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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

2000 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 15%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 70%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 85%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 75%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 15%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 85%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 80%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 95%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 75%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 25%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 80%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 80%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 85%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 90%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor N/A%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 85%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 85%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 35%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 85%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 75%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 95%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 80%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 15%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 65%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 90%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 5%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 65%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 10%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 90%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 70%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 85%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 5%
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 15%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 85%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 45%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 70%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 70%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 85%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 80%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 85%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 85%
Richard Armey 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 80%
Brian Baird 70%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 85%
Cass Ballenger 0%
James Barcia 40%
Robert Barr, Jr. 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 5%
Charlie Bass 20%
Evan Bayh 80%
Bob Bennett 5%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 90%
Douglas Bereuter 10%
Shelley Berkley 65%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 35%
Judy Biggert 20%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Rod Blagojevich 80%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 100%
Mary Bono Mack 5%
Robert Borski, Jr. 75%
Leonard Boswell 55%
Rick Boucher 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
John Breaux 50%
Ed Bryant 0%
Jim Bunning 5%
Conrad Burns 5%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 75%
Herbert Callahan 0%
Ben Campbell 5%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 90%
Mike Castle 30%
Eva Clayton 70%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 70%
Robert Clement 60%
Michael Collins 5%
Larry Combest 0%
Gary Condit 50%
Kent Conrad 85%
John Cooksey 0%
Jerry Costello 55%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 90%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 35%
Philip Crane 0%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Thomas Daschle 85%
James Davis 75%
Thomas Davis III 5%
Bill Delahunt 85%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Peter Deutsch 65%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 20%
Norm Dicks 80%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
Calvin Dooley 70%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 90%
David Dreier 5%
Jennifer Dunn 0%
John Edwards 85%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
Philip English 25%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Lane Evans 95%
Terry Everett 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 25%
Ernest Fletcher 5%
Mark Foley 20%
Harold Ford, Jr. 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0%
Barney Frank 95%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Elton Gallegly 5%
John Ganske 15%
George Gekas 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Jim Gibbons 30%
Wayne Gilchrest 15%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Benjamin Gilman 35%
Charlie Gonzalez 80%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Bart Gordon 60%
Porter Goss 0%
Daniel Graham 80%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Mark Green 5%
James Greenwood 25%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Tony Hall 75%
James Hansen 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 10%
Jesse Helms 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Baron Hill 70%
Van Hilleary 0%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 90%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 55%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 70%
Stephen Horn 35%
John Nathan Hostettler 15%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 20%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Asa Hutchinson 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Kay Hutchison 0%
Henry Hyde 10%
Daniel Inouye 60%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 55%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Christopher John 30%
Nancy Johnson 35%
Paul Kanjorski 65%
Sue Kelly 35%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 90%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Dale Kildee 75%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 85%
Gerald Kleczka 85%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Herb Kohl 85%
James Kolbe 20%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
Jon Kyl 0%
John LaFalce 65%
Ray LaHood 15%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
Tom Lantos 85%
Stephen Largent 0%
Steve LaTourette 25%
James Leach 30%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 75%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
John Linder 0%
William Lipinski 45%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Dick Lugar 10%
William Luther 95%
James Maloney 55%
Don Manzullo 5%
Frank Mascara 65%
Robert Matsui 85%
Karen McCarthy 95%
James McCrery III 5%
John McHugh 5%
Scott McInnis 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 95%
Michael McNulty 55%
Martin Meehan 90%
Carrie Meek 80%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 90%
Dan Miller 10%
Zell Bryan Miller 0%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 85%
John Moakley 80%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 65%
Constance Morella 60%
Frank Murkowski 0%
Jack Murtha 55%
Sue Myrick 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 5%
Robert William Ney 20%
Don Nickles 0%
Anne Northup 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
James Nussle 15%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 95%
John Olver 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 65%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Doug Ose 15%
Major Owens 90%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 30%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 0%
David Phelps 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
Deborah Pryce 15%
Jack Quinn 15%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 30%
Ralph Regula 10%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 0%
Bob Riley 5%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 95%
Ciro Rodriguez 85%
Timothy Roemer 45%
Steve Rothman 90%
Marge Roukema 15%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 60%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
Jim Saxton 20%
Joe Scarborough 5%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 40%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Ronnie Shows 35%
Joseph Skeen 0%
Ike Skelton 40%
Gordon Smith 10%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 10%
Olympia Snowe 30%
Vic Snyder 70%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 5%
John Spratt, Jr. 70%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Charles Stenholm 45%
Ted Stevens 5%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bob Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 65%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 10%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 45%
Ellen Tauscher 70%
William Tauzin 0%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 45%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 0%
Karen Thurman 80%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Robert Torricelli 75%
Ed Towns 95%
James Traficant, Jr. 30%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
James Turner 75%
George Voinovich 10%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 0%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 85%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 5%
Gerald Weller 15%
Paul Wellstone 100%
Robert Wexler 85%
Heather Wilson 10%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 90%
Albert Wynn 85%

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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