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Friday, Feb. 27, 2004

These are the most-conservative and most-liberal members of the Senate, based on composite scores in National Journal's 2003 vote ratings. On this page, senators are ordered from most liberal to most conservative.

A score of 78 on the liberal scale, for example, means that the senator was more liberal than 78 percent of his or her Senate colleagues on key votes during 2003. An asterisk [*] means that the member missed more than half of the rated votes. Tie scores are ordered alphabetically.

Senator...	...Is More Liberal Than __% Of The Senate	...Is More Conservative Than __% Of The Senate
MEMBER	LIBERAL SCORE	CONSERVATIVE SCORE
John Kerry, D-Mass.	97	4
John Edwards, D-N.C.	95	6
Jack Reed, D-R.I.	95	5
Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.	95	5
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	91	9
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	90	11
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.	89	11
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	89	11
Carl Levin, D-Mich.	89	11
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	89	11
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.	88	12
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	88	12
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.	87	13
Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.	86	14
Jon Corzine, D-N.J.	84	16
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	84	16
Tim Johnson, D-S.D.	81	19
Tom Daschle, D-S.D.	80	20
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.	80	20
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	79	22
Jay Rockefeller IV, D-W. Va.	79	21
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii	78	22
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.	78	22
Bob Graham, D-Fla.	78	23
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	78	23
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.	77	23
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	77	23
Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.	76	24
Joseph Biden, D-Del.	75	25
Robert Byrd, D-W. Va.	75	25
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.	74	26
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C.	72	28
Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.	71	29
Bill Nelson, D-Fla.	71	29
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	70	30
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	70	30
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	68	32
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	67	33
James Jeffords, I-Vt.	67	33
Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii	66	35
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	61	40
Mary Landrieu, D-La.	61	39
Mark Pryor, D-Ark.	60	40
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	59	42
Thomas Carper, D-Del.	59	41
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	59	41
John Breaux, D-La.	55	45
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	53	47
Susan Collins, R-Maine	51	49
Ben Nelson, D-Neb.	51	50
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	51	50
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	50	50
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo.	47	53
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska	45	56
John Sununu, R-N.H.	40	60
Gordon Smith, R-Ore.	39	61
John McCain, R-Ariz.	38	62
Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill.	35	65
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	35	65
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.	34	66
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	34	66
Richard Shelby, R-Ala.	33	67
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	30	70
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	29	71
John Ensign, R-Nev.	29	71
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	28	72
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	28	72
Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.	28	72
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	28	72
Zell Miller, D-Ga.	28	73
Jim Talent, R-Mo.	28	72
John Warner, R-Va.	27	73
Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.	26	75
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	26	74
Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	26	74
James Inhofe, R-Okla.	25	75
Norm Coleman, R-Minn.	24	76
Larry Craig, R-Idaho	24	76
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	24	76
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	23	77
Trent Lott, R-Miss.	21	79
Pete Domenici, R-N.M.	20	80
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	19	81
Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo.	19	81
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	19	81
Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.	17	83
Don Nickles, R-Okla.	17	83
George Allen, R-Va.	14	87
Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	14	87
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	14	87
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	14	87
John Cornyn, R-Texas	14	87
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	14	87
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	14	87
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah	14	87
Richard Lugar, R-Ind.	14	87
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	14	87
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	14	87
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	14	87
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	14	87

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