State Office Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 100%
Michael Arcuri Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 0%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
Melissa Bean Other 75%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 100%
Brian Bilbray Other 25%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
Dan Boren Other 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 100%
Nancy Boyda Other 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 25%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 50%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 25%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Christopher Carney Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 100%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Norm Coleman Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 100%
David Davis Other 25%
Geoff Davis Other 25%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Thomas Davis III Other 25%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 50%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Elizabeth Dole Other 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 100%
John Doolittle Other 25%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
Thelma Drake Other 25%
David Dreier Other 25%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
Vern Ehlers Other 100%
Brad Ellsworth Other 100%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 100%
Philip English Other 100%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Terry Everett Other 100%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 100%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 0%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 25%
Bart Gordon Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
John Hall Other 100%
Phil Hare Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 25%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Baron Hill Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 50%
Paul Hodes Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 25%
Kay Hutchison Other 100%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 25%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 100%
Steve Kagen Other 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 75%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Ron Klein Other 100%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 25%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 50%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 100%
Nicholas Lampson Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 75%
Jerry Lewis Other 25%
Ron Lewis Other 25%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
John Linder Other 25%
Dick Lugar Other 100%
Dan Lungren Other 25%
Connie Mack IV Other 0%
Tim Mahoney Other 100%
Don Manzullo Other 25%
Jim Marshall Other 100%
Melquiades Martinez Other 0%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 0%
James McCrery III Other 25%
John McHugh Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 100%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Harry Mitchell Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Patrick Murphy Other 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 25%
Ben Nelson Other 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 100%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 75%
Todd Platts Other 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 100%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 100%
Ralph Regula Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 75%
Richard Renzi Other 50%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 75%
Laura Richardson Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Ken Salazar Other 100%
William Sali Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 75%
Jean Schmidt Other 25%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 0%
Christopher Shays Other 100%
Heath Shuler Other 100%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
Gordon Smith Other 100%
Olympia Snowe Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 25%
Zack Space Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 100%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 50%
Ted Stevens Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 100%
Betty Sutton Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
John Tanner Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 100%
Todd Tiahrt Other 25%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 100%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 0%
John Warner Other 100%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 25%
Gerald Weller Other 66%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 100%
Heather Wilson Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 100%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 100%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 100%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
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 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
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 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 50%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 100%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 100%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 100%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 100%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 25%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 25%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 25%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 25%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 100%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 25%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 25%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 25%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 25%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 25%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 25%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 25%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 25%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 25%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 25%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 25%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 25%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 50%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 25%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 25%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 25%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 75%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 25%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 25%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 25%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 25%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 25%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 25%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 25%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 25%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 25%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 33%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 25%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 25%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 25%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 25%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 33%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 25%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 25%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 25%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 25%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 25%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 25%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 25%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 25%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 75%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 75%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 25%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 25%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 50%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 25%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 25%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 25%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 25%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 25%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 100%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 25%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 25%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 25%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 25%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 75%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 50%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 100%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 100%

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.