Rating Group: Arab American Institute

2009-2010 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 25%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 38%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 5%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 19%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 13%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 19%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 25%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 0%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 75%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 20%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 56%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 38%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 8%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 5%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 10%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 15%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 5%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 50%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 10%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 80%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 35%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 10%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 65%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 35%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 20%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 70%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 5%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 0%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 55%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 36%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 5%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 5%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 10%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 10%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 20%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 20%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 5%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 45%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 35%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 30%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 15%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 80%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 38%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 38%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 15%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 25%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 10%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 5%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 15%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 10%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 10%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 20%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 10%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 40%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 31%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 5%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 0%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 0%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 0%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 0%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 0%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 0%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 25%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 13%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 19%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 5%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 5%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 50%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 35%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 10%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 5%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 5%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 0%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 10%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 13%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 53%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 19%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 44%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 30%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 20%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 0%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 19%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 19%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 63%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 5%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 20%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 0%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 20%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 12%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 30%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 50%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 10%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 0%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 5%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 33%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 0%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 5%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 55%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 5%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 19%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 0%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 19%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 13%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 5%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 0%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 20%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 25%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 19%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 0%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 30%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 25%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 65%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 15%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 35%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 40%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 60%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 30%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 38%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 50%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 0%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 5%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 60%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 0%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 5%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 5%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 44%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 30%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 25%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 56%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 38%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 10%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 5%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 55%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 50%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 5%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 44%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 50%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 5%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 0%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 60%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 80%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 5%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 10%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 38%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 30%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 0%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 20%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 38%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 19%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 20%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 25%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 56%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 19%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 31%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 5%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 25%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 45%
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 0%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 35%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 19%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 5%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 0%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 31%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 25%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 50%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 15%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 0%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 5%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 20%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 0%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 20%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 30%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 0%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 45%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 56%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 10%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 25%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 31%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 5%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 5%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 31%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 50%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 20%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 0%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 5%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 0%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 30%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 30%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 60%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 20%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 25%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 25%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 25%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 25%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 15%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 5%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 15%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 25%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 25%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 5%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 50%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 35%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 0%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 30%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 15%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 19%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 19%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 5%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 56%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 63%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 0%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 60%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 55%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 10%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 50%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 20%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 35%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 0%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 0%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 10%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 5%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 5%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 63%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 5%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 25%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 5%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 31%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 13%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 19%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 25%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 15%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 10%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 40%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 19%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 0%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 5%
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 15%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 5%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 5%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 15%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 50%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 0%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 10%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 5%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 35%
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 45%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 19%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 5%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 5%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 0%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 31%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 0%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 15%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 70%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 5%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 35%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 81%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 63%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 50%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 50%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 50%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 10%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 0%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 70%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 10%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 30%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 15%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 55%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 15%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 60%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 5%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 38%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 0%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 50%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 24%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 24%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 20%
John Adler Other 5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 69%
Todd Akin Other 0%
Jason Altmire Other 5%
Michael Arcuri Other 5%
Steve Austria Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 5%
Brian Baird Other 35%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 15%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 5%
Evan Bayh Other 31%
Melissa Bean Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 31%
Shelley Berkley Other 10%
Howard Berman Other 20%
Marion Berry Other 5%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Brian Bilbray Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 69%
John Boccieri Other 5%
Kit Bond Other 25%
Mary Bono Mack Other 5%
Dan Boren Other 0%
Leonard Boswell Other 0%
Rick Boucher Other 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 0%
Bobby Bright Other 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
Scott Brown Other 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 25%
Roland Burris Other 44%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 50%
Joseph Cao Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 5%
Russ Carnahan Other 25%
Christopher Carney Other 5%
Mike Castle Other 0%
Ben Chandler III Other 0%
Travis Childers Other 5%
Kent Conrad Other 31%
Jerry Costello Other 5%
Mark Critz Other 0%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 15%
Artur Davis Other 5%
Geoff Davis Other 15%
Lincoln Davis Other 5%
Bill Delahunt Other 50%
James DeMint Other 13%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 0%
Norm Dicks Other 5%
Charles Djou Other 0%
Chris Dodd Other 63%
Byron Dorgan Other 31%
David Dreier Other 0%
Steve Driehaus Other 0%
Chet Edwards Other 0%
Vern Ehlers Other 5%
Brad Ellsworth Other 0%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 0%
John Ensign Other 19%
Bob Etheridge Other 5%
Russ Feingold Other 63%
Barney Frank Other 25%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 0%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 15%
Bart Gordon Other 15%
Judd Gregg Other 19%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 0%
John Hall Other 15%
Debbie Halvorson Other 10%
Phil Hare Other 5%
Jane Harman Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 5%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 5%
Baron Hill Other 5%
Maurice Hinchey Other 70%
Paul Hodes Other 5%
Pete Hoekstra Other 5%
Thomas Holden Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 25%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 15%
Daniel Inouye Other 38%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 20%
Tim Johnson Other 5%
Steve Kagen Other 15%
Paul Kanjorski Other 5%
Ted Kaufman Other 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 60%
Patrick Kennedy Other 5%
Dale Kildee Other 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 55%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 25%
Larry Kissell Other 0%
Ron Klein Other 5%
Herb Kohl Other 44%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 5%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 0%
Dennis Kucinich Other 60%
Jon Kyl Other 13%
Steve LaTourette Other 0%
Frank Lautenberg Other 56%
Chris Lee Other 0%
George LeMieux Other 33%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Joe Lieberman Other 44%
Blanche Lincoln Other 31%
John Linder Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 56%
Dan Lungren Other 5%
Connie Mack IV Other 5%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
Betsy Markey Other 5%
Jim Marshall Other 5%
Melquiades Martinez Other 22%
Eric Massa Other 20%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 5%
John McHugh Other 13%
Michael McMahon Other 10%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 5%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 10%
Brad Miller Other 15%
Walt Minnick Other 10%
Harry Mitchell Other 0%
Alan Mollohan Other 5%
Dennis Moore Other 10%
Patrick Murphy Other 10%
Scott Murphy Other 12%
Jack Murtha Other 13%
Sue Myrick Other 5%
Ben Nelson Other 31%
Glenn Nye III Other 15%
Jim Oberstar Other 30%
Dave Obey Other 10%
John Olver Other 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 15%
Ron Paul Other 35%
Donald Payne Other 50%
Tom Perriello Other 25%
Todd Platts Other 5%
Earl Pomeroy Other 10%
George Radanovich Other 10%
Denny Rehberg Other 0%
Silvestre Reyes Other 10%
Laura Richardson Other 30%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 5%
Mike Ross Other 0%
Steve Rothman Other 10%
Mark Schauer Other 0%
Jean Schmidt Other 0%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 30%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Heath Shuler Other 5%
Ike Skelton Other 0%
Olympia Snowe Other 38%
Vic Snyder Other 15%
Hilda Solis Other 17%
Mark Souder Other 10%
Zack Space Other 0%
Arlen Specter Other 50%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 0%
Pete Stark Other 70%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Bart Stupak Other 20%
John Sullivan Other 5%
Betty Sutton Other 0%
John Tanner Other 10%
Ellen Tauscher Other 20%
Gene Taylor Other 5%
Harry Teague Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 5%
Ed Towns Other 20%
George Voinovich Other 44%
Zach Wamp Other 5%
Diane Watson Other 45%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 38%
Anthony Weiner Other 10%
Robert Wexler Other 27%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 0%
Lynn Woolsey Other 65%
David Wu Other 30%

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.