Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters

2010 Lifetime Score

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 17%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 78%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 10%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 14%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 6%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 9%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 13%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 3%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 9%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 60%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 6%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 23%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 9%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 71%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 94%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 82%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 3%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 88%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 89%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 92%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 89%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 97%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 89%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 88%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 92%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 97%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 91%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 68%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 98%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 97%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 95%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 2%
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 8%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 98%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 96%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 2%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 92%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 91%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 90%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 93%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 15%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 93%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 8%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 90%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 10%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 89%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 14%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 4%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 96%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 92%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 97%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 76%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 96%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 100%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 2%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 4%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 86%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 71%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 98%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 88%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 98%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 95%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 92%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 83%
DE U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Coons D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 65%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 9%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 11%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 85%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 8%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 12%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 100%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 23%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 29%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 95%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 35%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 17%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 82%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 86%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 93%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 19%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 43%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 9%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 4%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 9%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 11%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 1%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 95%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 91%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 5%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 2%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 69%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 74%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 16%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 95%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 21%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 82%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 93%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 93%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 8%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 3%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 6%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 17%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 6%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 84%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 67%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 77%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 91%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 89%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 18%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 93%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 97%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 74%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 6%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 21%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 74%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 73%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 97%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 4%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 10%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 9%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 4%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 13%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 7%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 16%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 4%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 98%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 10%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 47%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 3%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 5%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 6%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 8%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 11%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 29%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 91%
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 94%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 98%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 95%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 96%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 84%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 90%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 85%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 95%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 96%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 77%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 94%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 99%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 67%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 93%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 79%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 84%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 10%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 37%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 9%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 88%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 19%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 73%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 77%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 93%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 92%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 86%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 4%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 29%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 98%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 96%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 4%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 45%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 75%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 2%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 86%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 4%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 87%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 5%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 9%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 4%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 76%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 4%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 67%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 91%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 7%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 78%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 85%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 23%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 86%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 6%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 13%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 60%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 2%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 91%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 6%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 30%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 9%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 7%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 89%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 95%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 96%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 93%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 91%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 73%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 73%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 12%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 97%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 58%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 89%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 93%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 52%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 96%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 100%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 96%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 78%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 14%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 96%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 90%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 90%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 98%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 20%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 95%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 93%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 88%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 91%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 91%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 96%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 94%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 82%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 95%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 89%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 91%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 92%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 100%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 67%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 96%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 94%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 93%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 93%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 2%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 2%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 77%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 12%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 96%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 14%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 82%
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 4%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 6%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 4%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 89%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 13%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 94%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 90%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 88%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 98%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 78%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 88%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 4%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 54%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 6%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 98%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 65%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 32%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 9%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 14%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 96%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 98%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 98%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 10%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 4%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 83%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 70%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 14%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 17%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 20%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 4%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 13%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 77%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 2%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 96%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 3%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 3%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 6%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 6%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 14%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 6%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 7%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 3%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 3%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 80%
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 5%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 1%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 62%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 79%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 1%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 7%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 0%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 2%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 2%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 59%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 64%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 80%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 2%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 3%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 97%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 11%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 2%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 4%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 64%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 94%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 27%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 85%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 4%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 8%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 3%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 85%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 28%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 96%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 92%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 95%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 95%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 89%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 89%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 88%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 2%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 2%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 89%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 63%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 91%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 97%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 24%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 91%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 98%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 37%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 49%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 80%
WV U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Manchin III D 0%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 29%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 67%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 5%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 17%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 4%
Gary Ackerman Other 87%
John Adler Other 92%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 69%
Todd Akin Other 3%
Jason Altmire Other 79%
Michael Arcuri Other 91%
Steve Austria Other 4%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 72%
Brian Baird Other 92%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 5%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 20%
Evan Bayh Other 74%
Melissa Bean Other 85%
Bob Bennett Other 6%
Shelley Berkley Other 86%
Howard Berman Other 87%
Marion Berry Other 45%
Judy Biggert Other 33%
Brian Bilbray Other 48%
Jeff Bingaman Other 71%
John Boccieri Other 92%
Kit Bond Other 7%
Mary Bono Mack Other 18%
Dan Boren Other 36%
Leonard Boswell Other 62%
Rick Boucher Other 68%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 56%
Bobby Bright Other 38%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 6%
Scott Brown Other 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 17%
Jim Bunning Other 7%
Roland Burris Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 7%
Steve Buyer Other 7%
Robert Byrd Other 52%
Joseph Cao Other 46%
Dennis Cardoza Other 73%
Russ Carnahan Other 93%
Christopher Carney Other 79%
Mike Castle Other 65%
Ben Chandler III Other 95%
Travis Childers Other 67%
Kent Conrad Other 57%
Jerry Costello Other 66%
Mark Critz Other 67%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 92%
Artur Davis Other 69%
Geoff Davis Other 5%
Lincoln Davis Other 59%
Bill Delahunt Other 89%
James DeMint Other 7%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 28%
Norm Dicks Other 69%
Charles Djou Other 83%
Chris Dodd Other 77%
Byron Dorgan Other 64%
David Dreier Other 16%
Steve Driehaus Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 43%
Vern Ehlers Other 59%
Brad Ellsworth Other 70%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 7%
John Ensign Other 26%
Bob Etheridge Other 79%
Russ Feingold Other 95%
Barney Frank Other 92%
Elton Gallegly Other 13%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 89%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 81%
Carte Goodwin Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 67%
Judd Gregg Other 42%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 33%
John Hall Other 98%
Debbie Halvorson Other 92%
Phil Hare Other 89%
Jane Harman Other 83%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 3%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 64%
Baron Hill Other 76%
Maurice Hinchey Other 96%
Paul Hodes Other 98%
Pete Hoekstra Other 14%
Thomas Holden Other 59%
Kay Hutchison Other 5%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 26%
Daniel Inouye Other 55%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 93%
Tim Johnson Other 65%
Steve Kagen Other 89%
Paul Kanjorski Other 72%
Ted Kaufman Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 89%
Dale Kildee Other 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 84%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 100%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 67%
Larry Kissell Other 88%
Ron Klein Other 88%
Herb Kohl Other 83%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 96%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 88%
Dennis Kucinich Other 90%
Jon Kyl Other 8%
Steve LaTourette Other 28%
Chris Lee Other 12%
George LeMieux Other 15%
Jerry Lewis Other 13%
Joe Lieberman Other 87%
Blanche Lincoln Other 49%
John Linder Other 11%
Dick Lugar Other 25%
Dan Lungren Other 2%
Connie Mack IV Other 13%
Don Manzullo Other 9%
Betsy Markey Other 88%
Jim Marshall Other 57%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 14%
Michael McMahon Other 96%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 90%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 53%
Brad Miller Other 95%
Walt Minnick Other 67%
Harry Mitchell Other 81%
Alan Mollohan Other 45%
Dennis Moore Other 87%
Patrick Murphy Other 88%
Scott Murphy Other 83%
Sue Myrick Other 6%
Ben Nelson Other 41%
Glenn Nye III Other 75%
Jim Oberstar Other 74%
Dave Obey Other 85%
John Olver Other 98%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 42%
Ron Paul Other 26%
Donald Payne Other 89%
Tom Perriello Other 79%
Todd Platts Other 35%
Earl Pomeroy Other 60%
George Radanovich Other 6%
Denny Rehberg Other 5%
Silvestre Reyes Other 61%
Laura Richardson Other 92%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 73%
Mike Ross Other 52%
Steve Rothman Other 93%
Mark Schauer Other 96%
Jean Schmidt Other 10%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 96%
John Shadegg Other 5%
Heath Shuler Other 79%
Ike Skelton Other 43%
Olympia Snowe Other 65%
Vic Snyder Other 85%
Mark Souder Other 9%
Zack Space Other 72%
Arlen Specter Other 46%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 78%
Pete Stark Other 88%
Cliff Stearns Other 16%
Bart Stupak Other 69%
John Sullivan Other 4%
Betty Sutton Other 93%
John Tanner Other 44%
Gene Taylor Other 44%
Harry Teague Other 83%
Todd Tiahrt Other 4%
Ed Towns Other 78%
George Voinovich Other 15%
Zach Wamp Other 11%
Diane Watson Other 92%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 86%
Anthony Weiner Other 94%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 72%
Lynn Woolsey Other 96%
David Wu Other 95%

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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