Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

2010 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 0%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 71%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 0%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 20%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 20%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 20%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 14%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 14%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 14%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 10%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 50%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 80%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 14%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 90%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 90%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 90%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 90%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 80%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 90%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 70%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
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 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 90%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 90%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 80%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 90%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 90%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 100%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 60%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 57%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 43%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 60%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 80%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 90%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Coons D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 10%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 60%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 10%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 20%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 100%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 30%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 10%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 100%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 30%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 20%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 90%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 86%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 90%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 40%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 50%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 86%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 30%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 90%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
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 90%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 100%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 100%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 90%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 30%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 10%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 86%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 10%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 14%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 14%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 80%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 70%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 90%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 90%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 10%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 10%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 70%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 100%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 70%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 30%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 0%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 90%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 20%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 20%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 20%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 20%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 40%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 29%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
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 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 90%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 80%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 90%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 20%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 0%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 90%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 90%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 20%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 40%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 90%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 10%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 80%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 86%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 86%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 80%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 0%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 10%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 43%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 43%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 57%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 86%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 40%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 0%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 90%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 43%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 30%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 10%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 20%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 0%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 90%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 71%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 40%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 50%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 40%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 90%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 20%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 90%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 86%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 100%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 90%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 10%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 10%
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 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 90%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 100%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 60%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 90%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 90%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
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 70%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 10%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 20%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 30%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 30%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 14%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 10%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 10%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 90%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 80%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 86%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 10%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 30%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 90%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 40%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 10%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 0%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 86%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 10%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 71%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 0%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 90%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 90%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 14%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 10%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 10%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 10%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 10%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 10%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
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 20%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 80%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 80%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 10%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 0%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0%
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 60%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 90%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 10%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 10%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 10%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 10%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 90%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 40%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 10%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 90%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 86%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 10%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 10%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 70%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 90%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 86%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 86%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 20%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 90%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 20%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 90%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 40%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 80%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 43%
WV U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Manchin III D 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 14%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 14%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 10%
Gary Ackerman Other 60%
John Adler Other 90%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 86%
Todd Akin Other 0%
Jason Altmire Other 80%
Michael Arcuri Other 100%
Steve Austria Other 10%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 80%
Brian Baird Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 10%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 10%
Evan Bayh Other 14%
Melissa Bean Other 80%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Shelley Berkley Other 90%
Howard Berman Other 90%
Marion Berry Other 50%
Judy Biggert Other 50%
Brian Bilbray Other 30%
Jeff Bingaman Other 71%
John Boccieri Other 90%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 30%
Dan Boren Other 60%
Leonard Boswell Other 80%
Rick Boucher Other 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 70%
Bobby Bright Other 40%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
Scott Brown Other 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 10%
Jim Bunning Other 14%
Roland Burris Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 60%
Joseph Cao Other 50%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
Russ Carnahan Other 90%
Christopher Carney Other 70%
Mike Castle Other 70%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Travis Childers Other 70%
Kent Conrad Other 57%
Jerry Costello Other 60%
Mark Critz Other 67%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 70%
Geoff Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 60%
Bill Delahunt Other 60%
James DeMint Other 14%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 40%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Charles Djou Other 83%
Chris Dodd Other 71%
Byron Dorgan Other 57%
David Dreier Other 20%
Steve Driehaus Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 70%
Vern Ehlers Other 70%
Brad Ellsworth Other 50%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 0%
John Ensign Other 14%
Bob Etheridge Other 90%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
Barney Frank Other 80%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 80%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 80%
Carte Goodwin Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 14%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 10%
John Hall Other 100%
Debbie Halvorson Other 90%
Phil Hare Other 90%
Jane Harman Other 90%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 70%
Baron Hill Other 90%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
Paul Hodes Other 90%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Thomas Holden Other 70%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 10%
Daniel Inouye Other 86%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 80%
Steve Kagen Other 70%
Paul Kanjorski Other 90%
Ted Kaufman Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 80%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 60%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 100%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 0%
Larry Kissell Other 100%
Ron Klein Other 90%
Herb Kohl Other 71%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 90%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 14%
Steve LaTourette Other 40%
Chris Lee Other 10%
George LeMieux Other 14%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Joe Lieberman Other 57%
Blanche Lincoln Other 0%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Dan Lungren Other 0%
Connie Mack IV Other 20%
Don Manzullo Other 10%
Betsy Markey Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 50%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 10%
Michael McMahon Other 90%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 80%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 90%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Walt Minnick Other 100%
Harry Mitchell Other 60%
Alan Mollohan Other 70%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Patrick Murphy Other 70%
Scott Murphy Other 80%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
Ben Nelson Other 0%
Glenn Nye III Other 90%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 80%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 60%
Ron Paul Other 0%
Donald Payne Other 100%
Tom Perriello Other 90%
Todd Platts Other 20%
Earl Pomeroy Other 60%
George Radanovich Other 10%
Denny Rehberg Other 10%
Silvestre Reyes Other 70%
Laura Richardson Other 90%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 70%
Mike Ross Other 70%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Mark Schauer Other 90%
Jean Schmidt Other 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Heath Shuler Other 90%
Ike Skelton Other 50%
Olympia Snowe Other 0%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 0%
Zack Space Other 60%
Arlen Specter Other 86%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 90%
Pete Stark Other 80%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 0%
Betty Sutton Other 100%
John Tanner Other 60%
Gene Taylor Other 70%
Harry Teague Other 80%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
Ed Towns Other 90%
George Voinovich Other 29%
Zach Wamp Other 10%
Diane Watson Other 70%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 57%
Anthony Weiner Other 90%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 70%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%

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.

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