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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2005 Conservative on Economic Policy Score

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 72%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 63%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 89%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 94%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 82%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 59%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 88%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 83%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 40%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 52%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 53%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 26%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 97%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 24%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 41%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 18%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 73%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 29%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 79%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 16%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 18%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 28%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 12%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 40%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 24%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 9%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 36%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 19%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 74%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 19%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 58%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 13%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 81%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 73%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 74%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 84%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 86%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 43%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 93%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 88%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 83%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 38%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 41%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 93%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 34%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 68%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 16%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 74%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 97%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 65%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 59%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 26%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 34%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 13%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 29%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 68%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 26%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 29%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 97%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 72%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 68%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 94%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 70%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 88%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 43%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 93%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 88%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 94%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 6%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 25%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 13%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 35%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 26%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 6%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 46%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 28%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 19%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 28%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 57%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 74%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 24%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 62%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 29%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 79%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 46%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 17%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 87%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 33%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 26%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 63%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 90%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 94%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 34%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 45%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 12%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 26%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 86%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 8%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 61%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 23%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 49%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 13%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 97%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 66%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 44%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 97%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 9%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 83%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 59%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 51%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 0%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 23%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 47%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 46%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 83%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 13%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 53%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 6%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 23%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 79%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 6%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 52%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 0%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 28%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 16%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 79%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 94%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 21%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 55%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 82%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 31%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 47%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 94%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 83%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 79%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 83%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 16%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 21%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 29%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 49%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 47%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 94%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 21%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 29%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 83%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 60%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 6%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 21%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 42%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 59%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 94%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 32%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 32%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 66%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 61%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 64%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 38%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 94%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 67%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 72%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 34%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 74%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 97%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 42%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 36%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 97%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 47%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 37%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 97%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 18%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 78%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 97%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 46%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 70%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 74%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 29%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 53%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 0%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 10%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 31%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 34%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 76%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 79%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 54%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 31%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 16%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 6%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 73%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 32%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 6%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 58%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 53%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 22%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 66%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 35%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 94%
Gary Ackerman 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 30%
Todd Akin 97%
Wayne Allard 94%
George Allen 80%
Thomas Allen 18%
Joe Baca, Sr. 36%
Brian Baird 31%
Richard Hugh Baker 86%
J. Gresham Barrett 97%
Roscoe Bartlett 55%
Charlie Bass 56%
Evan Bayh 33%
Melissa Bean 40%
Bob Beauprez 77%
Bob Bennett 78%
Shelley Berkley 26%
Howard Berman 9%
Marion Berry 43%
Judy Biggert 57%
Michael Bilirakis 59%
Jeff Bingaman 34%
Sherwood Boehlert 48%
Kit Bond 90%
Henry Bonilla 88%
Mary Bono Mack 68%
Dan Boren 49%
Leonard Boswell 37%
Rick Boucher 37%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
Henry Brown, Jr. 88%
Ginny Brown-Waite 60%
Jim Bunning 90%
Conrad Burns 69%
Dan Burton 87%
Steve Buyer 77%
Robert Byrd 39%
Chris Cannon 97%
Dennis Cardoza 43%
Russ Carnahan 16%
Julia Carson 21%
Edward Case 39%
Mike Castle 49%
Ben Chandler III 36%
Chris Chocola 83%
Hillary Clinton 15%
Norm Coleman 50%
Kent Conrad 37%
Jerry Costello 38%
Larry Craig 76%
Robert Cramer 50%
Barbara Cubin 77%
Artur Davis 38%
Geoff Davis 68%
James Davis 24%
Jo Ann Davis 66%
Lincoln Davis 47%
Thomas Davis III 53%
Bill Delahunt 9%
Thomas DeLay 77%
James DeMint 76%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 62%
Norm Dicks 24%
Chris Dodd 17%
Elizabeth Dole 69%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 59%
John Doolittle 59%
Byron Dorgan 29%
Thelma Drake 88%
David Dreier 79%
Chet Edwards 45%
Vern Ehlers 54%
Jo Ann Emerson 60%
Philip English 62%
John Ensign 71%
Bob Etheridge 21%
Lane Evans 16%
Terry Everett 87%
Tom Feeney 70%
Russ Feingold 23%
Michael Ferguson 56%
Mark Foley 56%
Harold Ford, Jr. 42%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Barney Frank 0%
William Frist 86%
Elton Gallegly 68%
Jim Gibbons 62%
Wayne Gilchrest 52%
Paul Gillmor 70%
Charlie Gonzalez 39%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 55%
Bart Gordon 45%
Mark Green 52%
Judd Gregg 58%
Gilbert Gutknecht 60%
Jane Harman 36%
Katherine Harris 65%
Melissa Hart 83%
Robert Hayes 68%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 97%
Joel Hefley 67%
Wally Herger, Jr. 94%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 41%
Maurice Hinchey 9%
David Lee Hobson 72%
Pete Hoekstra 74%
Thomas Holden 43%
Darlene Hooley 32%
John Nathan Hostettler 65%
Kenny Hulshof 64%
Duncan Hunter 88%
Kay Hutchison 64%
Henry Hyde 65%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 60%
Daniel Inouye 35%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 70%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 6%
William Jefferson 38%
James Merrill Jeffords 19%
William Lewis Jenkins 71%
Nancy Johnson 49%
Tim Johnson 48%
Paul Kanjorski 34%
Ric Keller 77%
Sue Kelly 52%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 0%
Mark Kennedy 65%
Patrick Kennedy 6%
Dale Kildee 25%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 22%
Joseph Knollenberg 65%
Herb Kohl 27%
James Kolbe 73%
Dennis Kucinich 9%
John Kuhl, Jr. 60%
Jon Kyl 80%
Ray LaHood 54%
Tom Lantos 12%
Steve LaTourette 50%
James Leach 45%
Jerry Lewis 71%
Ron Lewis 83%
Joe Lieberman 25%
Blanche Lincoln 41%
John Linder 94%
Trent Lott, Sr. 88%
Dick Lugar 54%
Dan Lungren 88%
Connie Mack IV 77%
Don Manzullo 62%
Jim Marshall 44%
Melquiades Martinez 61%
Thaddeus McCotter 57%
James McCrery III 82%
John McHugh 55%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 0%
Michael McNulty 21%
Martin Meehan 9%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 28%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 45%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 13%
Brad Miller 6%
Alan Mollohan 42%
Dennis Moore 37%
Jack Murtha 40%
Marilyn Musgrave 94%
Sue Myrick 92%
Ben Nelson 49%
Robert William Ney 60%
Anne Northup 74%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 97%
James Nussle 71%
Jim Oberstar 20%
Dave Obey 15%
John Olver 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 41%
Thomas William Osborne 83%
Major Owens 9%
Michael Oxley 77%
Ron Paul 46%
Donald Payne 0%
John Peterson 68%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 65%
Todd Platts 51%
Richard Pombo 82%
Earl Pomeroy 39%
Jon Porter, Sr. 71%
Deborah Pryce 83%
George Radanovich 87%
James Ramstad 48%
Ralph Regula 68%
Denny Rehberg 83%
Richard Renzi 57%
Silvestre Reyes 41%
Thomas Reynolds 63%
Mike Ross 40%
Steve Rothman 26%
Jim Ryun 88%
Martin Olav Sabo 16%
Ken Salazar 38%
Rick Santorum 65%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
Jim Saxton 50%
John Schwarz 54%
John Shadegg 77%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 60%
Christopher Shays 47%
Donald Sherwood 68%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 48%
Ike Skelton 42%
Gordon Smith 51%
Olympia Snowe 44%
Vic Snyder 33%
Mike Sodrel 88%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 94%
Arlen Specter 48%
John Spratt, Jr. 26%
Pete Stark 0%
Cliff Stearns 56%
Ted Stevens 72%
Ted Strickland 33%
Bart Stupak 32%
John Sullivan 94%
John Sununu 55%
John Sweeney 55%
James Talent 57%
Tom Tancredo 56%
John Tanner 44%
Ellen Tauscher 32%
Charles Taylor 88%
Gene Taylor 44%
Craig Thomas 94%
William Thomas 66%
Todd Tiahrt 94%
Ed Towns 33%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 18%
George Voinovich 53%
James Walsh 57%
Zach Wamp 64%
John Warner 56%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 0%
David Weldon 64%
W. Curtis Weldon 51%
Gerald Weller 73%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 51%
Lynn Woolsey 9%
David Wu 31%
Albert Wynn 39%

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.

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