The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 13

The Congressional Evaluation Project: Table 13 — Membership in the Congressional Black Caucus, in order of number of terms served and percentage of vote received in 2002.

Incumbent Representative	state/district	party	RR in state GOP	% votes 2002	terms	religious affiliation	military service	Democratic Actn-02	Democratic Actn-03	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
Conyers, John	MI-14	D	strong-up	83	20	Baptist	Natl.Guard, '48-50; Army, '50-54 K; reserves, '54-57	100	90	93	100	94	88	100	100	91	21	0	0	F-	6	0	8
Rangel, Charles	NY-15	D	weak-nc	88	17	Catholic	Army, '48-52 K	95	85	80	100	94	88	100	92	100	32	6	0	F-	3	8	8
Towns, Edolphus	NY-10	D	weak-nc	98	11	Baptist	Army, '56-58	80	80	79	100	65	75	89	100	91	40	0	4	F-	9	8	8
Owens, Major	NY-11	D	weak-nc	87	11	Baptist	no	90	100	92	100	88	100	100	100	100	25	0	4	F-	0	0	18
Lewis, John	GA-05	D	moderate-down	unopposed	9	Baptist	no	80	90	93	88	100	88	10	100	91	31	0	0	F-	0	0	7
Payne, Donald	NJ-10	D	weak-nc	84	8	Baptist	no	90	80	93	100	100	88	86	100	100	30	0	0	F-	0	0	9
Waters, Maxine	CA-35	D	moderate-down	78	7	Christian.	no	95	100	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	22	0	0	F-	3	0	16
Jefferson, William J.	LA-2	D	moderate-down	64	7	Baptist	Army reserves, '69-78, Army Judge Advocate Corps, '75	75	90	79	75	82	50	75	92	92	58	19	20	F	6	17	33
Bishop, Sanford	GA-02	D	moderate-down	unopposed	6	Baptist	Army, '70-71	74	75	57	89	59	25	89	69	100	55	40	40	C	25	50	46
Scott, Bobby	VA-03	D	strong-nc	96	6	Episcopalian	Army Natl.Guard, '70-73, Army reserves, '73-76.	95	100	100	100	100	63	100	100	100	42	6	4	F-	6	8	8
Rush, Bobby	IL-01	D	moderate-up	81	6	Baptist	Army, '63-68	85	95	85	100	65	95	88	100	92	50	0	0	F-	0	0	15
Wynn, Albert	MD-4	D	moderate-up	79	6	Baptist	no	85	90	80	89	88	75	89	100	100	50	6	8	F-	3	33	38
Hastings, Alcee	FL-23	D	moderate-down	77	6	Methodist	no	95	100	86	100	88	63	100	100	92	42	0	0	F-	0	0	7
Johnson, Eddie Bernice	TX-30	D	strong-nc	74	6	Methodist	no	95	95	93	100	100	63	89	100	100	45	0	0	F-	0	0	7
Clyburn, James	SC-6	D	strong-upup	67	6	African Methodist Episcopal	no	95	90	71	100	82	75	78	92	100	50	14	0	F-	6	17	8
Watt, Melvin	NC-12	D	moderate-down	65	6	Presbyterian	no	90	100	93	89	100	75	100	92	92	40	0	4	F	3	0	7
Brown, Corrine	FL-03	D	moderate-down	59	6	Baptist	no	95	95	80	100	88	63	100	93	100	42	0	0	F-	3	0	25
Fattah, Chaka	PA-02	D	moderate-nc	88	5	Baptist	no	95	95	87	89	88	75	100	100	100	37	0	0	F-	3	0	23
Lee, Sheila Jackson	TX-18	D	strong-nc	77	5	Seventh-Day Adventist	no	100	95	93	100	100	63	100	100	100	26	0	4	F-	0	0	7
Thompson, Bennie	MS-2	D	strong-up	55	5	Methodist	no	90	90	93	100	88	63	89	100	100	55	12	8	F-	8	17	7
Kilpatrick, Carolyn Cheeks	MI-13	D	strong-up	92	4	African Methodist Episcopal	no	95	100	85	100	94	88	100	92	100	42	6	0	F-	0	0	7
Ford, Harold	TN-9	D	moderate-up	84	4	Baptist	no	70	80	60	78	8	50	86	83	91	63	19	24	F-	12	33	33
Davis, Danny	IL-07	D	moderate-up	83	4	Baptist	no	90	100	83	100	100	88	100	100	92	42	0	0	F-	6	0	15
Jackson, Jesse Jr.	IL-02	D	moderate-up	82	4	Baptist	no	90	100	93	100	100	100	400	100	92	25	0	0	F-	14	0	15
Cummings, Elijah	MD-7	D	moderate-up	74	4	Baptist	no	95	90	87	100	94	75	100	100	100	45	0	0	F-	0	0	16
Millender-McDonald, Juanita	CA-37	D	moderate-down	73	4	Baptist	no	85	85	80	100	94	88	86	100	100	44	0	0	F-	0	0	20
Carson, Julia	IN-7	D	moderate-nc	53	4	Baptist	no	100	95	87	100	94	88	100	100	100	37	0	0	F-	6	8	25
Meeks, Gregory	NY-06	D	weak-nc	97	3	Baptist	no	85	95	83	100	82	88	88	100	100	45	0	4	F-	8	0	7
Lee, Barbara	CA-09	D	moderate-down	81	3	none	no	90	100	93	100	100	100	100	100	100	30	0	0	F-	11	0	7
Jones, Stephanie Tubbs	OH-11	D	moderate-nc	76	3	Baptist	no	85	90	92	100	88	63	100	100	91	39	10	0	F-	0	0	8
Clay, William Lacy	MO-1	D	strong-upup	70	2	Catholic	no	80	95	93	88	94	75	100	100	92	44	0	4	F-	9	8	7
Meek, Kendrick	FL-17	D	moderate-down	unopposed	1	Baptist	no	x	85	x	x	88	x	89	x	100	x	x	x	F-	x	x	10
Davis, Artur	AL-7	D	strong-nc	92	1	Lutheran	no	x	90	x	x	x	x	78	x	100	x	x	x	x	x	x	33
Watson, Diane	CA-33	D	moderate-down	83	1	Catholic	no	85	100	91	89	85	88	100	100	91	26	0	0	F-	3	0	7
Majette, Denise ***	GA-04	D	moderate-down	77	1	African Methodist Episcopal	no	x	100	x	x	x	x	100	x	100	x	x	x	x	x	x	8
Ballance, Frank***	NC-01	D	moderate-down	64	1	Baptist	NC Natl. Guard, '68-71	x	100	x	x	x	x	100	x	92	x	x	x	D-	x	x	0
Scott, David	GA-13	D	moderate-down	60	1	Baptist	no	x	75	x	x	x	x	78	x	100	x	x	x	F	x	x	33

Key to Abbreviations
State or state/district : the incumbent's constituents.
Party: Democrat (D), Republican (R), Democrat-Farm-Labor (DFL), Independent (I).
RR in state GOP: Estimated strength of the Religious Right in the state Republican Party.
% vote 1998 or % vote 2002: Incumbent's winning percentage of the last vote.
Terms: The number of terms served in this elected position.
Religious affiliation: Primary religious affiliation.
Military service.: Service in the U.S. military, National Guard or Peace Corps. Wartime service is indicated by WW for World War II, K for Korea, V for Vietnam. OCS is Officers Candidate School.
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 12 — House Incumbents Ratings on Health Care Issues
Table 14 — Incumbents who received < 56% of the vote in the last election, by party, strength of Religious Right in the local GOP, and percentage of vote

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