Rating Group: American Conservative Union

2011 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 0%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 64%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 72%
AL U.S. House-2 Martha Roby R 84%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 72%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 76%
AL U.S. House-5 Mo Brooks R 88%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 80%
AL U.S. House-7 Terri Sewell D 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 90%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 90%
AR U.S. House-1 Rick Crawford R 76%
AR U.S. House-2 Tim Griffin R 76%
AR U.S. House-3 Steve Womack R 76%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 90%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 8%
AZ U.S. House-4 Paul Gosar R 84%
AZ U.S. House-6 David Schweikert R 96%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 8%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 80%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 0%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 4%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 4%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 4%
CA U.S. House-10 Jeff Denham R 84%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 4%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 8%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 21%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 4%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 0%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 8%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 4%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 84%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 80%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 80%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 4%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 96%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 8%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 8%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 4%
CA U.S. House-37 Karen Bass D 0%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 4%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 96%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 4%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 84%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 8%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 91%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 4%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 88%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 84%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 92%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 5%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 8%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 4%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 9%
CO U.S. House-3 Scott Tipton R 92%
CO U.S. House-4 Cory Gardner R 84%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 96%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 4%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 5%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 5%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 4%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 4%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 0%
CT U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Blumenthal D 5%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 4%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 5%
DE U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Coons D 0%
DE U.S. House-At-Large John Carney, Jr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 92%
FL U.S. House-2 Steve Southerland R 96%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 72%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 8%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 83%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 92%
FL U.S. House-10 Daniel Webster R 83%
FL U.S. House-11 Rich Nugent R 84%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 76%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 74%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-15 Dennis Ross R 100%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 72%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 88%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 4%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-24 Frederica Wilson D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 54%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 48%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 15%
FL U.S. Senate-Jr Marco Rubio R 100%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 92%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 17%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 96%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 8%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 92%
GA U.S. House-7 Rob Woodall R 92%
GA U.S. House-8 Austin Scott R 92%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 96%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 20%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 4%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 80%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 75%
HI U.S. House-1 Colleen Hanabusa D 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 4%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 4%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 76%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 92%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 90%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 5%
ID U.S. House-1 Raúl Labrador R 96%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 64%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 95%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 95%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 20%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 4%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 76%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 4%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 8%
IL U.S. House-14 Randy Hultgren R 88%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 68%
IL U.S. House-16 Adam Kinzinger R 72%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 68%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 60%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 12%
IN U.S. House-3 Marlin Stutzman R 100%
IN U.S. House-4 Todd Rokita R 96%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 4%
IN U.S. House-8 Larry Bucshon R 84%
IN U.S. House-9 Todd Young R 88%
IN U.S. Senate-Sr Daniel Coats R 90%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 28%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 92%
KS U.S. House-1 Tim Huelskamp R 92%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 84%
KS U.S. House-3 Kevin Yoder R 84%
KS U.S. House-4 Mike Pompeo R 88%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 80%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 85%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 72%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 76%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 4%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 72%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 85%
KY U.S. Senate-Jr Rand Paul R 100%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 92%
LA U.S. House-2 Cedric Richmond D 0%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 83%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 68%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 76%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 10%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 4%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 4%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 8%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 4%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 8%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 0%
MA U.S. House-9 Bill Keating D 0%
MD U.S. House-1 Andy Harris R 88%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 4%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 4%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 4%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 4%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 4%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 0%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 0%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 8%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 4%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 55%
MI U.S. House-1 Dan Benishek R 88%
MI U.S. House-2 Bill Huizenga R 92%
MI U.S. House-3 Justin Amash R 92%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 72%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 64%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 96%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 80%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 0%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 68%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 4%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 4%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 4%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 0%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 8%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 88%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 84%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 5%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 8%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 95%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 40%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 0%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 76%
MO U.S. House-4 Vicky Hartzler R 88%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 8%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 76%
MO U.S. House-7 Billy Long R 92%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 70%
MS U.S. House-1 Alan Nunnelee R 83%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 8%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 79%
MS U.S. House-4 Steven Palazzo R 84%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 70%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 75%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 5%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 5%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 4%
NC U.S. House-2 Renee Ellmers R 84%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 60%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 4%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 88%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 88%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 40%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 96%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 4%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 94%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 5%
ND U.S. Senate-Sr John Hoeven R 80%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 72%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 88%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 88%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 70%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 10%
NH U.S. Senate-Jr Kelly Ayotte R 95%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 44%
NJ U.S. House-3 Jon Runyan R 64%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 44%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 96%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 4%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 44%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 0%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 61%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 4%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 10%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 15%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 92%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 8%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 5%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 4%
NV U.S. House-3 Joe Heck, Jr. R 60%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 92%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 56%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 0%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 8%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 8%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 4%
NY U.S. House-11 Michael Grimm R 52%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 4%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 9%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 4%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 4%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 4%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 0%
NY U.S. House-19 Chris Gibson R 52%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 4%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 8%
NY U.S. House-22 Richard Hanna R 40%
NY U.S. House-23 Tom Reed II R 76%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 4%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 5%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 96%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 88%
OH U.S. House-6 Bill Johnson R 92%
OH U.S. House-7 Bob Gibbs R 79%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 4%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 72%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 8%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 72%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 12%
OH U.S. House-15 Steve Stivers R 67%
OH U.S. House-16 Jim Renacci R 80%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 75%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 80%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 80%
OK U.S. House-5 James Lankford R 84%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 68%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 4%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 12%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 8%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 5%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 5%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 0%
PA U.S. House-3 Mike Kelly R 80%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 68%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 52%
PA U.S. House-7 Pat Meehan R 52%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 64%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 75%
PA U.S. House-10 Tom Marino R 84%
PA U.S. House-11 Lou Barletta R 76%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 8%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 52%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 84%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 76%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 0%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 90%
RI U.S. House-1 David Cicilline D 0%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 96%
SC U.S. House-3 Jeff Duncan R 96%
SC U.S. House-4 Trey Gowdy R 96%
SC U.S. House-5 Michael Mulvaney R 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 75%
SC U.S. Senate-Jr Tim Scott R 96%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 5%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 75%
SD U.S. House-At-Large Kristi Noem R 84%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 88%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 96%
TN U.S. House-3 Chuck Fleischmann R 88%
TN U.S. House-4 Scott DesJarlais R 88%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 16%
TN U.S. House-6 Diane Black R 84%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 88%
TN U.S. House-8 Stephen Fincher R 88%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 4%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 75%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 85%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 92%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 96%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 88%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 96%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 92%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 87%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 87%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 92%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 8%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 76%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 88%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 84%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 88%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 0%
TX U.S. House-17 Bill Flores R 92%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 4%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 96%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 84%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 84%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 91%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 83%
TX U.S. House-27 Blake Farenthold R 80%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 12%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 21%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 4%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 84%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 92%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 90%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 96%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 42%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Jr Mike Lee R 100%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 72%
VA U.S. House-2 Scott Rigell R 80%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 4%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 84%
VA U.S. House-5 Robert Hurt R 92%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 96%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 87%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 4%
VA U.S. House-9 Morgan Griffith R 84%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 64%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 4%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 5%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 5%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 5%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 8%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 0%
WA U.S. House-3 Jaime Herrera Beutler R 67%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 77%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 80%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 4%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 42%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 12%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 5%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 10%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 80%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 8%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 92%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 72%
WI U.S. House-7 Sean Duffy R 88%
WI U.S. House-8 Reid Ribble R 92%
WI U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Johnson R 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 4%
WV U.S. House-1 David McKinley R 64%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 60%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 24%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 0%
WV U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Manchin III D 15%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 89%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 89%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 92%
Gary Ackerman Other 4%
Sandy Adams Other 88%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 0%
Todd Akin Other 92%
Jason Altmire Other 20%
Steve Austria Other 80%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 4%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 76%
Charlie Bass Other 52%
Rick Berg Other 84%
Shelley Berkley Other 4%
Howard Berman Other 0%
Judy Biggert Other 44%
Brian Bilbray Other 63%
Jeff Bingaman Other 5%
Mary Bono Mack Other 64%
Dan Boren Other 48%
Leonard Boswell Other 12%
Scott Brown Other 50%
Ann Marie Buerkle Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 92%
Francisco Canseco Other 80%
Dennis Cardoza Other 23%
Russ Carnahan Other 0%
Ben Chandler III Other 12%
Hansen Clarke Other 8%
Kent Conrad Other 5%
Jerry Costello Other 29%
Chip Cravaack Other 88%
Mark Critz Other 16%
Geoff Davis Other 80%
James DeMint Other 100%
Norm Dicks Other 0%
Robert Dold Other 44%
David Dreier Other 80%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 56%
Barney Frank Other 8%
Elton Gallegly Other 84%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 4%
Frank Guinta Other 84%
Nan Hayworth Other 72%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 96%
Maurice Hinchey Other 6%
Thomas Holden Other 28%
Kay Hutchison Other 79%
Daniel Inouye Other 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 4%
Tim Johnson Other 64%
Dale Kildee Other 4%
Larry Kissell Other 16%
Herb Kohl Other 5%
Dennis Kucinich Other 8%
Jon Kyl Other 90%
Jeff Landry Other 96%
Steve LaTourette Other 52%
Jerry Lewis Other 80%
Joe Lieberman Other 20%
Dick Lugar Other 75%
Dan Lungren Other 84%
Connie Mack IV Other 92%
Don Manzullo Other 92%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 67%
Brad Miller Other 4%
Frank Murkowski Other 50%
Sue Myrick Other 83%
Ben Nelson Other 25%
John Olver Other 4%
Ron Paul Other 78%
Donald Payne Other 5%
Todd Platts Other 48%
David Pryor Other 20%
Ben Quayle Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 80%
Silvestre Reyes Other 12%
Laura Richardson Other 8%
David Rivera Other 72%
Mike Ross Other 28%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Bobby Schilling Other 76%
Jean Schmidt Other 80%
Heath Shuler Other 25%
Olympia Snowe Other 55%
Pete Stark Other 10%
Cliff Stearns Other 96%
John Sullivan Other 83%
Betty Sutton Other 4%
Ed Towns Other 8%
Joe Walsh Other 92%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 11%
Allen West Other 88%
Lynn Woolsey Other 8%
David Wu Other 0%

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.