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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: National School Boards Association

2003-2004 Positions

Issues: Education
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 33%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 33%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 40%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 67%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 40%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 60%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 67%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 60%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 60%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 20%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 80%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 67%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 60%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 60%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 80%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 67%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 40%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 60%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 100%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 40%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 40%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 33%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 40%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 60%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 60%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 67%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 40%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 33%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 80%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 40%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 40%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 40%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 40%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 60%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 80%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 60%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 40%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 40%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 60%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 33%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 60%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 40%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 40%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 33%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 40%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 33%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 33%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 40%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 67%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 40%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 40%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 60%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 60%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 67%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 60%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 40%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 60%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 33%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 33%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 60%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 60%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 60%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 80%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 40%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 80%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 67%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 40%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 60%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 40%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 40%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 33%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 40%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 60%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 67%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 80%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 40%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 60%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 100%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 60%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 40%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 60%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 40%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 60%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 67%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 60%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 33%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 60%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 40%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 60%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 60%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 60%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 40%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 40%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 60%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 33%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 67%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 40%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 40%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 40%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 40%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 40%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 40%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 60%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 40%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 60%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 60%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 33%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 33%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 60%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 40%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 60%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 33%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 33%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 80%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 60%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 40%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 33%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 40%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 40%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 33%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 40%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 40%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 67%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 40%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 67%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 67%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 60%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 40%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 80%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 60%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 80%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 40%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 40%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 40%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 40%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 33%
Wayne Allard 33%
George Allen 33%
Thomas Allen 60%
Brian Baird 75%
Richard Hugh Baker 40%
J. Gresham Barrett 40%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Beauprez 40%
Bob Bennett 33%
Marion Berry 60%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Kit Bond 33%
Henry Bonilla 40%
Rick Boucher 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
Henry Brown, Jr. 40%
Ginny Brown-Waite 40%
Jim Bunning 33%
Conrad Burns 33%
Steve Buyer 40%
Robert Byrd 100%
Chris Cannon 20%
Julia Carson 60%
Edward Case 80%
Mike Castle 40%
Chris Chocola 40%
Norm Coleman 0%
Jon Corzine 100%
Christopher Cox 60%
Larry Craig 33%
Robert Cramer 80%
Barbara Cubin 40%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Artur Davis 60%
James Davis 60%
Jo Ann Davis 60%
Lincoln Davis 60%
Thomas Davis III 40%
Bill Delahunt 60%
Thomas DeLay 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Chris Dodd 100%
Elizabeth Dole 33%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
John Doolittle 40%
Byron Dorgan 67%
Chet Edwards 80%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Philip English 40%
John Ensign 67%
Bob Etheridge 60%
Lane Evans 60%
Terry Everett 40%
Tom Feeney 20%
Russ Feingold 100%
Michael Ferguson 40%
Mark Foley 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
William Frist 33%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 40%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 40%
Bart Gordon 60%
Mark Green 60%
Judd Gregg 33%
Gilbert Gutknecht 40%
Charles Hagel 67%
Jane Harman 80%
Katherine Harris 40%
Melissa Hart 40%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 40%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 40%
Joel Hefley 60%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 67%
David Lee Hobson 40%
Pete Hoekstra 40%
Darlene Hooley 60%
John Nathan Hostettler 60%
Kenny Hulshof 40%
Duncan Hunter 40%
Henry Hyde 40%
Jay Inslee 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 40%
William Jefferson 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 67%
William Lewis Jenkins 40%
Nancy Johnson 40%
Paul Kanjorski 60%
Ric Keller 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 40%
Patrick Kennedy 60%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 60%
Joseph Knollenberg 40%
James Kolbe 40%
Tom Lantos 40%
James Leach 60%
Ron Lewis 40%
Blanche Lincoln 67%
John Linder 40%
Trent Lott, Sr. 67%
Jim Marshall 80%
Robert Matsui 40%
James McCrery III 40%
John McHugh 40%
Michael McNulty 60%
Martin Meehan 40%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 60%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 20%
Alan Mollohan 40%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jack Murtha 40%
Marilyn Musgrave 20%
Robert William Ney 40%
Anne Northup 40%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 20%
James Nussle 40%
Jim Oberstar 40%
Dave Obey 60%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 60%
Thomas William Osborne 40%
Major Owens 60%
Michael Oxley 40%
Donald Payne 60%
John Peterson 40%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 40%
Richard Pombo 40%
Earl Pomeroy 80%
Jon Porter, Sr. 40%
Deborah Pryce 40%
George Radanovich 40%
James Ramstad 40%
Ralph Regula 40%
Richard Renzi 40%
Thomas Reynolds 40%
Jim Ryun 40%
Martin Olav Sabo 80%
Rick Santorum 33%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
H. James Saxton 20%
John Shadegg 60%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Christopher Shays 40%
Donald Sherwood 40%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 80%
Ike Skelton 80%
Gordon Smith 33%
Vic Snyder 60%
Mark Souder 40%
Arlen Specter 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 60%
Ted Stevens 33%
Ted Strickland 60%
Bart Stupak 60%
John Sununu 33%
John Sweeney 40%
James Talent 33%
Tom Tancredo 60%
John Tanner 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
Charles Taylor 40%
Gene Taylor 100%
Craig Thomas 33%
William Thomas 40%
Todd Tiahrt 40%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 40%
George Voinovich 33%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 40%
John Warner 33%
Diane Watson 60%
Anthony Weiner 40%
David Weldon 40%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 20%
Robert Wexler 40%
Heather Wilson 40%
David Wu 80%
Albert Wynn 40%

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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