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Rating Group: National Council of La Raza

2005 Positions

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

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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