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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Council of La Raza

2005 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 66%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 100%
Todd Akin 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 33%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 66%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 66%
Joe Baca, Sr. 50%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 66%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 66%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 33%
Roscoe Bartlett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 33%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
Melissa Bean 66%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 66%
Bob Bennett 50%
Shelley Berkley 66%
Howard Berman 66%
Marion Berry 66%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
Judy Biggert 33%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 66%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 66%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 33%
Kit Bond 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
Mary Bono Mack 0%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0%
Dan Boren 66%
Leonard Boswell 66%
Rick Boucher 66%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 33%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 66%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 66%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 66%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 50%
Ginny Brown-Waite 33%
Jim Bunning 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 50%
Dan Burton 0%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 66%
Steve Buyer 66%
Robert Byrd 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 33%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 33%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 66%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 66%
Dennis Cardoza 66%
Russ Carnahan 66%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
Julia Carson 66%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
Mike Castle 33%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Ben Chandler III 66%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 66%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 66%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 66%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
Norm Coleman 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
Kent Conrad 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 66%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 66%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 66%
Jerry Costello 66%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 33%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 66%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 66%
Artur Davis 66%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 66%
Geoff Davis 0%
Jo Ann Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 66%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 66%
Thomas Davis III 33%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 33%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 66%
Bill Delahunt 66%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 66%
James DeMint 0%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 33%
Norm Dicks 66%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 66%
Chris Dodd 100%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 66%
Elizabeth Dole 50%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 66%
Thelma Drake 0%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 66%
Vern Ehlers 33%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 66%
Philip English 33%
John Ensign 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 66%
Bob Etheridge 66%
Terry Everett 0%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 66%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 66%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Michael Ferguson 33%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 66%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
Barney Frank 66%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 33%
Wayne Gilchrest 33%
Paul Gillmor 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 66%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
Bart Gordon 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 66%
Judd Gregg 0%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 33%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 50%
Robert Hayes 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 66%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 66%
Maurice Hinchey 66%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 66%
David Lee Hobson 33%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Thomas Holden 66%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 66%
Darlene Hooley 66%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 66%
Kenny Hulshof 33%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 66%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 66%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 50%
William Jefferson 66%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 66%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0%
Paul Kanjorski 66%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 66%
Ric Keller 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 66%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 66%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 33%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 33%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 66%
John Kuhl, Jr. 0%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 33%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 66%
Tom Lantos 66%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 66%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 33%
Steve LaTourette 66%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 66%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 66%
Jerry Lewis 33%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 0%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 66%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 66%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 33%
Dick Lugar 50%
Dan Lungren 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 66%
Connie Mack IV 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 66%
Don Manzullo 0%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 66%
Jim Marshall 33%
Melquiades Martinez 50%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 66%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 66%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 66%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
John McHugh 33%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 33%
Michael McNulty 66%
Martin Meehan 66%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 66%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 66%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 66%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 66%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 66%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
Brad Miller 66%
Alan Mollohan 66%
Dennis Moore 66%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 66%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 66%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
Jack Murtha 66%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 66%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 66%
Ben Nelson 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 33%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 66%
Dave Obey 66%
John Olver 66%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 66%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 66%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 66%
Ron Paul 33%
Donald Payne 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 66%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 66%
John Peterson 33%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 0%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 0%
Earl Pomeroy 66%
Jon Porter, Sr. 33%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 66%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0%
Deborah Pryce 33%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 66%
James Ramstad 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 66%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 33%
Denny Rehberg 33%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Thomas Reynolds 33%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 50%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33%
Mike Ross 66%
Steve Rothman 66%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 66%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 66%
Ken Salazar 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 66%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 66%
Jim Saxton 33%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 66%
Jean Schmidt 0%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 66%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 66%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 66%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
Christopher Shays 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 66%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 33%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 33%
Ike Skelton 66%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 66%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 66%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Vic Snyder 66%
Hilda Solis 66%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 66%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Pete Stark 66%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 50%
Bart Stupak 66%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 0%
Tom Tancredo 0%
John Tanner 66%
Ellen Tauscher 66%
Gene Taylor 33%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 33%
Craig Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 50%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 66%
Ed Towns 66%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 66%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 33%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 66%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 66%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 66%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 66%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 66%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
George Voinovich 50%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 33%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 50%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 66%
Diane Watson 66%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 66%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 66%
Anthony Weiner 66%
David Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 33%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 66%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 33%
Lynn Woolsey 66%
David Wu 66%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 66%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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