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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union

2007 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 43
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 29
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 29
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 71
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 0
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 50
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 17
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 57
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 67
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 83
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 0
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 0
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 17
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 0
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 100
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 100
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 0
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 83
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 83
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 83
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 100
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 57
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 57
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 0
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 0
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 0
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 0
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 33
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 33
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 17
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 14
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 17
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 0
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 50
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 83
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 100
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 100
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 29
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 100
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 29
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 71
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 83
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 0
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 0
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 50
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 100
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 14
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 17
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 14
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 0
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 10
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 0
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 86
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 29
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 83
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 71
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 86
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 83
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 71
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 100
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 86
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 17
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 17
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 100
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 57
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 0
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 71
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 14
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 100
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 86
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 80
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 75
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 43
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 83
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 14
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 33
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 100
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 0
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 0
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 0
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 100
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 86
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 17
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 17
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 100
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 17
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 71
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 0
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 71
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 0
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 83
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 86
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 0
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 100
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 0
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 100
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 29
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 29
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 0
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 17
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 71
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 17
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 17
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 0
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 86
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 86
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 83
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 14
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 100
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 14
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 33
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 14
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 17
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 67
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 14
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 0
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 0
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 0
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 0
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 0
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 17
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 0
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 67
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 29
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 67
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 0
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 86
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 86
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 83
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 86
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 17
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 0
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 0
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 86
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 0
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 100
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 29
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 20
Gary Ackerman 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Todd Akin 0
Wayne Allard 14
Thomas Allen 100
Jason Altmire 67
Michael Arcuri 83
Joe Baca, Sr. 100
Brian Baird 100
Richard Hugh Baker 0
J. Gresham Barrett 0
Roscoe Bartlett 33
Evan Bayh 86
Melissa Bean 83
Bob Bennett 14
Shelley Berkley 83
Howard Berman 100
Marion Berry 83
Judy Biggert 17
Brian Bilbray 0
Jeff Bingaman 86
Kit Bond 14
Mary Bono Mack 17
Dan Boren 33
Leonard Boswell 83
Rick Boucher 100
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67
Nancy Boyda 67
Henry Brown, Jr. 0
Ginny Brown-Waite 0
Jim Bunning 33
Dan Burton 0
Steve Buyer 0
Robert Byrd 71
Chris Cannon 0
Dennis Cardoza 100
Russ Carnahan 100
Christopher Carney 50
Mike Castle 33
Ben Chandler III 67
Hillary Clinton 67
Norm Coleman 29
Kent Conrad 86
Jerry Costello 100
Larry Craig 33
Robert Cramer 33
Barbara Cubin 0
Artur Davis 67
David Davis 17
Geoff Davis 0
Lincoln Davis 17
Thomas Davis III 0
Bill Delahunt 100
James DeMint 29
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 33
Norm Dicks 100
Chris Dodd 67
Elizabeth Dole 29
Pete Domenici, Jr. 14
John Doolittle 0
Byron Dorgan 100
Thelma Drake 0
David Dreier 0
Chet Edwards 67
Vern Ehlers 17
Brad Ellsworth 50
Jo Ann Emerson 0
Philip English 17
John Ensign 14
Bob Etheridge 83
Terry Everett 0
Tom Feeney 0
Russ Feingold 86
Michael Ferguson 17
Vito Fossella, Jr. 0
Barney Frank 100
Elton Gallegly 0
Gabrielle Giffords 100
Wayne Gilchrest 60
Charlie Gonzalez 83
Virgil Goode, Jr. 0
Bart Gordon 50
Judd Gregg 33
John Hall 100
Phil Hare 100
Jane Harman 100
Robert Hayes 0
Wally Herger, Jr. 0
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67
Baron Hill 83
Maurice Hinchey 100
David Lee Hobson 0
Paul Hodes 100
Pete Hoekstra 0
Thomas Holden 83
Darlene Hooley 100
Kenny Hulshof 0
Duncan Hunter 0
Kay Hutchison 14
Bob Inglis, Sr. 33
Daniel Inouye 57
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100
William Jefferson 100
Tim Johnson 50
Steve Kagen 100
Paul Kanjorski 100
Ric Keller 0
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 71
Patrick Kennedy 100
Dale Kildee 100
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100
Ron Klein 100
Joseph Knollenberg 0
Herb Kohl 71
Dennis Kucinich 100
John Kuhl, Jr. 17
Jon Kyl 14
Ray LaHood 25
Nicholas Lampson 25
Tom Lantos 100
Steve LaTourette 0
Frank Lautenberg 86
Jerry Lewis 0
Ron Lewis 0
Joe Lieberman 43
Blanche Lincoln 67
John Linder 0
Dick Lugar 50
Dan Lungren 0
Connie Mack IV 17
Tim Mahoney 67
Don Manzullo 17
Jim Marshall 33
Melquiades Martinez 14
Thaddeus McCotter 0
James McCrery III 17
John McHugh 0
Michael McNulty 100
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50
Brad Miller 100
Harry Mitchell 83
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
Patrick Murphy 83
Jack Murtha 100
Marilyn Musgrave 0
Sue Myrick 0
Ben Nelson 71
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
John Olver 100
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75
Ron Paul 67
Donald Payne 100
John Peterson 0
Charles Pickering, Jr. 0
Todd Platts 17
Earl Pomeroy 67
Jon Porter, Sr. 17
Deborah Pryce 17
George Radanovich 0
James Ramstad 0
Ralph Regula 0
Denny Rehberg 0
Richard Renzi 0
Silvestre Reyes 83
Thomas Reynolds 0
Ciro Rodriguez 67
Mike Ross 50
Steve Rothman 100
Ken Salazar 71
William Sali 17
Jim Saxton 20
Jean Schmidt 0
Joe Sestak, Jr. 100
John Shadegg 0
Christopher Shays 60
Heath Shuler 33
Ike Skelton 100
Gordon Smith 57
Olympia Snowe 86
Vic Snyder 67
Hilda Solis 100
Mark Souder 0
Zack Space 67
Arlen Specter 57
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Pete Stark 100
Cliff Stearns 17
Ted Stevens 29
Bart Stupak 100
John Sullivan 0
John Sununu 57
Betty Sutton 100
Tom Tancredo 0
John Tanner 60
Ellen Tauscher 100
Gene Taylor 50
Todd Tiahrt 0
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
George Voinovich 43
James Walsh 33
Zach Wamp 17
John Warner 43
Diane Watson 100
Jim Webb, Jr. 71
Anthony Weiner 100
David Weldon 0
Gerald Weller 0
Robert Wexler 100
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 83
Heather Wilson 0
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 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.

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