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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action

1999 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
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 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 50 Brian Bilbray Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100%
CO State Board of Education 4 Robert Schaffer Republican 15%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 95%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 20%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
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 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 65%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 95%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 70%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 5%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
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 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 65%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 30%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 15%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 15%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 5%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 95%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 5%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 20%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 95%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 5%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
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%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 45%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 25%
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 15%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 10%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 95%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 15%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 55%
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 90%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 30%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 35%
OH Governor John Kasich Republican 10%
OH State Senate 28 Thomas Sawyer Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 65%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 85%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 10%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 25%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 0%
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 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 70%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 5%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 20%
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 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 85%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 10%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 20%
WI Mayor At-Large Tom Barrett Democratic 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 65%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Edmond Spencer Abraham 5%
Wayne Allard 0%
Thomas Allen 95%
William Archer 0%
Richard Armey 0%
John Ashcroft 0%
Brian Baird 95%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
John Baldacci 100%
Cass Ballenger 5%
James Barcia 55%
Robert Barr, Jr. 15%
William Barrett 10%
Herbert Bateman 20%
Evan Bayh 90%
Bob Bennett 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 95%
Douglas Bereuter 35%
Marion Berry 60%
Michael Bilirakis 20%
Rod Blagojevich 100%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. 0%
Sherwood Boehlert 65%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 0%
David Edward Bonior 90%
Robert Borski, Jr. 85%
Rick Boucher 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
John Breaux 80%
Richard Bryan 100%
Ed Bryant 5%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 80%
Herbert Callahan 10%
Ben Campbell 15%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Chris Cannon 10%
Julia Carson 95%
Helen Chenoweth 15%
William Clay, Sr. 100%
Eva Clayton 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 100%
Robert Clement 85%
Mac Collins 15%
Larry Combest 5%
Gary Condit 70%
Merrill Cook 25%
John Cooksey 15%
Paul Coverdell 0%
Christopher Cox 0%
William Coyne 95%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 55%
Philip Crane 5%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Randall Cunningham 10%
Patsy Ann Danner 60%
Thomas Daschle 90%
James Davis 80%
Thomas Davis III 35%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Peter Deutsch 95%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 25%
Jay Dickey 10%
Julian Dixon 100%
Chris Dodd 95%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 5%
Calvin Dooley 80%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 95%
Jennifer Dunn 10%
John Edwards 90%
Chet Edwards 85%
Vern Ehlers 20%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. 20%
Philip English 25%
Bob Etheridge 85%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 5%
Thomas Ewing 15%
Russ Feingold 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 15%
Mark Foley 35%
Michael Patrick Forbes 75%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 15%
Tillie Fowler 15%
Robert Franks 45%
William Frist 0%
Jonas Frost III 85%
John Ganske 35%
Sam Gejdenson 100%
George Gekas 5%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 100%
Jim Gibbons 15%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 15%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
William Goodling 15%
Bart Gordon 70%
Slade Gorton 5%
Porter Goss 10%
Daniel Graham 100%
William Phillip Gramm 0%
Rodney Grams 0%
Mark Green 5%
James Greenwood 70%
Judd Gregg 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht 15%
Charles Hagel 5%
Tony Hall 80%
James Hansen 10%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Joel Hefley 20%
Jesse Helms 0%
Baron Hill 75%
Rick Hill 10%
Van Hilleary 15%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. 80%
David Lee Hobson 20%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Ernest Hollings 85%
Darlene Hooley 100%
Stephen Horn 55%
John Nathan Hostettler 15%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 45%
Kenny Hulshof 25%
Duncan Hunter 15%
William Hutchinson 10%
Y. Tim Hutchinson 5%
Henry Hyde 15%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 75%
James Merrill Jeffords 45%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Nancy Johnson 55%
Paul Kanjorski 75%
Sue Kelly 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Bob Kerrey 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Gerald Kleczka 95%
Ronald Klink 85%
Joseph Knollenberg 5%
James Kolbe 20%
Steven Kuykendall 35%
John LaFalce 85%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Tom Lantos 85%
Stephen Largent 15%
Rick Lazio 40%
James Leach 55%
Blanche Lincoln 95%
John Linder 10%
William Lipinski 55%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
William Luther 100%
Connie Mack 0%
James Maloney 85%
Matthew Martinez 85%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 100%
Karen McCarthy 95%
Bill McCollum 10%
James McCrery III 0%
John McHugh 35%
Scott McInnis 20%
David McIntosh 5%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 95%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 100%
Carrie Meek 90%
Jack Metcalf 25%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Dan Miller 15%
David Minge 95%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 95%
John Moakley 90%
Alan Mollohan 60%
Dennis Moore 100%
Constance Morella 80%
Daniel Patrick Moynihan 90%
Frank Murkowski 5%
Jack Murtha 60%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 10%
Robert William Ney 10%
Don Nickles 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 10%
James Nussle 20%
Jim Oberstar 75%
Dave Obey 90%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Doug Ose 30%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 5%
Ronald Packard 5%
Donald Payne 100%
Edward Pease 20%
John Peterson 5%
David Phelps 60%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Owen Pickett 60%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 85%
John Edward Porter 60%
Deborah Pryce 20%
Jack Quinn 50%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 25%
Thomas Reynolds 15%
Bob Riley 5%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 85%
Charles Robb 100%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
Timothy Roemer 80%
James Rogan 30%
Marge Roukema 45%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
Matthew Salmon 10%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 70%
Mark Sanford, Jr. 15%
Rick Santorum 5%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 25%
Joe Scarborough 15%
John Shadegg 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 20%
Christopher Shays 55%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Ronnie Shows 55%
E.G. Shuster 5%
Norman Sisisky 75%
Joseph Skeen 10%
Ike Skelton 55%
Gordon Smith 15%
Nick Smith 10%
Bob Smith 5%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 40%
Floyd Spence 10%
John Spratt, Jr. 80%
Charles Stenholm 55%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 85%
Robert Stump 0%
Bart Stupak 85%
John Sununu 0%
John Sweeney 25%
James Talent 15%
Tom Tancredo 10%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
William Tauzin 5%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 10%
Fred Thompson 5%
Karen Thurman 85%
Strom Thurmond 0%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Robert Torricelli 95%
James Traficant, Jr. 60%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 90%
James Turner 75%
Bruce Vento 95%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 35%
Zach Wamp 20%
John Warner 10%
Wesley Watkins 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. 0%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 10%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 15%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Robert Wexler 100%
Robert Weygand 90%
Heather Wilson 15%
Robert Wise, Jr. 80%
David Wu 100%
Albert Wynn 100%

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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