Rating Group: National Council of La Raza

2004 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 50%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 100%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 50%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 50%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 50%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 50%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 50%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 100%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 0%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 50%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 50%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 50%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 50%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 0%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 0%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 50%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 50%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 100%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 100%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 50%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 50%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 50%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 50%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 50%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 50%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 50%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 50%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 100%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 50%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 50%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 50%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 50%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 50%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 50%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 50%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 50%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 50%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 50%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 50%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 50%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 50%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 50%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 50%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 50%
Charlie Bass Other 0%
Bob Beauprez Other 50%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 100%
Michael Bilirakis Other 50%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 100%
Henry Bonilla Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 50%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 50%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
Julia Carson Other 50%
Edward Case Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 100%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Chris Chocola Other 50%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Christopher Cox Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 50%
Barbara Cubin Other 50%
Randall Cunningham Other 0%
Artur Davis Other 100%
James Davis Other 100%
Jo Ann Davis Other 50%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
Thomas DeLay Other 50%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 100%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 0%
David Dreier Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
Vern Ehlers Other 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 100%
Philip English Other 50%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Lane Evans Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Michael Ferguson Other 100%
Mark Foley Other 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 50%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 0%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 100%
Paul Gillmor Other 50%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 50%
Mark Green Other 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 0%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Katherine Harris Other 50%
Melissa Hart Other 50%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 0%
Joel Hefley Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 50%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 50%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Henry Hyde Other 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 50%
Nancy Johnson Other 50%
Tim Johnson Other 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Sue Kelly Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 50%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 100%
James Kolbe Other 50%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Ray LaHood Other 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 100%
James Leach Other 50%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Ron Lewis Other 50%
John Linder Other 50%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
Jim Marshall Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 0%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 50%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
Robert William Ney Other 100%
Anne Northup Other 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 0%
James Nussle Other 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 50%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Thomas William Osborne Other 100%
Major Owens Other 100%
Michael Oxley Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 0%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 50%
Todd Platts Other 0%
Richard Pombo Other 50%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 100%
George Radanovich Other 50%
James Ramstad Other 0%
Ralph Regula Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 0%
Richard Renzi Other 50%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Jim Ryun Other 50%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 50%
John Shadegg Other 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 0%
Donald Sherwood Other 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 50%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 50%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Ted Strickland Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sweeney Other 50%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Charles Taylor Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 0%
William Thomas Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 50%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 0%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 0%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 100%
Gerald Weller Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 50%
Heather Wilson Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

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