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