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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Alliance for Retired Americans

2003 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 10%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 90%
Todd Akin 10%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 30%
Wayne Allard 10%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 100%
Cass Ballenger 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
Charlie Bass 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
Evan Bayh 90%
Bob Beauprez 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Chris Bell 89%
Bob Bennett 0%
Douglas Bereuter 30%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Howard Berman 90%
Marion Berry 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 89%
Judy Biggert 0%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
Mary Bono Mack 11%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 10%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
John Breaux 30%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 20%
Jim Bunning 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Max Burns 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
Dan Burton 30%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Ben Campbell 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
Dennis Cardoza 90%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 60%
Brad Carson 60%
Julia Carson 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
Edward Case 80%
Mike Castle 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 11%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 30%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
Chris Chocola 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 88%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
Norm Coleman 0%
Michael Collins 0%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 0%
Kent Conrad 70%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 10%
Jon Corzine 90%
Jerry Costello 80%
Christopher Cox 0%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Philip Crane 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 20%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Thomas Daschle 90%
Artur Davis 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
James Davis 80%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Lincoln Davis 80%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
Thomas Davis III 11%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 33%
Peter Deutsch 90%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
Norm Dicks 100%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 25%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 70%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
John Edwards 100%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 10%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 38%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
Philip English 0%
John Ensign 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 90%
Bob Etheridge 90%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 10%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Tom Feeney 10%
Russ Feingold 90%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 70%
Michael Ferguson 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 30%
Mark Foley 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 10%
Harold Ford, Jr. 88%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 0%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 100%
Elton Gallegly 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 20%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 10%
Paul Gillmor 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 10%
Bart Gordon 90%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Mark Green 0%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
James Greenwood 0%
Judd Gregg 20%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 30%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 22%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 100%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 11%
Joel Hefley 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 70%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
David Lee Hobson 0%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
Pete Hoekstra 13%
Thomas Holden 100%
Ernest Hollings 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 90%
Darlene Hooley 70%
John Nathan Hostettler 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 10%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 11%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Daniel Inouye 89%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 11%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
William Janklow 11%
William Jefferson 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 40%
William Lewis Jenkins 10%
Christopher John 44%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
Nancy Johnson 22%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Tim Johnson 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
Mark Kennedy 0%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 10%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 0%
Gerald Kleczka 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 10%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 11%
Nicholas Lampson 89%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 80%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Steve LaTourette 11%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
James Leach 30%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 100%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 89%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 89%
Trent Lott, Sr. 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 50%
Dick Lugar 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
Denise Majette 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
Don Manzullo 10%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Jim Marshall 67%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 30%
Robert Matsui 89%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
Karen McCarthy 90%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 0%
James McCrery III 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
John McHugh 22%
Scott McInnis 11%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 90%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 20%
Brad Miller 100%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 80%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 30%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
Jack Murtha 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 30%
Sue Myrick 10%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Ben Nelson 40%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 90%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 13%
Robert William Ney 0%
Don Nickles 20%
Anne Northup 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Thomas William Osborne 10%
Doug Ose 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 30%
Donald Payne 90%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 22%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
John Peterson 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
Todd Platts 10%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Jon Porter, Sr. 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 90%
Deborah Pryce 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 90%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
Jack Quinn 0%
George Radanovich 0%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
James Ramstad 10%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 10%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
Richard Renzi 10%
Silvestre Reyes 100%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 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 10%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 0%
Mike Ross 90%
Steve Rothman 90%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 11%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 90%
Jim Ryun 20%
Martin Olav Sabo 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 90%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 0%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
Edward Schrock 11%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 22%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 30%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
Donald Sherwood 10%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 10%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
Ike Skelton 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 10%
Gordon Smith 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Nick Smith 30%
Olympia Snowe 10%
Vic Snyder 90%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 90%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Charles Stenholm 70%
Ted Stevens 0%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 10%
John Sununu 20%
John Sweeney 0%
James Talent 0%
Tom Tancredo 30%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 20%
Ed Towns 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 89%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 78%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 0%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 89%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 0%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 0%
Gerald Weller 0%
Robert Wexler 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 10%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
Heather Wilson 10%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 70%
Albert Wynn 90%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 14%
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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