| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 100% |
| Jon Corzine | Other | 100% | ||
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 100% |
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 100% |
| WA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patty Murray | D | 100% |
| RI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jack Reed | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Jr | Debbie Stabenow | D | 100% |
| OR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Ron Wyden | D | 100% |
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 92% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 92% | ||
| MN | Governor | Mark Dayton | DFL | 92% |
| Russ Feingold | Other | 92% | ||
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 92% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 92% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 92% |
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 92% | ||
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 92% |
| AR | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mark Pryor | D | 89% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 83% |
| Robert Byrd | Other | 83% | ||
| WA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Maria Cantwell | D | 83% |
| DE | U.S. Senate-Sr | Tom Carper | D | 83% |
| Kent Conrad | Other | 83% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 83% | ||
| CA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dianne Feinstein | D | 83% |
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 83% | ||
| SD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Timothy Johnson | D | 83% |
| Herb Kohl | Other | 83% | ||
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 83% |
| Blanche Lincoln | Other | 83% | ||
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 83% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 83% |
| Hillary Clinton | Other | 75% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 75% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 75% | ||
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 67% |
| LA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mary Landrieu | D | 58% |
| FL | U.S. Senate-Sr | William Nelson, Sr. | D | 50% |
| RI | Governor | Linc Chafee | I | 33% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 33% |
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 33% | ||
| Ben Nelson | Other | 33% | ||
| Evan Bayh | Other | 25% | ||
| Judd Gregg | Other | 8% | ||
| Olympia Snowe | Other | 8% | ||
| TN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lamar Alexander | R | 0% |
| Wayne Allard | Other | 0% | ||
| George Allen | Other | 0% | ||
| Bob Bennett | Other | 0% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 0% | ||
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | R | 0% |
| Jim Bunning | Other | 0% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 0% | ||
| GA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Saxby Chambliss | R | 0% |
| OK | U.S. Senate-Jr | Thomas Coburn | R | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 0% |
| Norm Coleman | Other | 0% | ||
| ME | U.S. Senate-Sr | Susan Collins | R | 0% |
| TX | U.S. Senate-Sr | John Cornyn | R | 0% |
| Larry Craig | Other | 0% | ||
| ID | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Crapo | R | 0% |
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | R | 0% |
| Elizabeth Dole | Other | 0% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| John Ensign | Other | 0% | ||
| WY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mike Enzi | R | 0% |
| William Frist | Other | 0% | ||
| SC | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lindsey Graham | R | 0% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 0% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Defense | Charles Hagel | R | 0% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 0% |
| Kay Hutchison | Other | 0% | ||
| OK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jim Inhofe | R | 0% |
| Jon Kyl | Other | 0% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 0% | ||
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 0% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 0% |
| AK | U.S. Senate-Sr | Lisa Murkowski | R | 0% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 0% |
| Rick Santorum | Other | 0% | ||
| AL | U.S. Senate-Jr | Jeff Sessions III | R | 0% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 0% |
| Gordon Smith | Other | 0% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 0% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 0% | ||
| John Sununu | Other | 0% | ||
| James Talent | Other | 0% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 0% | ||
| George Voinovich | Other | 0% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 0% |
How to Interpret these Evaluations
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 issues 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.
Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.