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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.

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More Liberal Than _% of Senate on These Issues More Conservative Than _% of Senate on These Issues
Econ.SocialForeignEcon.SocialForeign
Alabama
Richard C. Shelby(R)7036867954
Jeff Sessions(R)02230947365
Alaska
Ted Stevens(R)402236607354
Frank Murkowski(R)152236847354
Arizona
John McCain(R)45337555972
Jon Kyl(R)707867972
Arkansas
Tim Hutchinson(R)173336775954
Blanche Lincoln(D)546058463641
California
Dianne Feinstein(D)597074402014
Barbara Boxer(D)939398070
Colorado
Ben Nighthorse Campbell(R)243330755965
Wayne Allard(R)3007667972
Connecticut
Christopher J. Dodd(D)88707492014
Joseph I. Lieberman(D)717051272043
Delaware
Joseph R. Biden Jr.(D)8281871583
Tom Carper(D)59816140827
Florida
Bob Graham(D)747061232027
Bill Nelson(D)717061272027
Georgia
Max Cleland(D)617051372043
Zell Miller(D)433336575954
Hawaii
Daniel K. Inouye(D)78817422814
Daniel K. Akaka(D)71817427814
Idaho
Larry Craig(R)007947972
Mike Crapo(R)28317716872
Illinois
Richard J. Durbin(D)8860879363
Peter G. Fitzgerald(R)44337565972
Indiana
Richard G. Lugar(R)26227737372
Evan Bayh(D)616051373643
Iowa
Charles Grassley(R)1707777972
Tom Harkin(D)9395740014
Kansas
Sam Brownback(R)7337865972
Pat Roberts(R)7297867072
Kentucky
Mitch McConnell(R)7227867372
Jim Bunning(R)700867994
Louisiana
John Breaux(D)474651495443
Mary L. Landrieu(D)565951444143
Maine
Olympia Snowe(R)465136544854
Susan Collins(R)475336494654
Maryland
Paul S. Sarbanes(D)9381740814
Barbara A. Mikulski(D)82816115827
Massachusetts
Edward Kennedy(D)888187983
John F. Kerry(D)9381740814
Michigan
Carl Levin(D)86957414014
Debbie Stabenow(D)8294871563
Minnesota
Paul Wellstone(D)939598000
Mark Dayton(D)939587003
Mississippi
Thad Cochran(R)30220667394
Trent Lott(R)0280947294
Missouri
Christopher S. Bond(R)3007667972
Jean Carnahan(D)585561424427
Montana
Max Baucus(D)556074453614
Conrad Burns(R)1707777972
Nebraska
Chuck Hagel(R)30337665972
Ben Nelson(D)475136494854
Nevada
Harry Reid(D)747061232027
John Ensign(R)35317626872
New Hampshire
Bob Smith(R)0030947965
Judd Gregg(R)35030627965
New Jersey
Robert G. Torricelli(D)61658737323
Jon Corzine(D)939587003
New Mexico
Pete V. Domenici(R)41427595872
Jeff Bingaman(D)686574313214
New York
Charles E. Schumer(D)797074192014
Hillary Clinton(D)877061132027
North Carolina
Jesse Helms(R)000947994
John Edwards(D)746061233627
North Dakota
Kent Conrad(D)684861315127
Byron Dorgan(D)674861335127
Ohio
Mike DeWine(R)424330585565
George Voinovich(R)304348665551
Oklahoma
Don Nickles(R)1707777972
James M. Inhofe(R)17036777954
Oregon
Ron Wyden(D)74708723203
Gordon H. Smith(R)394347615553
Pennsylvania
Arlen Specter(R)525758484341
Rick Santorum(R)7036867954
Rhode Island
Jack Reed(D)938187083
Lincoln Chafee(R)535548474451
South Carolina
Strom Thurmond(R)000947994
Ernest F. Hollings(D)666551343243
South Dakota
Thomas A. Daschle(D)82817415814
Timothy P. Johnson(D)575361434627
Tennessee
Fred D. Thompson(R)3507627972
Bill Frist(R)1507847972
Texas
Phil Gramm(R)0030947965
Kay Bailey Hutchison(R)26330735994
Utah
Orrin G. Hatch(R)2800717994
Robert Bennett(R)707867972
Vermont
Patrick Leahy(D)9270878203
James M. Jeffords(I)475851494243
Virginia
John W. Warner(R)353336625954
George Allen(R)17297777072
Washington
Patty Murray(D)7081983080
Maria Cantwell(D)7995871903
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd(D)644761355327
John D. Rockefeller IV(D)88696193127
Wisconsin
Herb Kohl(D)64817435814
Russell Feingold(D)796560193240
Wyoming
Craig Thomas(R)24029757971
Michael Enzi(R)1707777972

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