NATIONAL JOURNAL VOTE RATINGS
The Senate
National Journal
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Friday, Feb. 1, 2002
National Journal's 2001 vote ratings for U.S. senators are listed below. To see senators ranked by their composite scores, please click here.
For a detailed explanation of the methodology and a complete list of the votes used to compute these rankings, please click here. The 2001 ratings for U.S. representatives are also available, as are the ratings from past Congresses.
| | | More Liberal Than _% of Senate on These Issues
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More Conservative Than _% of Senate on These Issues |
| | | Econ. | Social | Foreign | Econ. | Social | Foreign |
| Alabama |
| Richard C. Shelby | (R) | 7 | 0 | 36 | 86 | 79 | 54 |
| Jeff Sessions | (R) | 0 | 22 | 30 | 94 | 73 | 65 |
| Alaska |
| Ted Stevens | (R) | 40 | 22 | 36 | 60 | 73 | 54 |
| Frank Murkowski | (R) | 15 | 22 | 36 | 84 | 73 | 54 |
| Arizona |
| John McCain | (R) | 45 | 33 | 7 | 55 | 59 | 72 |
| Jon Kyl | (R) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 86 | 79 | 72 |
| Arkansas |
| Tim Hutchinson | (R) | 17 | 33 | 36 | 77 | 59 | 54 |
| Blanche Lincoln | (D) | 54 | 60 | 58 | 46 | 36 | 41 |
| California |
| Dianne Feinstein | (D) | 59 | 70 | 74 | 40 | 20 | 14 |
| Barbara Boxer | (D) | 93 | 93 | 98 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Colorado |
| Ben Nighthorse Campbell | (R) | 24 | 33 | 30 | 75 | 59 | 65 |
| Wayne Allard | (R) | 30 | 0 | 7 | 66 | 79 | 72 |
| Connecticut |
| Christopher J. Dodd | (D) | 88 | 70 | 74 | 9 | 20 | 14 |
| Joseph I. Lieberman | (D) | 71 | 70 | 51 | 27 | 20 | 43 |
| Delaware |
| Joseph R. Biden Jr. | (D) | 82 | 81 | 87 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| Tom Carper | (D) | 59 | 81 | 61 | 40 | 8 | 27 |
| Florida |
| Bob Graham | (D) | 74 | 70 | 61 | 23 | 20 | 27 |
| Bill Nelson | (D) | 71 | 70 | 61 | 27 | 20 | 27 |
| Georgia |
| Max Cleland | (D) | 61 | 70 | 51 | 37 | 20 | 43 |
| Zell Miller | (D) | 43 | 33 | 36 | 57 | 59 | 54 |
| Hawaii |
| Daniel K. Inouye | (D) | 78 | 81 | 74 | 22 | 8 | 14 |
| Daniel K. Akaka | (D) | 71 | 81 | 74 | 27 | 8 | 14 |
| Idaho |
| Larry Craig | (R) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 94 | 79 | 72 |
| Mike Crapo | (R) | 28 | 31 | 7 | 71 | 68 | 72 |
| Illinois |
| Richard J. Durbin | (D) | 88 | 60 | 87 | 9 | 36 | 3 |
| Peter G. Fitzgerald | (R) | 44 | 33 | 7 | 56 | 59 | 72 |
| Indiana |
| Richard G. Lugar | (R) | 26 | 22 | 7 | 73 | 73 | 72 |
| Evan Bayh | (D) | 61 | 60 | 51 | 37 | 36 | 43 |
| Iowa |
| Charles Grassley | (R) | 17 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 79 | 72 |
| Tom Harkin | (D) | 93 | 95 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Kansas |
| Sam Brownback | (R) | 7 | 33 | 7 | 86 | 59 | 72 |
| Pat Roberts | (R) | 7 | 29 | 7 | 86 | 70 | 72 |
| Kentucky |
| Mitch McConnell | (R) | 7 | 22 | 7 | 86 | 73 | 72 |
| Jim Bunning | (R) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 79 | 94 |
| Louisiana |
| John Breaux | (D) | 47 | 46 | 51 | 49 | 54 | 43 |
| Mary L. Landrieu | (D) | 56 | 59 | 51 | 44 | 41 | 43 |
| Maine |
| Olympia Snowe | (R) | 46 | 51 | 36 | 54 | 48 | 54 |
| Susan Collins | (R) | 47 | 53 | 36 | 49 | 46 | 54 |
| Maryland |
| Paul S. Sarbanes | (D) | 93 | 81 | 74 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | (D) | 82 | 81 | 61 | 15 | 8 | 27 |
| Massachusetts |
| Edward Kennedy | (D) | 88 | 81 | 87 | 9 | 8 | 3 |
| John F. Kerry | (D) | 93 | 81 | 74 | 0 | 8 | 14 |
| Michigan |
| Carl Levin | (D) | 86 | 95 | 74 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Debbie Stabenow | (D) | 82 | 94 | 87 | 15 | 6 | 3 |
| Minnesota |
| Paul Wellstone | (D) | 93 | 95 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Dayton | (D) | 93 | 95 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mississippi |
| Thad Cochran | (R) | 30 | 22 | 0 | 66 | 73 | 94 |
| Trent Lott | (R) | 0 | 28 | 0 | 94 | 72 | 94 |
| Missouri |
| Christopher S. Bond | (R) | 30 | 0 | 7 | 66 | 79 | 72 |
| Jean Carnahan | (D) | 58 | 55 | 61 | 42 | 44 | 27 |
| Montana |
| Max Baucus | (D) | 55 | 60 | 74 | 45 | 36 | 14 |
| Conrad Burns | (R) | 17 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 79 | 72 |
| Nebraska |
| Chuck Hagel | (R) | 30 | 33 | 7 | 66 | 59 | 72 |
| Ben Nelson | (D) | 47 | 51 | 36 | 49 | 48 | 54 |
| Nevada |
| Harry Reid | (D) | 74 | 70 | 61 | 23 | 20 | 27 |
| John Ensign | (R) | 35 | 31 | 7 | 62 | 68 | 72 |
| New Hampshire |
| Bob Smith | (R) | 0 | 0 | 30 | 94 | 79 | 65 |
| Judd Gregg | (R) | 35 | 0 | 30 | 62 | 79 | 65 |
| New Jersey |
| Robert G. Torricelli | (D) | 61 | 65 | 87 | 37 | 32 | 3 |
| Jon Corzine | (D) | 93 | 95 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| New Mexico |
| Pete V. Domenici | (R) | 41 | 42 | 7 | 59 | 58 | 72 |
| Jeff Bingaman | (D) | 68 | 65 | 74 | 31 | 32 | 14 |
| New York |
| Charles E. Schumer | (D) | 79 | 70 | 74 | 19 | 20 | 14 |
| Hillary Clinton | (D) | 87 | 70 | 61 | 13 | 20 | 27 |
| North Carolina |
| Jesse Helms | (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 79 | 94 |
| John Edwards | (D) | 74 | 60 | 61 | 23 | 36 | 27 |
| North Dakota |
| Kent Conrad | (D) | 68 | 48 | 61 | 31 | 51 | 27 |
| Byron Dorgan | (D) | 67 | 48 | 61 | 33 | 51 | 27 |
| Ohio |
| Mike DeWine | (R) | 42 | 43 | 30 | 58 | 55 | 65 |
| George Voinovich | (R) | 30 | 43 | 48 | 66 | 55 | 51 |
| Oklahoma |
| Don Nickles | (R) | 17 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 79 | 72 |
| James M. Inhofe | (R) | 17 | 0 | 36 | 77 | 79 | 54 |
| Oregon |
| Ron Wyden | (D) | 74 | 70 | 87 | 23 | 20 | 3 |
| Gordon H. Smith | (R) | 39 | 43 | 47 | 61 | 55 | 53 |
| Pennsylvania |
| Arlen Specter | (R) | 52 | 57 | 58 | 48 | 43 | 41 |
| Rick Santorum | (R) | 7 | 0 | 36 | 86 | 79 | 54 |
| Rhode Island |
| Jack Reed | (D) | 93 | 81 | 87 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Lincoln Chafee | (R) | 53 | 55 | 48 | 47 | 44 | 51 |
| South Carolina |
| Strom Thurmond | (R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 79 | 94 |
| Ernest F. Hollings | (D) | 66 | 65 | 51 | 34 | 32 | 43 |
| South Dakota |
| Thomas A. Daschle | (D) | 82 | 81 | 74 | 15 | 8 | 14 |
| Timothy P. Johnson | (D) | 57 | 53 | 61 | 43 | 46 | 27 |
| Tennessee |
| Fred D. Thompson | (R) | 35 | 0 | 7 | 62 | 79 | 72 |
| Bill Frist | (R) | 15 | 0 | 7 | 84 | 79 | 72 |
| Texas |
| Phil Gramm | (R) | 0 | 0 | 30 | 94 | 79 | 65 |
| Kay Bailey Hutchison | (R) | 26 | 33 | 0 | 73 | 59 | 94 |
| Utah |
| Orrin G. Hatch | (R) | 28 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 79 | 94 |
| Robert Bennett | (R) | 7 | 0 | 7 | 86 | 79 | 72 |
| Vermont |
| Patrick Leahy | (D) | 92 | 70 | 87 | 8 | 20 | 3 |
| James M. Jeffords | (I) | 47 | 58 | 51 | 49 | 42 | 43 |
| Virginia |
| John W. Warner | (R) | 35 | 33 | 36 | 62 | 59 | 54 |
| George Allen | (R) | 17 | 29 | 7 | 77 | 70 | 72 |
| Washington |
| Patty Murray | (D) | 70 | 81 | 98 | 30 | 8 | 0 |
| Maria Cantwell | (D) | 79 | 95 | 87 | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| West Virginia |
| Robert C. Byrd | (D) | 64 | 47 | 61 | 35 | 53 | 27 |
| John D. Rockefeller IV | (D) | 88 | 69 | 61 | 9 | 31 | 27 |
| Wisconsin |
| Herb Kohl | (D) | 64 | 81 | 74 | 35 | 8 | 14 |
| Russell Feingold | (D) | 79 | 65 | 60 | 19 | 32 | 40 |
| Wyoming |
| Craig Thomas | (R) | 24 | 0 | 29 | 75 | 79 | 71 |
| Michael Enzi | (R) | 17 | 0 | 7 | 77 | 79 | 72 |
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