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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

2005 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
Todd Akin 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
Mary Bono Mack 100%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
Geoff Davis 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Thelma Drake 100%
David Dreier 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 100%
John Ensign 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
William Frist 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
Ron Lewis 100%
John Linder 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 100%
Dan Lungren 100%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 100%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
James McCrery III 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 100%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Sue Myrick 100%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
Anne Northup 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
James Nussle 100%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Jean Schmidt 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Mike Sodrel 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Cliff Stearns 100%
John Sullivan 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
David Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 96%
Bob Bennett 96%
Michael Bilirakis 96%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 96%
Kit Bond 96%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 96%
Conrad Burns 96%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 96%
Dan Burton 96%
Steve Buyer 96%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 96%
Larry Craig 96%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 96%
Barbara Cubin 96%
Jo Ann Davis 96%
James DeMint 96%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 96%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 96%
Philip English 96%
Terry Everett 96%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 96%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 96%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 96%
Katherine Harris 96%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 96%
Robert Hayes 96%
Joel Hefley 96%
Duncan Hunter 96%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 96%
William Lewis Jenkins 96%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 96%
Mark Kennedy 96%
Connie Mack IV 96%
Don Manzullo 96%
Thaddeus McCotter 96%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 96%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 96%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 96%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 96%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 96%
Denny Rehberg 96%
Thomas Reynolds 96%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 96%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 96%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 96%
Tom Tancredo 96%
Charles Taylor 96%
Craig Thomas 96%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 96%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 96%
Sue Kelly 95%
Trent Lott, Sr. 95%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 95%
Rick Santorum 95%
Roscoe Bartlett 92%
Charlie Bass 92%
Judy Biggert 92%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 92%
John Doolittle 92%
Michael Ferguson 92%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Ray LaHood 92%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 92%
Todd Platts 92%
John Schwarz 92%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 92%
James Walsh 92%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 91%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 91%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 91%
Mark Foley 91%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 91%
John Nathan Hostettler 91%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 91%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 91%
Ted Stevens 91%
James Talent 91%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 91%
John Warner 91%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 91%
John Sununu 90%
Mike Castle 88%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 88%
Robert Cramer 88%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 88%
Thomas Davis III 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
Wayne Gilchrest 88%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 88%
W. Curtis Weldon 88%
Heather Wilson 88%
Vern Ehlers 87%
John Sweeney 87%
Dan Boren 83%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 83%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 83%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 83%
Steve LaTourette 83%
Dick Lugar 83%
Robert William Ney 83%
Gordon Smith 82%
Nancy Johnson 79%
John McHugh 79%
James Ramstad 79%
Jim Saxton 79%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 77%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Lincoln Davis 75%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 75%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 75%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
Judd Gregg 74%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 74%
George Voinovich 74%
Norm Coleman 73%
Christopher Shays 71%
Tim Johnson 70%
Arlen Specter 68%
Chet Edwards 67%
James Leach 67%
Gene Taylor 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 65%
Ron Paul 64%
Bart Gordon 63%
Jim Marshall 63%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 63%
John Tanner 63%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 61%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 61%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 61%
Ben Nelson 61%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 55%
Melissa Bean 54%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 54%
Ike Skelton 54%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 50%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 48%
Ed Towns 47%
Dennis Cardoza 46%
Edward Case 46%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 46%
Artur Davis 46%
Harold Ford, Jr. 46%
Thomas Holden 46%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 46%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 46%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 45%
Jeff Bingaman 45%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 45%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 42%
Marion Berry 42%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 42%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 42%
Earl Pomeroy 42%
Mike Ross 42%
Albert Wynn 42%
Charlie Gonzalez 39%
Blanche Lincoln 39%
Ken Salazar 39%
Olympia Snowe 39%
Brian Baird 38%
Ben Chandler III 38%
Alan Mollohan 38%
Jack Murtha 38%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 38%
Silvestre Reyes 38%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 38%
Jane Harman 36%
Joe Baca, Sr. 35%
Kent Conrad 35%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 35%
William Jefferson 33%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 33%
Dennis Moore 33%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
Rick Boucher 30%
Shelley Berkley 29%
Jerry Costello 29%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 29%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 29%
Paul Kanjorski 29%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 29%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 29%
Vic Snyder 29%
Dave Obey 28%
Robert Byrd 26%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 26%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 26%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 26%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 26%
Bart Stupak 26%
Ellen Tauscher 26%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 26%
David Wu 26%
Leonard Boswell 25%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 25%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 25%
Norm Dicks 25%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 25%
Darlene Hooley 25%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 25%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 25%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 25%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 25%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 24%
Byron Dorgan 24%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 24%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 22%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 22%
James Merrill Jeffords 22%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 22%
Herb Kohl 22%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 22%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 22%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 21%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 21%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 21%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 21%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 21%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 21%
Michael McNulty 21%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 21%
John Spratt, Jr. 21%
Ted Strickland 21%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 18%
Thomas Allen 17%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 17%
Howard Berman 17%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 17%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 17%
Bill Delahunt 17%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
Bob Etheridge 17%
Russ Feingold 17%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 17%
Barney Frank 17%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 17%
Patrick Kennedy 17%
Dale Kildee 17%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 17%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 17%
Joe Lieberman 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 17%
Martin Meehan 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 17%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 17%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 17%
Steve Rothman 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 17%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 17%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 17%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 17%
Diane Watson 17%
Anthony Weiner 17%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 16%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 14%
Daniel Inouye 14%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 14%
Gary Ackerman 13%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 13%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 13%
Evan Bayh 13%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 13%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 13%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 13%
Russ Carnahan 13%
Julia Carson 13%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 13%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 13%
Chris Dodd 13%
Lane Evans 13%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 13%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 13%
Dennis Kucinich 13%
Tom Lantos 13%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 13%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 13%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 13%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 13%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 13%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 13%
Jim Oberstar 13%
Major Owens 13%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 13%
Donald Payne 13%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 13%
Hilda Solis 13%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 13%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 13%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 11%
James Davis 11%
Robert Wexler 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 9%
Hillary Clinton 9%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 9%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 9%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 9%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 9%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 9%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 9%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 9%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 9%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 9%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 9%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 8%
Brad Miller 8%
John Olver 8%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 8%
Pete Stark 8%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 5%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 5%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 4%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
Martin Olav Sabo 4%
Paul Sarbanes 4%

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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