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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

1997 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 85%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 5%
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 75%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 5%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 75%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 80%
FL Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 75%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 95%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 95%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 85%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 65%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 10%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 30%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Coats Republican 10%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 65%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 5%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 70%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
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%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 5%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 55%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 65%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 5%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 15%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 65%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 70%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 65%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 15%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 70%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 85%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 85%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 30%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 20%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 95%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 15%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 5%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 65%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 5%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 65%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 15%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 65%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 15%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 80%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 70%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 25%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 70%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 15%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 95%
William Archer 5%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Henry Scott Baesler 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 95%
Cass Ballenger 10%
James Barcia 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. 5%
William Barrett 5%
Herbert Bateman 15%
Bob Bennett 10%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 75%
Douglas Bereuter 20%
Marion Berry 75%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Rod Blagojevich 90%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 5%
Sherwood Boehlert 55%
Kit Bond 15%
Henry Bonilla 5%
David Edward Bonior 85%
Sonny Bono 5%
Robert Borski, Jr. 75%
Rick Boucher 85%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 55%
Carol Moseley Braun 80%
John Breaux 55%
George Brown, Jr. 100%
Richard Bryan 70%
Ed Bryant 5%
Dale Bumpers 95%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 15%
Steve Buyer 0%
Robert Byrd 70%
Herbert Callahan 5%
Ben Campbell 25%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 10%
Walter Holden Capps 80%
Julia Carson 90%
Mike Castle 50%
John Chafee 55%
Helen Chenoweth 0%
Jon Lynn Christensen 5%
William Clay, Sr. 95%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 55%
Mac Collins 5%
Larry Combest 10%
Gary Condit 60%
Merrill Cook 5%
John Cooksey 10%
Paul Coverdell 10%
Christopher Cox 10%
William Coyne 100%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 45%
Philip Crane 5%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 0%
Alfonse D'Amato 35%
Patsy Ann Danner 50%
Thomas Daschle 80%
James Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 25%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Ronald Dellums 80%
Peter Deutsch 80%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Jay Dickey 5%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 25%
Calvin Dooley 65%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 80%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
Chet Edwards 60%
Vern Ehlers 35%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 0%
Philip English 20%
John Ensign 5%
Bob Etheridge 65%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 0%
Thomas Ewing 20%
Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth 5%
Harris Fawell 35%
Victor Fazio 85%
Russ Feingold 95%
Thomas Foglietta 80%
Mark Foley 30%
Michael Patrick Forbes 30%
Harold Ford, Jr. 85%
Wendell Ford 75%
Tillie Fowler 5%
Jon David Fox 35%
Robert Franks 40%
William Frist 10%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elizabeth Furse 95%
John Ganske 30%
Sam Gejdenson 95%
George Gekas 15%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 80%
Jim Gibbons 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 20%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Newt Gingrich 0%
John Glenn 80%
Henry Gonzalez 45%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
William Goodling 10%
Bart Gordon 60%
Slade Gorton 20%
Porter Goss 10%
Daniel Graham 60%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
James Greenwood 55%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Charles Hagel 5%
Tony Hall 70%
Lee Hamilton 65%
James Hansen 0%
Jane Harman 60%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 5%
W.G. Hefner 65%
Jesse Helms 0%
Rick Hill 0%
Van Hilleary 5%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 80%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 15%
Ernest Hollings 75%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Stephen Horn 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 5%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 15%
Duncan Hunter 0%
William Hutchinson 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 0%
Henry Hyde 20%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
William Jefferson 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 45%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Christopher John 40%
Jay Johnson 75%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Sue Kelly 40%
Dirk Kempthorne 5%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Joseph Kennedy II 100%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Barbara Bailey Kennelly 90%
Bob Kerrey 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Jay Kim 10%
Gerald Kleczka 70%
Ronald Klink 65%
Scott Klug 30%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
James Kolbe 25%
John LaFalce 85%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
Tom Lantos 95%
Stephen Largent 5%
Rick Lazio 30%
James Leach 45%
Ron Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 40%
Robert Livingston 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
William Luther 85%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 75%
Thomas Manton 75%
Matthew Martinez 70%
Frank Mascara 65%
Robert Matsui 90%
Karen McCarthy 80%
Bill McCollum 5%
James McCrery III 20%
Joseph McDade 15%
Paul McHale 75%
John McHugh 15%
Scott McInnis 0%
David McIntosh 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 100%
Michael McNulty 80%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 80%
Jack Metcalf 15%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 20%
David Minge 70%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 100%
John Moakley 85%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Constance Morella 65%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 60%
Frank Murkowski 10%
Jack Murtha 50%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 5%
Mark Neumann 10%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 10%
Ronald Packard 5%
Michael Pappas 10%
Paul Michael Parker 5%
William Paxon 0%
Donald Payne 85%
Edward Pease 15%
John Peterson 5%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 65%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 70%
John Edward Porter 40%
Glenn Poshard 85%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jack Quinn 30%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 40%
William Redmond 0%
Ralph Regula 30%
Frank Duncan Riggs 15%
Bob Riley 0%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 100%
Charles Robb 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 75%
Timothy Roemer 55%
James Rogan 5%
William Roth, Jr. 10%
Marge Roukema 50%
Jim Ryun 5%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Matthew Salmon 10%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 20%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 30%
Joe Scarborough 10%
Daniel Schaefer 0%
Steven Schiff 0%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 55%
E.G. Shuster 15%
Norman Sisisky 55%
David Skaggs 100%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 40%
Gordon Smith 25%
Linda Smith 15%
Nick Smith 15%
Robert Smith 0%
Bob Smith 5%
Vincent Snowbarger 0%
Vic Snyder 80%
Gerald B.H. Solomon 0%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 70%
Floyd Spence 0%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Charles Stenholm 40%
Ted Stevens 30%
Louis Stokes 100%
Ted Strickland 75%
Robert Stump 5%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sununu 5%
James Talent 5%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 85%
William Tauzin 15%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 20%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 75%
Strom Thurmond 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Esteban Edward Torres 90%
Robert Torricelli 80%
James Traficant, Jr. 25%
James Turner 50%
Bruce Vento 100%
James Walsh 35%
Zach Wamp 5%
John Warner 10%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 30%
Gerald Weller 5%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 90%
Robert Weygand 70%
Rick White 15%
Robert Wise, Jr. 80%
Albert Wynn 90%
Sidney Yates 65%

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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