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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: League of United Latin American Citizens

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 33%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 25%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 11%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 11%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 89%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 17%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 6%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 22%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 100%
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 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 35%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 22%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 6%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 100%
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 100%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 100%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 11%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 47%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 39%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 22%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 6%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 94%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 11%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 94%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 6%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 100%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 28%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 6%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 17%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 11%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 6%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 29%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
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 89%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 39%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 39%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 6%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 11%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 94%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 11%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 11%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 50%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 22%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 50%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 22%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 83%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 11%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 44%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 94%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 17%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 11%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 28%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 18%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 28%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 22%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 17%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 6%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 17%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 18%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 11%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 83%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 11%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 35%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 24%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 11%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 78%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 17%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 100%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 83%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 83%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 24%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 22%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 6%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 22%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 83%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 100%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
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 39%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 17%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 22%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 24%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 29%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 35%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 94%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 22%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 24%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 22%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 83%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 28%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 72%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 28%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 11%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 6%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 12%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 50%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 6%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 50%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 24%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 17%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 78%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 11%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 22%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 28%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 22%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 22%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 17%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 28%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 28%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 94%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 17%
Wayne Allard 17%
George Allen 17%
Thomas Allen 100%
Brian Baird 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 25%
J. Gresham Barrett 6%
Evan Bayh 83%
Bob Beauprez 28%
Bob Bennett 20%
Marion Berry 89%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Sherwood Boehlert 29%
Kit Bond 50%
Henry Bonilla 24%
Rick Boucher 83%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 76%
Henry Brown, Jr. 17%
Ginny Brown-Waite 18%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 17%
Steve Buyer 17%
Robert Byrd 83%
Chris Cannon 12%
Julia Carson 100%
Edward Case 89%
Mike Castle 56%
Chris Chocola 17%
Norm Coleman 50%
Jon Corzine 100%
Christopher Cox 11%
Larry Craig 17%
Robert Cramer 50%
Barbara Cubin 13%
Randall Cunningham 12%
Artur Davis 100%
James Davis 100%
Jo Ann Davis 22%
Lincoln Davis 78%
Thomas Davis III 39%
Bill Delahunt 100%
Thomas DeLay 18%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 60%
John Doolittle 11%
Byron Dorgan 100%
Chet Edwards 82%
Vern Ehlers 33%
Philip English 39%
John Ensign 17%
Bob Etheridge 100%
Lane Evans 100%
Terry Everett 13%
Tom Feeney 13%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 38%
Mark Foley 28%
Harold Ford, Jr. 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 24%
William Frist 33%
Jim Gibbons 6%
Wayne Gilchrest 28%
Paul Gillmor 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 11%
Bart Gordon 88%
Mark Green 17%
Judd Gregg 17%
Gilbert Gutknecht 0%
Charles Hagel 33%
Jane Harman 100%
Katherine Harris 17%
Melissa Hart 22%
Robert Hayes 6%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 12%
Joel Hefley 28%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 11%
David Lee Hobson 22%
Pete Hoekstra 11%
Darlene Hooley 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 28%
Kenny Hulshof 17%
Duncan Hunter 12%
Henry Hyde 18%
Jay Inslee 100%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 18%
William Jefferson 100%
James Merrill Jeffords 100%
William Lewis Jenkins 11%
Nancy Johnson 35%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
Ric Keller 17%
Sue Kelly 22%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 28%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 17%
James Kolbe 39%
Tom Lantos 100%
James Leach 71%
Ron Lewis 22%
Blanche Lincoln 100%
John Linder 18%
Trent Lott, Sr. 33%
Jim Marshall 50%
James McCrery III 22%
John McHugh 28%
Michael McNulty 100%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 100%
Alan Mollohan 100%
Dennis Moore 94%
Jack Murtha 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 6%
Robert William Ney 28%
Anne Northup 18%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 6%
James Nussle 22%
Jim Oberstar 100%
Dave Obey 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 100%
Thomas William Osborne 29%
Major Owens 100%
Michael Oxley 22%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 17%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 24%
Richard Pombo 17%
Earl Pomeroy 94%
Jon Porter, Sr. 39%
Deborah Pryce 33%
George Radanovich 17%
James Ramstad 11%
Ralph Regula 22%
Richard Renzi 28%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
Jim Ryun 17%
Martin Olav Sabo 100%
Rick Santorum 17%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 24%
John Shadegg 11%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 17%
Christopher Shays 47%
Donald Sherwood 18%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 39%
Ike Skelton 89%
Gordon Smith 67%
Vic Snyder 100%
Mark Souder 22%
Arlen Specter 50%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 100%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sununu 17%
John Sweeney 24%
James Talent 33%
Tom Tancredo 11%
John Tanner 82%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Charles Taylor 0%
Gene Taylor 59%
Craig Thomas 17%
William Thomas 17%
Todd Tiahrt 22%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
George Voinovich 50%
James Walsh 35%
Zach Wamp 11%
John Warner 50%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
David Weldon 12%
W. Curtis Weldon 29%
Gerald Weller 33%
Robert Wexler 100%
Heather Wilson 39%
David Wu 94%
Albert Wynn 94%

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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