State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 100%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 50%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 100%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 25%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 75%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 66%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 50%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 50%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 25%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 50%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 25%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 25%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
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 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 100%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 50%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 50%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 50%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 50%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 100%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 100%
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 50%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 75%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 75%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 100%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 50%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 50%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 25%
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 50%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 50%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 25%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 50%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
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 25%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 25%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 25%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 75%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 25%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 100%
NA President Barack Obama II D 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 100%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 0%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 25%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 25%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 0%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 100%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 50%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 25%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 25%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 50%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 50%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 25%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 25%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 25%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 50%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
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 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 75%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 25%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 75%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 25%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 50%
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 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 100%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 50%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 100%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 25%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 50%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 25%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 25%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
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 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 50%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 25%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 100%
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 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 50%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 75%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100%
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 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 25%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 25%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 75%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 75%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 25%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 100%
Michael Arcuri Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 50%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
Melissa Bean Other 100%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 50%
Brian Bilbray Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
Dan Boren Other 75%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 100%
Nancy Boyda Other 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 75%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 50%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Christopher Carney Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 100%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
Norm Coleman Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 25%
Artur Davis Other 100%
David Davis Other 25%
Geoff Davis Other 50%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 25%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 50%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
Elizabeth Dole Other 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
Thelma Drake Other 25%
David Dreier Other 0%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
Vern Ehlers Other 75%
Brad Ellsworth Other 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 100%
Philip English Other 50%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 75%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 75%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 75%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 25%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 75%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 50%
Bart Gordon Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
John Hall Other 100%
Phil Hare Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 75%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Baron Hill Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 25%
Paul Hodes Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 50%
Duncan Hunter Other 25%
Kay Hutchison Other 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 100%
Steve Kagen Other 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Ron Klein Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 66%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 75%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 75%
Nicholas Lampson Other 75%
Steve LaTourette Other 75%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Ron Lewis Other 25%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 100%
Dan Lungren Other 0%
Connie Mack IV Other 0%
Tim Mahoney Other 100%
Don Manzullo Other 25%
Jim Marshall Other 75%
Melquiades Martinez Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 50%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Harry Mitchell Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Patrick Murphy Other 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
Ben Nelson Other 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 50%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 25%
Todd Platts Other 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 25%
Deborah Pryce Other 50%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 100%
Ralph Regula Other 75%
Denny Rehberg Other 25%
Richard Renzi Other 75%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 25%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Ken Salazar Other 100%
William Sali Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 75%
Jean Schmidt Other 25%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 75%
Heath Shuler Other 100%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
Gordon Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 0%
Zack Space Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 100%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 50%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 25%
John Sununu Other 0%
Betty Sutton Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 25%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 100%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 75%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 25%
Gerald Weller Other 50%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 100%
Heather Wilson Other 50%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu 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.