Rating Group: National Journal

2010 Conservative Composite Score

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

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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