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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Journal

2009 Composite Conservative Score

State Office District Name Party Rating
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 96%
James DeMint 95%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 94%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 22 Pete Olson Republican 94%
John Shadegg 94%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 94%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 93%
Jim Bunning 93%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 93%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 93%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 4 Tom McClintock Republican 93%
Todd Akin 93%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 92%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92%
John Linder 92%
George Radanovich 92%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 91%
UT U.S. House 3 Jason Chaffetz Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 91%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 91%
ID U.S. Senate Jr James Risch Republican 91%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 91%
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 90%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 90%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 90%
John Ensign 90%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 90%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 89%
Wally Herger, Jr. 89%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 89%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 89%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 89%
WY U.S. House At-Large Cynthia Lummis Republican 89%
Sue Myrick 89%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 88%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 88%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 88%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 88%
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 88%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 87%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 87%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 87%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 87%
Dan Burton 87%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 87%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 86%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 86%
J. Gresham Barrett 86%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 86%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 86%
Duncan Hunter 86%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 86%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 85%
Todd Tiahrt 85%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 85%
Connie Mack IV 85%
LA U.S. House 4 John Fleming, Jr. Republican 85%
Jon Kyl 85%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 85%
MS U.S. House 3 Gregg Harper Republican 85%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 85%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 85%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 85%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 85%
Don Manzullo 85%
FL U.S. House 8 Bill Posey Republican 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 84%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 84%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 84%
David Dreier 84%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 84%
MO U.S. House 3 Blaine Luetkemeyer Republican 84%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 84%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 84%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 84%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 84%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 84%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 84%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 84%
CO U.S. House 6 Michael Coffman Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 83%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 83%
Henry Brown, Jr. 82%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 82%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 82%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 82%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 82%
Steve Buyer 81%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 81%
Elton Gallegly 81%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 81%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 80%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
Jerry Lewis 80%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 80%
Bob Bennett 80%
PA U.S. House 5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 79%
Dan Lungren 79%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Mike Johanns Republican 79%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 79%
Mark Souder 78%
Brian Bilbray 78%
KY U.S. House 2 Brett Guthrie Republican 78%
TN U.S. House 1 Phil Roe Republican 78%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 78%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 78%
Denny Rehberg 78%
Cliff Stearns 78%
Roscoe Bartlett 77%
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 77%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 77%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 77%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 77%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 77%
Jean Schmidt 77%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 77%
FL U.S. House 17 Thomas Rooney Republican 77%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 77%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 77%
Steve Austria 76%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 76%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 76%
Geoff Davis 76%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 76%
KS U.S. House 2 Lynn Jenkins Republican 75%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 75%
IL U.S. House 18 Aaron Schock Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 75%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 74%
Pete Hoekstra 74%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 74%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 74%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 74%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 73%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 73%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 73%
Kay Hutchison 73%
Mary Bono Mack 72%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 72%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 71%
Chris Lee 71%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 71%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 70%
Ron Paul 70%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 70%
Zach Wamp 70%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 70%
MN U.S. House 3 Erik Paulsen Republican 69%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 69%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 69%
Thaddeus McCotter 68%
LA U.S. House 6 Bill Cassidy Republican 68%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 68%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 68%
Kit Bond 68%
Ginny Brown-Waite 67%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 67%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 66%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 66%
Melquiades Martinez 66%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 66%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 66%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 66%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 66%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 66%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 65%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 65%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 65%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 65%
Todd Platts 65%
Jo Ann Emerson 65%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 65%
Judd Gregg 64%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 64%
Tim Johnson 63%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 63%
Bobby Bright 63%
NJ U.S. House 7 Leonard Lance Republican 62%
Steve LaTourette 62%
Judy Biggert 62%
George Voinovich 62%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 62%
Vern Ehlers 61%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 61%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 61%
Joseph Cao 60%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Parker Griffith, Jr. 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 60%
Evan Bayh 59%
Dick Lugar 59%
John McHugh 59%
Ben Nelson 59%
Travis Childers 59%
Olympia Snowe 59%
Jim Marshall 59%
Dan Boren 58%
Mike Castle 58%
Arlen Specter 57%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 57%
Walt Minnick 57%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 56%
Harry Teague 55%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
Lincoln Davis 55%
AZ U.S. House 1 Ann Kirkpatrick Democratic 55%
Glenn Nye III 55%
Heath Shuler 55%
Brad Ellsworth 54%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 54%
Harry Mitchell 54%
Jason Altmire 54%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 53%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 53%
Mike Ross 53%
Tom Perriello 53%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 53%
Russ Feingold 53%
Jim Webb, Jr. 52%
Christopher Carney 52%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 52%
John Boccieri 51%
Kathy Dahlkemper 51%
Artur Davis 51%
Zack Space 51%
Thomas Holden 51%
Scott Murphy 51%
John Tanner 51%
Michael Arcuri 50%
Michael McMahon 50%
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 50%
Joe Lieberman 50%
Blanche Lincoln 50%
John Adler 50%
Suzanne Kosmas 49%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 49%
Larry Kissell 49%
Debbie Halvorson 49%
Betsy Markey 49%
Jerry Costello 48%
Bart Gordon 48%
Byron Dorgan 48%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 48%
Gabrielle Giffords 48%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 48%
Ike Skelton 48%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 48%
Melissa Bean 47%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 47%
Ben Chandler III 47%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 46%
Marion Berry 46%
Baron Hill 46%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 45%
Eric Massa 45%
Rick Boucher 45%
Dennis Cardoza 45%
Chet Edwards 45%
Paul Kanjorski 44%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 44%
Paul Hodes 43%
MI U.S. House 14 Gary Peters Democratic 43%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 42%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 42%
Steve Driehaus 42%
Alan Mollohan 42%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 42%
Bart Stupak 42%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 42%
Ron Klein 42%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 42%
Mark Schauer 41%
Robert Byrd 41%
NV U.S. House 1 Dina Titus Democratic 41%
Patrick Murphy 41%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 41%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 40%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 39%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 39%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 39%
NC U.S. Senate Jr Kay Hagan Democratic 39%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 39%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 39%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 39%
Brian Baird 39%
NY U.S. House 24 Dan Maffei Democratic, Working Families 39%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 39%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 39%
Ciro Rodriguez 39%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 39%
Kent Conrad 38%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 38%
FL U.S. House 9 Alan Grayson Democratic 37%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 37%
Bob Etheridge 37%
John Hall 36%
OR U.S. House 5 Kurt Schrader Democratic 36%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 36%
John Spratt, Jr. 36%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 36%
Vic Snyder 36%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Martin Heinrich Democratic 36%
Silvestre Reyes 35%
John Warner 35%
Dennis Kucinich 35%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 34%
AK U.S. Senate Jr Mark Begich Democratic 34%
Laura Richardson 34%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 34%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 34%
CT U.S. House 4 Jim Himes Democratic 34%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 34%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 33%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 33%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 33%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 32%
CO U.S. Senate Jr Michael Bennet Democratic 32%
Jack Murtha 32%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 31%
Dale Kildee 31%
Brad Miller 30%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 30%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 30%
Herb Kohl 30%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 30%
Pete Stark 30%
Dennis Moore 29%
Jeff Bingaman 29%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 29%
Leonard Boswell 29%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 28%
VA U.S. House 11 Gerry Connolly Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 28%
Shelley Berkley 28%
David Wu 28%
Jim Oberstar 27%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 27%
Jane Harman 27%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 26%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 26%
IL U.S. House 5 Mike Quigley Democratic 26%
Russ Carnahan 26%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 26%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 25%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 25%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 25%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
Maurice Hinchey 25%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 25%
Joe Baca, Sr. 25%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 25%
Norm Dicks 24%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 24%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 24%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 24%
CO U.S. House 2 Jared Polis Democratic 24%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 24%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 24%
Steve Kagen 23%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 23%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 23%
Gary Ackerman 23%
NH U.S. Senate Sr Jeanne Shaheen Democratic 23%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 23%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 23%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 23%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 23%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 23%
Ted Kaufman 23%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 22%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 22%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 22%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 22%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 22%
Anthony Weiner 22%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 22%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 22%
Ellen Tauscher 22%
Charlie Gonzalez 22%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 22%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 22%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 21%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 21%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 21%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 21%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 21%
Robert Wexler 20%
Lynn Woolsey 20%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 20%
NM U.S. House 3 Ben Lujan, Jr. Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 19%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 19%
OR U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 19%
ME U.S. House 1 Chellie Pingree Democratic 19%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 19%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 19%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 19%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 18%
Dave Obey 18%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 18%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 18%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 18%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 17%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 17%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 17%
Mary Jo Kilroy 17%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 17%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 17%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 17%
Steve Rothman 17%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 16%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 16%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 16%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 16%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 16%
Daniel Inouye 16%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 15%
Chris Dodd 15%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 15%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 15%
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 15%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 15%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 14%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 14%
Frank Lautenberg 14%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 14%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 14%
Donald Payne 14%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 14%
Phil Hare 14%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 14%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 12%
Diane Watson 12%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 12%
Roland Burris 12%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 12%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 12%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 11%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 11%
Betty Sutton 11%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 11%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 11%
Bill Delahunt 11%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 11%
Ed Towns 10%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
Howard Berman 10%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 10%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 9%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 9%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 9%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 9%
Barney Frank 9%
OH U.S. House 11 Marcia Fudge Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 8%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 7%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 5%
John Olver 5%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 5%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 5%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 5%

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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