State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 32%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 64%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 21%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 16%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 13%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 21%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 17%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 14%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 84%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 13%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 4%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 96%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 96%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 4%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 89%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 96%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 96%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 96%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 96%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 96%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 96%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 96%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 96%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 5%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 8%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 9%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 96%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 96%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 10%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 96%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 96%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 8%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 96%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 5%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 95%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 4%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 13%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 8%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 96%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 4%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 96%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 96%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 96%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 96%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 96%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 96%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 89%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 95%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 13%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 18%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 4%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 29%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 33%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 96%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 33%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 42%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 46%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 4%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 11%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 11%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 8%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 96%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 4%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 96%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 95%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 4%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 4%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 88%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 96%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 4%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 96%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 96%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 32%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 96%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 96%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 25%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 4%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 5%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 29%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 52%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 96%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 29%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 38%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 96%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 88%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 96%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 8%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 26%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 21%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 8%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 11%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 26%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 96%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 17%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 95%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 21%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 13%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 29%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 96%
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 96%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 92%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 96%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 96%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 94%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 95%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 96%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 96%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 96%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 96%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 68%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 92%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 17%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 13%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 25%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 96%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 67%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 96%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 96%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 95%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 96%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 8%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 96%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 91%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 8%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 96%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 95%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 13%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 96%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 42%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 11%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 88%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 89%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 95%
NA President Barack Obama II D 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 16%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 95%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 5%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 26%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 4%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 4%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 88%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 8%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 96%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 21%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 21%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 4%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 96%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 95%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 96%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 79%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 79%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 4%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 96%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 25%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 96%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 96%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 13%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 89%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 13%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 96%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 96%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 57%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 95%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 96%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 96%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 96%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 96%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 95%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 95%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 96%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 91%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 95%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 96%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 96%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 13%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 4%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 4%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 54%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 29%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 96%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 5%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 17%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 4%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 13%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 8%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 94%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 42%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 96%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 96%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 96%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 67%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 17%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 96%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 96%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 42%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 8%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 71%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 96%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 8%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 89%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 16%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 21%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 26%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 13%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 88%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 4%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 96%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 9%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 25%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 5%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 8%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 4%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 4%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 4%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 4%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 9%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 4%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 4%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 4%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 4%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 13%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 9%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 8%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 92%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 4%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 4%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 96%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 29%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 10%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 83%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 13%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 17%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 4%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 96%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 38%
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 96%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 95%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 96%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 9%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 9%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 96%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 54%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 96%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 26%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 96%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 96%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 4%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 38%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 67%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 96%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 5%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 96%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 89%
Todd Akin Other 8%
Wayne Allard Other 5%
Thomas Allen Other 96%
Jason Altmire Other 96%
Michael Arcuri Other 96%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 96%
Brian Baird Other 95%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 4%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 8%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
Melissa Bean Other 83%
Bob Bennett Other 16%
Shelley Berkley Other 96%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 96%
Judy Biggert Other 42%
Brian Bilbray Other 8%
Jeff Bingaman Other 94%
Kit Bond Other 21%
Mary Bono Mack Other 25%
Dan Boren Other 59%
Leonard Boswell Other 96%
Rick Boucher Other 96%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 88%
Nancy Boyda Other 88%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 4%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 25%
Jim Bunning Other 5%
Dan Burton Other 17%
Steve Buyer Other 16%
Robert Byrd Other 89%
Chris Cannon Other 8%
Dennis Cardoza Other 96%
Russ Carnahan Other 96%
Christopher Carney Other 92%
Mike Castle Other 58%
Ben Chandler III Other 96%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
Norm Coleman Other 58%
Kent Conrad Other 89%
Jerry Costello Other 96%
Larry Craig Other 17%
Robert Cramer Other 88%
Barbara Cubin Other 13%
Artur Davis Other 96%
David Davis Other 13%
Geoff Davis Other 17%
Lincoln Davis Other 96%
Thomas Davis III Other 25%
Bill Delahunt Other 96%
James DeMint Other 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 42%
Norm Dicks Other 96%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
Elizabeth Dole Other 17%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 22%
John Doolittle Other 4%
Byron Dorgan Other 89%
Thelma Drake Other 8%
David Dreier Other 4%
Chet Edwards Other 95%
Vern Ehlers Other 33%
Brad Ellsworth Other 88%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 71%
Philip English Other 67%
John Ensign Other 5%
Bob Etheridge Other 92%
Terry Everett Other 18%
Tom Feeney Other 4%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 79%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 57%
Barney Frank Other 96%
Elton Gallegly Other 13%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 96%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 48%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 96%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 17%
Bart Gordon Other 96%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
John Hall Other 96%
Phil Hare Other 96%
Jane Harman Other 95%
Robert Hayes Other 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 4%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 96%
Baron Hill Other 88%
Maurice Hinchey Other 96%
David Lee Hobson Other 35%
Paul Hodes Other 96%
Pete Hoekstra Other 17%
Thomas Holden Other 92%
Darlene Hooley Other 96%
Kenny Hulshof Other 29%
Duncan Hunter Other 17%
Kay Hutchison Other 26%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 13%
Daniel Inouye Other 94%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 96%
William Jefferson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 68%
Steve Kagen Other 96%
Paul Kanjorski Other 92%
Ric Keller Other 25%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 87%
Patrick Kennedy Other 96%
Dale Kildee Other 96%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 96%
Ron Klein Other 96%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 17%
Herb Kohl Other 95%
Dennis Kucinich Other 89%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 42%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 65%
Nicholas Lampson Other 83%
Steve LaTourette Other 83%
Frank Lautenberg Other 100%
Jerry Lewis Other 13%
Ron Lewis Other 13%
Joe Lieberman Other 84%
Blanche Lincoln Other 89%
John Linder Other 4%
Dick Lugar Other 32%
Dan Lungren Other 4%
Connie Mack IV Other 5%
Tim Mahoney Other 83%
Don Manzullo Other 13%
Jim Marshall Other 76%
Melquiades Martinez Other 16%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 50%
James McCrery III Other 8%
John McHugh Other 74%
Michael McNulty Other 92%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 96%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 96%
Brad Miller Other 96%
Harry Mitchell Other 83%
Alan Mollohan Other 96%
Dennis Moore Other 96%
Patrick Murphy Other 92%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 4%
Sue Myrick Other 4%
Ben Nelson Other 95%
Jim Oberstar Other 95%
Dave Obey Other 95%
John Olver Other 96%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 96%
Ron Paul Other 21%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 21%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 22%
Todd Platts Other 42%
Earl Pomeroy Other 96%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 50%
Deborah Pryce Other 29%
George Radanovich Other 9%
James Ramstad Other 33%
Ralph Regula Other 54%
Denny Rehberg Other 33%
Richard Renzi Other 46%
Silvestre Reyes Other 96%
Thomas Reynolds Other 30%
Laura Richardson Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 96%
Mike Ross Other 96%
Steve Rothman Other 96%
Ken Salazar Other 84%
William Sali Other 4%
Jim Saxton Other 67%
Jean Schmidt Other 17%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 96%
John Shadegg Other 4%
Christopher Shays Other 82%
Heath Shuler Other 88%
Ike Skelton Other 96%
Gordon Smith Other 44%
Olympia Snowe Other 68%
Vic Snyder Other 96%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 17%
Zack Space Other 96%
Arlen Specter Other 68%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 96%
Pete Stark Other 95%
Cliff Stearns Other 13%
Ted Stevens Other 33%
Bart Stupak Other 96%
John Sullivan Other 13%
John Sununu Other 22%
Betty Sutton Other 96%
Tom Tancredo Other 6%
John Tanner Other 88%
Ellen Tauscher Other 96%
Gene Taylor Other 48%
Todd Tiahrt Other 13%
Ed Towns Other 96%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 33%
James Walsh Other 73%
Zach Wamp Other 17%
John Warner Other 25%
Diane Watson Other 96%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 96%
David Weldon Other 13%
Gerald Weller Other 45%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 96%
Heather Wilson Other 29%
Lynn Woolsey Other 96%
David Wu Other 96%
Albert Wynn 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.

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.