Rating Group: Keep America Safe

2001-2010 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 90%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 29%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 88%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 93%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 96%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 96%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 96%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 96%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 48%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 91%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 96%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 77%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 4%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 25%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 4%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 50%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 7%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 4%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 50%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 25%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 17%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 4%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 43%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 4%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 11%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 8%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 8%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 0%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 26%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 35%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 96%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 4%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 12%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 9%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 11%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 4%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 95%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 13%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 85%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 19%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 7%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 29%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 29%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 4%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 8%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 100%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 22%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 46%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 11%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 4%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 11%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 7%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 14%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 38%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 48%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 100%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 15%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 100%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 15%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 94%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 96%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 17%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 94%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 5%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 96%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 96%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 100%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 96%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 96%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 100%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 44%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 11%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 80%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 32%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 6%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 97%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 11%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 6%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 6%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 96%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 97%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 100%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 96%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 7%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 96%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 13%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 38%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 14%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 0%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 53%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 96%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 92%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 78%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 8%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 13%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 92%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 92%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 96%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 97%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 92%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 100%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 17%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 96%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 52%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 96%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 100%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 96%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 92%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 96%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 85%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 4%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 7%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 31%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 29%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 13%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 25%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 6%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 26%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 12%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 12%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 93%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 0%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 12%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 21%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 14%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 96%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 96%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 96%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 19%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 96%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 12%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 46%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 20%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 20%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 17%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 8%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 52%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 40%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 0%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 92%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 9%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 93%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 15%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 92%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 24%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 13%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 15%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 96%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 14%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 17%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 58%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 11%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 96%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 59%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 4%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 100%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 96%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 96%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 94%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 14%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 33%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 11%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 14%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 30%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 96%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 93%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 88%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 7%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 92%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 22%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 15%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 96%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 7%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 15%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 8%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 14%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 94%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 38%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 10%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 0%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 32%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 96%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 28%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 33%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 19%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 4%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 0%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 12%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 8%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 13%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 36%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 22%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 23%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 50%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 15%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 8%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 46%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 0%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 15%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 96%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 8%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 96%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 17%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 100%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 96%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 10%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 0%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 96%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 4%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 11%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 23%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 47%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 7%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 12%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 96%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 29%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 4%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 95%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 96%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 17%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 20%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 26%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 96%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 96%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 17%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 32%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 96%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 92%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 73%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 74%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 36%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 11%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 100%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 100%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 13%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 96%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 17%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 96%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 100%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 100%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 74%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 35%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 4%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 7%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 97%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 95%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 100%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 70%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 29%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 93%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 4%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 96%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 100%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 7%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 96%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 23%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 4%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 7%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 14%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 22%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 93%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 91%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 4%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 90%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 33%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 16%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 37%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 4%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 93%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 26%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 96%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 15%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 93%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 100%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 29%
John Adler Other 58%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 10%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 61%
Michael Arcuri Other 44%
Steve Austria Other 92%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 15%
Brian Baird Other 32%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 95%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 77%
Evan Bayh Other 55%
Melissa Bean Other 71%
Bob Bennett Other 89%
Shelley Berkley Other 33%
Howard Berman Other 23%
Marion Berry Other 33%
Judy Biggert Other 93%
Brian Bilbray Other 95%
Jeff Bingaman Other 18%
John Boccieri Other 54%
Kit Bond Other 100%
Mary Bono Mack Other 100%
Dan Boren Other 83%
Leonard Boswell Other 50%
Rick Boucher Other 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 57%
Bobby Bright Other 77%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 96%
Jim Bunning Other 96%
Roland Burris Other 14%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Steve Buyer Other 100%
Joseph Cao Other 75%
Dennis Cardoza Other 40%
Russ Carnahan Other 25%
Christopher Carney Other 64%
Mike Castle Other 92%
Ben Chandler III Other 56%
Travis Childers Other 73%
Kent Conrad Other 43%
Jerry Costello Other 40%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 46%
Artur Davis Other 68%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 74%
Bill Delahunt Other 13%
James DeMint Other 96%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 96%
Norm Dicks Other 26%
Chris Dodd Other 18%
Byron Dorgan Other 18%
David Dreier Other 100%
Steve Driehaus Other 15%
Chet Edwards Other 52%
Vern Ehlers Other 88%
Brad Ellsworth Other 50%
Bill Emerson Other 100%
John Ensign Other 97%
Bob Etheridge Other 44%
Russ Feingold Other 7%
Barney Frank Other 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 96%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 39%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 12%
Bart Gordon Other 63%
Judd Gregg Other 86%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 85%
John Hall Other 33%
Debbie Halvorson Other 46%
Phil Hare Other 6%
Jane Harman Other 23%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 76%
Baron Hill Other 37%
Maurice Hinchey Other 11%
Paul Hodes Other 28%
Pete Hoekstra Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 59%
Kay Hutchison Other 96%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 92%
Daniel Inouye Other 30%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 4%
Tim Johnson Other 70%
Steve Kagen Other 6%
Paul Kanjorski Other 31%
Ted Kaufman Other 14%
Patrick Kennedy Other 18%
Dale Kildee Other 22%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 8%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 8%
Larry Kissell Other 38%
Ron Klein Other 53%
Herb Kohl Other 17%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 54%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 62%
Dennis Kucinich Other 8%
Jon Kyl Other 97%
Steve LaTourette Other 93%
Chris Lee Other 92%
George LeMieux Other 100%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 71%
Blanche Lincoln Other 38%
John Linder Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 78%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 91%
Don Manzullo Other 89%
Betsy Markey Other 38%
Jim Marshall Other 84%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 96%
Michael McMahon Other 62%
Carrie Meek Other 24%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 71%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Walt Minnick Other 42%
Harry Mitchell Other 61%
Alan Mollohan Other 8%
Dennis Moore Other 44%
Patrick Murphy Other 28%
Scott Murphy Other 38%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 66%
Glenn Nye III Other 46%
Jim Oberstar Other 4%
Dave Obey Other 4%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 26%
Ron Paul Other 5%
Donald Payne Other 4%
Tom Perriello Other 31%
Todd Platts Other 96%
Earl Pomeroy Other 44%
George Radanovich Other 100%
Denny Rehberg Other 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 22%
Laura Richardson Other 13%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 33%
Mike Ross Other 59%
Steve Rothman Other 19%
Mark Schauer Other 31%
Jean Schmidt Other 100%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 11%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Heath Shuler Other 47%
Ike Skelton Other 38%
Olympia Snowe Other 88%
Vic Snyder Other 30%
Zack Space Other 83%
Arlen Specter Other 68%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 44%
Pete Stark Other 4%
Cliff Stearns Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 17%
John Sullivan Other 100%
Betty Sutton Other 11%
John Tanner Other 60%
Gene Taylor Other 81%
Harry Teague Other 62%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 7%
George Voinovich Other 93%
Zach Wamp Other 96%
Diane Watson Other 4%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 47%
Anthony Weiner Other 17%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 33%
Lynn Woolsey Other 4%
David Wu Other 11%

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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