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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2005 Liberal on Social Policy Score

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 49%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 51%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 22%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 12%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 0%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 58%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 24%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 23%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 48%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 84%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 75%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 59%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 39%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 74%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 76%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 30%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 96%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 98%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 42%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 80%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 87%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 62%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 77%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 85%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 65%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 62%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 17%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 74%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 22%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 35%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 83%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 83%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 51%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 53%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 0%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 35%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 62%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 32%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 52%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 58%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 82%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 23%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 83%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 23%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 32%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 45%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 77%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 57%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 57%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 86%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 93%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 97%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 32%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 73%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 69%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 14%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 37%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 22%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 23%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 23%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 19%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 24%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 57%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 23%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 30%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 12%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 19%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 87%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 69%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 82%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 72%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 65%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 74%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 77%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 81%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 53%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 67%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 77%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 17%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 36%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 86%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 75%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 98%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 0%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 89%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 90%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 19%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 84%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 82%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 23%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 63%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 77%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 43%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 90%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 68%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 44%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 79%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 24%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 49%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 12%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 90%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 27%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 38%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 43%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 74%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 46%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 17%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 82%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 76%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 49%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 80%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 37%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 65%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 77%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 36%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 69%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 98%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 94%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 79%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 87%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 78%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 61%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 79%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 67%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 32%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 27%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 64%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 50%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 23%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 34%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 16%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 77%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 43%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 89%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 62%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 85%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 82%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 45%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 47%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 70%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 68%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 49%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 19%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 42%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 90%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 66%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 60%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 23%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 73%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 60%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 23%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 41%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 61%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 26%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 26%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 11%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 31%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 30%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 36%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 65%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 14%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 19%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 64%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 87%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 78%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 36%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 55%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 98%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 19%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 77%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 39%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 74%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 77%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 44%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 24%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 97%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 44%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 75%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 79%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 88%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 38%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 67%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 91%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 32%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 39%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 73%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 45%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 64%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Gary Ackerman 92%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 83%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 0%
George Allen 0%
Thomas Allen 92%
Joe Baca, Sr. 65%
Brian Baird 69%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 49%
Charlie Bass 47%
Evan Bayh 83%
Melissa Bean 60%
Bob Beauprez 21%
Bob Bennett 0%
Shelley Berkley 71%
Howard Berman 85%
Marion Berry 54%
Judy Biggert 52%
Michael Bilirakis 0%
Jeff Bingaman 63%
Sherwood Boehlert 54%
Kit Bond 23%
Henry Bonilla 28%
Mary Bono Mack 42%
Dan Boren 48%
Leonard Boswell 59%
Rick Boucher 61%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 58%
Henry Brown, Jr. 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite 36%
Jim Bunning 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Dan Burton 0%
Steve Buyer 22%
Robert Byrd 55%
Chris Cannon 47%
Dennis Cardoza 59%
Russ Carnahan 73%
Julia Carson 89%
Edward Case 61%
Mike Castle 58%
Ben Chandler III 52%
Chris Chocola 12%
Hillary Clinton 83%
Norm Coleman 39%
Kent Conrad 58%
Jerry Costello 57%
Larry Craig 38%
Robert Cramer 50%
Barbara Cubin 30%
Artur Davis 64%
Geoff Davis 0%
James Davis 68%
Jo Ann Davis 18%
Lincoln Davis 48%
Thomas Davis III 45%
Bill Delahunt 83%
Thomas DeLay 0%
James DeMint 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 53%
Norm Dicks 73%
Chris Dodd 76%
Elizabeth Dole 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 36%
John Doolittle 0%
Byron Dorgan 65%
Thelma Drake 0%
David Dreier 23%
Chet Edwards 56%
Vern Ehlers 55%
Jo Ann Emerson 32%
Philip English 31%
John Ensign 0%
Bob Etheridge 63%
Lane Evans 80%
Terry Everett 17%
Tom Feeney 18%
Russ Feingold 83%
Michael Ferguson 42%
Mark Foley 46%
Harold Ford, Jr. 61%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 32%
Barney Frank 94%
William Frist 23%
Elton Gallegly 0%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Wayne Gilchrest 53%
Paul Gillmor 34%
Charlie Gonzalez 78%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 12%
Bart Gordon 53%
Mark Green 37%
Judd Gregg 39%
Gilbert Gutknecht 28%
Jane Harman 71%
Katherine Harris 38%
Melissa Hart 31%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 19%
Joel Hefley 15%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 57%
Maurice Hinchey 86%
David Lee Hobson 32%
Pete Hoekstra 26%
Thomas Holden 52%
Darlene Hooley 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 24%
Kenny Hulshof 23%
Duncan Hunter 0%
Kay Hutchison 23%
Henry Hyde 24%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 23%
Daniel Inouye 72%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 18%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 86%
William Jefferson 70%
James Merrill Jeffords 65%
William Lewis Jenkins 15%
Nancy Johnson 54%
Tim Johnson 51%
Paul Kanjorski 58%
Ric Keller 0%
Sue Kelly 49%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 90%
Mark Kennedy 23%
Patrick Kennedy 79%
Dale Kildee 66%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 88%
Joseph Knollenberg 41%
Herb Kohl 71%
James Kolbe 50%
Dennis Kucinich 93%
John Kuhl, Jr. 37%
Jon Kyl 0%
Ray LaHood 44%
Tom Lantos 76%
Steve LaTourette 45%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
James Leach 58%
Jerry Lewis 38%
Ron Lewis 0%
Joe Lieberman 65%
Blanche Lincoln 65%
John Linder 21%
Trent Lott, Sr. 0%
Dick Lugar 45%
Dan Lungren 24%
Connie Mack IV 42%
Don Manzullo 37%
Jim Marshall 45%
Melquiades Martinez 0%
Thaddeus McCotter 32%
James McCrery III 20%
John McHugh 27%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 98%
Michael McNulty 67%
Martin Meehan 93%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 72%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 55%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 85%
Brad Miller 71%
Alan Mollohan 63%
Dennis Moore 65%
Jack Murtha 62%
Marilyn Musgrave 17%
Sue Myrick 15%
Ben Nelson 51%
Robert William Ney 39%
Anne Northup 14%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 0%
James Nussle 0%
Jim Oberstar 70%
Dave Obey 71%
John Olver 93%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 59%
Thomas William Osborne 28%
Major Owens 98%
Michael Oxley 27%
Ron Paul 55%
Donald Payne 95%
John Peterson 26%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 12%
Todd Platts 34%
Richard Pombo 28%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Jon Porter, Sr. 46%
Deborah Pryce 40%
George Radanovich 32%
James Ramstad 43%
Ralph Regula 38%
Denny Rehberg 32%
Richard Renzi 0%
Silvestre Reyes 63%
Thomas Reynolds 41%
Mike Ross 56%
Steve Rothman 76%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 82%
Ken Salazar 56%
Rick Santorum 42%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Jim Saxton 43%
John Schwarz 51%
John Shadegg 24%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 28%
Christopher Shays 55%
Donald Sherwood 37%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 54%
Ike Skelton 52%
Gordon Smith 48%
Olympia Snowe 53%
Vic Snyder 66%
Mike Sodrel 0%
Hilda Solis 93%
Mark Souder 21%
Arlen Specter 52%
John Spratt, Jr. 63%
Pete Stark 98%
Cliff Stearns 12%
Ted Stevens 47%
Ted Strickland 64%
Bart Stupak 60%
John Sullivan 0%
John Sununu 44%
John Sweeney 46%
James Talent 23%
Tom Tancredo 21%
John Tanner 56%
Ellen Tauscher 79%
Charles Taylor 34%
Gene Taylor 27%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 48%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Ed Towns 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 80%
George Voinovich 39%
James Walsh 40%
Zach Wamp 26%
John Warner 46%
Diane Watson 93%
Anthony Weiner 81%
David Weldon 12%
W. Curtis Weldon 35%
Gerald Weller 41%
Robert Wexler 88%
Heather Wilson 55%
Lynn Woolsey 96%
David Wu 72%
Albert Wynn 72%

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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