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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

2004 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 35%
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 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 85%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 10%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 35%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 55%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 80%
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 55%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 75%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 85%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 45%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 95%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 15%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 15%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 5%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 95%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 90%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 35%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 85%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 15%
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 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 35%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30%
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 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 85%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 80%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 35%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 20%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 20%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 85%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 85%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 5%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 85%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
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 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 85%
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%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 5%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 5%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 70%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
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 95%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 95%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 30%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
Gary Ackerman 95%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 5%
George Allen 15%
Thomas Allen 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
Brian Baird 90%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 45%
Evan Bayh 90%
Bob Beauprez 5%
Bob Bennett 20%
Shelley Berkley 95%
Marion Berry 60%
Judy Biggert 35%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Kit Bond 20%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Mary Bono Mack 35%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 5%
Jim Bunning 15%
Conrad Burns 5%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 90%
Chris Cannon 0%
Dennis Cardoza 85%
Julia Carson 75%
Edward Case 90%
Mike Castle 50%
Ben Chandler III 70%
Chris Chocola 5%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Norm Coleman 30%
Kent Conrad 90%
Jon Corzine 100%
Jerry Costello 70%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 75%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Randall Cunningham 5%
Artur Davis 75%
James Davis 90%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Lincoln Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Norm Dicks 85%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 25%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 95%
David Dreier 5%
Chet Edwards 65%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Philip English 25%
John Ensign 15%
Bob Etheridge 85%
Lane Evans 95%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 30%
Mark Foley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
Barney Frank 100%
William Frist 20%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 35%
Paul Gillmor 5%
Charlie Gonzalez 95%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Bart Gordon 75%
Mark Green 20%
Judd Gregg 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Jane Harman 95%
Katherine Harris 0%
Melissa Hart 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 15%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 55%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Thomas Holden 70%
Darlene Hooley 95%
John Nathan Hostettler 20%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 25%
Henry Hyde 15%
Daniel Inouye 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 85%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Tim Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 5%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 100%
James Kolbe 20%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
Jon Kyl 5%
Ray LaHood 20%
Tom Lantos 95%
Steve LaTourette 15%
James Leach 55%
Jerry Lewis 0%
Ron Lewis 5%
Joe Lieberman 75%
Blanche Lincoln 95%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Dick Lugar 20%
Don Manzullo 5%
Jim Marshall 55%
Robert Matsui 95%
Thaddeus McCotter 15%
James McCrery III 5%
John McHugh 20%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 85%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Brad Miller 90%
Alan Mollohan 65%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jack Murtha 50%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 65%
Robert William Ney 10%
Anne Northup 5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 15%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
Thomas William Osborne 10%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 0%
Ron Paul 50%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 15%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
Todd Platts 20%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
Jon Porter, Sr. 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
George Radanovich 0%
James Ramstad 25%
Ralph Regula 0%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Richard Renzi 10%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
Mike Ross 65%
Steve Rothman 95%
Jim Ryun 5%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Rick Santorum 15%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 35%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 70%
Donald Sherwood 0%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 55%
Ike Skelton 65%
Gordon Smith 40%
Olympia Snowe 65%
Vic Snyder 95%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 45%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Pete Stark 90%
Cliff Stearns 0%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 95%
Bart Stupak 80%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 10%
John Sweeney 25%
James Talent 20%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 60%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Ed Towns 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 85%
George Voinovich 30%
James Walsh 20%
Zach Wamp 0%
John Warner 25%
Diane Watson 85%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 0%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Gerald Weller 15%
Robert Wexler 95%
Heather Wilson 25%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 90%
Albert Wynn 95%

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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