Rating Group: AIDS Drug Assistance Program Advocacy Association
2012 Positions
How to Interpret these Evaluations
Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.
Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issue concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.
With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 100% |
| Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
| CA | Mayor - 1 | Karen Bass | Democratic | 75% |
| Donna Christensen | 75% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 75% |
| David Cicilline | 75% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 75% |
| AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 75% |
| Luis Gutiérrez | 75% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 75% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 75% |
| Maurice Hinchey | 75% | |||
| Mike Honda | 75% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
| John Lewis | 75% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 75% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 75% |
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 75% |
| Charlie Rangel | 75% | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 75% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 75% |
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 50% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 50% |
| Howard Berman | 50% | |||
| Bob Brady | 50% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 50% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 50% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 31 | John Carter | Republican | 50% |
| Hansen Clarke | 50% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 50% |
| John Conyers, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 50% | |||
| Susan Davis | 50% | |||
| Ted Deutch | 50% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 50% |
| Bob Filner | 50% | |||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 50% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 50% | |
| Richard Hanna | 50% | |||
| Doc Hastings | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 50% |
| Eddie Johnson | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 50% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 50% |
| Jim McDermott | 50% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 50% |
| David McKinley | 50% | |||
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 50% | |||
| DC | U.S. House - Delegate | Eleanor Norton | Democratic | 50% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 50% |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 50% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 50% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 50% |
| José Serrano | 50% | |||
| Albio Sires | 50% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 50% |
| Gary Ackerman | 25% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 25% |
| Lamar Alexander | 25% | |||
| Rodney Alexander | 25% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 25% | |||
| Steve Austria | 25% | |||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 25% | |||
| Spencer Bachus | 25% | |||
| Lou Barletta | 25% | |||
| John Barrow | 25% | |||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 25% | |||
| Charlie Bass | 25% | |||
| Max Baucus | 25% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 25% | |
| Mark Begich | 25% | |||
| Dan Benishek | 25% | |||
| CO | U.S. Senate - Sr | Michael Bennet | Democratic | 25% |
| Shelley Berkley | 25% | |||
| Judy Biggert | 25% | |||
| Brian Bilbray | 25% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | Republican | 25% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 25% | |||
| Rob Bishop | 25% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 25% |
| Tim Bishop | 25% | |||
| Diane Black | 25% | |||
| TN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 25% |
| OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 25% |
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 25% |
| Roy Blunt | 25% | |||
| Jo Bonner, Jr. | 25% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 25% |
| Madeleine Bordallo | 25% | |||
| Dan Boren | 25% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 25% | |||
| Barbara Boxer | 25% | |||
| Kevin Brady | 25% |