The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 4

The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 4 — Senate Incumbents Ratings by State

Includes only those Senators whose term of office expires in 2004.

Incumbent Senator	state	party	Democratic Action	ACLU	AFSCME	Ppl. for Amer.Way.	Conservation	Public Health	Family/Repro.Health '99-'02	Education-'03	Ch. of Commerce	Right to Life	Conservative Union	Gun Owners-03	Tax Limits	Chr. Coalition-02	Chr. Coalition-03
Murkowski, Lisa	AK	R	x	x	x	x	x	12	x	55	x	x	x	x	x	x	83
Shelby, Richard	AL	R	10	20	38	8	6	0	0	27	85	100	89	B	88	100	100
Lincoln, Blanche	AR	D	70	60	75	69	24	50	83	91	75	0	40	F	17	20	16
McCain, John	AZ	R	20	0	29	23	41	25	0	45	79	33	78	C-	67	60	83
Boxer, Barbara	CA	D	90	60	100	85	94	100	100	91	40	0	5	F-	0	0	0
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse ***	CO	R	30	20	38	8	12	12	50	45	85	100	88	B-	91	100	83
Dodd, Christopher	CT	D	80	60	100	77	76	100	100	82	40	0	5	F-	0	20	0
Graham, Bob ***	FL	D	75	60	88	85	59	100	100	100	60	0	20	F-	6	0	0
Miller, Zell ***	GA	D	30	25	75	38	6	0	x	25	79	0	47	x	58	60	100
Inouye, Daniel	HI	D	80	50	100	85	71	100	100	100	41	0	0	F	0	0	0
Grassley, Charles	IA	R	10	20	0	8	6	0	0	36	95	100	95	C	91	100	100
Crapo, Mike	ID	R	10	40	0	15	6	0	0	27	94	100	94	B	87	80	100
Fitzgerald, Peter ***	IL	R	20	0	25	8	59	0	0	18	90	33	84	F	88	80	100
Bayh, Evan	IN	D	70	60	75	77	41	75	83	91	65	0	30	F	21	0	33
Brownback, Sam	KS	R	5	20	0	0	6	0	0	27	100	100	100	B	94	100	100
Bunning, Jim	KY	R	0	20	13	0	0	0	0	27	95	100	100	B	100	100	100
Breaux, John ***	LA	D	65	50	88	54	18	50	0	91	79	100	42	F	26	80	50
Mikulski, Barbara	MD	D	100	60	100	92	82	100	100	100	47	0	0	F-	3	0	0
Bond, Christopher	MO	R	10	40	0	8	12	0	0	27	100	100	84	C	91	80	100
Edwards, John ***	NC	D	70	60	100	85	59	100	100	83	55	0	30	x	6	0	0
Dorgan, Byron	ND	D	90	40	100	69	47	62	50	100	50	0	20	F	6	40	16
Gregg, Judd	NH	R	10	20	0	0	53	25	0	27	100	100	85	C-	97	100	100
Reid, Harry	NV	D	85	40	100	77	94	88	0	91	45	33	10	F	6	0	16
Schumer, Charles	NY	D	85	60	100	92	94	100	100	100	50	0	10	F-	6	0	0
Voinovich, George	OH	R	5	40	14	8	0	0	0	27	95	100	90	D	88	80	100
Nickels, Don ***	OK	R	0	20	0	0	0	12	0	18	95	100	100	B-	100	100	100
Wyden, Ron	OR	D	85	60	75	85	76	12	100	91	60	0	15	F	21	0	0
Spector, Arlen	PA	R	35	60	38	38	53	12	83	36	85	0	50	C-	56	40	83
Hollings, Ernest ***	SC	D	85	60	100	77	65	86	83	91	55	33	15	F	9	40	16
Daschle, Tom	SD	D	85	60	75	85	59	88	83	91	58	0	22	F	0	0	16
Bennett, Robert	UT	R	5	20	13	8	6	0	0	27	100	100	100	D	97	100	100
Leahy, Patrick	VT	D	95	60	100	85	94	88	80	100	55	0	0	F-	3	0	16
Murray, Patty	WA	D	90	60	88	85	76	100	100	100	55	0	10	F	3	0	0
Feingold, Russell	WI	D	90	80	75	92	88	100	100	91	20	0	5	F	14	20	0

Key to Abbreviations
State or state/district : the incumbent's constituents.
Party: Democrat (D), Republican (R), Democrat-Farm-Labor (DFL), Independent (I).
Democratic Action: Americans for Democratic Action.
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union.
AFSCME: American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
Ppl.for Amer. Way: People for the American Way.
Conservation: League of Conservation Voters.
Public Health : American Public Health Association.
Family/Repro. Health '99-'03: National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association.
NEA-03: National Education Association.
Ch. of Commerce: Chamber of Commerce of the United States.
Right to Life: National Right to Life Committee.
Conservative Union: American Conservative Union.
Gun Owners: Gun Owners of America.
Tax Limits: National Tax Limitation Committee.
Chr. Coalition: The Christian Coalition of America.
***: not running for re-election this year.
sp. el.: put into office by a special election in 2004

The Congressional Evaluation Project
Table 3 — Senate Incumbents' Background, 2004, arranged by percentage of vote received in 1998
Table 5 — Senate Incumbents' Ratings Sorted by 2003 Christian Coalition, Tax Limits, Conservative Union and Right to Life approval ratings

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