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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2005 Conservative on Social Policy Score

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