| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 22% |
| AL | U.S. House | 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 30% |
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 50% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 4 | Edward Pastor | Democratic | 70% |
| CA | U.S. House | 2 | Wally Herger, Jr. | Republican | 30% |
| CA | U.S. House | 6 | Lynn Woolsey | Democratic | 60% |
| CA | U.S. House | 7 | George Miller | Democratic | 70% |
| CA | U.S. House | 8 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 70% |
| CA | U.S. House | 9 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House | 13 | Pete Stark | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 14 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 70% |
| CA | U.S. House | 16 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 70% |
| CA | U.S. House | 17 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 77% |
| CA | U.S. House | 23 | Lois Capps | Democratic | 50% |
| CA | U.S. House | 24 | Elton Gallegly | Republican | 30% |
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 40% |
| CA | U.S. House | 26 | David Dreier | Republican | 30% |
| CA | U.S. House | 27 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 30% |
| CA | U.S. House | 28 | Howard Berman | Democratic | 67% |
| CA | U.S. House | 30 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 60% |
| CA | U.S. House | 31 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 89% |
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 80% |
| CA | U.S. House | 35 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 90% |
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Ed Royce | Republican | 30% |
| CA | U.S. House | 41 | Jerry Lewis | Republican | 40% |
| CA | U.S. House | 44 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 30% |
| CA | U.S. House | 45 | Mary Bono Mack | Republican | 25% |
| CA | U.S. House | 46 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 50% |
| CA | U.S. House | 47 | Loretta Sanchez | Democratic | 56% |
| CA | U.S. House | 50 | Brian Bilbray | Republican | 30% |
| CA | U.S. House | 51 | Bob Filner | Democratic | 77% |
| CO | U.S. House | 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 70% |
| CO | State Board of Education | 4 | Robert Schaffer | Republican | 50% |
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 40% |
| FL | U.S. House | 3 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 77% |
| FL | U.S. House | 6 | Cliff Stearns | Republican | 40% |
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 40% |
| FL | U.S. House | 10 | Bill Young | Republican | 33% |
| FL | U.S. House | 18 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 30% |
| FL | U.S. House | 23 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 75% |
| FL | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 55% | ||
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 30% |
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 30% |
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 70% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 67% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 50% | |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 60% | |
| IA | U.S. House | 3 | Leonard Boswell | Democratic | 30% |
| IA | U.S. House | 4 | Tom Latham | Republican | 30% |
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 30% |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 77% |
| IL | U.S. House | 2 | Jesse Jackson, Jr. | Democratic | 80% |
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 55% |
| IL | U.S. House | 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 70% |
| IL | U.S. House | 12 | Jerry Costello | Democratic | 43% |
| IL | U.S. House | 16 | Don Manzullo | Republican | 40% |
| IL | U.S. House | 19 | John Shimkus | Republican | 30% |
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 70% |
| IN | U.S. House | 5 | Dan Burton | Republican | 40% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 30% |
| KY | U.S. House | 1 | Ed Whitfield | Republican | 30% |
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 40% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | John Olver | Democratic | 60% |
| MA | U.S. House | 2 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 70% |
| MA | U.S. House | 3 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 60% |
| MA | U.S. House | 4 | Barney Frank | Democratic | 77% |
| MA | U.S. House | 6 | John Tierney | Democratic | 60% |
| MA | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 60% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 60% |
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 44% |
| MD | U.S. House | 6 | Roscoe Bartlett | Republican | 30% |
| MD | U.S. House | 7 | Elijah Cummings | Democratic | 70% |
| MI | U.S. Senate | Jr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 70% |
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 40% |
| MI | U.S. House | 5 | Dale Kildee | Democratic | 50% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 50% |
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 30% |
| MI | U.S. House | 14 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House | 15 | John Dingell | Democratic | 50% |
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 40% |
| MO | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roy Blunt | Republican | 40% |
| MO | U.S. House | 8 | Jo Ann Emerson | Republican | 30% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 40% |
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 80% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Transportation | Ray LaHood | Republican | 40% | |
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 40% |
| NC | U.S. House | 3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | Republican | 30% |
| NC | U.S. House | 4 | David Price | Democratic | 50% |
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 40% |
| NC | U.S. House | 7 | Mike McIntyre | Democratic | 30% |
| NC | U.S. House | 9 | Sue Myrick | Republican | 50% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 90% |
| NH | U.S. House | 2 | Charlie Bass | Republican | 40% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 40% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 20% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 2 | Frank LoBiondo | Republican | 30% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 30% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 8 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 40% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 9 | Steve Rothman | Democratic | 20% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | Republican | 30% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 30% |
| NY | U.S. House | 3 | Pete King | Republican | 40% |
| NY | U.S. House | 4 | Carolyn McCarthy | Democratic | 50% |
| NY | U.S. House | 5 | Gary Ackerman | Democratic | 67% |
| NY | U.S. House | 6 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 80% |
| NY | U.S. House | 8 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 55% |
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Ed Towns | Democratic | 86% |
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 70% |
| NY | U.S. House | 14 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 55% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 80% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | José Serrano | Democratic | 70% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 50% |
| NY | U.S. House | 18 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 20% |
| NY | U.S. House | 22 | Maurice Hinchey | Democratic | 70% |
| NY | U.S. House | 28 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 60% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 60% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 50% |
| OH | U.S. House | 1 | Steve Chabot | Republican | 30% |
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 50% |
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 50% |
| OH | U.S. House | 10 | Dennis Kucinich | Democratic | 20% |
| OH | U.S. House | 14 | Steve LaTourette | Republican | 30% |
| OH | Governor | John Kasich | Republican | 55% | |
| OH | State Senate | 28 | Thomas Sawyer | Democratic | 60% |
| OK | U.S. Senate | Jr | Thomas Coburn | Republican | 40% |
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 40% |
| OR | U.S. House | 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 60% |
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 70% |
| PA | U.S. House | 1 | Bob Brady | Democratic | 86% |
| PA | U.S. House | 2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | Democratic | 90% |
| PA | U.S. House | 14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| PA | U.S. House | 16 | Joe Pitts | Republican | 40% |
| PA | U.S. House | 17 | Thomas Holden | Democratic | 30% |
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 30% |
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 70% |
| SD | U.S. Senate | Jr | John Thune | Republican | 30% |
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 60% |
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 50% |
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 50% |
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 60% |
| TX | U.S. House | 8 | Kevin Brady | Republican | 30% |
| TX | U.S. House | 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 40% |
| TX | U.S. House | 13 | Mac Thornberry | Republican | 50% |
| TX | U.S. House | 14 | Ron Paul | Republican | 40% |
| TX | U.S. House | 15 | Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. | Democratic | 50% |
| TX | U.S. House | 16 | Silvestre Reyes | Democratic | 40% |
| TX | U.S. House | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 70% |
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 40% |
| TX | U.S. House | 25 | Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 60% |
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 40% |
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 70% |
| TX | U.S. House | 32 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 50% |
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 90% |
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 30% |
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 60% |
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 50% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 70% |
| WA | U.S. House | 4 | Richard Hastings | Republican | 44% |
| WA | U.S. House | 6 | Norm Dicks | Democratic | 60% |
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 80% |
| WA | U.S. House | 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 30% |
| WI | U.S. House | 3 | Ron Kind | Democratic | 50% |
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 30% |
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 30% |
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 70% |
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 70% |
| Thomas Allen | 60% | ||||
| William Archer | 44% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 50% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 40% | ||||
| John Baldacci | 50% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 50% | ||||
| James Barcia | 30% | ||||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | 55% | ||||
| William Barrett | 33% | ||||
| Herbert Bateman | 44% | ||||
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | 20% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 20% | ||||
| Marion Berry | 50% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 30% | ||||
| Rod Blagojevich | 40% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 44% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 40% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 38% | ||||
| David Edward Bonior | 70% | ||||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 44% | ||||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| George Brown, Jr. | 56% | ||||
| Ed Bryant | 30% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 30% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 60% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 40% | ||||
| Thomas Campbell | 50% | ||||
| Chris Cannon | 44% | ||||
| Julia Carson | 70% | ||||
| Mike Castle | 40% | ||||
| Helen Chenoweth | 10% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 80% | ||||
| Eva Clayton | 70% | ||||
| Robert Clement | 50% | ||||
| Mac Collins | 33% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 40% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 40% | ||||
| Merrill Cook | 30% | ||||
| John Cooksey | 40% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 40% | ||||
| William Coyne | 70% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 40% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 50% | ||||
| Barbara Cubin | 40% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 38% | ||||
| Patsy Ann Danner | 30% | ||||
| James Davis | 80% | ||||
| Thomas Davis III | 50% | ||||
| Bill Delahunt | 70% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 56% | ||||
| Peter Deutsch | 40% | ||||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 33% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 30% | ||||
| Julian Dixon | 78% | ||||
| Calvin Dooley | 60% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 40% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 33% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 50% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 70% | ||||
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Philip English | 30% | ||||
| Bob Etheridge | 30% | ||||
| Lane Evans | 60% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 40% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 40% | ||||
| Mark Foley | 50% | ||||
| Michael Patrick Forbes | 30% | ||||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | 70% | ||||
| Vito Fossella, Jr. | 25% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 50% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 40% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 40% | ||||
| John Ganske | 30% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 50% | ||||
| George Gekas | 40% | ||||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 44% | ||||
| Jim Gibbons | 25% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 40% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 30% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 60% | ||||
| Virgil Goode, Jr. | 30% | ||||
| William Goodling | 30% | ||||
| Bart Gordon | 30% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 50% | ||||
| James Greenwood | 55% | ||||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | 50% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 60% | ||||
| James Hansen | 30% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 50% | ||||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 40% | ||||
| Rick Hill | 30% | ||||
| Van Hilleary | 30% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 78% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 50% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 40% | ||||
| Darlene Hooley | 40% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 40% | ||||
| John Nathan Hostettler | 30% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| Kenny Hulshof | 30% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 50% | ||||
| William Hutchinson | 44% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 40% | ||||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | 38% | ||||
| William Jefferson | 70% | ||||
| William Lewis Jenkins | 30% | ||||
| Christopher John | 22% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 30% | ||||
| Paul Kanjorski | 60% | ||||
| Sue Kelly | 30% | ||||
| Patrick Kennedy | 50% | ||||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 88% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 50% | ||||
| Ronald Klink | 60% | ||||
| Joseph Knollenberg | 40% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 50% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 70% | ||||
| Nicholas Lampson | 50% | ||||
| Tom Lantos | 80% | ||||
| Stephen Largent | 50% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 30% | ||||
| James Leach | 50% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 30% | ||||
| John Linder | 40% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 30% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 40% | ||||
| William Luther | 50% | ||||
| James Maloney | 30% | ||||
| Matthew Martinez | 50% | ||||
| Frank Mascara | 50% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 60% | ||||
| Karen McCarthy | 50% | ||||
| Bill McCollum | 40% | ||||
| James McCrery III | 44% | ||||
| John McHugh | 30% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 33% | ||||
| David McIntosh | 50% | ||||
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 71% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 50% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 67% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 70% | ||||
| Jack Metcalf | 20% | ||||
| Juanita Millender-McDonald | 80% | ||||
| Dan Miller | 50% | ||||
| David Minge | 70% | ||||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 70% | ||||
| John Moakley | 86% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 80% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 60% | ||||
| Jack Murtha | 60% | ||||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Robert William Ney | 30% | ||||
| Anne Northup | 40% | ||||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| James Nussle | 30% | ||||
| Jim Oberstar | 70% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 80% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 40% | ||||
| Major Owens | 80% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 50% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 30% | ||||
| Donald Payne | 70% | ||||
| Edward Pease | 50% | ||||
| John Peterson | 30% | ||||
| Charles Pickering, Jr. | 30% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 60% | ||||
| Richard Pombo | 30% | ||||
| Earl Pomeroy | 50% | ||||
| John Edward Porter | 40% | ||||
| Deborah Pryce | 40% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 30% | ||||
| George Radanovich | 30% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 60% | ||||
| Ralph Regula | 40% | ||||
| Bob Riley | 30% | ||||
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | 40% | ||||
| Ciro Rodriguez | 50% | ||||
| Timothy Roemer | 30% | ||||
| James Rogan | 38% | ||||
| Marge Roukema | 50% | ||||
| Jim Ryun | 40% | ||||
| Martin Olav Sabo | 90% | ||||
| Matthew Salmon | 40% | ||||
| Max Sandlin, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| Mark Sanford, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| H. James Saxton | 30% | ||||
| Joe Scarborough | 22% | ||||
| John Shadegg | 50% | ||||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 40% | ||||
| Christopher Shays | 44% | ||||
| E.G. Shuster | 40% | ||||
| Norman Sisisky | 60% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 30% | ||||
| Ike Skelton | 50% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 40% | ||||
| Vic Snyder | 70% | ||||
| Mark Souder | 40% | ||||
| Floyd Spence | 40% | ||||
| John Spratt, Jr. | 55% | ||||
| Charles Stenholm | 40% | ||||
| Ted Strickland | 50% | ||||
| Robert Stump | 40% | ||||
| Bart Stupak | 60% | ||||
| John Sununu | 40% | ||||
| James Talent | 40% | ||||
| John Tanner | 40% | ||||
| Ellen Tauscher | 30% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 50% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 30% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 30% | ||||
| William Thomas | 40% | ||||
| Karen Thurman | 70% | ||||
| Todd Tiahrt | 40% | ||||
| James Traficant, Jr. | 30% | ||||
| James Turner | 22% | ||||
| Bruce Vento | 80% | ||||
| James Walsh | 30% | ||||
| Zach Wamp | 20% | ||||
| Wesley Watkins | 25% | ||||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| David Weldon | 40% | ||||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 30% | ||||
| Gerald Weller | 30% | ||||
| Robert Wexler | 50% | ||||
| Robert Weygand | 60% | ||||
| Heather Wilson | 0% | ||||
| Robert Wise, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Albert Wynn | 70% |
Special Interest Groups
Interest Group Ratings
Rating Group: Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants
1997-1998 Positions
Issues:
Crime Issues
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.
