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National Journal
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Friday, Feb. 11, 2005

These are the most-conservative and most-liberal members of the Senate, based on composite scores in National Journal's 2004 vote ratings. On this page, senators are ordered from most conservative to most liberal.

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 2004. An asterisk [*] means that the member missed more than half of the rated votes. In the event of a tie, scores are ordered alphabetically first by state delegation, then by individual members' names.

Senator...	...Is More Liberal Than __% Of The Senate	...Is More Conservative Than __% Of The Senate
MEMBER	LIBERAL SCORE	CONSERVATIVE SCORE
Don Nickles, R-Okla. §	8.5	91.5
Craig Thomas, R-Wyo.	8.5	91.5
Jon Kyl, R-Ariz.	9.2	90.8
Wayne Allard, R-Colo.	9.2	90.8
Michael Enzi, R-Wyo.	9.7	90.3
Conrad Burns, R-Mont.	10.5	89.5
Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.	11.7	88.3
Larry Craig, R-Idaho	12.7	87.3
Mike Crapo, R-Idaho	12.7	87.3
Jim Bunning, R-Ky.	12.7	87.3
James Inhofe, R-Okla.	14	86
Orrin Hatch, R-Utah	14.8	85.2
Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.	15.8	84.2
Sam Brownback, R-Kan.	15.8	84.2
John Cornyn, R-Texas	17	83
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.	18	82
Thad Cochran, R-Miss.	20.2	79.8
Pete Domenici, R-N.M.	21.2	78.8
Jim Talent, R-Mo.	21.7	78.3
Bill Frist, R-Tenn.	23	77
Ted Stevens, R-Alaska	24	76
Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn.	24	76
Zell Miller, D-Ga. §	24.5	75.5
Pat Roberts, R-Kan.	24.5	75.5
George Allen, R-Va.	24.5	75.5
Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C.	24.8	75.2
Robert Bennett, R-Utah	25.2	74.8
Richard Shelby, R-Ala.	25.5	74.5
Trent Lott, R-Miss.	25.7	74.3
Christopher (Kit) Bond, R-Mo.	27.3	72.7
Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas	27.3	72.7
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, R-Colo. §	27.5	72.5
John Sununu, R-N.H.	27.7	72.3
Rick Santorum, R-Pa.	29.3	70.7
Charles Grassley, R-Iowa	29.8	70.2
John Ensign, R-Nev.	30.2	69.8
Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.	31	69
Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska	32.7	67.3
Richard Lugar, R-Ind.	33.2	66.8
Judd Gregg, R-N.H.	33.3	66.7
Gordon Smith, R-Ore.	35	65
John Warner, R-Va.	35.2	64.8
Norm Coleman, R-Minn.	38.5	61.5
Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill. §	41.2	58.8
Chuck Hagel, R-Neb.	41.5	58.5
George Voinovich, R-Ohio	42.5	57.5
Susan Collins, R-Maine	47.3	52.7
Mike DeWine, R-Ohio	48.2	51.8
John McCain, R-Ariz.	48.3	51.7
Arlen Specter, R-Pa.	48.3	51.7
Olympia Snowe, R-Maine	50.8	49.2
Ben Nelson, D-Neb.	51.2	48.8
Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I.	52.5	47.5
Max Baucus, D-Mont.	57.3	42.7
Mary Landrieu, D-La.	59.8	40.2
John Breaux, D-La. §	60.2	39.8
Mark Pryor, D-Ark.	60.5	39.5
Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.	61	39
Evan Bayh, D-Ind.	61.7	38.3
Kent Conrad, D-N.D.	66.2	33.8
Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.	69.8	30.2
Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.	70.3	29.7
Harry Reid, D-Nev.	70.7	29.3
Ernest Hollings, D-S.C. §	70.7	29.3
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.	71	29
Byron Dorgan, D-N.D.	71.7	28.3
Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.	72.2	27.8
Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.	73.5	26.5
Patty Murray, D-Wash.	73.7	26.3
James Jeffords, I-Vermont	74.2	25.8
Tim Johnson, D-S.D.	75	25
Jay Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va.	75.3	24.7
Thomas Carper, D-Del.	75.5	24.5
Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.	75.7	24.3
Bob Graham, D-Fla. §	76.3	23.7
Bill Nelson, D-Fla.	76.7	23.3
Tom Daschle, D-S.D. §	76.7	23.3
Mark Dayton, D-Minn.	77.2	22.8
Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.	77.7	22.3
Joseph Biden, D-Del.	78.7	21.3
Ron Wyden, D-Ore.	78.7	21.3
Christopher Dodd, D-Conn.	78.8	21.2
Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii	79.7	20.3
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont	80.7	19.3
Barbara Mikulski, D-Md.	81.2	18.8
Russell Feingold, D-Wis.	82.8	17.2
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.	83.2	16.8
Herb Kohl, D-Wis.	83.7	16.3
Tom Harkin, D-Iowa	84.5	15.5
Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.	85.7	14.3
Carl Levin, D-Mich.	88.5	11.5
Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.	88.5	11.5
Jon Corzine, D-N.J.	89.3	10.7
Jack Reed, D-R.I.	90.3	9.7
Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.	91.2	8.8
Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.	92.2	7.8
Richard Durbin, D-Ill.	93.2	6.8
Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii	94	6
John Kerry, D-Mass.	*	*
John Edwards, D-N.C. §	*	*