RINO SAFARI

RINOS, or Republicans-in-Name-Only, betray the conservative heritage of the Republican party and support advancing the expansion of the state in various guises.

Several measures are used here to determine suspected "RINOs," which is not an official label, but rather depends on the perspective of the citizen.

Utilizing conservative scores such as National Journal Online's Vote Ratings (NJCC - Composite Conservatism; NJEC - Economic Conservatism), American Conservative Union Ratings (ACU), and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the following are slated as potential RINOs to be put on the political endangered species list.

Note: See Key to Terms and Statistics on the sidebar for more information.  PVI stands for Partisan Voter Index.  Black numbers show general favorability towards Republicans, Red is the same for Democrats.  These are objective scores based on voting in the previous three elections.

HOUSE

PVI		STATE		DISTRICT		CANDIDATES		NJCC		NJEC		CAGW		LACU
3		FLORIDA		18		Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		68.0		60		21		73.38
6		NEW JERSEY		4		Chris Smith		61.5		60		30		60.42
6		PENNSYLVANIA		18		Tim Murphy		65.8		60		32		76.00
1		NEW JERSEY		2		Frank LoBiondo		64.7		59		33		66.17
3		OHIO		14		Steven LaTourette						35		69.11
9		ALABAMA		3		Mike Rogers		68.5		66		36		80.21
8		WEST VIRGINIA		2		Shelley Moore Capito		65.8		62		38		70.11
6		FLORIDA		13		Vernon Buchanan		72.7		64		38		77.33
5		FLORIDA		21		Mario Diaz-Balart		70.7		63		39		75.38
5		MICHIGAN		10		Candice Miller		63.7		62		39		79.21
0		MICHIGAN		6		Fred Upton						42		72.42
15		MISSOURI		8		Jo Ann Emerson		64.5		65		45		80.71
6		ILLINOIS		15		Tim Johnson		62.8		65		47		67.56
4		PENNSYLVANIA		6		Jim Gerlach		64.7		63		48		62.57
4		NEW YORK		3		Pete King		64.8		65		49		75.42
3		WASHINGTON		8		Dave Reichert		59.5		60		50		56.80
5		OHIO		3		Michael R. Turner		66.0		61		50		79.29
13		ALASKA		1		Don Young		73.8		69		53		76.41
12		PENNSYLVANIA		19		Todd Platts		64.7		63		54		75.57
2		PENNSYLVANIA		15		Charlie Dent		62.7		65		56		65.60
3		CALIFORNIA		45		Mary Bono Mack		72.0		66		57		72.30
11		NEBRASKA		1		Jeffrey Fortenberry		66.2		67		57		87.20
15		KENTUCKY		1		Ed Whitfield						57		88.25
14		LOUISIANA		7		Charles Boustany Jr.		83.5		85		57		91.00
10		OREGON		2		Greg Walden				87		59		81.18
17		IDAHO		2		Mike Simpson		66.5		69		60		85.77
7		MISSOURI		6		Sam Graves		82.2		86		60		90.83
9		FLORIDA		5		Ginny Brown-Waite		66.8		64		61		84.49
0		MICHIGAN		11		Thad McCotter		68.2		64		63		84.43
7		MONTANA		1		Denny Rehberg		77.5		75		63		90.33
17		PENNSYLVANIA		9		Bill Shuster		80.3		76		63		92.96
14		INDIANA		3		Mark E. Souder		78.2		68		64		89.95
7		NEW JERSEY		11		Rodney Frelinghuysen		72.0		68		64
14		LOUISIANA		5		Rodney Alexander						65		76.57
18		OKLAHOMA		4		Tom Cole		84.2		86		65		92.57
1		ILLINOIS		13		Judy Biggert		61.7		67		67		70.45
0		IOWA		4		Tom Latham		75.2		68		67		85.66
9		ILLINOIS		19		John Shimkus		75.8		72		67		88.51
29		ALABAMA		6		Spencer Bachus		84.0		75		67		92.38
24		OKLAHOMA		3		Frank Lucas		83.7		87		67		94.02
2		VIRGINIA		10		Frank Wolf		73.7		64		68		80.27
4		CALIFORNIA		24		Elton Gallegly		81.2		83		68		88.80
6		FLORIDA		9		Gus Bilirakis		76.7		73		68		89.33
1		OHIO		12		Patrick Tiberi		73.2		64		69		87.83
2		MICHIGAN		8		Mike Rogers						69
3		MICHIGAN		4		Dave Camp		71.2		68		70		88.70
26		ALABAMA		4		Robert Aderholt		80.2		74		70		89.85
14		ALABAMA		1		Jo Bonner		83.7		84		70		90.43
7		VIRGINIA		1		Rob Wittman		77.3		70		70		94.67
16		OKLAHOMA		1		John Sullivan						70		96.52
25		LOUISIANA		2		Joseph Cao		60.3		61				55.00
12		ALABAMA		5		Parker Griffith								56.00
3		NEW JERSEY		7		Leonard Lance		62.3		61				68.00
4		WISCONSIN		6		Tom Petri		68.8		65		71		77.03
3		CALIFORNIA		50		Brian Bilbray		77.8		71		75		79.20
10		CALIFORNIA		41		Jerry Lewis		80.2		75		74		82.34
18		TEXAS		14		Ron Paul		70.3		85		88		82.85
21		TEXAS		4		Ralph Hall		80.3		74				83.76
16		KENTUCKY		5		Hal Rogers		77.8		76		74		84.84
16		NORTH CAROLINA		3		Walter B. Jones Jr.		65.8		66				87.65
10		LOUISIANA		6		Bill Cassidy		68.0		71				88.00
0		MINNESOTA		3		Erik Paulsen		69.2		70				88.00
17		FLORIDA		4		Ander Crenshaw		69.8		74		72		89.44
6		NEW YORK		26		Christopher Lee		70.8		67				88.00
16		TENNESSEE		2		John Duncan		72.8		71		83		87.27
1		FLORIDA		10		C W Bill Young		74.2		67		81		88.47
6		NEBRASKA		2		Lee Terry		74.5		70		77		89.82
6		ILLINOIS		18		Aaron Schock		75.2		68				92.00
14		KENTUCKY		4		Geoff Davis		75.8		77		71		91.20
9		KANSAS		2		Lynn Jenkins		76.0		75				92.00
15		SOUTH CAROLINA		4		Bob Inglis		76.0		77		85		93.45
0		ILLINOIS		6		Peter Roskam		76.0		82		77		97.33
7		OHIO		7		Steve Austria		76.2		71				88.00
7		WASHINGTON		5		Cathy Rodgers		76.5		89		71		93.80
5		FLORIDA		16		Tom Rooney		76.7		73				96.00
13		OHIO		2		Jean Schmidt		76.8		80		78		90.90
6		CALIFORNIA		46		Dana Rohrabacher		77.2		74		89		95.01
13		MARYLAND		6		Roscoe Bartlett		77.3		79		76		93.77
10		FLORIDA		6		Cliff Stearns		77.5		76		92		94.53
6		CALIFORNIA		48		John Campbell		77.7		73		95		91.60
15		KENTUCKY		2		Steve "Brett" Guthrie		77.8		76				88.00
21		TENNESSEE		1		Phil Roe		77.8		76				92.00
5		NEVADA		2		Dean Heller		78.7		74		72		89.33
6		CALIFORNIA		3		Dan Lungren		79.0		80		81		92.67
6		CALIFORNIA		44		Ken Calvert		79.3		71		77		89.14
10		TEXAS		10		Michael McCaul		79.3		81		73		93.40
9		PENNSYLVANIA		5		Glenn Thompson		79.5		81				88.00
6		CALIFORNIA		25		Howard McKeon		79.8		77		80		90.31

SENATE

PVI		STATE		CANDIDATES		NJCC		NJEC		CAGW		LACU
20		UTAH		Robert Bennett						64		83.63
13		ALASKA		Lisa Murkowski		64.7		64		69		75.43
1		IOWA		Chuck Grassley		73.8		76		69		83.50
13		ALABAMA		Richard Shelby		87.8		78		74		71.19