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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2005 Composite Liberal Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 87%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 79%
Todd Akin 4%
Wayne Allard 9%
George Allen 14%
Thomas Allen 85%
Joe Baca, Sr. 69%
Brian Baird 71%
Richard Hugh Baker 8%
J. Gresham Barrett 8%
Roscoe Bartlett 47%
Charlie Bass 46%
Evan Bayh 71%
Melissa Bean 59%
Bob Beauprez 27%
Bob Bennett 15%
Shelley Berkley 68%
Howard Berman 81%
Marion Berry 57%
Judy Biggert 49%
Michael Bilirakis 17%
Jeff Bingaman 66%
Sherwood Boehlert 52%
Kit Bond 23%
Henry Bonilla 15%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Dan Boren 52%
Leonard Boswell 63%
Rick Boucher 64%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 58%
Henry Brown, Jr. 13%
Ginny Brown-Waite 33%
Jim Bunning 11%
Conrad Burns 27%
Dan Burton 8%
Steve Buyer 23%
Robert Byrd 66%
Chris Cannon 18%
Dennis Cardoza 57%
Russ Carnahan 74%
Julia Carson 84%
Edward Case 59%
Mike Castle 53%
Ben Chandler III 58%
Chris Chocola 23%
Hillary Clinton 80%
Norm Coleman 34%
Kent Conrad 60%
Jerry Costello 62%
Larry Craig 34%
Robert Cramer 50%
Barbara Cubin 32%
Artur Davis 61%
Geoff Davis 19%
James Davis 69%
Jo Ann Davis 27%
Lincoln Davis 53%
Thomas Davis III 44%
Bill Delahunt 89%
Thomas DeLay 13%
James DeMint 22%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 41%
Norm Dicks 70%
Chris Dodd 80%
Elizabeth Dole 18%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 30%
John Doolittle 21%
Byron Dorgan 76%
Thelma Drake 7%
David Dreier 27%
Chet Edwards 58%
Vern Ehlers 51%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
Philip English 35%
John Ensign 18%
Bob Etheridge 66%
Lane Evans 84%
Terry Everett 20%
Tom Feeney 24%
Russ Feingold 85%
Michael Ferguson 41%
Mark Foley 37%
Harold Ford, Jr. 58%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 30%
Barney Frank 91%
William Frist 19%
Elton Gallegly 17%
Jim Gibbons 26%
Wayne Gilchrest 50%
Paul Gillmor 36%
Charlie Gonzalez 69%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 33%
Bart Gordon 57%
Mark Green 35%
Judd Gregg 42%
Gilbert Gutknecht 37%
Jane Harman 68%
Katherine Harris 34%
Melissa Hart 17%
Robert Hayes 18%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 9%
Joel Hefley 18%
Wally Herger, Jr. 18%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 59%
Maurice Hinchey 91%
David Lee Hobson 31%
Pete Hoekstra 21%
Thomas Holden 58%
Darlene Hooley 69%
John Nathan Hostettler 36%
Kenny Hulshof 34%
Duncan Hunter 12%
Kay Hutchison 32%
Henry Hyde 30%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 35%
Daniel Inouye 70%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 18%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 91%
William Jefferson 68%
James Merrill Jeffords 78%
William Lewis Jenkins 22%
Nancy Johnson 52%
Tim Johnson 51%
Paul Kanjorski 65%
Ric Keller 16%
Sue Kelly 45%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 97%
Mark Kennedy 28%
Patrick Kennedy 78%
Dale Kildee 72%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 87%
Joseph Knollenberg 39%
Herb Kohl 79%
James Kolbe 44%
Dennis Kucinich 94%
John Kuhl, Jr. 36%
Jon Kyl 20%
Ray LaHood 46%
Tom Lantos 77%
Steve LaTourette 46%
James Leach 62%
Jerry Lewis 33%
Ron Lewis 9%
Joe Lieberman 66%
Blanche Lincoln 69%
John Linder 11%
Trent Lott, Sr. 12%
Dick Lugar 47%
Dan Lungren 16%
Connie Mack IV 33%
Don Manzullo 39%
Jim Marshall 51%
Melquiades Martinez 21%
Thaddeus McCotter 39%
James McCrery III 23%
John McHugh 39%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 98%
Michael McNulty 77%
Martin Meehan 91%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 70%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 55%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Brad Miller 78%
Alan Mollohan 62%
Dennis Moore 62%
Jack Murtha 62%
Marilyn Musgrave 9%
Sue Myrick 12%
Ben Nelson 50%
Robert William Ney 42%
Anne Northup 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 9%
James Nussle 22%
Jim Oberstar 83%
Dave Obey 82%
John Olver 96%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 59%
Thomas William Osborne 31%
Major Owens 94%
Michael Oxley 23%
Ron Paul 60%
Donald Payne 97%
John Peterson 29%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 24%
Todd Platts 39%
Richard Pombo 26%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Jon Porter, Sr. 34%
Deborah Pryce 31%
George Radanovich 23%
James Ramstad 49%
Ralph Regula 35%
Denny Rehberg 25%
Richard Renzi 18%
Silvestre Reyes 62%
Thomas Reynolds 38%
Mike Ross 59%
Steve Rothman 73%
Jim Ryun 10%
Martin Olav Sabo 86%
Ken Salazar 60%
Rick Santorum 30%
Paul Sarbanes 91%
Jim Saxton 43%
John Schwarz 47%
John Shadegg 18%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 30%
Christopher Shays 54%
Donald Sherwood 37%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 51%
Ike Skelton 54%
Gordon Smith 50%
Olympia Snowe 53%
Vic Snyder 66%
Mike Sodrel 12%
Hilda Solis 95%
Mark Souder 18%
Arlen Specter 53%
John Spratt, Jr. 65%
Pete Stark 98%
Cliff Stearns 20%
Ted Stevens 29%
Ted Strickland 72%
Bart Stupak 69%
John Sullivan 9%
John Sununu 47%
John Sweeney 44%
James Talent 34%
Tom Tancredo 36%
John Tanner 56%
Ellen Tauscher 74%
Charles Taylor 20%
Gene Taylor 46%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 38%
Todd Tiahrt 8%
Ed Towns 75%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 83%
George Voinovich 45%
James Walsh 38%
Zach Wamp 33%
John Warner 40%
Diane Watson 93%
Anthony Weiner 88%
David Weldon 20%
W. Curtis Weldon 43%
Gerald Weller 35%
Robert Wexler 88%
Heather Wilson 51%
Lynn Woolsey 95%
David Wu 70%
Albert Wynn 68%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 73%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 93%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 56%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 59%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 75%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 88%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 94%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 78%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 75%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 84%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 68%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 77%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 88%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 77%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 71%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 80%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 79%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 72%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 91%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 78%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 56%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 81%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 77%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 72%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 76%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 71%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 87%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 73%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 90%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 83%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 77%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 89%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 81%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 64%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 89%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 89%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 66%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 66%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 96%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 71%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 67%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 80%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 84%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 74%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 87%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 66%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 58%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 69%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 71%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 79%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 89%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 98%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 80%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 84%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 72%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 96%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 54%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 68%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 52%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 81%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 76%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 89%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 74%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 85%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 66%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 78%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 82%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 60%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 89%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 78%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 91%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 65%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 87%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 68%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 74%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 97%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 73%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 78%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 81%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 81%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 72%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 86%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 74%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 76%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 94%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 69%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 80%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 86%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 89%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 72%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 89%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 89%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 81%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 84%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 94%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 59%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 60%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 16%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 27%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 16%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 14%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 17%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 8%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 16%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 16%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 14%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 27%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 24%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 39%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 11%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 13%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 26%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 7%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 13%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 34%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 9%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 16%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 26%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 19%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 15%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 32%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 45%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 25%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 43%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 21%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 46%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 23%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 23%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 9%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 4%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 36%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 24%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 44%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 13%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 20%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 19%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 26%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 25%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 27%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 19%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 24%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 17%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 17%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 13%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 26%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 6%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 49%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 36%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 4%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 18%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 52%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 22%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 28%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 47%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 10%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 41%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 13%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 15%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 11%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 20%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 21%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 19%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 27%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 13%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 17%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 41%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 33%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 30%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 35%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 4%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 26%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 46%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 30%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 11%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 44%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 16%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 21%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 45%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 32%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 31%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 26%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 36%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 23%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 38%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 38%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 4%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 36%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 31%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 10%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 28%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 14%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 29%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 34%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 42%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 31%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 28%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 6%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 27%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 12%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 8%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 41%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 35%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 31%

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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