American Conservative Union 2002 Ratings of Congress

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State	House/ Senate	Name	Dem/ Rep	2002	2001	Life	Years
Alabama	H	Robert Aderholt	R	92	91	91	6
Alabama	H	Spencer Bachus	R	100	96	94	10
Alabama	H	Sonny Callahan	R	96	91	91	18
Alabama	H	Bud Cramer	D	56	65	48	12
Alabama	H	Terry Everett	R	100	100	96	10
Alabama	H	Earl Hilliard	D	17	16	13	10
Alabama	H	Bob Riley	R	100	100	97	6
Alabama	S	Richard Sessions	R	90	96	98	6
Alabama	S	Jeff Shelby	R	89	100	74	24
Alaska	H	Don Young	R	86	91	76	30
Alaska	S	Frank Murkowski	R	100	100	83	22
Alaska	S	Ted Stevens	R	83	92	63	32
Arizona	H	Jeff Flake	R	96	92	94	2
Arizona	H	J.D. Hayworth	R	100	100	99	8
Arizona	H	Jim Kolbe	R	80	60	76	18
Arizona	H	Ed Pastor	D	0	8	2	12
Arizona	H	John Shadegg	R	100	96	97	8
Arizona	H	Bob Stump	R	100	96	97	26
Arizona	S	Jon Kyl	R	100	100	97	16
Arizona	S	John Mccain	R	78	68	84	20
Arkansas	H	Marion Berry	D	32	52	38	6
Arkansas	H	John Boozman	R	96		96	1
Arkansas	H	Mike Ross	D	32	36	34	2
Arkansas	H	Vic Snyder	D	12	13	12	6
Arkansas	S	Tim Hutchinson	R	95	92	97	10
Arkansas	S	Blanche Lincoln	D	40	28	23	8
California	H	Joe Baca	D	13	24	17	3
California	H	Xavier Becerra	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Howard Berman	D	10	4	6	20
California	H	Mary Bono	R	71	68	76	5
California	H	Ken Calvert	R	92	91	91	10
California	H	Lois Capps	D	12	4	12	5
California	H	Gary Condit	D	30	24	44	14
California	H	Christopher Cox	R	96	96	98	14
California	H	Randy Cunningham	R	96	96	96	12
California	H	Susan Davis	D	8	12	10	2
California	H	Calvin Dooley	D	24	32	19	12
California	H	John Doolittle	R	91	100	96	12
California	H	David Dreier	R	84	84	93	22
California	H	Anna Eshoo	D	0	0	4	10
California	H	Sam Farr	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Bob Filner	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Elton Gallegly	R	100	88	88	16
California	H	Jane Harman	D	36	20	43	4
California	H	Wally Herger	R	100	96	97	16
California	H	Tom Honda	D	0	0	0	2
California	H	Steve Horn	R	72	48	58	10
California	H	Duncan Hunter	R	88	100	93	22
California	H	Darrell Issa	R	96	84	94	2
California	H	Tom Lantos	D	4	8	8	22
California	H	Barbara Lee	D	0	0	4	5
California	H	Jerry Lewis	R	88	80	83	24
California	H	Zoe Lofgren	D	0	0	4	8
California	H	Robert Matsui	D	0	0	5	24
California	H	Howard Mckeon	R	88	88	92	10
California	H	Juanita Millender-mcdonald	D	0	4	4	7
California	H	Gary Miller	R	100	100	97	4
California	H	George Miller	D	4	0	5	28
California	H	Grace Napolitano	D	0	4	2	4
California	H	Doug Ose	R	84	64	76	4
California	H	Nancy Pelosi	D	0	0	2	16
California	H	Richard Pombo	R	96	96	98	10
California	H	George Radanovich	R	88	92	95	8
California	H	Dana Rohrabacher	R	96	96	96	14
California	H	Lucille Roybal-allard	D	0	0	3	10
California	H	Ed Royce	R	100	100	99	10
California	H	Loretta Sanchez	D	4	12	11	6
California	H	James Schiff	D	8	13	10	2
California	H	Brad Sherman	D	4	12	7	6
California	H	Hilda Solis	D	0	0	0	2
California	H	Pete Stark	D	0	0	4	30
California	H	Ellen Tauscher	D	8	4	12	6
California	H	William Thomas	R	80	68	80	24
California	H	Mike Thompson	D	8	8	8	4
California	H	Maxine Waters	D	0	0	3	12
California	H	Watson	D	0	0	0	2
California	H	Henry Waxman	D	5	0	5	28
California	H	Lynn Woolsey	D	0	0	3	10
California	S	Barbara Boxer	D	5	0	2	20
California	S	Dianne Feinstein	D	20	12	12	10
Colorado	H	Diana Degette	D	0	0	4	6
Colorado	H	Joel Hefley	R	100	96	97	16
Colorado	H	Scott Mcinnis	R	100	86	93	10
Colorado	H	Bob Schaffer	R	100	100	99	6
Colorado	H	Tom Tancredo	R	100	100	99	4
Colorado	H	Mark Udall	D	4	0	6	4
Colorado	S	Wayne Allard	R	100	100	97	12
Colorado	S	Ben Campbell	R	88	92	54	16
Connecticut	H	Rosa Delauro	D	0	0	4	12
Connecticut	H	Nancy Johnson	R	56	32	47	20
Connecticut	H	John Larson	D	0	8	5	4
Connecticut	H	James Maloney	D	20	24	28	6
Connecticut	H	Christopher Shays	R	76	32	48	16
Connecticut	H	Robert Simmons	R	68	44	64	2
Connecticut	S	Christopher Dodd	D	5	16	8	28
Connecticut	S	Joseph Lieberman	D	20	28	20	14
Delaware	H	Michael Castle	R	76	48	61	10
Delaware	S	Joseph Biden	D	10	12	14	30
Delaware	S	Thomas Carper	D	25	24	22	2
Florida	H	Michael Bilirakis	R	100	84	86	20
Florida	H	Allen Boyd	D	40	32	35	6
Florida	H	Corrine Brown	D	0	8	8	10
Florida	H	Ander Crenshaw	R	96	92	94	2
Florida	H	Jim Davis	D	24	12	18	6
Florida	H	Peter Deutsch	D	12	8	16	10
Florida	H	Lincoln Diaz-balart	R	88	84	74	10
Florida	H	Mark Foley	R	92	64	81	8
Florida	H	Porter Goss	R	84	80	87	14
Florida	H	Alcee Hastings	D	0	8	5	10
Florida	H	Richard Keller	R	100	96	98	2
Florida	H	Carrie Meek	D	0	9	7	10
Florida	H	John Mica	R	96	92	93	10
Florida	H	Dan Miller	R	100	78	88	10
Florida	H	Jeff Miller	R	100		100	1
Florida	H	Adam Putnam	R	96	88	93	2
Florida	H	Ileana Ros-lehtinen	R	88	71	76	14
Florida	H	E. Clay Shaw	R	88	76	82	22
Florida	H	Cliff Stearns	R	96	96	95	14
Florida	H	Karen Thurman	D	17	12	15	2
Florida	H	Dave Weldon	R	100	92	95	8
Florida	H	Robert Wexler	D	9	4	9	6
Florida	H	C.W. Bill Young	R	96	80	89	32
Florida	S	Bob Graham	D	20	16	18	16
Florida	S	Bill Nelson	D	30	16	20	2
Georgia	H	Bob Barr	R	100	100	98	8
Georgia	H	Sanford Bishop	D	40	39	32	10
Georgia	H	Saxby Chambliss	R	100	100	94	8
Georgia	H	Mac Collins	R	100	96	96	10
Georgia	H	Nathan Deal	R	100	100	87	10
Georgia	H	Johnny Isakson	R	96	88	84	4
Georgia	H	Jack Kingston	R	96	100	98	10
Georgia	H	John Lewis	D	0	0	2	16
Georgia	H	John Linder	R	100	96	94	10
Georgia	H	Cynthia Mckinney	D	8	4	7	10
Georgia	H	Charlie Norwood	R	96	96	96	8
Georgia	S	Max Cleland	D	35	36	16	6
Georgia	S	Zell Miller	D	47	60	54	2
Hawaii	H	Neil Abercrombie	D	12	8	7	12
Hawaii	H	Patsy Mink	D	10	4	7	19
Hawaii	S	Daniel Akaka	D	0	12	7	26
Hawaii	S	Daniel Inouye	D	0	9	7	32
Idaho	H	C.L. Otter	R	96	96	97	2
Idaho	H	Mike Simpson	R	92	84	89	4
Idaho	S	Larry Craig	R	100	96	94	22
Idaho	S	Michael Crapo	R	94	92	93	10
Illinois	H	Judy Biggert	R	84	56	73	4
Illinois	H	Rod Blagojevich	D	18	12	15	6
Illinois	H	Jerry Costello	D	36	44	33	15
Illinois	H	Philip Crane	R	100	100	99	32
Illinois	H	Danny Davis	D	0	4	2	6
Illinois	H	Lane Evans	D	0	0	4	8
Illinois	H	Luis Gutierrez	D	0	16	7	10
Illinois	H	Dennis Hastert***	R	100	93	93	15
Illinois	H	Henry Hyde	R	88	92	85	28
Illinois	H	Jesse Jackson	D	0	0	4	7
Illinois	H	Timothy Johnson	R	76	68	76	2
Illinois	H	Mark Kirk	R	76	48	71	2
Illinois	H	Ray Lahood	R	92	72	75	8
Illinois	H	William Lipinski	D	32	55	39	20
Illinois	H	Donald Manzullo	R	100	92	97	10
Illinois	H	David Phelps	D	50	52	44	4
Illinois	H	Bobby Rush	D	0	10	3	10
Illinois	H	Janice Schakowsky	D	0	0	2	4
Illinois	H	John Shimkus	R	100	92	89	6
Illinois	H	Jerry Weller	R	92	92	87	8
Illinois	S	Richard Durbin	D	0	0	7	20
Illinois	S	Peter Fitzgerald	R	85	78	88	4
Indiana	H	Dan Burton	R	100	100	97	20
Indiana	H	Steve Buyer	R	91	96	92	10
Indiana	H	Julia Carson	D	0	4	3	6
Indiana	H	Baron Hill	D	28	32	25	4
Indiana	H	John Hostettler	R	84	92	89	8
Indiana	H	Brian Kerns	R	96	92	94	2
Indiana	H	Mike Pence	R	100	100	99	2
Indiana	H	Tim Roemer	D	32	40	35	12
Indiana	H	Mark Souder	R	88	96	91	8
Indiana	H	Peter Visclosky	D	12	17	11	18
Indiana	S	Edward Bayh	D	30	32	21	4
Indiana	S	Richard Lugar	R	90	92	79	26
Iowa	H	Leonard Boswell	D	32	24	33	6
Iowa	H	Greg Ganske	R	88	63	72	8
Iowa	H	Tom Latham	R	88	91	88	8
Iowa	H	Jim Leach	R	56	25	44	26
Iowa	H	Jim Nussle	R	92	88	86	12
Iowa	S	Charles Grassley	R	95	92	83	28
Iowa	S	Tom Harkin	D	15	8	9	28
Kansas	H	Dennis Moore	D	20	20	20	4
Kansas	H	Jerry Moran	R	96	88	92	6
Kansas	H	Jim Ryun	R	100	100	99	6
Kansas	H	Todd Tiahrt	R	96	96	98	8
Kansas	S	Sam Brownback	R	100	96	97	8
Kansas	S	Pat Roberts	R	100	100	88	22
Kentucky	H	Ernie Fletcher	R	92	96	90	4
Kentucky	H	Ron Lewis	R	96	100	95	9
Kentucky	H	Ken Lucas	D	84	76	74	4
Kentucky	H	Anne Northup	R	88	96	85	6
Kentucky	H	Harold Rogers	R	88	88	84	22
Kentucky	H	Edward Whitfield	R	100	96	92	8
Kentucky	S	Jim Bunning	R	100	100	96	16
Kentucky	S	Mitch Mcconnell	R	100	96	90	18
Louisiana	H	Richard Baker	R	100	96	91	16
Louisiana	H	John Cooksey	R	100	96	88	6
Louisiana	H	William Jefferson	D	20	21	11	12
Louisiana	H	Christopher John	D	46	63	51	6
Louisiana	H	Jim Mccrery	R	92	92	89	15
Louisiana	H	W. J. Tauzin	R	96	96	75	23
Louisiana	H	David Vitter	R	100	100	94	4
Louisiana	S	John Breaux	D	42	48	46	30
Louisiana	S	Mary Landrieu	D	35	28	17	6
Maine	H	Thomas Allen	D	0	0	2	6
Maine	H	John Baldacci	D	0	4	7	8
Maine	S	Susan Collins	R	55	64	57	6
Maine	S	Onlympia Snowe	R	65	60	52	24
Maryland	H	Roscoe Bartlett	R	96	88	97	10
Maryland	H	Benjamin Cardin	D	0	4	5	16
Maryland	H	Elijah Cummings	D	0	4	3	7
Maryland	H	Robert Ehrlich	R	86	76	83	8
Maryland	H	Wayne Gilchrest	R	78	48	64	12
Maryland	H	Steny Hoyer	D	4	9	8	22
Maryland	H	Constance Morella	R	24	12	22	16
Maryland	H	Albert Wynn	D	8	4	6	10
Maryland	S	Barbara Mikulski	D	0	12	6	26
Maryland	S	Paul Sarbanes	D	0	8	5	32
Massachusetts	H	Michael Capuano	D	4	4	3	4
Massachusetts	H	William Delahunt	D	0	4	3	6
Massachusetts	H	Barney Frank	D	8	0	4	22
Massachusetts	H	Stephen Lynch	D	13		13	1
Massachusetts	H	Edward Markey	D	4	4	6	15
Massachusetts	H	James Mcgovern	D	0	4	2	6
Massachusetts	H	Martin Meehan	D	9	0	10	10
Massachusetts	H	Richard Neal	D	4	13	9	15
Massachusetts	H	John Olver	D	0	0	2	12
Massachusetts	H	John Tierney	D	0	0	4	6
Massachusetts	S	Edward Kennedy	D	0	4	3	32
Massachusetts	S	John Kerry	D	20	4	6	18
Michigan	H	James Barcia	D	74	48	54	10
Michigan	H	David Bonior	D	5	20	7	26
Michigan	H	Dave Camp	R	96	96	90	12
Michigan	H	John Conyers	D	0	4	5	32
Michigan	H	John Dingell	D	4	24	12	32
Michigan	H	Vernon Ehlers	R	80	68	71	9
Michigan	H	Peter Hoekstra	R	92	88	90	10
Michigan	H	Dale Kildee	D	8	32	12	26
Michigan	H	Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	0	4	4	6
Michigan	H	Joe Knollenberg	R	88	92	89	10
Michigan	H	Sander Levin	D	0	4	3	20
Michigan	H	Lynn Rivers	D	0	4	8	8
Michigan	H	Michael Rogers	R	92	84	90	2
Michigan	H	Nick Smith	R	92	92	89	10
Michigan	H	Bart Stupak	D	16	38	21	10
Michigan	H	Fred Upton	R	92	76	74	16
Michigan	S	Carl Levin	D	0	8	6	24
Michigan	S	Debbie Stabenow	D	0	8	4	2
Minnesota	H	Gil Gutknecht	R	100	96	95	8
Minnesota	H	David Kennedy	R	96	88	95	2
Minnesota	H	William Luther	D	20	4	14	8
Minnesota	H	Betty Mccollum	D	4	4	5	2
Minnesota	H	James Oberstar	D	4	24	9	28
Minnesota	H	Connlin Peterson	D	48	43	44	12
Minnesota	H	Jim Ramstad	R	92	52	71	12
Minnesota	H	Martin Sabo	D	0	0	4	12
Minnesota	S	Mark Dayton	D	11	4	4	2
Minnesota	S	Paul Wellstone	D	0	0	3	12
Mississippi	H	Charles Pickering	R	100	96	97	6
Mississippi	H	Ronnie Shows	D	68	76	65	4
Mississippi	H	Gene Taylor	D	48	64	70	14
Mississippi	H	Bennie Thompson	D	8	12	9	10
Mississippi	H	Roger Wicker	R	100	96	92	8
Mississippi	S	Thad Cochran	R	90	88	80	30
Mississippi	S	Trent Lott	R	100	96	93	30
Missouri	H	Todd Akin	R	100	100	99	2
Missouri	H	Roy Blunt	R	100	96	94	6
Missouri	H	William Clay	D	4	8	6	2
Missouri	H	Joeann Emerson	R	96	83	88	6
Missouri	H	Richard Gephardt	D	8	13	12	26
Missouri	H	Sam Graves	R	100	88	96	2
Missouri	H	Kenny Hulshof	R	96	92	92	6
Missouri	H	Karen Mccarthy	D	0	4	6	8
Missouri	H	Ike Skelton	D	32	64	48	26
Missouri	S	Christopher Bond	R	84	88	82	16
Missouri	S	Jean Carnahan	D	15	28	19	2
Montana	H	Dennis Rehberg	R	100	84	95	2
Montana	S	Max Baucus	D	37	28	14	28
Montana	S	Conrad Burns	R	100	96	91	14
Nebraska	H	Doug Bereuter	R	72	72	68	24
Nebraska	H	Tom Osborne	R	80	84	82	2
Nebraska	H	Lee Terry	R	88	96	91	4
Nebraska	S	Chuck Hagel	R	95	84	84	6
Nebraska	S	Ben Nelson	D	55	56	53	2
Nevada	H	Shelley Berkley	D	16	12	16	4
Nevada	H	Jim Gibbons	R	92	96	91	6
Nevada	S	Jon Ensign	R	85	84	92	8
Nevada	S	Harry Reid	D	10	20	20	20
New Hampshire	H	Charles Bass	R	80	60	75	8
New Hampshire	H	John Sununu	R	92	92	94	6
New Hampshire	S	Judd Gregg	R	85	88	79	18
New Hampshire	S	Bob Smith	R	95	100	93	18
New Jersey	H	Robert Andrews	D	8	20	21	12
New Jersey	H	Michael Ferguson	R	84	58	78	2
New Jersey	H	Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	80	60	63	8
New Jersey	H	Rush Holt	D	8	0	8	4
New Jersey	H	Frank Lobiondo	R	80	60	73	8
New Jersey	H	Robert Menendez	D	8	16	10	10
New Jersey	H	Frank Pallone	D	4	16	16	14
New Jersey	H	William Pascrell	D	12	20	20	6
New Jersey	H	Donald Payne	D	0	0	3	14
New Jersey	H	Steven Rothman	D	12	13	12	6
New Jersey	H	Marge Roukema	R	75	50	53	22
New Jersey	H	Jim Saxton	R	92	64	72	18
New Jersey	H	Christopher Smith	R	80	56	62	22
New Jersey	S	Jon Corzine	D	5	0	3	2
New Jersey	S	Robert Torricelli	D	6	28	12	20
New Mexico	H	Joe Skeen	R	84	96	86	22
New Mexico	H	Tom Udall	D	0	4	3	4
New Mexico	H	Heather Wilson	R	84	84	84	5
New Mexico	S	Jeff Bingaman	D	17	29	13	20
New Mexico	S	Pete Domenici	R	88	90	73	30
New York	H	Gary Ackerman	D	4	4	4	20
New York	H	Sherwood Boehlert	R	64	32	39	20
New York	H	Joseph Crowley	D	8	20	13	4
New York	H	Eliot Engel	D	12	4	8	14
New York	H	Vito Fossella	R	92	88	90	5
New York	H	Benjamin Gilman	R	67	36	46	30
New York	H	Felix Grucci	R	80	80	82	2
New York	H	Maurice Hinchey	D	4	0	5	10
New York	H	Amo Houghton	R	62	30	54	16
New York	H	Steve Israel	D	32	8	27	2
New York	H	Sue Kelly	R	88	40	65	8
New York	H	Peter King	R	83	84	77	10
New York	H	John Lafalce	D	4	16	13	28
New York	H	Nita Lowey	D	4	0	5	14
New York	H	Carolyn Maloney	D	4	0	5	10
New York	H	Carolyn Mccarthy	D	32	17	23	6
New York	H	John Mchugh	R	79	68	75	10
New York	H	Michael Mcnulty	D	12	24	22	14
New York	H	Gregory Meeks	D	4	5	5	4
New York	H	Jerrold Nadler	D	0	0	3	10
New York	H	Major Owens	D	4	4	3	20
New York	H	Jack Quinn	R	64	70	67	10
New York	H	Charles Rangel	D	0	4	4	26
New York	H	Thomas Reynolds	R	92	88	89	4
New York	H	Joseph Serrano	D	0	0	2	13
New York	H	Louise Slaughter	D	0	0	6	16
New York	H	John Sweeney	R	88	68	79	4
New York	H	Edolphus Towns	D	4	14	4	20
New York	H	Nydia Velazquez	D	0	0	3	10
New York	H	James Walsh	R	75	76	67	14
New York	H	Anthony Weiner	D	8	0	6	4
New York	S	Hillary Clinton	D	10	12	11	2
New York	S	Charles Schumer	D	10	16	6	22
North Carolina	H	Cass Ballenger	R	96	88	90	16
North Carolina	H	Richard Burr	R	96	88	91	8
North Carolina	H	Eva Clayton	D	0	0	3	10
North Carolina	H	Howard Coble	R	92	92	90	18
North Carolina	H	Bob Etheridge	D	24	36	28	6
North Carolina	H	Robin Hayes	R	96	96	92	4
North Carolina	H	Walter Jones	R	96	92	97	8
North Carolina	H	Mike Mcintyre	D	48	64	53	6
North Carolina	H	Sue Myrick	R	96	96	95	8
North Carolina	H	David Price	D	0	4	9	14
North Carolina	H	Charles Taylor	R	96	92	94	12
North Carolina	H	Melvin Watt	D	4	0	4	10
North Carolina	S	John Edwards	D	30	16	15	4
North Carolina	S	Jesse Helms	R	100	100	99	30
North Dakota	H	Earl Pomeroy	D	32	28	22	10
North Dakota	S	Kent Conrad	D	10	36	20	16
North Dakota	S	Byron Dorgan	D	20	36	18	16
Ohio	H	John Boehner	R	88	96	94	12
Ohio	H	Sherrod Brown	D	4	4	9	10
Ohio	H	Steve Chabot	R	96	96	98	8
Ohio	H	Paul Gillmor	R	88	79	81	14
Ohio	H	Tony Hall	D	19	29	17	24
Ohio	H	David Hobson	R	88	80	80	12
Ohio	H	Stephanie Jones	D	0	4	2	4
Ohio	H	Marcy Kaptur	D	18	30	15	20
Ohio	H	Dennis Kucinich	D	0	20	13	6
Ohio	H	Steve Latourette	R	76	72	72	8
Ohio	H	Bob Ney	R	92	88	85	8
Ohio	H	Michael Oxley	R	96	92	87	22
Ohio	H	Rob Portman	R	92	88	89	10
Ohio	H	Deborah Pryce	R	88	68	78	10
Ohio	H	Ralph Regula	R	88	76	67	30
Ohio	H	Thomas Sawyer	D	0	0	3	16
Ohio	H	Ted Strickland	D	12	16	17	8
Ohio	H	Patrick Tiberi	R	96	92	96	2
Ohio	H	James Traficant	D	0	76	30	18
Ohio	S	Mike Dewine	R	95	72	83	16
Ohio	S	George Voinovich	R	90	83	81	4
Oklahoma	H	Brad Carson	D	40	48	44	2
Oklahoma	H	Ernest Istook	R	92	100	95	10
Oklahoma	H	Steve Largent	R	100	96	97	8
Oklahoma	H	Frank Lucas	R	96	96	95	9
Oklahoma	H	Wes Watkins	R	92	96	65	20
Oklahoma	H	J.C. Watts	R	96	96	94	8
Oklahoma	S	James Inhofe	R	100	96	98	16
Oklahoma	S	Don Nickles	R	100	92	96	22
Oregon	H	Earl Blumenauer	D	4	0	3	7
Oregon	H	Peter Defazio	D	12	16	13	16
Oregon	H	Darlene Hooley	D	12	4	11	6
Oregon	H	Greg Walden	R	96	84	88	4
Oregon	H	David Wu	D	16	8	14	4
Oregon	S	Gordon Smith	R	75	80	76	6
Oregon	S	Ron Wyden	D	15	8	10	22
Pennsylvania	H	Robert Borski	D	8	20	13	20
Pennsylvania	H	Robert Brady	D	4	16	8	5
Pennsylvania	H	William Coyne	D	0	0	2	22
Pennsylvania	H	Mike Doyle	D	8	32	24	8
Pennsylvania	H	Phil English	R	92	68	77	8
Pennsylvania	H	Chaka Fattah	D	0	0	1	8
Pennsylvania	H	George Gekas	R	92	84	85	20
Pennsylvania	H	Jim Greenwood	R	78	48	62	10
Pennsylvania	H	Melissa Hart	R	96	88	95	2
Pennsylvania	H	Joseph Hoeffel	D	4	0	5	4
Pennsylvania	H	Tim Holden	D	40	48	40	10
Pennsylvania	H	Paul Kanjorski	D	24	36	21	18
Pennsylvania	H	Frank Mascara	D	20	56	31	8
Pennsylvania	H	John Murtha	D	32	48	33	29
Pennsylvania	H	John Peterson	R	100	88	93	6
Pennsylvania	H	Joseph Pitts	R	100	100	97	6
Pennsylvania	H	Todd Platts	R	88	80	85	2
Pennsylvania	H	Don Sherwood	R	96	88	87	4
Pennsylvania	H	Bud Shuster	R	96	94	94	2
Pennsylvania	H	Pat Toomey	R	100	100	97	4
Pennsylvania	H	Curt Weldon	R	79	70	69	16
Pennsylvania	S	Rick Santorum	R	95	100	87	12
Pennsylvania	S	Arlen Specter	R	50	56	42	22
Rhode Island	H	Patrick Kennedy	D	8	4	11	8
Rhode Island	H	James Langevin	D	8	28	14	2
Rhode Island	S	Lincoln Chafee	R	53	44	34	3
Rhode Island	S	Jack Reed	D	0	4	7	12
South Carolina	H	Henry Brown	R	96	92	94	2
South Carolina	H	James Clyburn	D	0	20	9	10
South Carolina	H	Jim Demint	R	100	100	98	4
South Carolina	H	Lindsey Graham	R	83	88	91	8
South Carolina	H	John Spratt	D	16	36	26	18
South Carolina	H	Joe Wilson	R	92		92	1
South Carolina	S	Fritz Hollings	D	15	29	37	32
South Carolina	S	Strom Thurmond	R	90	100	91	32
South Dakota	H	John Thune	R	88	80	84	6
South Dakota	S	Tom Daschle	D	22	8	14	24
South Dakota	S	Tim Johnson	D	15	32	21	16
Tennessee	H	Ed Bryant	R	100	100	98	8
Tennessee	H	Bob Clement	D	46	36	30	15
Tennessee	H	John Duncan	R	92	92	88	14
Tennessee	H	Harlod Ford	D	24	8	16	6
Tennessee	H	Bart Gordon	D	40	42	26	18
Tennessee	H	Van Hilleary	R	100	96	98	8
Tennessee	H	Bill Jenkins	R	100	96	94	6
Tennessee	H	John Tanner	D	39	50	43	14
Tennessee	H	Zach Wamp	R	96	88	93	8
Tennessee	S	Bill Frist	R	100	100	90	8
Tennessee	S	Fred Thompson	R	89	84	86	8
Texas	H	Dick Armey	R	96	96	97	18
Texas	H	Joe Barton	R	96	96	94	18
Texas	H	Ken Bentsen	D	8	24	10	8
Texas	H	Henry Bonilla	R	92	92	92	10
Texas	H	Kevin Brady	R	100	96	97	6
Texas	H	Larry Combest	R	94	92	95	18
Texas	H	John Culberson	R	100	100	99	2
Texas	H	Tom Delay	R	92	100	96	18
Texas	H	Lloyd Doggett	D	4	4	7	8
Texas	H	Chet Edwards	D	36	40	27	12
Texas	H	Martin Frost	D	4	25	16	24
Texas	H	Charles Gonzalez	D	0	4	3	4
Texas	H	Kay Granger	R	96	80	87	6
Texas	H	Gene Green	D	16	36	23	10
Texas	H	Ralph Hall	D	88	96	83	22
Texas	H	Ruben Hinojosa	D	20	13	17	6
Texas	H	Sheila Jackson-lee	D	4	8	6	8
Texas	H	E. Bernice Johnson	D	0	4	6	10
Texas	H	Sam Johnson	R	100	100	99	12
Texas	H	Nick Lampson	D	21	21	21	6
Texas	H	Solomon Ortiz	D	25	60	32	20
Texas	H	Ron Paul	R	76	70	84	12
Texas	H	Silvestre Reyes	D	19	30	24	6
Texas	H	Ciro Rodriguez	D	0	12	7	4
Texas	H	Max Sandlin	D	40	32	36	6
Texas	H	Peter Sessions	R	100	100	98	6
Texas	H	Lamar Smith	R	96	96	93	16
Texas	H	Charles Stenholm	D	50	64	71	24
Texas	H	Mac Thornberry	R	92	96	95	8
Texas	H	Jim Turner	D	32	48	38	6
Texas	S	Phil Gramm	R	100	96	95	24
Texas	S	Kay Bailey Hutchison	R	100	96	94	10
Utah	H	Chris Cannon	R	95	100	97	6
Utah	H	James Hansen	R	100	100	95	22
Utah	H	James Matheson	D	40	32	39	2
Utah	S	Robert Bennett	R	100	100	88	10
Utah	S	Orrin Hatch	R	95	96	90	26
Vermont	H	Bernard Sanders	D	0	8	6	12
Vermont	S	James Jeffords	D	6	29	26	18
Vermont	S	Pat Leahy	D	0	8	6	28
Virginia	H	Rick Boucher	D	21	16	14	20
Virginia	H	Eric Cantor	R	100	100	99	2
Virginia	H	Jo Ann Davis	R	96	100	96	2
Virginia	H	Tom Davis	R	88	60	72	8
Virginia	H	Randy Forbes	R	100	100	99	2
Virginia	H	Virgill Goode	D	96	96	92	6
Virginia	H	Robert Goodlatte	R	100	96	95	10
Virginia	H	James Moran	D	21	8	15	12
Virginia	H	Edward Schrock	R	100	100	99	2
Virginia	H	Robert Scott	D	4	4	8	10
Virginia	H	Frank Wolf	R	92	79	83	22
Virginia	S	Mark Allen	R	84	96	90	4
Virginia	S	John Warner	R	79	96	82	24
Washington	H	Brian Baird	D	12	12	11	4
Washington	H	Norman Dicks	D	13	8	10	26
Washington	H	Jennifer Dunn	R	92	88	90	10
Washington	H	Doc Hastings	R	92	96	95	8
Washington	H	Jay Inslee	D	4	4	11	6
Washington	H	Rick Larsen	D	24	12	22	2
Washington	H	Jim Mcdermott	D	0	0	2	14
Washington	H	George Nethercutt	R	92	96	92	8
Washington	H	Adam Smith	D	23	20	19	6
Washington	S	Maria Cantwell	D	25	12	16	2
Washington	S	Patty Murray	D	10	4	3	10
West Virginia	H	Shelley Capito	R	76	76	76	2
West Virginia	H	Alan Mollohan	D	24	48	31	20
West Virginia	H	Nick Rahall	D	24	36	19	26
West Virginia	S	Robert Byrd	D	15	40	30	32
West Virginia	S	John Rockefeller	D	15	12	9	18
Wisconsin	H	Tammy Baldwin	D	0	0	2	4
Wisconsin	H	Thomas Barrett	D	4	0	7	10
Wisconsin	H	Mark Green	R	88	88	88	4
Wisconsin	H	Ron Kind	D	8	12	13	6
Wisconsin	H	Jerry Kleczka	D	4	4	11	19
Wisconsin	H	David Obey	D	8	13	9	32
Wisconsin	H	Thomas Petri	R	80	72	76	24
Wisconsin	H	Paul Ryan	R	96	88	93	4
Wisconsin	H	Jim Sensenbrenner	R	92	96	88	24
Wisconsin	S	Russell Feingold	D	5	20	11	10
Wisconsin	S	Herb Kohl	D	15	16	15	14
Wyoming	H	Barbara Cubin	R	100	100	98	8
Wyoming	S	Mike Enzi	R	100	92	93	6
Wyoming	S	Craig Thomas	R	100	96	89	14

[Stay the course]

TOP TEN INCREASES

State	House/ Senate	Name	Dem/ Rep	2002	2001	Life	Years	Change
New York	H	Sue Kelly	R	88	40	65	8	48
Connecticut	H	Christopher Shays	R	76	32	48	16	44
Minnesota	H	Jim Ramstad	R	92	52	71	12	40
New York	H	Sherwood Boehlert	R	64	32	39	20	32
New York	H	Amo Houghton	R	62	30	54	16	32
Iowa	H	Jim Leach	R	56	25	44	26	31
New York	H	Benjamin Gilman	R	67	36	46	30	31
Maryland	H	Wayne Gilchrest	R	78	48	64	12	30
Pennsylvania	H	Jim Greenwood	R	78	48	62	10	30
Delaware	H	Michael Castle	R	76	48	61	10	28

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TOP TEN DECREASES

State	House/ Senate	Name	Dem/ Rep	2002	2001	Life	Years	Change
Pennsylvania	H	Frank Mascara	D	20	56	31	8	-36
Texas	H	Solomon Ortiz	D	25	60	32	20	-35
Missouri	H	Ike Skelton	D	32	64	48	26	-32
North Dakota	S	Kent Conrad	D	10	36	20	16	-26
West Virginia	S	Robert Byrd	D	15	40	30	32	-25
Michigan	H	Dale Kildee	D	8	32	12	26	-24
Pennsylvania	H	Mike Doyle	D	8	32	24	8	-24
West Virginia	H	Alan Mollohan	D	24	48	31	20	-24
Illinois	H	William Lipinski	D	32	55	39	20	-23
Vermont	S	James Jeffords	D	6	29	26	18	-23

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Pennsylvania H Pat Toomey R 100 100 97 4
Pennsylvania S Rick Santorum R 95 100 87 12
Pennsylvania S Arlen Specter R 50 56 42 22

I'll lose the formatting, but you'll get the picture... Anyone inspired to support Pat Toomey in his senate race against Arlen Specter?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Interesting to see that Arlen Specter has now eclipsed Lincoln Chafee to claim the mantle of most liberal Republican, and also with Judas Jim Jeffords' switch, how hard-left he went, eclipsing a large section of the 'Rats. A "6", unbelievable. We should've smelled this character a long time ago, what a joke.

[Illbay]

Alabama Senators: "Jeff Shelby"? "Richard Sessions"?

Whoever wrote this thing ought to be fired.

[Stay the course]

STATES RANKED BY AVERAGE LIFETIME RATING

Wyoming	93.33
Idaho	93.25
Kentucky	88.25
Oklahoma	85.50
New Hampshire	85.25
Kansas	82.33
Utah	81.80
Arizona	80.75
Alabama	78.00
Nebraska	75.60
Alaska	74.00
Virginia	72.62
Mississippi	72.29
Tennessee	69.27
Colorado	68.63
South Carolina	67.25
Montana	66.67
Georgia	66.00
Louisiana	62.44
North Carolina	61.43
Indiana	61.33
Iowa	59.29
Florida	59.28
Missouri	58.36
Texas	57.56
Ohio	57.00
Nevada	54.75
Pennsylvania	54.26
New Mexico	51.80
Arkansas	50.00
Illinois	49.68
Michigan	40.50
South Dakota	39.67
California	38.41
Wisconsin	37.55
Minnesota	34.40
New Jersey	33.73
Washington	33.73
West Virginia	33.00
Delaware	32.33
Oregon	30.71
New York	30.55
Maryland	29.90
Maine	29.50
Connecticut	28.00
North Dakota	20.00
Rhode Island	16.50
Vermont	12.67
Hawaii	7.00
Massachusetts	5.42

[rmmcdaniell]

Two of the more interesting numbers is that the His Holiness Zell Miller dropped from 60 in 2001 to 47 while the despised John McCain rose from 68 in 2001 to 78 in 2002. Are you still disappointed Sen. Miller is retiring?

[Xthe17th]

Couple a' notes:

• Leach's jump to 56 still ain't helpin him. This butthead and the Hildabeast still want to abolish the Electoral College. OUT!
• McInsane's 68->78?? I don't believe it and even so, he sides with 'Rats on too many important issues (like CFR) so the CU number is irrelevant. OUT!!
• Chris Shays 32->76...an anomaly since his lifetime is still a 48 and he's another CFR hack. OUT!!
• Thanks for correctly labeling Jumpin' Jeffords as a "D" 'Rat. We certainly like our targets clearly identified.
• WEST VIRGINIA notes: Byrdopping to 15 is due mostly to senility. OUT!! And Mollohan down to 24 is all the more reason that Jay Wolfe should challenge him next year. Got yer ears on Senator Wolfe?

[I Am Not A Mod]

Free Republic Highlights, 2/27/03

[Stay the course]

Thanks. They always have some typos on their site. Probably have some flunkie typing stuff in.

The ratings labeled "Richard Sessions" are for Jeff Sessions.

The ones labeled "Jeff Shelby" are for Richard Shelby.

[Xthe17th]

PS: Thanks for that state ranking. WOW, West Virginia's not at the bottom of a list...for the first time ever. Now who woulda thunk?!

[Xthe17th]

Thanks Mrs. Capito, but we know you can do better (CU=76).

[smokinleroy]

It's a mystery why Ralph Hall (88) (D-TX) doesn't jump ship.
He claims this is his last term, though, but he said that after '00 as well.

[Stay the course]

TEN MOST LIBERAL REPUBLICANS (LIFETIME)

State	House/ Senate	Name	Dem/ Rep	2002	2001	Life	Years
Maryland	H	Constance Morella (GONE)	R	24	12	22	16
Rhode Island	S	Lincoln Chafee	R	53	44	34	3
New York	H	Sherwood Boehlert	R	64	32	39	20
Pennsylvania	S	Arlen Specter	R	50	56	42	22
Iowa	H	Jim Leach	R	56	25	44	26
New York	H	Benjamin Gilman (GONE)	R	67	36	46	30
Connecticut	H	Nancy Johnson	R	56	32	47	20
Connecticut	H	Christopher Shays	R	76	32	48	16
Maine	S	Olympia Snowe	R	65	60	52	24
New Jersey	H	Marge Roukema (GONE)	R	75	50	53	22

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TEN MOST CONSERVATIVE DEMS (LIFETIME)

State	House/ Senate	Name	Dem/ Rep	2002	2001	Life	Years
Virginia	H	Virgill Goode	D	96	96	92	6
Texas	H	Ralph Hall	D	88	96	83	22
Kentucky	H	Ken Lucas	D	84	76	74	4
Texas	H	Charles Stenholm	D	50	64	71	24
Mississippi	H	Gene Taylor	D	48	64	70	14
Mississippi	H	Ronnie Shows (GONE)	D	68	76	65	4
Georgia	S	Zell Miller	D	47	60	54	2
Michigan	H	James Barcia (GONE)	D	74	48	54	10
Nebraska	S	Ben Nelson	D	55	56	53	2
North Carolina	H	Mike Mcintyre	D	48	64	53	6

[11th Earl of Mar]

Ohio H James Traficant D 0 76 30 18

And THIS is the man many freepers supported?

"He stands up for what he believes!!! He's not afraid to vote his conscience!!!"

He either doesn't believe in the right things or does not have a conscience. Or maybe both.

[Stay the course]

Sorry, the zero should be "N/A". He didn't vote on any of the 25 bills their rating is based on.

[ScholarWarrior]

Nothing would give me more pleasure than voting out that "not proven" SOB Specter.

Except perhaps voting on the Democratic primary ticket for Al Sharpton. HA

[ScholarWarrior]

Wow. Look at the ratings of Goode, Hall and Lucas.

We need to cause more democrats to be elected like that.

[AuH2ORepublican]

Does the ACU take a Senator's or Representative's votes on abortion into consideration when handing out their rankings? The numbers suggest that they did in 2001, when the 10 pro-abortion Republicans listed in "Top Ten Increases" scored between 25 and 52 (average score, 39), while the 7 pro-life Democrats listed in "Top Ten Decreases" (all but Byrd, Conrad and Jeffords) scored between 32 and 64 (average score, 50). But in 2002, the same 10 pro-abortion Republicans scored between 56 and 92 (average score, 74), while the same 7 pro-life Democrats scored between 8 and 32 (average score, 21), which suggests that their votes on abortion were not taken into account. Given the general increase in ACU ratings in 2002 for nominal Republicans (heck, Lincoln Chafee scored a 56, for crying out loud!), I have to assume that the ACU gave more weight in 2002 to party-line votes on proposals pushed by the Democratic Senate and Republican House, respectively, than in previous years, at the expense of pro-life issues.

That helps explain why Arlen Specter's ratings were 53 in 2002 but are 42 for his career. Given the fact that all Republicans received a slight "bump" from the ACU in 2002, Specter's rating is just as pitiful as it's ever been. To Specter apologists out there, all I have to say is, go, Pat, go!

[Stay the course]

I just noticed that they still have Goode listed as a Democrat. He switched from Democrat to Independent in 2000, and he became a Republican in 2002.