Shades of Blue

Most of the Blue Dogs are clustered in the House's ideological center, according to National Journal's 2007 vote ratings, although a few of them are fairly liberal.

                                 Composite     (Liberal Rank
                               Liberal Score      in House)
Jim Marshall, D-Ga.                43.5            (235th)
Dan Boren, D-Okla.                 44.0            (234th)
John Barrow, D-Ga.                 45.8            (231st)
Gene Taylor, D-Miss.               46.3            (229th)
Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.               47.0            (227th)
Nick Lampson, D-Texas              47.0            (227th)
Charlie Melancon, D-La.            47.8            (225th)
Brad Ellsworth, D-Ind.             48.2            (224th)
Bud Cramer, D-Ala.                 48.7            (222nd)
Jim Matheson, D-Utah               49.2            (221st)
Lincoln Davis, D-Tenn.             49.5            (219th)
Mike McIntyre, D-N.C.              49.5            (219th)
Christopher Carney, D-Pa.          49.7            (217th)
Heath Shuler, D-N.C.               49.7            (217th)
John Tanner, D-Tenn.               49.8            (216th)
Tim Mahoney, D-Fla.                50.3            (215th)
              (at the center of the House)
Baron Hill, D-Ind.                 51.0            (213th)
Zack Space, D-Ohio                 51.2            (212th)
Melissa Bean, D-Ill.               51.5            (210th)
Collin Peterson, D-Minn.           51.8            (209th)
Allen Boyd, D-Fla.                 52.7            (208th)
Tim Holden, D-Pa.                  53.2            (207th)
Mike Ross, D-Ark.                  53.7            (204th)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D.  53.7            (204th)
Bart Gordon, D-Tenn.               54.5            (200th)
Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.                54.7            (198th)
Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio             55.2            (197th)
Ben Chandler, D-Ky.                55.3            (196th)
Patrick Murphy, D-Pa.              56.5            (194th)
Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz.        56.8            (192nd)
John Salazar, D-Colo.              57.3            (190th)
Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.         58.7            (185th)
Jim Costa, D-Calif.                59.5            (183rd)
Marion Berry, D-Ark.               60.3            (180th)
Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.               61.3            (176th)
Sanford Bishop, D-Ga.              61.7            (174th)
Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa            62.0            (171st)
Dennis Cardoza, D-Calif.           64.7            (162nd)
Dennis Moore, D-Kan.               66.5            (157th)
Michael Michaud, D-Maine           68.8            (144th)
Michael Arcuri, D-N.Y.             69.2            (143rd)
David Scott, D-Ga.                 70.5            (135th)
Adam Schiff, D-Calif.              72.2            (129th)
Mike Thompson, D-Calif.            75.8            (114th)
Joe Baca, D-Calif.                 76.7            (109th)
Jane Harman, D-Calif.              77.7            (100th)
Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif.          77.8             (99th)

This article appeared in the Saturday, June 14, 2008 edition of National Journal.

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