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Rating Group: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

2007-2008 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 20%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 7%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 13%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 13%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 18%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 20%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 64%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 6%
AS U.S. House Delegate Eni Faleomavaega Democratic 83%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 93%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 88%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 6%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 93%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 75%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 88%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 63%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 100%
DC U.S. House Delegate Eleanor Norton Democratic 50%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 73%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 14%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 94%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 6%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 44%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 44%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 88%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 31%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 6%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 94%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 13%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 44%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 88%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 18%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 9%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 6%
GU U.S. House Delegate Madeleine Bordallo Democratic 67%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 71%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 93%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 88%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 19%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 27%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 19%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 9%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 19%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 83%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 13%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 88%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 94%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 83%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 63%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 7%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 13%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 18%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 44%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 6%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 9%
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 7%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 18%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 0%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 0%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 81%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 88%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 94%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 94%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 82%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 56%
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 6%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 88%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 38%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 88%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 82%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 63%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 82%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 86%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 87%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 6%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 82%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 88%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 9%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 64%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 73%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 87%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 94%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 81%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 93%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 9%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 25%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 6%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 94%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 93%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 13%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 69%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 6%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 94%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 91%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 19%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 100%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 81%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 6%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 94%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 13%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 31%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 80%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 91%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 20%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 94%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 88%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 63%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 7%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 25%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 94%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 88%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 11%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 27%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 7%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 7%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 30%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 7%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 75%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 10%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 63%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 18%
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 33%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 94%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 6%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 56%
VI U.S. House Delegate Donna Christensen Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 91%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 94%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 75%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 81%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 19%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 94%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 19%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 50%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 31%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 94%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 91%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 18%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 20%
Gary Ackerman 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 91%
Todd Akin 6%
Jason Altmire 69%
Michael Arcuri 88%
Joe Baca, Sr. 81%
Brian Baird 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 13%
Roscoe Bartlett 31%
Evan Bayh 82%
Melissa Bean 94%
Bob Bennett 18%
Shelley Berkley 94%
Howard Berman 100%
Marion Berry 63%
Judy Biggert 53%
Brian Bilbray 33%
Jeff Bingaman 100%
Kit Bond 9%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Dan Boren 25%
Leonard Boswell 69%
Rick Boucher 88%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
Henry Brown, Jr. 6%
Ginny Brown-Waite 25%
Jim Bunning 9%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 8%
Dennis Cardoza 69%
Russ Carnahan 94%
Christopher Carney 75%
Mike Castle 94%
Ben Chandler III 94%
Travis Childers 100%
Norm Coleman 44%
Kent Conrad 80%
Jerry Costello 88%
Larry Craig 10%
Artur Davis 81%
David Davis 13%
Geoff Davis 0%
Lincoln Davis 81%
Bill Delahunt 88%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 36%
Norm Dicks 94%
Byron Dorgan 73%
David Dreier 7%
Chet Edwards 56%
Vern Ehlers 75%
Brad Ellsworth 56%
Jo Ann Emerson 19%
John Ensign 22%
Bob Etheridge 88%
Russ Feingold 100%
Luis Fortuño 17%
Barney Frank 93%
Elton Gallegly 6%
Gabrielle Giffords 88%
Charlie Gonzalez 75%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0%
Bart Gordon 87%
Judd Gregg 22%
John Hall 100%
Phil Hare 88%
Jane Harman 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 75%
Baron Hill 81%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
Paul Hodes 100%
Pete Hoekstra 6%
Thomas Holden 81%
Kay Hutchison 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 31%
Daniel Inouye 82%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 88%
Tim Johnson 69%
Steve Kagen 81%
Paul Kanjorski 73%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 88%
Dale Kildee 88%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Ron Klein 87%
Herb Kohl 100%
Dennis Kucinich 93%
Jon Kyl 10%
Steve LaTourette 44%
Jerry Lewis 13%
Joe Lieberman 91%
Blanche Lincoln 64%
John Linder 7%
Dick Lugar 27%
Dan Lungren 6%
Connie Mack IV 7%
Don Manzullo 6%
Jim Marshall 50%
Melquiades Martinez 60%
Thaddeus McCotter 13%
John McHugh 44%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 81%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 63%
Brad Miller 88%
Harry Mitchell 94%
Alan Mollohan 81%
Dennis Moore 87%
Patrick Murphy 75%
Jack Murtha 81%
Sue Myrick 13%
Ben Nelson 64%
Jim Oberstar 80%
Dave Obey 88%
John Olver 100%
Donald Payne 100%
Todd Platts 69%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
George Radanovich 6%
Denny Rehberg 13%
Silvestre Reyes 75%
Laura Richardson 71%
Ciro Rodriguez 75%
Mike Ross 50%
Steve Rothman 100%
Ken Salazar 82%
William Sali 6%
Jean Schmidt 13%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100%
John Shadegg 6%
Heath Shuler 60%
Ike Skelton 73%
Olympia Snowe 64%
Vic Snyder 81%
Hilda Solis 93%
Mark Souder 19%
Zack Space 69%
Arlen Specter 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 81%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 6%
Ted Stevens 20%
Bart Stupak 73%
John Sullivan 13%
John Sununu 36%
Betty Sutton 88%
Tom Tancredo 7%
John Tanner 69%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Gene Taylor 73%
Todd Tiahrt 13%
Ed Towns 94%
George Voinovich 18%
Zach Wamp 19%
Diane Watson 94%
Jim Webb, Jr. 73%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 88%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 81%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 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.

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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