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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

2004 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
Thomas Allen 100%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
Jon Corzine 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Barney Frank 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
Daniel Inouye 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Herb Kohl 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
John Olver 100%
Major Owens 100%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Gary Ackerman 95%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 95%
Shelley Berkley 95%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 95%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 95%
Hillary Clinton 95%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 95%
Bill Delahunt 95%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
Byron Dorgan 95%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
Lane Evans 95%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
Charlie Gonzalez 95%
Jane Harman 95%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
Darlene Hooley 95%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 95%
Patrick Kennedy 95%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Tom Lantos 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 95%
Blanche Lincoln 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
Robert Matsui 95%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
Donald Payne 95%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
Steve Rothman 95%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
Vic Snyder 95%
Ted Strickland 95%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
Robert Wexler 95%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
Albert Wynn 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 90%
Brian Baird 90%
Evan Bayh 90%
Jeff Bingaman 90%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 90%
Robert Byrd 90%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
Edward Case 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
Kent Conrad 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
James Davis 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
Dennis Kucinich 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
Michael McNulty 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 90%
Brad Miller 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
Dave Obey 90%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
Pete Stark 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Ed Towns 90%
David Wu 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 85%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 85%
Dennis Cardoza 85%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 85%
Norm Dicks 85%
Bob Etheridge 85%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 85%
James Merrill Jeffords 85%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 85%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 85%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 85%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 85%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 85%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 85%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 85%
Diane Watson 85%
Leonard Boswell 80%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 80%
William Jefferson 80%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 80%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Bart Stupak 80%
Rick Boucher 75%
Julia Carson 75%
Robert Cramer 75%
Artur Davis 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 75%
Bart Gordon 75%
Joe Lieberman 75%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 75%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 75%
Jim Oberstar 75%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Ben Chandler III 70%
Jerry Costello 70%
Thomas Holden 70%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 70%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Christopher Shays 70%
Chet Edwards 65%
Alan Mollohan 65%
Ben Nelson 65%
Mike Ross 65%
Ike Skelton 65%
Olympia Snowe 65%
Marion Berry 60%
Lincoln Davis 60%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 60%
John Tanner 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 55%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 55%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 55%
James Leach 55%
Jim Marshall 55%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 55%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 55%
Mike Castle 50%
Jack Murtha 50%
Ron Paul 50%
Charlie Bass 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
Nancy Johnson 45%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 45%
Arlen Specter 45%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 40%
Tim Johnson 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
Gordon Smith 40%
Judy Biggert 35%
Mary Bono Mack 35%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 35%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 35%
Wayne Gilchrest 35%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 35%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 35%
Jim Saxton 35%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 35%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 30%
Norm Coleman 30%
Michael Ferguson 30%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 30%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 30%
George Voinovich 30%
Elizabeth Dole 25%
Philip English 25%
Mark Foley 25%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 25%
Kay Hutchison 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 25%
James Ramstad 25%
John Sweeney 25%
John Warner 25%
Heather Wilson 25%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
Bob Bennett 20%
Kit Bond 20%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 20%
William Frist 20%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
Mark Green 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 20%
John Nathan Hostettler 20%
James Kolbe 20%
Ray LaHood 20%
Dick Lugar 20%
John McHugh 20%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
Todd Platts 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
James Talent 20%
James Walsh 20%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 15%
George Allen 15%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 15%
Jim Bunning 15%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 15%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 15%
John Ensign 15%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 15%
Judd Gregg 15%
Joel Hefley 15%
Henry Hyde 15%
Steve LaTourette 15%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 15%
Thaddeus McCotter 15%
James Nussle 15%
John Peterson 15%
Jon Porter, Sr. 15%
Deborah Pryce 15%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 15%
Rick Santorum 15%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 15%
Gerald Weller 15%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 10%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Thomas Davis III 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
Melissa Hart 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Thomas William Osborne 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 10%
Richard Renzi 10%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
John Sununu 10%
Tom Tancredo 10%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
Wayne Allard 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
Bob Beauprez 5%
Michael Bilirakis 5%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 5%
Ginny Brown-Waite 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
Conrad Burns 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
Chris Chocola 5%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 5%
Christopher Cox 5%
Larry Craig 5%
Randall Cunningham 5%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
David Dreier 5%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 5%
Paul Gillmor 5%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
David Lee Hobson 5%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 5%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 5%
Mark Kennedy 5%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 5%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Jon Kyl 5%
Ron Lewis 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Don Manzullo 5%
James McCrery III 5%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 5%
Anne Northup 5%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 5%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 5%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
Denny Rehberg 5%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
Jim Ryun 5%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
Mark Souder 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 5%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Todd Akin 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Dan Burton 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Terry Everett 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
Elton Gallegly 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
Katherine Harris 0%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
Ric Keller 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Jerry Lewis 0%
John Linder 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
Michael Oxley 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Ralph Regula 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
John Sullivan 0%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
Zach Wamp 0%
David Weldon 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
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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