State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 50%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 17%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 75%
Thomas Allen Other 83%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
Richard Armey Other 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 17%
Brian Baird Other 83%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 17%
John Baldacci Other 66%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 83%
Cass Ballenger Other 17%
James Barcia Other 66%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 17%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 66%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 33%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 17%
Charlie Bass Other 66%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 25%
Evan Bayh Other 50%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 50%
Douglas Bereuter Other 33%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 50%
Judy Biggert Other 83%
Michael Bilirakis Other 50%
Jeff Bingaman Other 50%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 17%
Rod Blagojevich Other 83%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 17%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 66%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 17%
Kit Bond Other 25%
Henry Bonilla Other 17%
David Edward Bonior Other 66%
Mary Bono Mack Other 33%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 66%
Leonard Boswell Other 17%
Rick Boucher Other 50%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 17%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 17%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 66%
John Breaux Other 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 50%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 66%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Ed Bryant Other 17%
Jim Bunning Other 25%
Conrad Burns Other 25%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 17%
Dan Burton Other 17%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 75%
Herbert Callahan Other 17%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 33%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
Ben Campbell Other 25%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 66%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 66%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 66%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 66%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 17%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 66%
Eva Clayton Other 50%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland Other 75%
Robert Clement Other 50%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 66%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 17%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 25%
Michael Collins Other 17%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 75%
Larry Combest Other 17%
Gary Condit Other 50%
Kent Conrad Other 25%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
John Cooksey Other 17%
Jerry Costello Other 83%
Christopher Cox Other 33%
William Coyne Other 66%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Robert Cramer Other 33%
Philip Crane Other 66%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 17%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 66%
Randall Cunningham Other 17%
Thomas Daschle Other 50%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
James Davis Other 50%
Thomas Davis III Other 66%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 33%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 66%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Thomas DeLay Other 17%
James DeMint Other 33%
Peter Deutsch Other 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 50%
Norm Dicks Other 83%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 33%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 66%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
Calvin Dooley Other 66%
John Doolittle Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 25%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
David Dreier Other 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 17%
Jennifer Dunn Other 33%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
John Edwards Other 50%
Chet Edwards Other 50%
Vern Ehlers Other 50%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 33%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 17%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 83%
Philip English Other 50%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 25%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 66%
Lane Evans Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 17%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 83%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 66%
Russ Feingold Other 75%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 100%
Ernest Fletcher Other 17%
Mark Foley Other 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 50%
Barney Frank Other 83%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 66%
William Frist Other 50%
Jonas Frost III Other 33%
Elton Gallegly Other 66%
John Ganske Other 17%
George Gekas Other 17%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 50%
Jim Gibbons Other 17%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 33%
Paul Gillmor Other 33%
Benjamin Gilman Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 66%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 33%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 33%
Bart Gordon Other 50%
Porter Goss Other 66%
Daniel Graham Other 75%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
William Phillip Gramm Other 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 33%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 25%
Mark Green Other 50%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 83%
James Greenwood Other 83%
Judd Gregg Other 25%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 50%
Tony Hall Other 83%
James Hansen Other 17%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 75%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 33%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 25%
Robert Hayes Other 17%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 17%
Joel Hefley Other 50%
Jesse Helms Other 25%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 17%
Baron Hill Other 50%
Van Hilleary Other 17%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 50%
Maurice Hinchey Other 83%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 33%
David Lee Hobson Other 50%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 66%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Thomas Holden Other 33%
Ernest Hollings Other 25%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 66%
Stephen Horn Other 100%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 0%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 66%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 66%
Kenny Hulshof Other 50%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Henry Hyde Other 50%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 50%
Daniel Inouye Other 25%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 33%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 17%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 83%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
William Jefferson Other 33%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 75%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 0%
Christopher John Other 0%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 66%
Nancy Johnson Other 83%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 17%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 50%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50%
Paul Kanjorski Other 33%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 50%
Sue Kelly Other 66%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 75%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 66%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 17%
Gerald Kleczka Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 17%
Herb Kohl Other 75%
James Kolbe Other 50%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 50%
John LaFalce Other 50%
Ray LaHood Other 33%
Nicholas Lampson Other 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 25%
Tom Lantos Other 66%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 17%
Steve LaTourette Other 50%
James Leach Other 66%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 50%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 66%
Jerry Lewis Other 33%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 83%
Ron Lewis Other 17%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 25%
John Linder Other 17%
William Lipinski Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 66%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 83%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 17%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 33%
Dick Lugar Other 50%
William Luther Other 83%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
James Maloney Other 100%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Frank Mascara Other 33%
Robert Matsui Other 66%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
Karen McCarthy Other 66%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 50%
James McCrery III Other 17%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 50%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
John McHugh Other 17%
Scott McInnis Other 17%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 33%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 17%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 83%
Michael McNulty Other 66%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Carrie Meek Other 50%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 50%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 83%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 33%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 83%
Dan Miller Other 50%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 17%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 66%
Alan Mollohan Other 17%
Dennis Moore Other 66%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 17%
Constance Morella Other 83%
Frank Murkowski Other 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
Jack Murtha Other 17%
Sue Myrick Other 50%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 83%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 83%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 17%
Robert William Ney Other 17%
Don Nickles Other 0%
Anne Northup Other 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 0%
James Nussle Other 0%
Jim Oberstar Other 33%
Dave Obey Other 66%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 17%
Doug Ose Other 33%
Major Owens Other 83%
Michael Oxley Other 17%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 50%
Ron Paul Other 50%
Donald Payne Other 83%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 50%
John Peterson Other 17%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 66%
David Phelps Other 83%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 33%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 17%
Richard Pombo Other 17%
Earl Pomeroy Other 33%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 50%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 50%
Jack Quinn Other 17%
George Radanovich Other 17%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 33%
James Ramstad Other 83%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
Ralph Regula Other 33%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 33%
Thomas Reynolds Other 17%
Bob Riley Other 17%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 83%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 75%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 33%
Timothy Roemer Other 66%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 17%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 33%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 33%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Marge Roukema Other 83%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 50%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 50%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 50%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 33%
Rick Santorum Other 75%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 100%
Jim Saxton Other 50%
CO State Board of Education-4 Robert Schaffer R 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 33%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 66%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 66%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 25%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 50%
John Shadegg Other 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 50%
Christopher Shays Other 100%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
Donald Sherwood Other 17%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 17%
Ronnie Shows Other 33%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 17%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 17%
Joseph Skeen Other 17%
Ike Skelton Other 17%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 83%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 83%
Gordon Smith Other 50%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 17%
Nick Smith Other 17%
Bob Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 50%
Vic Snyder Other 66%
Mark Souder Other 17%
Arlen Specter Other 50%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 50%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 17%
Charles Stenholm Other 17%
Ted Stevens Other 0%
Ted Strickland Other 66%
Bob Stump Other 17%
Bart Stupak Other 33%
John Sununu Other 17%
John Sweeney Other 17%
Tom Tancredo Other 50%
John Tanner Other 17%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
William Tauzin Other 0%
Charles Taylor Other 0%
Gene Taylor Other 66%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 17%
Craig Thomas Other 50%
William Thomas Other 17%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 50%
Fred Thompson Other 0%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 83%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 17%
Karen Thurman Other 50%
Strom Thurmond Other 25%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 50%
Robert Torricelli Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 100%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 66%
James Turner Other 33%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 66%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 66%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 66%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 17%
George Voinovich Other 0%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 17%
James Walsh Other 17%
Zach Wamp Other 33%
John Warner Other 25%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 33%
Wesley Watkins Other 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 33%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 33%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 50%
Gerald Weller Other 66%
Paul Wellstone Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 66%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
Heather Wilson Other 33%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 66%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Albert Wynn Other 83%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 33%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 17%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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