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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Radical Middle

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 15%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 20%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 20%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 5%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 35%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 10%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 10%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 5%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 35%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 35%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 25%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 25%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 65%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 30%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 35%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 35%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 15%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 40%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 5%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 15%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 15%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 10%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 15%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 25%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 30%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 50%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 30%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 10%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 5%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 5%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 65%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 35%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 25%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 15%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 15%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 25%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 50%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 5%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 10%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 30%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 5%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 5%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 35%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 45%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 5%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 10%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 35%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 50%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 45%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 50%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 35%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 35%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 15%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 20%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 15%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 15%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 15%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 25%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 25%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 15%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 25%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 15%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 25%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 30%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 55%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 10%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 10%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 25%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 25%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 20%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 15%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 35%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 5%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 25%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 35%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 15%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 30%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 45%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 25%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 40%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 25%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 15%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 40%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 15%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 5%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 25%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 75%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 15%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 50%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 25%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 30%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 5%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 15%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 15%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 15%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 10%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 35%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 10%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 10%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 15%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 15%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 15%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 15%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 35%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 15%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 45%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 25%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 10%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 55%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 55%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 35%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 20%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 30%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 10%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 10%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 30%
Wayne Allard 15%
George Allen 5%
Thomas Allen 45%
Brian Baird 35%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Beauprez 15%
Bob Bennett 10%
Marion Berry 25%
Michael Bilirakis 30%
Sherwood Boehlert 50%
Kit Bond 15%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Rick Boucher 15%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 20%
Henry Brown, Jr. 15%
Ginny Brown-Waite 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
Conrad Burns 15%
Steve Buyer 10%
Robert Byrd 10%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 20%
Edward Case 40%
Mike Castle 45%
Chris Chocola 5%
Norm Coleman 30%
Jon Corzine 35%
Christopher Cox 25%
Larry Craig 5%
Robert Cramer 25%
Barbara Cubin 10%
Randall Cunningham 20%
Artur Davis 20%
James Davis 30%
Jo Ann Davis 15%
Lincoln Davis 10%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bill Delahunt 20%
Thomas DeLay 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 10%
Chris Dodd 20%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 25%
Vern Ehlers 40%
Philip English 40%
John Ensign 20%
Bob Etheridge 25%
Lane Evans 20%
Terry Everett 5%
Tom Feeney 5%
Russ Feingold 15%
Michael Ferguson 15%
Mark Foley 25%
Harold Ford, Jr. 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
William Frist 5%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 15%
Bart Gordon 20%
Mark Green 15%
Judd Gregg 15%
Gilbert Gutknecht 5%
Charles Hagel 25%
Jane Harman 15%
Katherine Harris 20%
Melissa Hart 15%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 10%
Joel Hefley 5%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 5%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 5%
Darlene Hooley 25%
John Nathan Hostettler 0%
Kenny Hulshof 5%
Duncan Hunter 10%
Henry Hyde 30%
Jay Inslee 35%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
William Jefferson 30%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Nancy Johnson 45%
Paul Kanjorski 5%
Ric Keller 5%
Sue Kelly 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 30%
Mark Kennedy 10%
Patrick Kennedy 25%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 30%
Joseph Knollenberg 20%
James Kolbe 25%
Tom Lantos 50%
James Leach 60%
Ron Lewis 5%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
John Linder 10%
Trent Lott, Sr. 15%
Jim Marshall 0%
Robert Matsui 30%
James McCrery III 10%
John McHugh 10%
Michael McNulty 30%
Martin Meehan 30%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 15%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 40%
Alan Mollohan 5%
Dennis Moore 35%
Jack Murtha 5%
Marilyn Musgrave 15%
Robert William Ney 5%
Anne Northup 15%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
James Nussle 5%
Jim Oberstar 30%
Dave Obey 5%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 5%
Thomas William Osborne 25%
Major Owens 20%
Michael Oxley 15%
Donald Payne 45%
John Peterson 15%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 25%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 30%
Jon Porter, Sr. 15%
Deborah Pryce 25%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 30%
Ralph Regula 15%
Richard Renzi 15%
Thomas Reynolds 5%
Jim Ryun 15%
Martin Olav Sabo 20%
Rick Santorum 25%
Paul Sarbanes 15%
H. James Saxton 15%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 25%
Christopher Shays 55%
Donald Sherwood 5%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 35%
Ike Skelton 5%
Gordon Smith 30%
Vic Snyder 40%
Mark Souder 25%
Arlen Specter 15%
John Spratt, Jr. 25%
Ted Stevens 20%
Ted Strickland 15%
Bart Stupak 15%
John Sununu 5%
John Sweeney 10%
James Talent 5%
Tom Tancredo 20%
John Tanner 20%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
Charles Taylor 10%
Gene Taylor 15%
Craig Thomas 5%
William Thomas 5%
Todd Tiahrt 15%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 35%
George Voinovich 5%
James Walsh 30%
Zach Wamp 15%
John Warner 10%
Diane Watson 35%
Anthony Weiner 15%
David Weldon 15%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 30%
Robert Wexler 45%
Heather Wilson 30%
David Wu 25%
Albert Wynn 35%

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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