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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National Council of La Raza

2007 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young 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 Jr John Boozman Republican 0
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 0
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 0
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 0
CA U.S. House 3 Dan Lungren Republican 0
CA U.S. House 5 Doris Matsui Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 11 Jerry McNerney Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 20 Jim Costa Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 0
CA U.S. House 22 Kevin McCarthy Republican 0
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 0
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 0
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 0
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 0
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 48 John Campbell III Republican 0
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 0
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 100
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 100
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 5 Chris Murphy Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 0
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0
FL U.S. House 9 Gus Bilirakis Republican 0
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0
FL U.S. House 11 Kathy Castor Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 13 Vern Buchanan Republican 0
FL U.S. House 14 Connie Mack IV Republican 0
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0
FL U.S. House 20 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 0
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 100
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0
HI U.S. House 2 Mazie Hirono Democratic 100
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 0
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 0
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 0
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 0
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 0
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 0
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100
IN U.S. House 2 Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 0
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 0
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 0
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 100
KY U.S. House 4 Geoff Davis Republican 0
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 100
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0
LA U.S. House 7 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 0
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 0
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 0
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 0
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 0
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 0
MO U.S. House 3 Russ Carnahan Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 0
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 100
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 0
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100
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 0
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 0
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0
NC U.S. House 11 Heath Shuler Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 100
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 0
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 13 Albio Sires Democratic 100
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 0
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 0
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 27 Brian Higgins Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0
OH U.S. House 2 Jean Schmidt Republican 0
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 0
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 0
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0
OH U.S. House 13 Betty Sutton Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 0
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 100
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 0
OK U.S. House 2 Dan Boren Democratic 0
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 0
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 4 Jason Altmire Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 0
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 0
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 0
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe 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 0
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 100
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 0
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 0
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 100
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100
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 0
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 0
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 0
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 100
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100
Thomas Allen 100
Michael Arcuri 100
Brian Baird 100
Richard Hugh Baker 0
J. Gresham Barrett 0
Melissa Bean 100
Marion Berry 100
Rick Boucher 100
Allen Boyd, Jr. 100
Nancy Boyda 100
Henry Brown, Jr. 0
Ginny Brown-Waite 0
Steve Buyer 0
Chris Cannon 0
Christopher Carney 100
Mike Castle 0
Robert Cramer 100
Barbara Cubin 0
Artur Davis 100
David Davis 0
Lincoln Davis 100
Thomas Davis III 0
Bill Delahunt 100
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0
John Doolittle 0
Thelma Drake 0
Chet Edwards 100
Vern Ehlers 0
Brad Ellsworth 0
Philip English 0
Bob Etheridge 0
Terry Everett 0
Tom Feeney 0
Michael Ferguson 100
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0
Gabrielle Giffords 100
Wayne Gilchrest 0
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0
Bart Gordon 100
John Hall 100
Phil Hare 100
Jane Harman 100
Robert Hayes 0
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 100
Baron Hill 0
David Lee Hobson 0
Paul Hodes 100
Pete Hoekstra 0
Darlene Hooley 100
Kenny Hulshof 0
Duncan Hunter 0
Bob Inglis, Sr. 0
Jay Inslee 100
William Jefferson 100
Steve Kagen 100
Paul Kanjorski 100
Ric Keller 0
Patrick Kennedy 100
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100
Ron Klein 100
Joseph Knollenberg 0
John Kuhl, Jr. 0
Nicholas Lampson 100
Tom Lantos 100
Ron Lewis 0
John Linder 0
Tim Mahoney 100
Jim Marshall 0
James McCrery III 0
John McHugh 0
Michael McNulty 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 100
Harry Mitchell 100
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
Patrick Murphy 100
Jack Murtha 100
Marilyn Musgrave 0
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100
Donald Payne 100
John Peterson 0
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0
Earl Pomeroy 100
Jon Porter, Sr. 0
Deborah Pryce 0
George Radanovich 0
James Ramstad 0
Ralph Regula 0
Richard Renzi 0
Thomas Reynolds 0
Ciro Rodriguez 100
William Sali 0
H. James Saxton 0
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100
John Shadegg 0
Christopher Shays 100
Carol Shea-Porter 100
Ike Skelton 100
Vic Snyder 100
Mark Souder 0
Zack Space 100
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Bart Stupak 100
Tom Tancredo 0
John Tanner 100
Ellen Tauscher 100
Gene Taylor 0
Todd Tiahrt 0
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
James Walsh 0
Zach Wamp 0
Diane Watson 100
Anthony Weiner 100
David Weldon 0
Gerald Weller 0
Robert Wexler 100
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 100
Heather Wilson 0
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 100

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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