Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

2007-2008 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 27%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 15%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 12%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 15%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 6%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 21%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 6%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 9%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 73%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 9%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 12%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 88%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 91%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 3%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 92%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 89%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 91%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 94%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 85%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 94%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 97%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 89%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 76%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 94%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 94%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 91%
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 97%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 9%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 97%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 94%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 3%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 91%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 97%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 88%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 97%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 9%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 88%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 3%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 12%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 91%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 6%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 3%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 97%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 91%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 94%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 88%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 3%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 88%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 76%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 88%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 97%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 88%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 96%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 96%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 6%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 9%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 85%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 6%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 24%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 36%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 91%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 39%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 91%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 91%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 24%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 46%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 6%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 8%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 8%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 82%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 3%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 94%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 97%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 9%
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 61%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 85%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 6%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 91%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 73%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 31%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 89%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 88%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 91%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 12%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 15%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 12%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 96%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 82%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 64%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 94%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 82%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 18%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 94%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 73%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 9%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 94%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 73%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 85%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 91%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 3%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 8%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 12%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 12%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 8%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 24%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 6%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 54%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 0%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 3%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 6%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 97%
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 97%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 97%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 94%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 92%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 96%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 85%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 91%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 91%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 94%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 97%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 97%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 81%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 81%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 42%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 3%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 9%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 91%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 27%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 94%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 85%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 92%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 82%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 3%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 97%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 3%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 70%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 77%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 82%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 85%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 6%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 4%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 6%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 88%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 81%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 89%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 65%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 15%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 96%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 12%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 79%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 30%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 94%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 6%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 9%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 76%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 94%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 46%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 15%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 6%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 94%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 92%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 92%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 94%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 88%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 82%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 15%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 91%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 97%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 67%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 97%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 6%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 92%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 18%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 92%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 85%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 27%
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 94%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 88%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 85%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 97%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 97%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 91%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 94%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 91%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 88%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 97%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 94%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 91%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 89%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 15%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 3%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 85%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 15%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 24%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 79%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 4%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 8%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 3%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 3%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 92%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 15%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 97%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 88%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 91%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 64%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 9%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 97%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 85%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 52%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 9%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 24%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 96%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 96%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 94%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 8%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 85%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 58%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 27%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 27%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 27%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 9%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 88%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 3%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 97%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 8%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 3%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 3%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 6%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 0%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 12%
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 9%
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 67%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 85%
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 3%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 70%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 73%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 85%
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 91%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 15%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 64%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 23%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 94%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 3%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 6%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 97%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 49%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 89%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 96%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 94%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 89%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 92%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 85%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 3%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 3%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 94%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 79%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 97%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 18%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 97%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 97%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 15%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 46%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 81%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 27%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 79%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 15%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 24%
Gary Ackerman Other 91%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 92%
Todd Akin Other 3%
Wayne Allard Other 19%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 79%
Michael Arcuri Other 91%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 85%
Brian Baird Other 97%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 6%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 33%
Evan Bayh Other 77%
Melissa Bean Other 85%
Bob Bennett Other 12%
Shelley Berkley Other 82%
Howard Berman Other 91%
Marion Berry Other 73%
Judy Biggert Other 49%
Brian Bilbray Other 30%
Jeff Bingaman Other 96%
Kit Bond Other 8%
Mary Bono Mack Other 30%
Dan Boren Other 36%
Leonard Boswell Other 79%
Rick Boucher Other 76%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 73%
Nancy Boyda Other 76%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 6%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 27%
Jim Bunning Other 12%
Dan Burton Other 3%
Steve Buyer Other 9%
Robert Byrd Other 73%
Chris Cannon Other 6%
Dennis Cardoza Other 76%
Russ Carnahan Other 91%
Christopher Carney Other 82%
Mike Castle Other 85%
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. Other 50%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Travis Childers Other 67%
Hillary Clinton Other 58%
Norm Coleman Other 50%
Kent Conrad Other 81%
Jerry Costello Other 82%
Larry Craig Other 12%
Robert Cramer Other 73%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
Artur Davis Other 85%
David Davis Other 6%
Geoff Davis Other 3%
Lincoln Davis Other 79%
Bill Delahunt Other 88%
James DeMint Other 8%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 24%
Norm Dicks Other 94%
Chris Dodd Other 77%
Elizabeth Dole Other 27%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 19%
John Doolittle Other 6%
Byron Dorgan Other 89%
Thelma Drake Other 9%
David Dreier Other 9%
Chet Edwards Other 67%
Vern Ehlers Other 70%
Brad Ellsworth Other 70%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 15%
Philip English Other 36%
John Ensign Other 27%
Bob Etheridge Other 88%
Terry Everett Other 6%
Tom Feeney Other 3%
Russ Feingold Other 96%
Michael Ferguson Other 67%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 27%
Barney Frank Other 88%
Elton Gallegly Other 9%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 88%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 67%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
Bart Gordon Other 82%
Judd Gregg Other 39%
John Hall Other 97%
Phil Hare Other 88%
Jane Harman Other 94%
Robert Hayes Other 21%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 73%
Baron Hill Other 85%
Maurice Hinchey Other 97%
David Lee Hobson Other 27%
Paul Hodes Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 3%
Thomas Holden Other 76%
Darlene Hooley Other 88%
Kenny Hulshof Other 6%
Duncan Hunter Other 3%
Kay Hutchison Other 12%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 27%
Daniel Inouye Other 85%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 94%
William Jefferson Other 79%
Tim Johnson Other 70%
Steve Kagen Other 91%
Paul Kanjorski Other 79%
Ric Keller Other 15%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 69%
Patrick Kennedy Other 85%
Dale Kildee Other 85%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 85%
Ron Klein Other 82%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 24%
Herb Kohl Other 96%
Dennis Kucinich Other 85%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 33%
Jon Kyl Other 15%
Ray LaHood Other 39%
Nicholas Lampson Other 39%
Steve LaTourette Other 39%
Jerry Lewis Other 12%
Ron Lewis Other 0%
Joe Lieberman Other 96%
Blanche Lincoln Other 77%
John Linder Other 3%
Dick Lugar Other 39%
Dan Lungren Other 3%
Connie Mack IV Other 6%
Tim Mahoney Other 82%
Don Manzullo Other 3%
Jim Marshall Other 61%
Melquiades Martinez Other 23%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 15%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 42%
Michael McNulty Other 97%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 88%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 64%
Brad Miller Other 91%
Harry Mitchell Other 91%
Alan Mollohan Other 70%
Dennis Moore Other 85%
Patrick Murphy Other 91%
Jack Murtha Other 82%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 9%
Sue Myrick Other 6%
Ben Nelson Other 77%
Jim Oberstar Other 82%
Dave Obey Other 94%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 52%
Ron Paul Other 9%
Donald Payne Other 85%
John Peterson Other 6%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 6%
Todd Platts Other 58%
Earl Pomeroy Other 85%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 39%
Deborah Pryce Other 27%
George Radanovich Other 3%
James Ramstad Other 82%
Ralph Regula Other 27%
Denny Rehberg Other 9%
Richard Renzi Other 21%
Silvestre Reyes Other 76%
Thomas Reynolds Other 9%
Laura Richardson Other 88%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 79%
Mike Ross Other 67%
Steve Rothman Other 91%
Ken Salazar Other 85%
William Sali Other 3%
Jim Saxton Other 67%
Jean Schmidt Other 9%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 97%
John Shadegg Other 3%
Christopher Shays Other 82%
Heath Shuler Other 73%
Ike Skelton Other 76%
Gordon Smith Other 81%
Olympia Snowe Other 85%
Vic Snyder Other 88%
Hilda Solis Other 91%
Mark Souder Other 15%
Zack Space Other 70%
Arlen Specter Other 46%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 88%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 9%
Ted Stevens Other 19%
Bart Stupak Other 79%
John Sullivan Other 6%
John Sununu Other 46%
Betty Sutton Other 88%
Tom Tancredo Other 6%
John Tanner Other 76%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 79%
Todd Tiahrt Other 9%
Ed Towns Other 91%
George Voinovich Other 19%
James Walsh Other 42%
Zach Wamp Other 12%
John Warner Other 39%
Diane Watson Other 91%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 89%
Anthony Weiner Other 91%
David Weldon Other 6%
Gerald Weller Other 24%
Robert Wexler Other 79%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 67%
Heather Wilson Other 18%
Lynn Woolsey Other 94%
David Wu Other 97%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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