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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: FreedomWorks

2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 50%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 58%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 83%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 42%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 33%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 67%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 83%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 83%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 8%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 8%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 42%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 17%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 17%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 17%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 17%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 58%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 67%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 58%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 67%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 83%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 50%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 33%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 83%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 42%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 17%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 8%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 83%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 17%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 58%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 92%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 92%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 50%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 83%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 8%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 42%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 67%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 67%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 67%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 83%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 17%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 58%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 67%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 92%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 8%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 0%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 17%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 33%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 8%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 17%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 67%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 83%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 67%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 8%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 67%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 58%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 17%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 25%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 25%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 8%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 58%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 83%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 33%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 67%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 17%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 67%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 17%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 67%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 58%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 8%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 67%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 83%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 92%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 67%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 67%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 67%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 33%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 67%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 67%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 8%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 17%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 42%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 8%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 75%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 83%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 50%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 33%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 17%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 67%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 50%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 58%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 67%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 75%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 8%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 42%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 8%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 8%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 17%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 17%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 67%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 75%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 33%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 8%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 17%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 92%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 8%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 67%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 17%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 8%
Todd Akin 92%
Wayne Allard 92%
George Allen 83%
Thomas Allen 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 17%
Brian Baird 17%
Richard Hugh Baker 58%
J. Gresham Barrett 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 75%
Charlie Bass 67%
Evan Bayh 8%
Melissa Bean 67%
Bob Beauprez 83%
Bob Bennett 75%
Shelley Berkley 0%
Howard Berman 0%
Marion Berry 33%
Judy Biggert 67%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
Jeff Bingaman 8%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 58%
Henry Bonilla 58%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Dan Boren 58%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Rick Boucher 8%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 33%
Henry Brown, Jr. 67%
Ginny Brown-Waite 92%
Jim Bunning 83%
Conrad Burns 58%
Dan Burton 58%
Steve Buyer 75%
Robert Byrd 0%
Chris Cannon 67%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
Russ Carnahan 8%
Julia Carson 0%
Edward Case 17%
Mike Castle 58%
Ben Chandler III 8%
Chris Chocola 100%
Hillary Clinton 33%
Norm Coleman 42%
Kent Conrad 25%
Jerry Costello 0%
Larry Craig 92%
Robert Cramer 33%
Barbara Cubin 83%
Artur Davis 33%
Geoff Davis 83%
James Davis 0%
Jo Ann Davis 67%
Lincoln Davis 58%
Thomas Davis III 58%
Bill Delahunt 8%
James DeMint 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 67%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 8%
Elizabeth Dole 75%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 33%
John Doolittle 67%
Byron Dorgan 8%
Thelma Drake 67%
David Dreier 67%
Chet Edwards 58%
Vern Ehlers 58%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Philip English 67%
John Ensign 100%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Lane Evans 0%
Terry Everett 75%
Tom Feeney 100%
Russ Feingold 17%
Michael Ferguson 58%
Mark Foley 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 83%
Barney Frank 25%
William Frist 75%
Elton Gallegly 67%
Jim Gibbons 92%
Wayne Gilchrest 42%
Paul Gillmor 67%
Charlie Gonzalez 17%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 58%
Bart Gordon 25%
Mark Green 100%
Judd Gregg 92%
Gilbert Gutknecht 92%
Jane Harman 17%
Katherine Harris 92%
Melissa Hart 67%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Robert Hayes 58%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 67%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 25%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
David Lee Hobson 50%
Pete Hoekstra 67%
Thomas Holden 25%
Darlene Hooley 17%
John Nathan Hostettler 58%
Kenny Hulshof 67%
Duncan Hunter 67%
Kay Hutchison 83%
Henry Hyde 67%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 92%
Daniel Inouye 17%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 75%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0%
William Jefferson 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 8%
William Lewis Jenkins 67%
Nancy Johnson 42%
Tim Johnson 58%
Paul Kanjorski 8%
Ric Keller 92%
Sue Kelly 58%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 8%
Mark Kennedy 92%
Patrick Kennedy 0%
Dale Kildee 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 58%
Herb Kohl 17%
James Kolbe 58%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. 67%
Jon Kyl 92%
Ray LaHood 58%
Tom Lantos 0%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 25%
Jerry Lewis 50%
Ron Lewis 83%
Joe Lieberman 17%
Blanche Lincoln 25%
John Linder 83%
Trent Lott, Sr. 67%
Dick Lugar 50%
Dan Lungren 75%
Connie Mack IV 75%
Don Manzullo 58%
Jim Marshall 33%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 58%
James McCrery III 67%
John McHugh 42%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 0%
Martin Meehan 25%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 8%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 17%
Brad Miller 0%
Alan Mollohan 17%
Dennis Moore 25%
Jack Murtha 17%
Marilyn Musgrave 83%
Sue Myrick 92%
Ben Nelson 50%
Robert William Ney 33%
Anne Northup 42%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 92%
James Nussle 50%
Jim Oberstar 0%
Dave Obey 8%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
Thomas William Osborne 67%
Major Owens 8%
Michael Oxley 50%
Ron Paul 75%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 50%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 58%
Todd Platts 83%
Richard Pombo 67%
Earl Pomeroy 17%
Jon Porter, Sr. 75%
Deborah Pryce 75%
George Radanovich 67%
James Ramstad 75%
Ralph Regula 42%
Denny Rehberg 67%
Richard Renzi 67%
Silvestre Reyes 25%
Thomas Reynolds 67%
Mike Ross 33%
Steve Rothman 0%
Jim Ryun 67%
Martin Olav Sabo 0%
Ken Salazar 33%
Rick Santorum 83%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 42%
John Schwarz 42%
John Shadegg 100%
Christopher Shays 33%
Donald Sherwood 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 33%
Gordon Smith 50%
Olympia Snowe 17%
Vic Snyder 8%
Mike Sodrel 75%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 75%
Arlen Specter 42%
John Spratt, Jr. 17%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 92%
Ted Stevens 50%
Ted Strickland 8%
Bart Stupak 0%
John Sullivan 92%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 33%
James Talent 50%
Tom Tancredo 92%
John Tanner 67%
Ellen Tauscher 17%
Charles Taylor 58%
Gene Taylor 50%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 67%
Todd Tiahrt 67%
Ed Towns 8%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 8%
George Voinovich 42%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 67%
John Warner 67%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 67%
Gerald Weller 67%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 50%
Lynn Woolsey 0%
David Wu 8%
Albert Wynn 17%

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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.

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