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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: ACT! for America

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Charlie Bass 100%
Evan Bayh 100%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 100%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
Chris Cannon 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 100%
Chris Chocola 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
Norm Coleman 100%
Michael Collins 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 100%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
Thomas DeLay 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 100%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 100%
David Dreier 100%
John Ensign 100%
Tom Feeney 100%
Peter Fitzgerald 100%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
Mark Green 100%
James Greenwood 100%
Judd Gregg 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
NC Commissioner At-Large Richard Hayes Democratic 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. 100%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Amo Houghton 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Kay Hutchison 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100%
Nancy Johnson 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Mark Kennedy 100%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 100%
Jon Kyl 100%
Jerry Lewis 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Dick Lugar 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
Scott McInnis 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100%
Brad Miller 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 100%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 100%
Patrick Murphy 100%
Don Nickles 100%
Anne Northup 100%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
Michael Oxley 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
Todd Platts 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Jim Saxton 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
John Shadegg 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 100%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
Gordon Smith 100%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
Nick Smith 100%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Arlen Specter 100%
Ted Stevens 100%
John Sweeney 100%
James Talent 100%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 100%
Todd Akin 87.5%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 87.5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 87.5%
Richard Hugh Baker 87.5%
Cass Ballenger 87.5%
J. Gresham Barrett 87.5%
Roscoe Bartlett 87.5%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 87.5%
Judy Biggert 87.5%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 87.5%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 87.5%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 87.5%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 87.5%
Mary Bono Mack 87.5%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 87.5%
Leonard Boswell 87.5%
Rick Boucher 87.5%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 87.5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 87.5%
Max Burns 87.5%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 87.5%
Brad Carson 87.5%
Edward Case 87.5%
Mike Castle 87.5%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 87.5%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 87.5%
Philip Crane 87.5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 87.5%
Jo Ann Davis 87.5%
Lincoln Davis 87.5%
Thomas Davis III 87.5%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 87.5%
Jennifer Dunn 87.5%
Chet Edwards 87.5%
Jo Ann Emerson 87.5%
Philip English 87.5%
Bob Etheridge 87.5%
Terry Everett 87.5%
Michael Ferguson 87.5%
Mark Foley 87.5%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 87.5%
Harold Ford, Jr. 87.5%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 87.5%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 87.5%
Jonas Frost III 87.5%
Bart Gordon 87.5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 87.5%
Gilbert Gutknecht 87.5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 87.5%
Katherine Harris 87.5%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 87.5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 87.5%
Joel Hefley 87.5%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 87.5%
Baron Hill 87.5%
David Lee Hobson 87.5%
Pete Hoekstra 87.5%
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 87.5%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 87.5%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 87.5%
William Lewis Jenkins 87.5%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 87.5%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 87.5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 87.5%
Ray LaHood 87.5%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 87.5%
Steve LaTourette 87.5%
James Leach 87.5%
Ron Lewis 87.5%
John Linder 87.5%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 87.5%
Don Manzullo 87.5%
Jim Marshall 87.5%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 87.5%
Thaddeus McCotter 87.5%
James McCrery III 87.5%
John McHugh 87.5%
Michael McNulty 87.5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 87.5%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 87.5%
Dennis Moore 87.5%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 87.5%
Marilyn Musgrave 87.5%
Sue Myrick 87.5%
George Nethercutt, Jr. 87.5%
Robert William Ney 87.5%
James Nussle 87.5%
Thomas William Osborne 87.5%
Doug Ose 87.5%
John Peterson 87.5%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 87.5%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 87.5%
Richard Pombo 87.5%
Earl Pomeroy 87.5%
Jon Porter, Sr. 87.5%
Deborah Pryce 87.5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 87.5%
Jack Quinn 87.5%
George Radanovich 87.5%
Denny Rehberg 87.5%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 87.5%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 87.5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 87.5%
Edward Schrock 87.5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 87.5%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 87.5%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 87.5%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 87.5%
Vic Snyder 87.5%
John Spratt, Jr. 87.5%
Cliff Stearns 87.5%
Charles Stenholm 87.5%
Tom Tancredo 87.5%
John Tanner 87.5%
Charles Taylor 87.5%
Gene Taylor 87.5%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 87.5%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 87.5%
PA U.S. Senate Jr Pat Toomey Republican 87.5%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 87.5%
Zach Wamp 87.5%
David Weldon 87.5%
W. Curtis Weldon 87.5%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 87.5%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 87.5%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 87.5%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 87.5%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 87.5%
Brian Baird 75%
Marion Berry 75%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 75%
Dennis Cardoza 75%
Ben Chandler III 75%
Robert Cramer 75%
Barbara Cubin 75%
Artur Davis 75%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 75%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 75%
Vern Ehlers 75%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 75%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 75%
Thomas Holden 75%
Darlene Hooley 75%
Christopher John 75%
Tim Johnson 75%
Patrick Kennedy 75%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 75%
Nicholas Lampson 75%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 75%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 75%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 75%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 75%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 75%
Mike Ross 75%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 75%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 75%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 75%
Ike Skelton 75%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 75%
John Sullivan 75%
James Turner 75%
Heather Wilson 75%
David Wu 75%
John Warner 66.7%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 62.5%
Joe Baca, Sr. 62.5%
Chris Bell 62.5%
Sherwood Boehlert 62.5%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 62.5%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 62.5%
Jerry Costello 62.5%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 62.5%
Calvin Dooley 62.5%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 62.5%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 62.5%
Charlie Gonzalez 62.5%
Porter Goss 62.5%
William Jefferson 62.5%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 62.5%
Dale Kildee 62.5%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 62.5%
Tom Lantos 62.5%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 62.5%
Jack Murtha 62.5%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 62.5%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 62.5%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 62.5%
Silvestre Reyes 62.5%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 62.5%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 62.5%
Robert Wexler 62.5%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 50%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 50%
Shelley Berkley 50%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 50%
John Breaux 50%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
Steve Buyer 50%
Ben Campbell 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 50%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
Hillary Clinton 50%
Kent Conrad 50%
Jon Corzine 50%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 50%
Thomas Daschle 50%
James Davis 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
Peter Deutsch 50%
Chris Dodd 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 50%
John Edwards 50%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 50%
Lane Evans 50%
Russ Feingold 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 50%
Jane Harman 50%
PA Commissioner At-Large Joseph Hoeffel 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
Daniel Inouye 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 50%
Herb Kohl 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 50%
Zell Bryan Miller 50%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 50%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 50%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 50%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
Ciro Rodriguez 50%
Steve Rothman 50%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 50%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
John Sununu 50%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 50%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Gary Ackerman 37.5%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 37.5%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 37.5%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 37.5%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 37.5%
Norm Dicks 37.5%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 37.5%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 37.5%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 37.5%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 37.5%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 37.5%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 37.5%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 37.5%
William Lipinski 37.5%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 37.5%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 37.5%
Ted Strickland 37.5%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 37.5%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 37.5%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 37.5%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 25%
Thomas Allen 25%
Howard Berman 25%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 25%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 25%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
Denise Majette 25%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
Robert Matsui 25%
Karen McCarthy 25%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
Martin Meehan 25%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
Dave Obey 25%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 25%
Martin Olav Sabo 25%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 25%
William Tauzin 25%
Diane Watson 25%
Anthony Weiner 25%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 12.5%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 12.5%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 12.5%
Douglas Bereuter 12.5%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 12.5%
Julia Carson 12.5%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 12.5%
Bill Delahunt 12.5%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 12.5%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 12.5%
Barney Frank 12.5%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 12.5%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 12.5%
J. Dennis Hastert 12.5%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 12.5%
Maurice Hinchey 12.5%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 12.5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 12.5%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 12.5%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 12.5%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 12.5%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12.5%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 12.5%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 12.5%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 12.5%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 12.5%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 12.5%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 12.5%
Jim Oberstar 12.5%
John Olver 12.5%
Major Owens 12.5%
Donald Payne 12.5%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 12.5%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 12.5%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 12.5%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 12.5%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 12.5%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 12.5%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 12.5%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 12.5%
Hilda Solis 12.5%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 12.5%
Ed Towns 12.5%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 12.5%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 12.5%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12.5%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 12.5%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 12.5%
Lynn Woolsey 12.5%
Robert Byrd 0%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0%
Ernest Fletcher 0%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 0%
Daniel Graham 0%
James Merrill Jeffords 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 0%
Dennis Kucinich 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
Joe Lieberman 0%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
Ben Nelson 0%
Pete Stark 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.

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