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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

2005 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 6%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 17%
Todd Akin 94%
Wayne Allard 74%
George Allen 75%
Thomas Allen 6%
Joe Baca, Sr. 18%
Brian Baird 16%
Richard Hugh Baker 79%
J. Gresham Barrett 91%
Roscoe Bartlett 91%
Charlie Bass 65%
Evan Bayh 29%
Melissa Bean 29%
Bob Beauprez 88%
Bob Bennett 67%
Shelley Berkley 21%
Howard Berman 9%
Marion Berry 24%
Judy Biggert 62%
Michael Bilirakis 71%
Jeff Bingaman 38%
Sherwood Boehlert 44%
Kit Bond 58%
Henry Bonilla 68%
Mary Bono Mack 72%
Dan Boren 38%
Leonard Boswell 8%
Rick Boucher 15%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 27%
Henry Brown, Jr. 73%
Ginny Brown-Waite 66%
Jim Bunning 63%
Conrad Burns 58%
Dan Burton 79%
Steve Buyer 75%
Robert Byrd 9%
Chris Cannon 76%
Dennis Cardoza 26%
Russ Carnahan 9%
Julia Carson 13%
Edward Case 18%
Mike Castle 50%
Ben Chandler III 15%
Chris Chocola 88%
Hillary Clinton 17%
Norm Coleman 38%
Kent Conrad 9%
Jerry Costello 26%
Larry Craig 58%
Robert Cramer 41%
Barbara Cubin 76%
Artur Davis 18%
Geoff Davis 68%
James Davis 7%
Jo Ann Davis 66%
Lincoln Davis 35%
Thomas Davis III 52%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Thomas DeLay 74%
James DeMint 91%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 72%
Norm Dicks 12%
Chris Dodd 17%
Elizabeth Dole 74%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 61%
John Doolittle 65%
Byron Dorgan 4%
Thelma Drake 71%
David Dreier 71%
Chet Edwards 26%
Vern Ehlers 61%
Jo Ann Emerson 64%
Philip English 74%
John Ensign 83%
Bob Etheridge 6%
Lane Evans 6%
Terry Everett 78%
Tom Feeney 94%
Russ Feingold 33%
Michael Ferguson 71%
Mark Foley 70%
Harold Ford, Jr. 15%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 76%
Barney Frank 12%
William Frist 71%
Elton Gallegly 65%
Jim Gibbons 77%
Wayne Gilchrest 59%
Paul Gillmor 71%
Charlie Gonzalez 12%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 59%
Bart Gordon 30%
Mark Green 68%
Judd Gregg 75%
Gilbert Gutknecht 76%
Jane Harman 20%
Katherine Harris 81%
Melissa Hart 68%
J. Dennis Hastert 90%
Robert Hayes 71%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 82%
Joel Hefley 74%
Wally Herger, Jr. 76%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 18%
Maurice Hinchey 6%
David Lee Hobson 66%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Thomas Holden 21%
Darlene Hooley 15%
John Nathan Hostettler 79%
Kenny Hulshof 65%
Duncan Hunter 71%
Kay Hutchison 63%
Henry Hyde 72%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 85%
Daniel Inouye 5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 81%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 6%
William Jefferson 16%
James Merrill Jeffords 17%
William Lewis Jenkins 74%
Nancy Johnson 56%
Tim Johnson 44%
Paul Kanjorski 15%
Ric Keller 76%
Sue Kelly 58%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 8%
Mark Kennedy 76%
Patrick Kennedy 9%
Dale Kildee 9%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 9%
Joseph Knollenberg 68%
Herb Kohl 21%
James Kolbe 79%
Dennis Kucinich 9%
John Kuhl, Jr. 65%
Jon Kyl 100%
Ray LaHood 59%
Tom Lantos 9%
Steve LaTourette 52%
James Leach 45%
Jerry Lewis 65%
Ron Lewis 71%
Joe Lieberman 24%
Blanche Lincoln 25%
John Linder 85%
Trent Lott, Sr. 61%
Dick Lugar 71%
Dan Lungren 79%
Connie Mack IV 82%
Don Manzullo 79%
Jim Marshall 36%
Melquiades Martinez 71%
Thaddeus McCotter 68%
James McCrery III 74%
John McHugh 59%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 12%
Michael McNulty 12%
Martin Meehan 9%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 12%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 27%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 10%
Brad Miller 3%
Alan Mollohan 24%
Dennis Moore 18%
Jack Murtha 15%
Marilyn Musgrave 88%
Sue Myrick 84%
Ben Nelson 46%
Robert William Ney 59%
Anne Northup 74%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 78%
James Nussle 74%
Jim Oberstar 3%
Dave Obey 12%
John Olver 6%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 15%
Thomas William Osborne 62%
Major Owens 6%
Michael Oxley 66%
Ron Paul 69%
Donald Payne 6%
John Peterson 67%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 64%
Todd Platts 71%
Richard Pombo 69%
Earl Pomeroy 21%
Jon Porter, Sr. 65%
Deborah Pryce 70%
George Radanovich 81%
James Ramstad 70%
Ralph Regula 65%
Denny Rehberg 65%
Richard Renzi 68%
Silvestre Reyes 21%
Thomas Reynolds 68%
Mike Ross 17%
Steve Rothman 6%
Jim Ryun 79%
Martin Olav Sabo 6%
Ken Salazar 25%
Rick Santorum 68%
Paul Sarbanes 4%
Jim Saxton 56%
Jean Schmidt 80%
John Schwarz 50%
John Shadegg 94%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 65%
Christopher Shays 48%
Donald Sherwood 65%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 44%
Ike Skelton 24%
Gordon Smith 57%
Olympia Snowe 46%
Vic Snyder 15%
Mike Sodrel 79%
Hilda Solis 9%
Mark Souder 68%
Arlen Specter 57%
John Spratt, Jr. 9%
Pete Stark 6%
Cliff Stearns 79%
Ted Stevens 63%
Ted Strickland 9%
Bart Stupak 9%
John Sullivan 84%
John Sununu 95%
John Sweeney 71%
James Talent 71%
Tom Tancredo 88%
John Tanner 36%
Ellen Tauscher 18%
Charles Taylor 73%
Gene Taylor 47%
Craig Thomas 67%
William Thomas 64%
Todd Tiahrt 78%
Ed Towns 23%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 6%
George Voinovich 50%
James Walsh 58%
Zach Wamp 71%
John Warner 71%
Diane Watson 6%
Anthony Weiner 9%
David Weldon 76%
W. Curtis Weldon 59%
Gerald Weller 68%
Robert Wexler 10%
Heather Wilson 56%
Lynn Woolsey 9%
David Wu 12%
Albert Wynn 18%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 16%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 9%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 24%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 9%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 17%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 6%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 22%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 6%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 9%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 12%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 6%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 9%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 9%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 29%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 16%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 6%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 13%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 6%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 39%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 6%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 15%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 9%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 6%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 6%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 9%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 4%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 3%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 35%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 12%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 9%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 3%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 24%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 9%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 9%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 9%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 13%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 9%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 18%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 38%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 6%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 15%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 4%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 9%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 3%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 3%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 12%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 12%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 9%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 18%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 6%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 12%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 15%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 6%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 33%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 9%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 6%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 6%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 9%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 17%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 9%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 8%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 4%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 21%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 12%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 6%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 26%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 26%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 3%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 13%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 21%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 12%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 12%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 6%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 12%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 3%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 9%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 21%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 6%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 35%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 9%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 21%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 74%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 71%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 71%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 71%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 76%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 74%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 79%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 73%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 76%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 74%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 65%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 82%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 79%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 87%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 68%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 76%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 85%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 69%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 96%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 63%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 76%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 46%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 74%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 83%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 63%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 78%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 82%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 68%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 42%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 83%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 85%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 65%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 47%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 94%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 67%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 65%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 85%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 91%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 94%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 44%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 76%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 71%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 68%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 71%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 72%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 73%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 63%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 94%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 79%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 73%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 87%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 64%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 61%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 88%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 78%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 59%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 76%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 62%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 74%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 76%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 71%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 82%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 82%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 85%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 56%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 76%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 85%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 65%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 88%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 71%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 94%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 79%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 76%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 79%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 71%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 55%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 70%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 74%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 94%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 84%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 87%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 52%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 71%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 76%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 74%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 79%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 58%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 59%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 65%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 58%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 68%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 81%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 72%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 68%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 58%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 72%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 68%

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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