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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

2006 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 95%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 75%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 15%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 20%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 95%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 85%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 90%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 60%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 45%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 5%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 5%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 65%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 70%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 5%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 85%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 5%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 5%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 95%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 95%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 95%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 60%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 5%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%
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 10%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
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 10%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 85%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
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 5%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0%
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 5%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
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 100%
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 95%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 15%
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 65%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 45%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 85%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 5%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 15%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 70%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 90%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 5%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 95%
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 90%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 85%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
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 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 35%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 90%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 95%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 5%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 85%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 20%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 25%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
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 85%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 80%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 15%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 45%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 10%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 75%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 95%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 70%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 35%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
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 90%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 10%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 45%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 85%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 5%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 85%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 5%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 15%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 65%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 15%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 0%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 95%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 60%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 90%
Gary Ackerman 95%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 95%
Brian Baird 80%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 10%
Roscoe Bartlett 25%
Evan Bayh 85%
Melissa Bean 60%
Bob Bennett 15%
Shelley Berkley 80%
Howard Berman 90%
Marion Berry 50%
Judy Biggert 30%
Brian Bilbray 5%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Kit Bond 5%
Mary Bono Mack 25%
Dan Boren 25%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Rick Boucher 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 15%
Jim Bunning 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 80%
Chris Cannon 5%
Dennis Cardoza 60%
Russ Carnahan 90%
Julia Carson 90%
Mike Castle 40%
Ben Chandler III 60%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Norm Coleman 25%
Kent Conrad 85%
Jerry Costello 70%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 50%
Barbara Cubin 0%
Artur Davis 75%
Geoff Davis 5%
Jo Ann Davis 5%
Lincoln Davis 35%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bill Delahunt 90%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 15%
Norm Dicks 85%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 5%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 95%
Thelma Drake 0%
David Dreier 10%
Chet Edwards 55%
Vern Ehlers 10%
Jo Ann Emerson 15%
Philip English 15%
John Ensign 5%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Terry Everett 5%
Tom Feeney 10%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
Barney Frank 95%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 0%
Charlie Gonzalez 95%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 50%
Judd Gregg 15%
Jane Harman 90%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 65%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Thomas Holden 60%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 5%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 15%
Daniel Inouye 95%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
William Jefferson 60%
Tim Johnson 20%
Paul Kanjorski 70%
Ric Keller 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 85%
Dale Kildee 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
Herb Kohl 90%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. 5%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 5%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 20%
Jerry Lewis 15%
Ron Lewis 5%
Joe Lieberman 75%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
John Linder 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. 5%
Dick Lugar 15%
Dan Lungren 10%
Connie Mack IV 25%
Don Manzullo 10%
Jim Marshall 35%
Melquiades Martinez 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 15%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 15%
Michael McNulty 75%
Martin Meehan 80%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 95%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 40%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 95%
Brad Miller 90%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 85%
Jack Murtha 65%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 0%
Ben Nelson 35%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 90%
John Olver 95%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 65%
Ron Paul 45%
Donald Payne 85%
John Peterson 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Todd Platts 25%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Jon Porter, Sr. 10%
Deborah Pryce 20%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 35%
Ralph Regula 15%
Denny Rehberg 0%
Richard Renzi 15%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 0%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 90%
Ken Salazar 85%
Jim Saxton 20%
Jean Schmidt 0%
John Shadegg 10%
Christopher Shays 65%
Ike Skelton 55%
Gordon Smith 15%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 75%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 30%
John Spratt, Jr. 75%
Pete Stark 95%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Ted Stevens 5%
Bart Stupak 75%
John Sullivan 5%
John Sununu 20%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 55%
Ellen Tauscher 95%
Gene Taylor 40%
Craig Thomas 5%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Ed Towns 95%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 5%
John Warner 10%
Diane Watson 80%
Anthony Weiner 95%
David Weldon 5%
Gerald Weller 5%
Robert Wexler 90%
Heather Wilson 25%
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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