The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 5

The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 5 — Senate Incumbents' Ratings Sorted by 2003 Christian Coalition, Tax Limits, Conservative Union and Right to Life approval ratings

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
Nickels, Don***	OK	R	0	20	0	0	0	12	0	18	95	100	100	B-	100	100	100
Bunning, Jim	KY	R	0	20	13	0	0	0	0	27	95	100	100	B	100	100	100
Bennett, Robert	UT	R	5	20	13	8	6	0	0	27	100	100	100	D	97	100	100
Gregg, Judd	NH	R	10	20	0	0	53	25	0	27	100	100	85	C-	97	100	100
Brownback, Sam	KS	R	5	20	0	0	6	0	0	27	100	100	100	B	94	100	100
Grassley, Charles	IA	R	10	20	0	8	6	0	0	36	95	100	95	C	91	100	100
Bond, Christopher	MO	R	10	40	0	8	12	0	0	27	100	100	84	C	91	80	100
Voinovich, George	OH	R	5	40	14	8	0	0	0	27	95	100	90	D	88	80	100
Shelby, Richard	AL	R	10	20	38	8	6	0	0	27	85	100	89	B	88	100	100
Fitzgerald, Peter ***	IL	R	20	0	25	8	59	0	0	18	90	33	84	F	88	80	100
Crapo, Mike	ID	R	10	40	0	15	6	0	0	27	94	100	94	B	87	80	100
Miller, Zell ***	GA	D	30	25	75	38	6	0	x	25	79	0	47	x	58	60	100
Murkowski, Lisa	AK	R	x	x	x	x	x	12	x	55	x	x	x	x	x	x	83
Campbell, Ben Nighthorse ***	CO	R	30	20	38	8	12	12	50	45	85	100	88	B-	91	100	83
McCain, John	AZ	R	20	0	29	23	41	25	0	45	79	33	78	C-	67	60	83
Spector, Arlen	PA	R	35	60	38	38	53	12	83	36	85	0	50	C-	56	40	83
Breaux, John ***	LA	D	65	50	88	54	18	50	0	91	79	100	42	F	26	80	50
Bayh, Evan	IN	D	70	60	75	77	41	75	83	91	65	0	30	F	21	0	33
Lincoln, Blanche	AR	D	70	60	75	69	24	50	83	91	75	0	40	F	17	20	16
Hollings, Ernest ***	SC	D	85	60	100	77	65	86	83	91	55	33	15	F	9	40	16
Dorgan, Byron	ND	D	90	40	100	69	47	62	50	100	50	0	20	F	6	40	16
Reid, Harry	NV	D	85	40	100	77	94	88	0	91	45	33	10	F	6	0	16
Leahy, Patrick	VT	D	95	60	100	85	94	88	80	100	55	0	0	F-	3	0	16
Daschle, Tom	SD	D	85	60	75	85	59	88	83	91	58	0	22	F	0	0	16
Wyden, Ron	OR	D	85	60	75	85	76	12	100	91	60	0	15	F	21	0	0
Feingold, Russell	WI	D	90	80	75	92	88	100	100	91	20	0	5	F	14	20	0
Edwards, John ***	NC	D	70	60	100	85	59	100	100	83	55	0	30	x	6	0	0
Graham, Bob ***	FL	D	75	60	88	85	59	100	100	100	60	0	20	F-	6	0	0
Schumer, Charles	NY	D	85	60	100	92	94	100	100	100	50	0	10	F-	6	0	0
Murray, Patty	WA	D	90	60	88	85	76	100	100	100	55	0	10	F	3	0	0
Mikulski, Barbara	MD	D	100	60	100	92	82	100	100	100	47	0	0	F-	3	0	0
Dodd, Christopher	CT	D	80	60	100	77	76	100	100	82	40	0	5	F-	0	20	0
Boxer, Barbara	CA	D	90	60	100	85	94	100	100	91	40	0	5	F-	0	0	0
Inouye, Daniel	HI	D	80	50	100	85	71	100	100	100	41	0	0	F	0	0	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 4 — Senate Incumbents Ratings by State
Table 6 — Senate Incumbents Rated, Arranged by Political Party

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