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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 8%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 4%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 4%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 6%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 6%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 6%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 10%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 48%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 3%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 42%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 56%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 12%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 3%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 94%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 6%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 84%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 3%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 68%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 3%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 3%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 71%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 3%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 94%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 56%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 94%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 97%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 88%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 84%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 94%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 71%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 3%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 3%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 3%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 35%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 3%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 55%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 3%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 64%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 81%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 73%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 65%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 6%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 6%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 6%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 3%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 88%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 71%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 97%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 68%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 23%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 65%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 0%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 6%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 97%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 4%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 77%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 6%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 7%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 4%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 13%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 3%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 100%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 32%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 30%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 44%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 97%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 84%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 87%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 19%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 90%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 68%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 64%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 87%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 3%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 23%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 3%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 6%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 3%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 81%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 97%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 3%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 97%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 19%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 90%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 6%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 6%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 3%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 6%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 74%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 52%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 92%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 19%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 6%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 97%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 3%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 68%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 3%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 97%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 60%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 32%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 6%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 39%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 42%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 97%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 81%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 84%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 13%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 87%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 97%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 42%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 84%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 97%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 3%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 76%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 77%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 16%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 97%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 94%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 13%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 16%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 3%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 97%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 90%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 6%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 12%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 4%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 3%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 3%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 3%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 68%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 87%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 52%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 3%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 74%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 71%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 3%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 19%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 96%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 72%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 8%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 3%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 52%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 4%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 8%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 4%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 3%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 3%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 3%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 68%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 52%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 84%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 77%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 3%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 3%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 61%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 94%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 3%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 4%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 3%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 58%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 97%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 6%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 3%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 97%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 19%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 96%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 94%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 94%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 94%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 97%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 13%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 90%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 26%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 39%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 84%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 23%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 90%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 90%
Brian Baird 94%
Richard Hugh Baker 6%
J. Gresham Barrett 3%
Evan Bayh 80%
Bob Beauprez 6%
Bob Bennett 0%
Marion Berry 42%
Michael Bilirakis 9%
Sherwood Boehlert 61%
Kit Bond 0%
Henry Bonilla 3%
Rick Boucher 81%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 55%
Henry Brown, Jr. 6%
Ginny Brown-Waite 3%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 6%
Robert Byrd 76%
Chris Cannon 3%
Julia Carson 84%
Edward Case 94%
Mike Castle 71%
Chris Chocola 6%
Norm Coleman 16%
Jon Corzine 88%
Christopher Cox 3%
Larry Craig 0%
Robert Cramer 35%
Barbara Cubin 3%
Randall Cunningham 13%
Artur Davis 61%
James Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 6%
Lincoln Davis 58%
Thomas Davis III 26%
Bill Delahunt 94%
Thomas DeLay 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 13%
Chris Dodd 88%
Elizabeth Dole 8%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 3%
Byron Dorgan 56%
Chet Edwards 35%
Vern Ehlers 52%
Philip English 19%
John Ensign 16%
Bob Etheridge 84%
Lane Evans 90%
Terry Everett 6%
Tom Feeney 6%
Russ Feingold 92%
Michael Ferguson 35%
Mark Foley 16%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 16%
William Frist 8%
Jim Gibbons 3%
Wayne Gilchrest 52%
Paul Gillmor 13%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 16%
Bart Gordon 77%
Mark Green 29%
Judd Gregg 44%
Gilbert Gutknecht 3%
Charles Hagel 0%
Jane Harman 97%
Katherine Harris 10%
Melissa Hart 3%
Robert Hayes 6%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 3%
Joel Hefley 13%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 56%
David Lee Hobson 3%
Pete Hoekstra 6%
Darlene Hooley 94%
John Nathan Hostettler 13%
Kenny Hulshof 3%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Henry Hyde 6%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 3%
William Jefferson 61%
James Merrill Jeffords 92%
William Lewis Jenkins 3%
Nancy Johnson 65%
Paul Kanjorski 68%
Ric Keller 10%
Sue Kelly 68%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 92%
Mark Kennedy 16%
Patrick Kennedy 97%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 84%
Joseph Knollenberg 6%
James Kolbe 6%
Tom Lantos 97%
James Leach 77%
Ron Lewis 10%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 3%
Trent Lott, Sr. 8%
Jim Marshall 58%
Robert Matsui 97%
James McCrery III 6%
John McHugh 13%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 97%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 90%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 68%
Alan Mollohan 42%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jack Murtha 55%
Marilyn Musgrave 3%
Robert William Ney 3%
Anne Northup 6%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 6%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 68%
Dave Obey 97%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 42%
Thomas William Osborne 6%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 3%
Donald Payne 94%
John Peterson 6%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0%
Richard Pombo 3%
Earl Pomeroy 61%
Jon Porter, Sr. 10%
Deborah Pryce 13%
George Radanovich 3%
James Ramstad 61%
Ralph Regula 3%
Richard Renzi 10%
Thomas Reynolds 6%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 97%
Rick Santorum 0%
Paul Sarbanes 88%
H. James Saxton 74%
John Shadegg 3%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 13%
Christopher Shays 87%
Donald Sherwood 6%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 68%
Ike Skelton 61%
Gordon Smith 28%
Vic Snyder 94%
Mark Souder 10%
Arlen Specter 28%
John Spratt, Jr. 94%
Ted Stevens 4%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bart Stupak 61%
John Sununu 36%
John Sweeney 16%
James Talent 4%
Tom Tancredo 3%
John Tanner 48%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Charles Taylor 3%
Gene Taylor 52%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 10%
Todd Tiahrt 3%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 81%
George Voinovich 8%
James Walsh 32%
Zach Wamp 6%
John Warner 8%
Diane Watson 87%
Anthony Weiner 97%
David Weldon 6%
W. Curtis Weldon 32%
Gerald Weller 10%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 16%
David Wu 90%
Albert Wynn 87%

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.

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