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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: ACT! for America

2003-2004 Positions

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

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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