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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Citizens Against Government Waste

2008 Lifetime Score

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 7%
Gary Ackerman 6%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 60%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
Todd Akin 89%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 72%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 42%
Wayne Allard 83%
Thomas Allen 8%
Jason Altmire 14%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 18%
Michael Arcuri 3%
Joe Baca, Sr. 8%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 87%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 69%
Brian Baird 14%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 8%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 82%
J. Gresham Barrett 92%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 21%
Roscoe Bartlett 80%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 78%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
Evan Bayh 25%
Melissa Bean 40%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 5%
Bob Bennett 64%
Shelley Berkley 19%
Howard Berman 9%
Marion Berry 22%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 22%
Judy Biggert 64%
Brian Bilbray 78%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 61%
Jeff Bingaman 21%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 71%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 7%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 91%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 14%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 68%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 72%
Kit Bond 59%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 55%
Mary Bono Mack 57%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 59%
Dan Boren 23%
Leonard Boswell 20%
Rick Boucher 14%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 42%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 12%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 24%
Nancy Boyda 6%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 76%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 5%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 99%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 7%
Henry Brown, Jr. 57%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 3%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 82%
Ginny Brown-Waite 66%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 51%
Jim Bunning 78%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 74%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 91%
Dan Burton 78%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 4%
Steve Buyer 70%
Robert Byrd 16%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 66%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 85%
Chris Cannon 85%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 73%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 13%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 3%
Dennis Cardoza 16%
Russ Carnahan 5%
Christopher Carney 12%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 63%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 6%
Mike Castle 57%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 6%
Donald Cazayoux, Jr. 23%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 97%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 77%
Ben Chandler III 9%
Travis Childers 27%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 2%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 10%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 5%
Hillary Clinton 9%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 80%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 94%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 56%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 3%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 59%
Norm Coleman 38%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 68%
Kent Conrad 18%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 9%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 43%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 66%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 13%
Jerry Costello 17%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 5%
Larry Craig 70%
Robert Cramer 32%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 70%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 58%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
Barbara Cubin 71%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 66%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 6%
Artur Davis 12%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 7%
David Davis 86%
Geoff Davis 62%
Lincoln Davis 29%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 9%
Thomas Davis III 57%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 84%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 18%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 11%
Bill Delahunt 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 6%
James DeMint 96%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 53%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 62%
Norm Dicks 8%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 6%
Chris Dodd 14%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 23%
Elizabeth Dole 68%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 57%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 16%
John Doolittle 64%
Byron Dorgan 15%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 13%
Thelma Drake 53%
David Dreier 66%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 0%
Chet Edwards 18%
Vern Ehlers 60%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 3%
Brad Ellsworth 13%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 6%
Jo Ann Emerson 56%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 6%
Philip English 55%
John Ensign 92%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 13%
Bob Etheridge 14%
Terry Everett 67%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 5%
Tom Feeney 95%
Russ Feingold 40%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 16%
Michael Ferguson 52%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 97%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 65%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 79%
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 77%
Barney Frank 13%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 94%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 57%
OH U.S. House 11 Marcia Fudge Democratic 0%
Elton Gallegly 61%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 94%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 39%
Gabrielle Giffords 11%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 72%
Charlie Gonzalez 8%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 66%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 75%
Bart Gordon 27%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 63%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 75%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 16%
Judd Gregg 80%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 77%
John Hall 3%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
Phil Hare 3%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 16%
Jane Harman 24%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 5%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 68%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 66%
Robert Hayes 59%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 95%
Wally Herger, Jr. 78%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 14%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 6%
Baron Hill 18%
Maurice Hinchey 7%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 11%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 2%
David Lee Hobson 60%
Paul Hodes 6%
Pete Hoekstra 82%
Thomas Holden 20%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 7%
Darlene Hooley 16%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 7%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 68%
Kay Hutchison 67%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 88%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 79%
Daniel Inouye 7%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 14%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 81%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 70%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 6%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 6%
William Jefferson 13%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 2%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 85%
Tim Johnson 45%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 71%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 97%
Steve Kagen 7%
Paul Kanjorski 12%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 12%
Ric Keller 79%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 16%
Patrick Kennedy 7%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 23%
Dale Kildee 8%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 6%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 48%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 86%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 74%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 54%
Ron Klein 5%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 75%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 58%
Herb Kohl 34%
Dennis Kucinich 10%
John Kuhl, Jr. 41%
Jon Kyl 93%
Ray LaHood 45%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 98%
Nicholas Lampson 15%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 21%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 9%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 12%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 9%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 61%
Steve LaTourette 47%
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 77%
Frank Lautenberg 24%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 7%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 21%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
Jerry Lewis 52%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 5%
Ron Lewis 65%
Joe Lieberman 21%
Blanche Lincoln 19%
John Linder 88%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 54%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 11%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 61%
Dick Lugar 77%
Dan Lungren 76%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 7%
Connie Mack IV 80%
Tim Mahoney 12%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 11%
Don Manzullo 79%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 70%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
Jim Marshall 24%
Melquiades Martinez 70%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 39%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 7%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 88%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 79%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 23%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 63%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 8%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 69%
Thaddeus McCotter 57%
James McCrery III 65%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 9%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 7%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 82%
John McHugh 47%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 62%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 51%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 6%
Michael McNulty 10%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 7%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 17%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 72%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 9%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 91%
Brad Miller 6%
Harry Mitchell 23%
Alan Mollohan 11%
Dennis Moore 20%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 8%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 44%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 67%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 54%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 6%
Patrick Murphy 13%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 43%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 13%
Jack Murtha 12%
Marilyn Musgrave 87%
Sue Myrick 88%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 9%
Ben Nelson 18%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 18%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 63%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 18%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 7%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 11%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 12%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 11%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 7%
Ron Paul 81%
Donald Payne 7%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 6%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 94%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 6%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 28%
John Peterson 62%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 61%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 88%
Todd Platts 59%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 80%
Earl Pomeroy 16%
Jon Porter, Sr. 39%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 9%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 90%
Deborah Pryce 62%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 9%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 63%
George Radanovich 73%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 7%
James Ramstad 75%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 5%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 13%
Ralph Regula 51%
Denny Rehberg 57%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 0%
Richard Renzi 47%
Silvestre Reyes 9%
Thomas Reynolds 59%
Laura Richardson 2%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 67%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 13%
Ciro Rodriguez 12%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 58%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 47%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 68%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 91%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 79%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 54%
Mike Ross 15%
Steve Rothman 11%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 94%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 9%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 7%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 10%
Ken Salazar 16%
William Sali 86%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 3%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 1%
Jim Saxton 49%
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
Jean Schmidt 69%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 4%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 13%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 93%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 4%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 85%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 8%
John Shadegg 96%
Christopher Shays 61%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 6%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 71%
Heath Shuler 16%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 65%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 55%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 0%
Ike Skelton 25%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 26%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 81%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 46%
Gordon Smith 60%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 65%
Olympia Snowe 50%
Vic Snyder 12%
Hilda Solis 5%
Mark Souder 69%
Zack Space 5%
Arlen Specter 49%
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 9%
John Spratt, Jr. 9%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 17%
Pete Stark 12%
Cliff Stearns 88%
Ted Stevens 51%
Bart Stupak 8%
John Sullivan 81%
John Sununu 89%
Betty Sutton 3%
Tom Tancredo 93%
John Tanner 31%
Ellen Tauscher 16%
Gene Taylor 48%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 79%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 9%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 77%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
Todd Tiahrt 70%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 70%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 14%
Ed Towns 9%
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 2%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 45%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 14%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 66%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 9%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 66%
George Voinovich 65%
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 83%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 60%
James Walsh 45%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
Zach Wamp 74%
John Warner 71%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 6%
Diane Watson 5%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 12%
Jim Webb, Jr. 9%
Anthony Weiner 10%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 4%
David Weldon 69%
Gerald Weller 59%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 90%
Robert Wexler 8%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 6%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 61%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 81%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 4%
Heather Wilson 56%
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 70%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 61%
Lynn Woolsey 6%
David Wu 14%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 21%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 61%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 59%

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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