Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

2007 First Session Score

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 40%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 10%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 7%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 13%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 10%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 15%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 10%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 5%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 60%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 10%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 15%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 90%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 90%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 5%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 87%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 80%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 90%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 95%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 90%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 95%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 95%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 75%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 90%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 90%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 90%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 0%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 95%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 10%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 95%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 95%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 5%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 90%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 95%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 85%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 95%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 15%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 85%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 20%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 90%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 10%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 95%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 90%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 95%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 95%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 5%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 90%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 70%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 90%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 95%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 85%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 93%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 10%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 5%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 85%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 5%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 15%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 35%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 95%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 25%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 90%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 90%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 15%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 30%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 5%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 7%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 7%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 75%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 95%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 95%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 10%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 65%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 80%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 5%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 90%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 70%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 33%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 87%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 85%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 90%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 5%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 13%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 5%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 93%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 90%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 85%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 90%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 80%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 15%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 95%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 10%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 90%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 85%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 85%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 5%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 7%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 7%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 15%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 5%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 53%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 10%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 95%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 95%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 95%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 90%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 93%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 93%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 80%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 85%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 90%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 95%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 95%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 67%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 67%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 35%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 5%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 5%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 90%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 25%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 90%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 85%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 87%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 85%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 95%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 60%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 73%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 75%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 85%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 5%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 5%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 85%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 67%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 80%
NA President Barack Obama II D 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 93%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 7%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 70%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 40%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 95%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 10%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 5%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 75%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 95%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 45%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 15%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 5%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 90%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 93%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 90%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 85%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 20%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 95%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 70%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 87%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 15%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 93%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 95%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 30%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 85%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 80%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 95%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 90%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 95%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 85%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 85%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 95%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 95%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 95%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 87%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 20%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 5%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 80%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 10%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 15%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 80%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 7%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 0%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 87%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 20%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 95%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 85%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 90%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 70%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 5%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 95%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 80%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 55%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 10%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 20%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 93%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 93%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 95%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 7%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 80%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 33%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 33%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 33%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 27%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 10%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 80%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 5%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 95%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 5%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 5%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 0%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 15%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 85%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 10%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 55%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 90%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 5%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 65%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 65%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 80%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 90%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 13%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 55%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 90%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 5%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 5%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 95%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 60%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 80%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 93%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 95%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 87%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 87%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 80%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 5%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 5%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 95%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 85%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 95%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 25%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 95%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 95%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 20%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 50%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 73%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 20%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 75%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 13%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 33%
Gary Ackerman Other 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 87%
Todd Akin Other 5%
Wayne Allard Other 20%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 80%
Michael Arcuri Other 90%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 85%
Brian Baird Other 95%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 5%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 45%
Evan Bayh Other 73%
Melissa Bean Other 85%
Bob Bennett Other 7%
Shelley Berkley Other 75%
Howard Berman Other 85%
Marion Berry Other 70%
Judy Biggert Other 55%
Brian Bilbray Other 25%
Jeff Bingaman Other 93%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 30%
Dan Boren Other 15%
Leonard Boswell Other 75%
Rick Boucher Other 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 65%
Nancy Boyda Other 70%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 5%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 20%
Jim Bunning Other 7%
Dan Burton Other 5%
Steve Buyer Other 5%
Robert Byrd Other 73%
Chris Cannon Other 10%
Dennis Cardoza Other 65%
Russ Carnahan Other 90%
Christopher Carney Other 80%
Mike Castle Other 95%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 73%
Norm Coleman Other 33%
Kent Conrad Other 73%
Jerry Costello Other 75%
Larry Craig Other 13%
Robert Cramer Other 70%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
Artur Davis Other 80%
David Davis Other 10%
Geoff Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 75%
Thomas Davis III Other 40%
Bill Delahunt Other 90%
James DeMint Other 7%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 20%
Norm Dicks Other 95%
Chris Dodd Other 60%
Elizabeth Dole Other 7%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 20%
John Doolittle Other 5%
Byron Dorgan Other 87%
Thelma Drake Other 10%
David Dreier Other 15%
Chet Edwards Other 60%
Vern Ehlers Other 70%
Brad Ellsworth Other 75%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 15%
Philip English Other 35%
John Ensign Other 33%
Bob Etheridge Other 85%
Terry Everett Other 10%
Tom Feeney Other 5%
Russ Feingold Other 93%
Michael Ferguson Other 85%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 30%
Barney Frank Other 80%
Elton Gallegly Other 15%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 95%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 60%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 80%
Judd Gregg Other 60%
John Hall Other 95%
Phil Hare Other 85%
Jane Harman Other 90%
Robert Hayes Other 15%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 70%
Baron Hill Other 85%
Maurice Hinchey Other 95%
David Lee Hobson Other 20%
Paul Hodes Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 5%
Thomas Holden Other 70%
Darlene Hooley Other 85%
Kenny Hulshof Other 5%
Duncan Hunter Other 5%
Kay Hutchison Other 7%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 25%
Daniel Inouye Other 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 95%
William Jefferson Other 75%
Tim Johnson Other 75%
Steve Kagen Other 90%
Paul Kanjorski Other 70%
Ric Keller Other 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 93%
Patrick Kennedy Other 90%
Dale Kildee Other 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 80%
Ron Klein Other 75%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 20%
Herb Kohl Other 93%
Dennis Kucinich Other 80%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 30%
Jon Kyl Other 13%
Ray LaHood Other 35%
Nicholas Lampson Other 50%
Steve LaTourette Other 40%
Frank Lautenberg Other 93%
Jerry Lewis Other 15%
Ron Lewis Other 0%
Joe Lieberman Other 93%
Blanche Lincoln Other 67%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 53%
Dan Lungren Other 5%
Connie Mack IV Other 5%
Tim Mahoney Other 75%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
Jim Marshall Other 55%
Melquiades Martinez Other 13%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 15%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 45%
Michael McNulty Other 95%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 85%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 55%
Brad Miller Other 90%
Harry Mitchell Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 55%
Dennis Moore Other 85%
Patrick Murphy Other 90%
Jack Murtha Other 75%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 5%
Sue Myrick Other 10%
Ben Nelson Other 67%
Jim Oberstar Other 75%
Dave Obey Other 90%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 35%
Ron Paul Other 15%
Donald Payne Other 75%
John Peterson Other 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 5%
Todd Platts Other 55%
Earl Pomeroy Other 85%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 30%
Deborah Pryce Other 25%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 95%
Ralph Regula Other 20%
Denny Rehberg Other 10%
Richard Renzi Other 10%
Silvestre Reyes Other 70%
Thomas Reynolds Other 5%
Laura Richardson Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 80%
Mike Ross Other 60%
Steve Rothman Other 90%
Ken Salazar Other 73%
William Sali Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 75%
Jean Schmidt Other 10%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 5%
Christopher Shays Other 100%
Heath Shuler Other 75%
Ike Skelton Other 70%
Gordon Smith Other 73%
Olympia Snowe Other 80%
Vic Snyder Other 85%
Hilda Solis Other 95%
Mark Souder Other 5%
Zack Space Other 60%
Arlen Specter Other 60%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 85%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 15%
Ted Stevens Other 27%
Bart Stupak Other 70%
John Sullivan Other 5%
John Sununu Other 53%
Betty Sutton Other 85%
Tom Tancredo Other 10%
John Tanner Other 70%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 80%
Todd Tiahrt Other 5%
Ed Towns Other 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 75%
George Voinovich Other 20%
James Walsh Other 45%
Zach Wamp Other 10%
John Warner Other 47%
Diane Watson Other 90%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 87%
Anthony Weiner Other 90%
David Weldon Other 5%
Gerald Weller Other 25%
Robert Wexler Other 85%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 60%
Heather Wilson Other 15%
Lynn Woolsey Other 95%
David Wu Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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