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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2005 Liberal on Economic Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 95%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
Gary Ackerman 94%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 94%
Barney Frank 94%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 94%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 94%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 94%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 94%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 94%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 94%
John Olver 94%
Donald Payne 94%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 94%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 94%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 94%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 94%
Hilda Solis 94%
Pete Stark 94%
Diane Watson 94%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 94%
Anthony Weiner 94%
Robert Wexler 94%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 92%
Patrick Kennedy 92%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 92%
Brad Miller 92%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 92%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 92%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 92%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 91%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 91%
Bill Delahunt 91%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 91%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
Howard Berman 88%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 88%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 88%
Maurice Hinchey 88%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Tom Lantos 88%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 88%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 88%
Martin Meehan 88%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 88%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 88%
Major Owens 88%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 88%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 88%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 87%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 87%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 87%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 87%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 87%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 87%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 86%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 85%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 85%
Dave Obey 85%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 85%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 85%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 85%
Hillary Clinton 84%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 84%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 82%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 82%
Russ Carnahan 82%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 82%
Lane Evans 82%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 82%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 82%
Martin Olav Sabo 82%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 82%
Thomas Allen 81%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 81%
Chris Dodd 81%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 81%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 81%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 81%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 81%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 80%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 80%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
Julia Carson 79%
Jim Oberstar 79%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 78%
Bob Etheridge 78%
James Merrill Jeffords 78%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 78%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 78%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 78%
Michael McNulty 78%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 78%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 78%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 78%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 77%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 77%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 77%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 77%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 77%
James Davis 76%
Russ Feingold 76%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 76%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 76%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 75%
Norm Dicks 75%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 75%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 75%
Shelley Berkley 74%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 74%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 74%
Dale Kildee 74%
Joe Lieberman 74%
Steve Rothman 74%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 73%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 72%
Herb Kohl 72%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 72%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 72%
John Spratt, Jr. 72%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 72%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 71%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 71%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 71%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 71%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 71%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 71%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 71%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 71%
Byron Dorgan 70%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 69%
Brian Baird 69%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 69%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 69%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 69%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 69%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 69%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 69%
David Wu 69%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 68%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 68%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 68%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 68%
Bart Stupak 68%
Ellen Tauscher 68%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 67%
Darlene Hooley 67%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 67%
Ted Strickland 67%
Ed Towns 67%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 66%
Evan Bayh 66%
Paul Kanjorski 66%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 66%
Vic Snyder 66%
Jeff Bingaman 65%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 65%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 65%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 65%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 65%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 65%
Ben Chandler III 64%
Jane Harman 64%
Daniel Inouye 64%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 64%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
Joe Baca, Sr. 63%
Rick Boucher 63%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 63%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 63%
Dennis Moore 63%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 62%
Leonard Boswell 62%
Kent Conrad 62%
Jerry Costello 62%
Artur Davis 62%
William Jefferson 62%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 61%
Ken Salazar 61%
Robert Byrd 60%
Edward Case 60%
Charlie Gonzalez 60%
Jack Murtha 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Mike Ross 60%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 60%
Albert Wynn 60%
Melissa Bean 59%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 59%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 59%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 59%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 59%
Silvestre Reyes 59%
Harold Ford, Jr. 58%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 58%
Blanche Lincoln 58%
Alan Mollohan 58%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 58%
Marion Berry 57%
Dennis Cardoza 57%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 57%
Thomas Holden 57%
Ike Skelton 57%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 56%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 56%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 56%
Jim Marshall 56%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 56%
John Tanner 56%
Chet Edwards 55%
Bart Gordon 55%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 55%
Olympia Snowe 55%
Gene Taylor 55%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 54%
James Leach 54%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 54%
Ron Paul 54%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 54%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 53%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 53%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 53%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 53%
Christopher Shays 53%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 53%
Sherwood Boehlert 52%
Lincoln Davis 52%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 52%
Tim Johnson 52%
James Ramstad 52%
Mike Castle 51%
Nancy Johnson 51%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 51%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 51%
Arlen Specter 51%
Dan Boren 50%
Robert Cramer 50%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Ben Nelson 50%
Jim Saxton 50%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 49%
Norm Coleman 49%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 49%
Todd Platts 49%
Heather Wilson 49%
Wayne Gilchrest 48%
Mark Green 48%
Sue Kelly 48%
Gordon Smith 48%
W. Curtis Weldon 48%
Thomas Davis III 47%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 47%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 47%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 47%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 47%
Vern Ehlers 46%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 46%
Ray LaHood 46%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 46%
George Voinovich 46%
Roscoe Bartlett 45%
Dick Lugar 45%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 45%
John Schwarz 45%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 45%
Mark Foley 44%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 44%
John McHugh 44%
John Sununu 44%
John Sweeney 44%
Tom Tancredo 44%
Charlie Bass 43%
Michael Ferguson 43%
Cliff Stearns 43%
James Walsh 43%
John Warner 43%
Judy Biggert 42%
Thaddeus McCotter 42%
Richard Renzi 42%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 42%
James Talent 42%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 42%
Michael Bilirakis 41%
Judd Gregg 41%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 41%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 41%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 41%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 41%
Ginny Brown-Waite 40%
John Doolittle 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 39%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 39%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 38%
Jo Ann Emerson 38%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 38%
Jim Gibbons 38%
Gilbert Gutknecht 38%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 38%
John Kuhl, Jr. 38%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 38%
Robert William Ney 38%
Philip English 37%
Don Manzullo 37%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 37%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 36%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 36%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 36%
Melquiades Martinez 36%
Thomas Reynolds 36%
David Weldon 36%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 36%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 35%
Katherine Harris 35%
John Nathan Hostettler 35%
Kenny Hulshof 35%
Kay Hutchison 35%
Henry Hyde 35%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 35%
Zach Wamp 35%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 34%
Mark Kennedy 34%
Joseph Knollenberg 34%
Rick Santorum 34%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 34%
Jo Ann Davis 33%
Joel Hefley 33%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 33%
William Thomas 33%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 33%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 32%
John Peterson 32%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 32%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 31%
Mary Bono Mack 30%
Geoff Davis 30%
Tom Feeney 30%
Elton Gallegly 30%
Paul Gillmor 30%
Robert Hayes 30%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 30%
Ralph Regula 30%
Donald Sherwood 30%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 30%
Conrad Burns 29%
Elizabeth Dole 29%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 29%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 29%
William Lewis Jenkins 29%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 29%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 29%
John Ensign 28%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 28%
Jerry Lewis 28%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 28%
James Nussle 28%
Jon Porter, Sr. 28%
David Lee Hobson 27%
James Kolbe 27%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 27%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 27%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 26%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 26%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 26%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 26%
Gerald Weller 26%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 25%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 25%
Ted Stevens 25%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 24%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 24%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 24%
Pete Hoekstra 24%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 24%
Anne Northup 24%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 24%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 24%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 24%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 23%
Barbara Cubin 23%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 23%
Ric Keller 23%
Larry Craig 22%
James DeMint 22%
Bob Beauprez 21%
Steve Buyer 21%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 21%
Thomas DeLay 21%
Connie Mack IV 21%
Michael Oxley 21%
John Shadegg 21%
Bob Bennett 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 19%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 19%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 19%
David Dreier 19%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 19%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 19%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 19%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 19%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 19%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 18%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 18%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 17%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 17%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 17%
James McCrery III 17%
Richard Pombo 17%
Deborah Pryce 17%
George Allen 16%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 16%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 16%
Jon Kyl 16%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 15%
Richard Hugh Baker 14%
Chris Chocola 14%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 14%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 14%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 14%
Melissa Hart 14%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 14%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 14%
Ron Lewis 14%
Thomas William Osborne 14%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 14%
Denny Rehberg 14%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 14%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 13%
Dan Burton 13%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 13%
George Radanovich 13%
Terry Everett 12%
William Frist 12%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 12%
Trent Lott, Sr. 11%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 9%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 9%
Henry Bonilla 9%
Henry Brown, Jr. 9%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 9%
Thelma Drake 9%
Duncan Hunter 9%
Dan Lungren 9%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 9%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 9%
Jim Ryun 9%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 9%
Mike Sodrel 9%
Charles Taylor 9%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 8%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 8%
Sue Myrick 8%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 7%
Kit Bond 6%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 6%
Jim Bunning 6%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 6%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 6%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 6%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 6%
Todd Tiahrt 6%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 6%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 6%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 3%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 3%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 3%
Wally Herger, Jr. 3%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 3%
John Linder 3%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 3%
Marilyn Musgrave 3%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 3%
Mark Souder 3%
John Sullivan 3%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 3%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 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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