Saturday, March 17, 2018

New American Freedom Index by State

"The Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution" rates congressmen based on their adherence to constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a traditional foreign policy of avoiding foreign entanglements. The percentages below are cumulative scores based on key votes from 1999 to the first part of 2017. Click on a senator's or representative's name to get a detailed breakdown of his or her voting record. This is the current 155th Congress.


State Averages

Worst Averages
New Hampshire 12.8%, Delaware 12.7%, Connecticut 17.6% Hawaii 17.9%, Rhode Island 18%, Massachusetts 21.6%,  Vermont 23%, New Mexico 25.2% Oregon 25.8%, Washington 30%, New York 30.8%, California 31.1%

Best Averages
Idaho 73.3%, Wyoming 71%, Georgia 70.9%, Texas 70%, Utah 69.8%


Alabama – average 57.6%Sen. Doug Jones - N/A
Dist.1: Bradley Byrne - 61%
Dist.2: Martha Roby - 58%
Dist.3: Mike Rogers - 56%
Dist.4: Robert Aderholt - 58%
Dist.5: Mo Brooks - 75%
Dist.6: Gary Palmer - 73%
Dist.7: Terri Sewell - 14%
Alaska – average 55.6%
Sen. Lisa Murkowski - 49%
Dist.: Don Young - 58%
Arizona – average 52.2%
Sen. John McCain - 62%
Dist.1: Tom O'Halleran - 15%
Dist.2: Martha McSally - 56%
Dist.3: Raul Grijalva - 32%
Dist.4: Paul Gosar - 78%
Dist.5: Andy Biggs - 85%
Dist.6: David Schweikert - 78%
Dist.7: Ruben Gallego - 17%
Dist.9: Kyrsten Sinema - 19%
Arkansas – average 50.2%
Sen. Tom Cotton - 64%
Dist.1: Eric Crawford - 61%
Dist.2: French Hill - 59%
Dist.3: Steve Womack - 56%
Dist.4: Bruce Westerman - 64%
California – average 31.1%
Sen. Dianne Feinstein - 12%
Dist.1: Doug LaMalfa - 64%
Dist.2: Jared Huffman - 27%
Dist.3: John Garamendi - 18%
Dist.4: Tom McClintock - 85%
Dist.5: Mike Thompson - 20%
Dist.6: Doris Matsui - 21%
Dist.7: Ami Bera - 9%
Dist.8: Paul Cook - 57%
Dist.9: Jerry McNerney - 18%
Dist.10: Jeff Denham - 55%
Dist.11: Mark DeSaulnier - 19%
Dist.12: Nancy Pelosi - 18%
Dist.13: Barbara Lee - 30%
Dist.14: Jackie Speier - 24%
Dist.15: Eric Swalwell - 23%
Dist.16: Jim Costa - 20%
Dist.17: Ro Khanna - 15%
Dist.18: Anna Eshoo - 21%
Dist.19: Zoe Lofgren - 25%
Dist.20: Jimmy Panetta - 15%
Dist.21: David Valadao - 46%
Dist.22: Devin Nunes - 55%
Dist.23: Kevin McCarthy - 63%
Dist.24: Salud Carbajal - 15%
Dist.25: Steve Knight - 63%
Dist.26: Julia Brownley - 12%
Dist.27: Judy Chu - 25%
Dist.28: Adam Schiff - 19%
Dist.29: Tony Cardenas - 27%
Dist.30: Brad Sherman - 20%
Dist.31: Pete Aguilar - 11%
Dist.32: Grace Napolitano - 24%
Dist.33: Ted Lieu - 29%
Dist.34: Jimmy Gomez - 38%
Dist.35: Norma Torres - 14%
Dist.36: Raul Ruiz - 17%
Dist.37: Karen Bass - 25%
Dist.38: Linda Sanchez - 25%
Dist.39: Edward Royce - 71%
Dist.40: Lucille Roybal-Allard - 21%
Dist.41: Mark Takano - 30%
Dist.42: Ken Calvert - 52%
Dist.43: Maxine Waters - 28%
Dist.44: Nanette Barragán - 20%
Dist.45: Mimi Walters - 55%
Dist.46: J. Correa - 25%
Dist.47: Alan Lowenthal - 23%
Dist.48: Dana Rohrabacher - 78%
Dist.49: Darrell Issa - 54%
Dist.50: Duncan Hunter - 71%
Dist.51: Juan Vargas - 21%
Dist.52: Scott Peters - 10%
Dist.53: Susan Davis - 16%
Colorado – average 47%
Sen. Cory Gardner - 64%
Dist.1: Diana DeGette - 21%
Dist.2: Jared Polis - 25%
Dist.3: Scott Tipton - 69%
Dist.4: Ken Buck - 75%
Dist.5: Doug Lamborn - 75%
Dist.6: Mike Coffman - 68%
Dist.7: Ed Perlmutter - 17%
Connecticut – average 17.6%
Sen. Richard Blumenthal - 12%
Dist.1: John Larson - 22%
Dist.2: Joe Courtney - 20%
Dist.3: Rosa DeLauro - 21%
Dist.4: James Himes - 12%
Dist.5: Elizabeth Esty - 22%
Delaware – average 12.7%
Sen. Thomas Carper - 14%
Dist.: Lisa Blunt Rochester - 15%
Florida – average 44.6%
Sen. Bill Nelson - 12%
Dist.1: Matt Gaetz - 80%
Dist.2: Neal Dunn - 64%
Dist.3: Ted Yoho - 76%
Dist.4: John Rutherford - 62%
Dist.5: Al Lawson - 12%
Dist.6: Ron DeSantis - 73%
Dist.7: Stephanie Murphy - 16%
Dist.8: Bill Posey - 85%
Dist.9: Darren Soto - 15%
Dist.10: Val Demings - 15%
Dist.11: Daniel Webster - 67%
Dist.12: Gus Bilirakis - 62%
Dist.13: Charlie Crist - 17%
Dist.14: Kathy Castor - 16%
Dist.15: Dennis Ross - 68%
Dist.16: Vern Buchanan - 58%
Dist.17: Thomas Rooney - 68%
Dist.18: Brian Mast - 56%
Dist.19: Francis Rooney - 74%
Dist.20: Alcee Hastings - 24%
Dist.21: Lois Frankel - 20%
Dist.22: Theodore Deutch - 18%
Dist.23: Debbie Wasserman Schultz - 15%
Dist.24: Frederica Wilson - 21%
Dist.25: Mario Diaz-Balart - 47%
Dist.26: Carlos Curbelo - 38%
Dist.27: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen - 42%
Georgia – average 70.9%
Sen. John Isakson - 55%
Dist.1: Buddy Carter - 60%
Dist.2: Sanford Bishop - 29%
Dist.3: A. Ferguson - 70%
Dist.4: Henry Johnson - 20%
Dist.5: John Lewis - 27%
Dist.6: Karen Handel - 67%
Dist.7: Rob Woodall - 67%
Dist.8: Austin Scott - 68%
Dist.9: Doug Collins - 65%
Dist.10: Jody Hice - 70%
Dist.11: Barry Loudermilk - 67%
Dist.12: Rick Allen - 62%
Dist.13: David Scott - 21%
Dist.14: Tom Graves - 72%
Hawaii – average 17.8%
Sen. Mazie Hirono - 13%
Dist.1: Colleen Hanabusa - 20%
Dist.2: Tulsi Gabbard - 29%
Idaho – average 73.3%
Sen. Michael Crapo - 69%
Dist.1: Raul Labrador - 89%
Dist.2: Michael Simpson - 55%
Illinois – average 32.9%
Sen. Tammy Duckworth - 12%
Dist.1: Bobby Rush - 24%
Dist.2: Robin Kelly - 23%
Dist.3: Daniel Lipinski - 21%
Dist.4: Luis Gutierrez - 23%
Dist.5: Mike Quigley - 15%
Dist.6: Peter Roskam - 65%
Dist.7: Danny Davis - 25%
Dist.8: Raja Krishnamoorthi - 15%
Dist.9: Janice Schakowsky - 25%
Dist.10: Bradley Schneider - 16%
Dist.11: Bill Foster - 15%
Dist.12: Mike Bost - 56%
Dist.13: Rodney Davis - 57%
Dist.14: Randy Hultgren - 66%
Dist.15: John Shimkus - 54%
Dist.16: Adam Kinzinger - 54%
Dist.17: Cheri Bustos - 15%
Dist.18: Darin LaHood - 64%
Indiana – average 51.2%
Sen. Todd Young - 58%
Dist.1: Peter Visclosky - 27%
Dist.2: Jackie Walorski - 57%
Dist.3: Jim Banks - 70%
Dist.4: Todd Rokita - 66%
Dist.5: Susan Brooks - 52%
Dist.6: Luke Messer - 60%
Dist.7: AndrĂŠ Carson - 17%
Dist.8: Larry Bucshon - 60%
Dist.9: Trey Hollingsworth - 74%
Iowa – average 56.3%
Sen. Joni Ernst - 57%
Dist.1: Rod Blum - 72%
Dist.2: David Loebsack - 20%
Dist.3: David Young - 60%
Dist.4: Steve King - 66%
Kansas – average 55.8%
Sen. Pat Roberts - 62%
Dist.1: Roger Marshall - 70%
Dist.2: Lynn Jenkins - 70%
Dist.3: Kevin Yoder - 66%
Dist.4: Ron Estes - 62%
Kentucky – average 63.6%
Sen. Rand Paul - 94%
Dist.1: James Comer - 60%
Dist.2: Brett Guthrie - 64%
Dist.3: John Yarmuth - 21%
Dist.4: Thomas Massie - 99%
Dist.5: Harold Rogers - 53%
Dist.6: Garland Barr - 57%
Louisiana –average 60.8%
Sen. Bill Cassidy - 64%
Dist.1: Steve Scalise - 69%
Dist.2: Cedric Richmond - 23%
Dist.3: Clay Higgins - 69%
Dist.4: Mike Johnson - 70%
Dist.5: Ralph Abraham - 64%
Dist.6: Garret Graves - 67%
Maine – average 33.3%
Sen. Angus King - 14%
Dist.1: Chellie Pingree - 28%
Dist.2: Bruce Poliquin - 51%
Maryland – average 21.8%
Sen. Benjamin Cardin - 16%
Dist.1: Andy Harris - 76%
Dist.2: C. Ruppersberger - 16%
Dist.3: John Sarbanes - 19%
Dist.4: Anthony Brown - 11%
Dist.5: Steny Hoyer - 16%
Dist.6: John Delaney - 12%
Dist.7: Elijah Cummings - 22%
Dist.8: Jamie Raskin - 10%
Massachusetts – average 21.6%
Sen. Elizabeth Warren - 13%
Dist.1: Richard Neal - 21%
Dist.2: James McGovern - 26%
Dist.3: Niki Tsongas - 20%
Dist.4: Joseph Kennedy - 22%
Dist.5: Katherine Clark - 27%
Dist.6: Seth Moulton - 12%
Dist.7: Michael Capuano - 29%
Dist.8: Stephen Lynch - 24%
Dist.9: William Keating - 22%
Michigan - average 45.5%
Sen. Debbie Stabenow - 17%
Dist.1: Jack Bergman - 65%
Dist.2: Bill Huizenga - 67%
Dist.3: Justin Amash - 94%
Dist.4: John Moolenaar - 57%
Dist.5: Daniel Kildee - 22%
Dist.6: Fred Upton - 49%
Dist.7: Tim Walberg - 65%
Dist.8: Mike Bishop - 60%
Dist.9: Sander Levin - 17%
Dist.10: Paul Mitchell - 65%
Dist.11: Dave Trott - 57%
Dist.12: Debbie Dingell - 12%
Dist.14: Brenda Lawrence - 19%
Minnesota - average 39.1%
Sen. Amy Klobuchar - 9%
Dist.1: Timothy Walz - 20%
Dist.2: Jason Lewis - 70%
Dist.3: Erik Paulsen - 64%
Dist.4: Betty McCollum - 22%
Dist.5: Keith Ellison - 25%
Dist.6: Tom Emmer - 65%
Dist.7: Collin Peterson - 48%
Dist.8: Richard Nolan - 29%
Mississippi – average 53.3%
Sen. Roger Wicker - 54%
Dist.1: Trent Kelly - 62%
Dist.2: Bennie Thompson - 27%
Dist.3: Gregg Harper - 62%
Dist.4: Steven Palazzo - 62%

Missouri – average 48.5%
Sen. Claire McCaskill - 16%
Dist.1: Wm. Clay - 24%
Dist.2: Ann Wagner - 59%
Dist.3: Blaine Luetkemeyer - 64%
Dist.4: Vicky Hartzler - 58%
Dist.5: Emanuel Cleaver - 22%
Dist.6: Sam Graves - 57%
Dist.7: Billy Long - 62%
Dist.8: Jason Smith - 67%
Montana – average 51.7%
Sen. Jon Tester - 23%
Dist.: Greg Gianforte - 67%
Nebraska – average 65.4%
Sen. Deb Fischer - 65%
Dist.1: Jeff Fortenberry - 57%
Dist.2: Don Bacon - 65%
Dist.3: Adrian Smith - 67%
Nevada – average 30.8%
Sen. Dean Heller - 70%
Dist.1: Dina Titus - 17%
Dist.2: Mark Amodei - 60%
Dist.3: Jacky Rosen - 16%
Dist.4: Ruben Kihuen - 16%
New Hampshire average 12.8%
Sen. Margaret Hassan - 5%
Dist.1: Carol Shea-Porter - 20%
Dist.2: Ann Kuster - 19%
New Jersey – average 30.3%
Sen. Robert Menendez - 18%
Dist.1: Donald Norcross - 13%
Dist.2: Frank LoBiondo - 45%
Dist.3: Tom MacArthur - 56%
Dist.4: Christopher Smith - 46%
Dist.5: Josh Gottheimer - 20%
Dist.6: Frank Pallone - 26%
Dist.7: Leonard Lance - 59%
Dist.8: Albio Sires - 16%
Dist.9: Bill Pascrell - 24%
Dist.10: Donald Payne - 21%
Dist.11: Rodney Frelinghuysen - 43%
Dist.12: Bonnie Watson Coleman - 25%
New Mexico – average 25.2
Sen. Tom Udall - 20%
Dist.1: Michelle Lujan Grisham - 18%
Dist.2: Stevan Pearce - 58%
Dist.3: Ben Lujan - 18%
New York – average 30.8%
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand - 13%
Dist.1: Lee Zeldin - 62%
Dist.2: Peter King - 46%
Dist.3: Thomas Suozzi - 20%
Dist.4: Kathleen Rice - 9%
Dist.5: Gregory Meeks - 20%
Dist.6: Grace Meng - 23%
Dist.7: Nydia VelĂĄzquez - 27%
Dist.8: Hakeem Jeffries - 25%
Dist.9: Yvette Clarke - 26%
Dist.10: Jerrold Nadler - 24%
Dist.11: Daniel Donovan - 54%
Dist.12: Carolyn Maloney - 22%
Dist.13: Adriano Espaillat - 15%
Dist.14: Joseph Crowley - 21%
Dist.15: JosĂŠ Serrano - 24%
Dist.16: Eliot Engel - 19%
Dist.17: Nita Lowey - 16%
Dist.18: Sean Maloney - 18%
Dist.19: John Faso - 50%
Dist.20: Paul Tonko - 23%
Dist.21: Elise Stefanik - 47%
Dist.22: Claudia Tenney - 65%
Dist.23: Tom Reed - 59%
Dist.24: John Katko - 58%
Dist.25: Louise Slaughter - 21%
Dist.26: Brian Higgins - 18%
Dist.27: Chris Collins - 55%
North Carolina – average 56.4%
Sen. Thom Tillis - 56%
Dist.1: George Butterfield - 17%
Dist.2: George Holding - 67%
Dist.3: Walter Jones - 81%
Dist.4: David Price - 19%
Dist.5: Virginia Foxx - 69%
Dist.6: Bradley Walker - 68%
Dist.7: David Rouzer - 64%
Dist.8: Richard Hudson - 64%
Dist.9: Robert Pittenger - 58%
Dist.10: Patrick McHenry - 68%
Dist.11: Mark Meadows - 72%
Dist.12: Alma Adams - 15%
Dist.13: Ted Budd - 70%
North Dakota – average 42.7%
Sen. Heidi Heitkamp - 20%
Dist.: Kevin Cramer - 53%
Ohio – average 50.5%
Sen. Sherrod Brown - 22%
Dist.1: Steve Chabot - 65%
Dist.2: Brad Wenstrup - 64%
Dist.3: Joyce Beatty - 18%
Dist.4: Jim Jordan - 80%
Dist.5: Robert Latta - 70%
Dist.6: Bill Johnson - 60%
Dist.7: Bob Gibbs - 63%
Dist.8: Warren Davidson - 67%
Dist.9: Marcy Kaptur - 29%
Dist.10: Michael Turner - 50%
Dist.11: Marcia Fudge - 22%
Dist.13: Tim Ryan - 25%
Dist.14: David Joyce - 56%
Dist.15: Steve Stivers - 56%
Dist.16: James Renacci - 61%
Oklahoma – average 55.6%
Sen. James Inhofe - 72%
Dist.1: Jim Bridenstine - 80%
Dist.2: Markwayne Mullin - 64%
Dist.3: Frank Lucas - 59%
Dist.4: Tom Cole - 54%
Dist.5: Steve Russell - 63%
Oregon – average 25.8%
Sen. Jeff Merkley - 15%
Dist.1: Suzanne Bonamici - 21%
Dist.2: Greg Walden - 49%
Dist.3: Earl Blumenauer - 23%
Dist.4: Peter DeFazio - 32%
Dist.5: Kurt Schrader - 24%
Pennsylvania – average 46.2%
Sen. Robert Casey - 11%
Dist.1: Robert Brady - 22%
Dist.2: Dwight Evans - 10%
Dist.3: Mike Kelly - 57%
Dist.4: Scott Perry - 73%
Dist.5: Glenn Thompson - 63%
Dist.6: Ryan Costello - 51%
Dist.7: Patrick Meehan - 53%
Dist.8: Brian Fitzpatrick - 45%
Dist.9: Bill Shuster - 57%
Dist.10: Tom Marino - 56%
Dist.11: Lou Barletta - 58%
Dist.12: Keith Rothfus - 70%
Dist.13: Brendan Boyle - 16%
Dist.14: Michael Doyle - 30%
Dist.15: Charles Dent - 47%
Dist.16: Lloyd Smucker - 65%
Dist.17: Matthew Cartwright - 27%
Rhode Island – average 18%
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse - 12%
Dist.1: David Cicilline - 26%
Dist.2: James Langevin - 20%
South Carolina – average 55.8%
Sen. Lindsey Graham - 61%
Dist.1: Marshall Sanford - 82%
Dist.2: Joe Wilson - 60%
Dist.3: Jeff Duncan - 81%
Dist.4: Trey Gowdy - 75%
Dist.5: Ralph Norman - 67%
Dist.6: James Clyburn - 21%
Dist.7: Tom Rice - 63%
South Dakota- average 58.6%
Sen. John Thune - 59%
Dist.: Kristi Noem - 64%
Tennessee –average 59%
Sen. Bob Corker - 65%
Dist.1: David Roe - 70%
Dist.2: John Duncan - 84%
Dist.3: Charles Fleischmann - 64%
Dist.4: Scott DesJarlais - 78%
Dist.5: Jim Cooper - 21%
Dist.6: Diane Black - 64%
Dist.7: Marsha Blackburn - 64%
Dist.8: David Kustoff - 65%
Dist.9: Steve Cohen - 22%
Texas  - average 70%
Sen. Ted Cruz - 79%
Dist.1: Louie Gohmert - 78%
Dist.2: Ted Poe - 71%
Dist.3: Sam Johnson - 67%
Dist.4: John Ratcliffe - 73%
Dist.5: Jeb Hensarling - 66%
Dist.6: Joe Barton - 62%
Dist.7: John Culberson - 64%
Dist.8: Kevin Brady - 57%
Dist.9: Al Green - 24%
Dist.10: Michael McCaul - 60%
Dist.11: K. Conaway - 61%
Dist.12: Kay Granger - 53%
Dist.13: Mac Thornberry - 55%
Dist.14: Randy Weber - 71%
Dist.15: Vicente Gonzalez - 30%
Dist.16: Beto O'Rourke - 26%
Dist.17: Bill Flores - 65%
Dist.18: Sheila Jackson-Lee - 25%
Dist.19: Jodey Arrington - 75%
Dist.20: Joaquin Castro - 25%
Dist.21: Lamar Smith - 56%
Dist.22: Pete Olson - 69%
Dist.23: Will Hurd - 60%
Dist.24: Kenny Marchant - 68%
Dist.25: Roger Williams - 70%
Dist.26: Michael Burgess - 70%
Dist.27: Blake Farenthold - 70%
Dist.28: Henry Cuellar - 25%
Dist.29: Gene Green - 28%
Dist.30: Eddie Johnson - 19%
Dist.31: John Carter - 57%
Dist.32: Pete Sessions - 61%
Dist.33: Marc Veasey - 21%
Dist.34: Filemon Vela - 24%
Dist.35: Lloyd Doggett - 25%
Dist.36: Brian Babin - 67%
Utah – average 69.6%
Sen. Orrin Hatch - 57%
Dist.1: Rob Bishop - 67%
Dist.2: Chris Stewart - 63%
Dist.3: John Curtis - N/A
Dist.4: Mia Love - 69%
Vermont – average 23%
Sen. Bernard Sanders - 28%
Dist.: Peter Welch - 27%
Virginia – average 40%
Sen. Timothy Kaine - 6%
Dist.1: Robert Wittman - 65%
Dist.2: Scott Taylor - 64%
Dist.3: Robert Scott - 23%
Dist.4: A. McEachin - 10%
Dist.5: Thomas Garrett - 78%
Dist.6: Bob Goodlatte - 61%
Dist.7: David Brat - 83%
Dist.8: Donald Beyer - 14%
Dist.9: H. Griffith - 78%
Dist.10: Barbara Comstock - 55%
Dist.11: Gerald Connolly - 16%
Washington – average 30%
Sen. Patty Murray - 12%
Dist.1: Suzan DelBene - 19%
Dist.2: Rick Larsen - 18%
Dist.3: Jaime Herrera Beutler - 64%
Dist.4: Dan Newhouse - 60%
Dist.5: Cathy McMorris Rodgers - 62%
Dist.6: Derek Kilmer - 19%
Dist.7: Pramila Jayapal - 15%
Dist.8: David Reichert - 41%
Dist.9: Adam Smith - 21%
Dist.10: Denny Heck - 16%
West Virginia – average 55.4%
Sen. Joe Manchin - 32%
Dist.1: David McKinley - 63%
Dist.2: Alex Mooney - 72%
Dist.3: Evan Jenkins - 62%
Wisconsin – average 51.5%
Sen. Tammy Baldwin - 25%
Dist.1: Paul Ryan - 59%
Dist.2: Mark Pocan - 34%
Dist.3: Ron Kind - 23%
Dist.4: Gwen Moore - 25%
Dist.5: F. Sensenbrenner - 77%
Dist.6: Glenn Grothman - 65%
Dist.7: Sean Duffy - 64%
Dist.8: Mike Gallagher - 70%
Wyoming – average 71%
Sen. John Barrasso - 73%
Dist.: Liz Cheney - 70%
Sen. Mike Lee - 92%


Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader



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