NATIONAL JOURNAL VOTE RATINGS
The 1998 Senate: From Right To Left
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Friday, Feb. 4, 2000
Listed below are senators' 1998 National Journal composite vote ratings. Members are listed from most liberal to least in the left column, and most conservative to least in the right column.
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1998 Senate
| The Liberals | % | | The Conservatives | % |
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| Wellstone, D-Minn. | 93.2 | | Ashcroft, R-Mo. | 94.0 |
| Lautenberg, D-N.J. | 91.7 | | Faircloth, R-N.C. | 94.0 |
| Kennedy, D-Mass. | 90.3 | | Hutchinson, R-Ark. | 94.0 |
| Harkin, D-Iowa | 88.8 | | Inhofe, R-Okla. | 94.0 |
| Durbin, D-Ill. | 88.0 | | Sessions, R-Ala. | 94.0 |
| Sarbanes, D-Md. | 88.0 | | Smith, R-N.H. | 94.0 |
| Johnson, D-S.D. | 87.0 | | Nickles, R-Okla. | 90.5 |
| Kerry, D-Mass. | 86.8 | | Helms, R-N.C. | 88.5 |
| Levin, D-Mich. | 86.0 | | Gramm, R-Texas | 87.5 |
| Bumpers, D-Ark. | 85.8 | | Lott, R-Miss. | 86.3 |
| Bryan, D-Nev. | 85.5 | | Hutchison, R-Texas | 85.0 |
| Akaka, D-Hawaii | 83.7 | | Craig, R-Idaho | 84.8 |
| Moseley-Braun, D-Ill. | 83.5 | | Allard, R-Colo. | 84.2 |
| Mikulski, D-Md. | 82.2 | | Kyl, R-Ariz. | 84.2 |
| Leahy, D-Vt. | 81.7 | | Brownback, R-Kan. | 83.8 |
| Dodd, D-Conn. | 80.8 | | Thompson, R-Tenn. | 82.3 |
| Reed, D-R.I. | 80.8 | | Roberts, R-Kan. | 80.7 |
| Boxer, D-Calif. | 80.7 | | Kempthorne, R-Idaho | 79.2 |
| Kohl, D-Wis. | 79.5 | | McConnell, R-Ky. | 78.5 |
| Rockefeller, D-W.Va. | 79.3 | | Shelby, R-Ala. | 78.5 |
| Daschle, D-S.D. | 79.0 | | Grams, R-Minn. | 78.2 |
| Murray, D-Wash. | 78.8 | | Burns, R-Mont. | 77.7 |
| Kerrey, D-Neb. | 77.8 | | Santorum, R-Pa. | 77.7 |
| Moynihan, D-N.Y. | 77.5 | | Enzi, R-Wyo. | 77.0 |
| Glenn, D-Ohio | 77.2 | | Thomas, R-Wyo. | 74.7 |
| Feinstein, D-Calif. | 76.3 | | Thurmond, R-S.C. | 74.5 |
| Feingold, D-Wis. | 75.2 | | Coverdell, R-Ga. | 72.7 |
| Wyden, D-Ore. | 74.8 | | Abraham, R-Mich. | 72.5 |
| Bingaman, D-N.M. | 74.0 | | Gregg, R-N.H. | 72.5 |
| Cleland, D-Ga. | 72.0 | | Bond, R-Mo. | 70.7 |
| Dorgan, D-N.D. | 71.8 | | Frist, R-Tenn. | 70.2 |
| Byrd, D-W.Va. | 71.5 | | Murkowski, R-Alaska | 70.0 |
| Conrad, D-N.D. | 71.3 | | Coats, R-Ind. | 69.5 |
| Torricelli, D-N.J. | 70.7 | | Grassley, R-Iowa | 69.2 |
| Biden, D-Del. | 69.7 | | McCain, R-Ariz. | 68.3 |
| Graham, D-Fla. | 69.0 | | Hatch, R-Utah | 67.8 |
| Jeffords, R-Vt. | 68.5 | | Hagel, R-Neb. | 67.7 |
| Baucus, D-Mont. | 67.3 | | Gordon, R-Ore. | 66.8 |
| Lieberman, D-Conn. | 66.8 | | Warner, R-Va. | 66.2 |
| Landrieu, D-La. | 66.5 | | Cochran, R-Miss. | 63.3 |
| Inouye, D-Hawaii | 65.8 | | Mack, R-Fla. | 62.2 |
| Reid, D-Nev. | 64.3 | | Gorton, R-Wash. | 61.7 |
| Robb, D-Va. | 62.0 | | Dewine, R-Ohio | 60.3 |
| Chafee, R-R.I. | 59.2 | | Snowe, R-Maine | 60.0 |
| Ford, D-Ky. | 56.7 | | Lugar, R-Ind. | 57.5 |
| Breaux, D-La. | 56.0 | | Campbell, R-Colo. | 56.2 |
| Specter, R-Pa. | 54.2 | | Domenici, R-N.M. | 54.7 |
| D'Amato, R-N.M. | 52.8 | | Roth, R-Del. | 53.5 |
| Hollings, D-S.C. | 52.5 | | Collins, R-Maine | 52.3 |
| Stevens, R-Alaska | 52.5 | | Bennett, R-Utah | 51.8 |
| Bennett, R-Utah | 48.2 | | Hollings, D-S.C. | 47.5 |
| Collins, R-Maine | 47.7 | | Stevens, R-Alaska | 47.5 |
| Roth, R-Del. | 46.5 | | D'Amato, R-N.M. | 47.2 |
| Domenici, R-N.M. | 45.3 | | Specter, R-Pa. | 45.8 |
| Campbell, R-Colo. | 43.8 | | Breaux, D-La. | 44.0 |
| Lugar, R-Ind. | 42.5 | | Ford, D-Ky. | 43.3 |
| Snowe, R-Maine | 40.0 | | Chafee, R-R.I. | 40.8 |
| Dewine, R-Ohio | 39.7 | | Robb, D-Va. | 38.0 |
| Gorton, R-Wash. | 38.3 | | Reid, D-Nev. | 35.7 |
| Mack, R-Fla. | 37.8 | | Inouye, D-Hawaii | 34.2 |
| Cochran, R-Miss. | 36.7 | | Landrieu, D-La. | 33.5 |
| Warner, R-Va. | 33.8 | | Lieberman, D-Conn. | 33.2 |
| Gordon, R-Ore. | 33.2 | | Baucus, D-Mont. | 32.7 |
| Hagel, R-Neb. | 32.3 | | Jeffords, R-Vt. | 31.5 |
| Hatch, R-Utah | 32.2 | | Graham, D-Fla. | 31.0 |
| McCain, R-Ariz. | 31.7 | | Biden, D-Del. | 30.3 |
| Grassley, R-Iowa | 30.8 | | Torricelli, D-N.J. | 29.3 |
| Coats, R-Ind. | 30.5 | | Conrad, D-N.D. | 28.7 |
| Murkowski, R-Alaska | 30.0 | | Byrd, D-W.Va. | 28.5 |
| Frist, R-Tenn. | 29.8 | | Dorgan, D-N.D. | 28.2 |
| Bond, R-Mo. | 29.3 | | Cleland, D-Ga. | 28.0 |
| Abraham, R-Mich. | 27.5 | | Bingaman, D-N.M. | 26.0 |
| Gregg, R-N.H. | 27.5 | | Wyden, D-Ore. | 25.2 |
| Coverdell, R-Ga. | 27.3 | | Feingold, D-Wis. | 24.8 |
| Thurmond, R-S.C. | 25.5 | | Feinstein, D-Calif. | 23.7 |
| Thomas, R-Wyo. | 25.3 | | Glenn, D-Ohio | 22.8 |
| Enzi, R-Wyo. | 23.0 | | Moynihan, D-N.Y. | 22.5 |
| Burns, R-Mont. | 22.3 | | Kerrey, D-Neb. | 22.2 |
| Santorum, R-Pa. | 22.3 | | Murray, D-Wash. | 21.2 |
| Grams, R-Minn. | 21.8 | | Daschle, D-S.D. | 21.0 |
| McConnell, R-Ky. | 21.5 | | Rockefeller, D-W.Va. | 20.7 |
| Shelby, R-Ala. | 21.5 | | Kohl, D-Wis. | 20.5 |
| Kempthorne, R-Idaho | 20.8 | | Boxer, D-Calif. | 19.3 |
| Roberts, R-Kan. | 19.3 | | Dodd, D-Conn. | 19.2 |
| Thompson, R-Tenn. | 17.7 | | Reed, D-R.I. | 19.2 |
| Brownback, R-Kan. | 16.2 | | Leahy, D-Vt. | 18.3 |
| Allard, R-Colo. | 15.8 | | Mikulski, D-Md. | 17.8 |
| Kyl, R-Ariz. | 15.8 | | Moseley-Braun, D-Ill. | 16.5 |
| Craig, R-Idaho | 15.2 | | Akaka, D-Hawaii | 16.3 |
| Hutchison, R-Texas | 15.0 | | Bryan, D-Nev. | 14.5 |
| Lott, R-Miss. | 13.7 | | Bumpers, D-Ark. | 14.2 |
| Gramm, R-Texas | 12.5 | | Levin, D-Mich. | 14.0 |
| Helms, R-N.C. | 11.5 | | Kerry, D-Mass. | 13.2 |
| Nickles, R-Okla. | 9.5 | | Johnson, D-S.D. | 13.0 |
| Ashcroft, R-Mo. | 6.0 | | Durbin, D-Ill. | 12.0 |
| Faircloth, R-N.C. | 6.0 | | Sarbanes, D-Md. | 12.0 |
| Hutchinson, R-Ark. | 6.0 | | Harkin, D-Iowa | 11.2 |
| Inhofe, R-Okla. | 6.0 | | Kennedy, D-Mass. | 9.7 |
| Sessions, R-Ala. | 6.0 | | Lautenberg, D-N.J. | 8.3 |
| Smith, R-N.H. | 6.0 | | Wellstone, D-Minn. | 6.8 |
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