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 82%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 55%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 89%
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%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 11%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 9%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 82%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 44%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 44%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 22%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 91%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 18%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 27%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 82%
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 77%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 18%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 44%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 64%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 64%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 18%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 73%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 82%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 27%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 66%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 91%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 64%
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 9%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 45%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 18%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 44%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 18%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 33%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 9%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 64%
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 18%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley 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 9%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 9%
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 55%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 18%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 0%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 64%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 82%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 77%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 82%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 91%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 11%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 18%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 73%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 27%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 36%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 36%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 0%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 11%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 91%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 91%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 9%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 82%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 27%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 82%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 27%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 18%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 73%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 22%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 11%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 36%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 9%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 33%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 55%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 9%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 73%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 22%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 27%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
Thomas Allen 9%
William Archer 100%
Richard Armey 100%
John Ashcroft 88%
Brian Baird 18%
Richard Hugh Baker 91%
John Baldacci 36%
Cass Ballenger 100%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 82%
William Barrett 100%
Herbert Bateman 100%
Evan Bayh 33%
Bob Bennett 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 27%
Douglas Bereuter 36%
Marion Berry 91%
Michael Bilirakis 82%
Rod Blagojevich 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 100%
Sherwood Boehlert 45%
Kit Bond 77%
Henry Bonilla 100%
David Edward Bonior 0%
Robert Borski, Jr. 9%
Rick Boucher 18%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 64%
John Breaux 88%
Richard Bryan 33%
Ed Bryant 100%
Jim Bunning 77%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 77%
Herbert Callahan 100%
Ben Campbell 88%
Thomas Campbell 55%
Chris Cannon 91%
Julia Carson 0%
Mike Castle 18%
Helen Chenoweth 88%
William Clay, Sr. 0%
Eva Clayton 36%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 11%
Robert Clement 45%
Mac Collins 73%
Larry Combest 64%
Gary Condit 55%
Merrill Cook 82%
John Cooksey 82%
Paul Coverdell 88%
Christopher Cox 82%
William Coyne 9%
Larry Craig 100%
Robert Cramer 82%
Philip Crane 82%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Patsy Ann Danner 64%
Thomas Daschle 55%
James Davis 36%
Thomas Davis III 55%
Bill Delahunt 0%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Peter Deutsch 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 73%
Jay Dickey 100%
Julian Dixon 0%
Chris Dodd 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
Calvin Dooley 55%
John Doolittle 100%
Byron Dorgan 55%
Jennifer Dunn 91%
John Edwards 33%
Chet Edwards 73%
Vern Ehlers 36%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 73%
Philip English 64%
Bob Etheridge 9%
Lane Evans 9%
Terry Everett 100%
Thomas Ewing 64%
Russ Feingold 22%
Peter Fitzgerald 55%
Ernest Fletcher 91%
Mark Foley 45%
Michael Patrick Forbes 18%
Harold Ford, Jr. 18%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 55%
Tillie Fowler 82%
Robert Franks 27%
William Frist 77%
Jonas Frost III 55%
John Ganske 73%
Sam Gejdenson 0%
George Gekas 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
Paul Gillmor 91%
Benjamin Gilman 36%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 82%
William Goodling 100%
Bart Gordon 27%
Slade Gorton 88%
Porter Goss 55%
Daniel Graham 11%
William Phillip Gramm 100%
Rodney Grams 100%
Mark Green 64%
James Greenwood 45%
Judd Gregg 44%
Gilbert Gutknecht 82%
Charles Hagel 100%
Tony Hall 18%
James Hansen 82%
Robert Hayes 82%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 91%
Joel Hefley 82%
Jesse Helms 100%
Baron Hill 55%
Rick Hill 100%
Van Hilleary 91%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 36%
David Lee Hobson 91%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Ernest Hollings 55%
Darlene Hooley 18%
Stephen Horn 45%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 55%
Kenny Hulshof 45%
Duncan Hunter 100%
William Hutchinson 91%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 88%
Henry Hyde 82%
Jay Inslee 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 27%
James Merrill Jeffords 22%
William Lewis Jenkins 73%
Christopher John 82%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Paul Kanjorski 36%
Sue Kelly 36%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Bob Kerrey 22%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 9%
Gerald Kleczka 9%
Ronald Klink 36%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 82%
Steven Kuykendall 73%
John LaFalce 18%
Nicholas Lampson 18%
Tom Lantos 0%
Stephen Largent 73%
Rick Lazio 36%
James Leach 27%
Ron Lewis 91%
Blanche Lincoln 66%
John Linder 82%
William Lipinski 27%
Trent Lott, Sr. 77%
William Luther 0%
Connie Mack 100%
James Maloney 9%
Matthew Martinez 36%
Frank Mascara 55%
Robert Matsui 9%
Karen McCarthy 0%
Bill McCollum 73%
James McCrery III 91%
John McHugh 82%
Scott McInnis 91%
David McIntosh 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 0%
Carrie Meek 18%
Jack Metcalf 73%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 9%
Dan Miller 55%
David Minge 27%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 9%
John Moakley 9%
Alan Mollohan 45%
Dennis Moore 18%
Constance Morella 18%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 11%
Frank Murkowski 55%
Jack Murtha 64%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 91%
Robert William Ney 91%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 91%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 91%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 36%
Dave Obey 18%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
Doug Ose 91%
Major Owens 9%
Michael Oxley 100%
Ronald Packard 100%
Donald Payne 9%
Edward Pease 64%
John Peterson 73%
David Phelps 36%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
Owen Pickett 64%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 55%
John Edward Porter 18%
Deborah Pryce 91%
Jack Quinn 73%
George Radanovich 91%
James Ramstad 18%
Ralph Regula 82%
Thomas Reynolds 73%
Bob Riley 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 0%
Charles Robb 11%
Ciro Rodriguez 27%
Timothy Roemer 27%
James Rogan 91%
William Roth, Jr. 33%
Marge Roukema 27%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 9%
Matthew Salmon 91%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 82%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 55%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
H. James Saxton 27%
Joe Scarborough 27%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 73%
Christopher Shays 18%
Donald Sherwood 73%
Ronnie Shows 73%
E.G. Shuster 100%
Norman Sisisky 73%
Joseph Skeen 100%
Ike Skelton 73%
Gordon Smith 66%
Nick Smith 82%
Bob Smith 88%
Vic Snyder 9%
Mark Souder 91%
Arlen Specter 44%
Floyd Spence 82%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Charles Stenholm 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 27%
Robert Stump 91%
Bart Stupak 36%
John Sununu 64%
John Sweeney 82%
James Talent 73%
Tom Tancredo 82%
John Tanner 64%
Ellen Tauscher 9%
William Tauzin 82%
Charles Taylor 91%
Gene Taylor 36%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Fred Thompson 100%
Karen Thurman 27%
Strom Thurmond 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Robert Torricelli 0%
James Traficant, Jr. 64%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0%
James Turner 64%
Bruce Vento 0%
George Voinovich 88%
James Walsh 55%
Zach Wamp 73%
John Warner 66%
Wesley Watkins 91%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 100%
W. Curtis Weldon 55%
Gerald Weller 64%
Paul Wellstone 11%
Robert Wexler 0%
Robert Weygand 0%
Heather Wilson 91%
Robert Wise, Jr. 45%
David Wu 9%
Albert Wynn 9%

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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