| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 89% | |
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 50% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 56% |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 78% |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 89% |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 56% |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tom Harkin | Democratic | 89% |
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 22% |
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 78% |
| IN | U.S. Senate | Sr | Daniel Coats | Republican | 56% |
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 56% |
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 56% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | 88% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 88% |
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Carl Levin | Democratic | 89% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 44% |
| MT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Max Baucus | Democratic | 89% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | 78% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 89% |
| NV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Harry Reid | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 78% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 89% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 25% |
| OK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 25% |
| OR | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 89% |
| RI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 78% |
| SD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Timothy Johnson | Democratic | 67% |
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 44% |
| 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 | 89% |
| WV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | Democratic | 89% |
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 67% |
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 44% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 67% |
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 86% |
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 78% |
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 78% |
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 44% |
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 88% |
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 44% |
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 78% |
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 56% |
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 78% |
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 44% |
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 78% |
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 88% |
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 44% |
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 44% |
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 83% |
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 57% |
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 56% |
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 63% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 89% |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 75% |
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 67% |
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 78% |
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 67% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 78% |
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 75% |
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 78% |
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 50% |
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 78% |
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 78% |
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 78% |
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 88% |
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 67% |
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 88% |
| NC | U.S. House | 4 | David Price | Democratic | 78% |
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 33% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 67% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 78% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 75% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 89% |
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 44% |
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 88% |
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 88% |
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 89% |
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 86% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 63% |
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 86% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 78% |
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 78% |
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 33% |
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 83% |
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 75% |
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 78% |
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 30% |
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 22% |
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 67% |
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 13% |
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 88% |
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 86% |
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 89% |
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 89% |
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 22% |
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 56% |
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 78% |
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 33% |
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 44% |
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 100% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 78% | |
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 67% | |
| OH | Governor | John Kasich | Republican | 56% | |
| OH | State Senate | 28 | Thomas Sawyer | Democratic | 78% |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 67% | ||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | Democratic | 89% | |
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 89% |
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 89% |
| Gary Ackerman | 67% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 33% | ||||
| Bill Archer | 22% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 33% | ||||
| Henry Scott Baesler | 78% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 38% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 33% | ||||
| James Barcia | 78% | ||||
| Bill Barrett | 67% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 33% | ||||
| Herbert Bateman | 38% | ||||
| Bob Bennett | 44% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 67% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 78% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 78% | ||||
| Jeff Bingaman | 78% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 11% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 75% | ||||
| Kit Bond | 56% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 67% | ||||
| David Edward Bonior | 78% | ||||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | 78% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 78% | ||||
| John Breaux | 67% | ||||
| George Brown, Jr. | 71% | ||||
| Richard Bryan | 89% | ||||
| Dale Bumpers | 100% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 33% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 56% | ||||
| Dan Burton | 44% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 56% | ||||
| Robert Byrd | 89% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 56% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 78% | ||||
| Mike Castle | 67% | ||||
| John Chafee | 67% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 57% | ||||
| Eva Clayton | 67% | ||||
| Robert Clement | 75% | ||||
| Michael Collins | 33% | ||||
| Larry Combest | 22% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 75% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 89% | ||||
| Jerry Costello | 89% | ||||
| Paul Coverdell | 44% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 44% | ||||
| William Coyne | 78% | ||||
| Larry Craig | 44% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 78% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 78% | ||||
| Alfonse D'Amato | 44% | ||||
| Patsy Ann Danner | 89% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 78% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 11% | ||||
| Peter Deutsch | 78% | ||||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 78% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 75% | ||||
| Norm Dicks | 78% | ||||
| Julian Dixon | 78% | ||||
| Chris Dodd | 100% | ||||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 44% | ||||
| Calvin Dooley | 78% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 33% | ||||
| Byron Dorgan | 89% | ||||
| David Dreier | 38% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 44% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 78% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 56% | ||||
| Jo Ann Emerson | 56% | ||||
| Lane Evans | 100% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 67% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 44% | ||||
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | 22% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 67% | ||||
| Victor Fazio | 89% | ||||
| Russ Feingold | 89% | ||||
| Harold Ford, Jr. | 71% | ||||
| Wendell Ford | 89% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 56% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 67% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 44% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 78% | ||||
| Elizabeth Furse | 78% | ||||
| Elton Gallegly | 88% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 78% | ||||
| George Gekas | 56% | ||||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 78% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 67% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 78% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 100% | ||||
| Newt Gingrich | 38% | ||||
| John Glenn | 100% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 67% | ||||
| William Goodling | 78% | ||||
| Bart Gordon | 67% | ||||
| Slade Gorton | 56% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 33% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 67% | ||||
| William Phillip Gramm | 33% | ||||
| Rodney Grams | 29% | ||||
| James Greenwood | 56% | ||||
| Judd Gregg | 11% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 88% | ||||
| Lee Hamilton | 78% | ||||
| James Hansen | 22% | ||||
| Jane Harman | 67% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 38% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 33% | ||||
| W.G. Hefner | 88% | ||||
| Jesse Helms | 33% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 25% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 88% | ||||
| Maurice Hinchey | 100% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 56% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 56% | ||||
| Thomas Holden | 100% | ||||
| Ernest Hollings | 78% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 67% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 44% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 44% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 56% | ||||
| Kay Hutchison | 25% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 33% | ||||
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | 44% | ||||
| Daniel Inouye | 100% | ||||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | 33% | ||||
| William Jefferson | 89% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 89% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 44% | ||||
| Paul Kanjorski | 89% | ||||
| Dirk Kempthorne | 44% | ||||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 78% | ||||
| Joseph Kennedy II | 67% | ||||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 78% | ||||
| Bob Kerrey | 56% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 100% | ||||
| Jay Kim | 44% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 89% | ||||
| Ronald Klink | 89% | ||||
| Scott Klug | 78% | ||||
| Joseph Knollenberg | 44% | ||||
| Herb Kohl | 67% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 33% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 44% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 88% | ||||
| Tom Lantos | 88% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 67% | ||||
| James Leach | 67% | ||||
| Jerry Lewis | 56% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 83% | ||||
| Joe Lieberman | 75% | ||||
| John Linder | 56% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 88% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 63% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 44% | ||||
| Dick Lugar | 56% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 44% | ||||
| Thomas Manton | 57% | ||||
| Don Manzullo | 33% | ||||
| Matthew Martinez | 75% | ||||
| Robert Matsui | 78% | ||||
| Bill McCollum | 33% | ||||
| James McCrery III | 67% | ||||
| Joseph McDade | 56% | ||||
| Paul McHale | 78% | ||||
| John McHugh | 44% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 44% | ||||
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 78% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 67% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 67% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 67% | ||||
| Dan Miller | 33% | ||||
| David Minge | 67% | ||||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 75% | ||||
| John Moakley | 78% | ||||
| Alan Mollohan | 89% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 67% | ||||
| Carol Moseley Braun | 78% | ||||
| Patrick Moynihan | 78% | ||||
| Frank Murkowski | 44% | ||||
| Jack Murtha | 63% | ||||
| Don Nickles | 22% | ||||
| James Nussle | 56% | ||||
| Jim Oberstar | 78% | ||||
| Dave Obey | 88% | ||||
| John Olver | 78% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 78% | ||||
| Major Owens | 100% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 33% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 33% | ||||
| Mike Parker | 78% | ||||
| William Paxon | 11% | ||||
| Donald Payne | 75% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 88% | ||||
| Richard Pombo | 56% | ||||
| Earl Pomeroy | 88% | ||||
| John Edward Porter | 56% | ||||
| Glenn Poshard | 78% | ||||
| Deborah Pryce | 63% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 75% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 33% | ||||
| Ralph Regula | 67% | ||||
| Charles Robb | 67% | ||||
| Timothy Roemer | 67% | ||||
| William Roth, Jr. | 33% | ||||
| Marge Roukema | 67% | ||||
| Martin Olav Sabo | 78% | ||||
| Rick Santorum | 38% | ||||
| Paul Sarbanes | 100% | ||||
| Jim Saxton | 67% | ||||
| Daniel Schaefer | 33% | ||||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 67% | ||||
| Christopher Shays | 44% | ||||
| E.G. Shuster | 33% | ||||
| Norman Sisisky | 67% | ||||
| David Skaggs | 78% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 67% | ||||
| Ike Skelton | 78% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 25% | ||||
| Robert Smith | 20% | ||||
| Bob Smith | 22% | ||||
| Olympia Snowe | 67% | ||||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | 22% | ||||
| Arlen Specter | 44% | ||||
| Floyd Spence | 56% | ||||
| John Spratt, Jr. | 78% | ||||
| Pete Stark | 88% | ||||
| Cliff Stearns | 22% | ||||
| Charles Stenholm | 50% | ||||
| Ted Stevens | 56% | ||||
| Louis Stokes | 89% | ||||
| Ted Strickland | 100% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 22% | ||||
| Bart Stupak | 100% | ||||
| James Talent | 50% | ||||
| John Tanner | 67% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 67% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 44% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 67% | ||||
| William Thomas | 56% | ||||
| Karen Thurman | 100% | ||||
| Strom Thurmond | 56% | ||||
| Esteban Edward Torres | 78% | ||||
| Robert Torricelli | 57% | ||||
| Ed Towns | 86% | ||||
| James Traficant, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Bruce Vento | 89% | ||||
| James Walsh | 78% | ||||
| John Warner | 44% | ||||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 63% | ||||
| Paul Wellstone | 100% | ||||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | 100% | ||||
| Lynn Woolsey | 89% | ||||
| Albert Wynn | 88% | ||||
| Sidney Yates | 86% |
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How to Interpret these Evaluations
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