Who are the least animal-friendly members of Congress up for re-election in November of 2010 in the mid-term elections? Of the 36 senators who are up for re-election in November of 2010, five rank among the least animal-friendly senators. All U.S. Representatives are up for re-election, including the 54 least animal-friendly ones.
Members of Congress are scored by the Humane Society Legislative Fund, based on their votes, co-sponsorships and other Congressional actions. Bills on wild horses protection, primates as pets and fur labeling were among those included in the 111th Mid-Term Humane Scorecard, and the legislators listed below all received a score of "0" out of 100. For an entire year, they did not vote for animal protection even once.
Least Animal-Friendly Senators
The following senators scored a zero on the HSLF Scorecard, and are running for re-election in November of 2010:
- Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby (R)
- Arkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D)
- Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R)
- Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn (R)
- South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint (R)
- South Dakota Sen. John Thune (R)
The following senators scored a zero on the HSLF Scorecard, but are not in the November, 2010 election:
- Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions (R)
- Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) – defeated in primary election
- Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl (R)
- Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R)
- Idaho Sen. Jim Risch (R)
- Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts (R)
- Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning (R) - retiring
- Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
- Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker (R)
- Missouri Sen. Kit Bond (R) – retiring
- Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns (R)
- Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson (D)
- New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg (R) – retiring
- North Dakota Sen. Kent Conrad (D)
- Ohio Sen. George Voinovich (R) - retiring
- Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe (R)
- Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker (R)
- Texas Sen. John Cornyn (R)
- Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
- Utah Sen. Robert Foster Bennett (R)
- Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch (R)
- Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso (R)
- Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi (R)
See U.S. Representatives on page 2 of this article.
