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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2005 Liberal on Foreign Policy Score

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

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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