Rating Group: Heritage Action for America

2011-2012 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 43%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 6%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 38%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 71%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 77%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 50%
AL U.S. House-2 Martha Roby R 54%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 50%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 54%
AL U.S. House-5 Mo Brooks R 83%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 58%
AL U.S. House-7 Terri Sewell D 14%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 14%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 70%
AR U.S. House-1 Rick Crawford R 53%
AR U.S. House-2 Tim Griffin R 64%
AR U.S. House-3 Steve Womack R 54%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 75%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 97%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 16%
AZ U.S. House-4 Paul Gosar R 79%
AZ U.S. House-6 David Schweikert R 94%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 12%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 97%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 6%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 3%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 18%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 89%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 17%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 17%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 16%
CA U.S. House-10 Jeff Denham R 59%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 16%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 16%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 18%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 13%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 22%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 16%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 20%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 20%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 16%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 62%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 57%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 11%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 53%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 15%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 16%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 13%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 73%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 13%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 18%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 16%
CA U.S. House-37 Karen Bass D 15%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 12%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 88%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 13%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 51%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 16%
CA U.S. House-44 Janice Hahn D 20%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 84%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 12%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 75%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 71%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 13%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 16%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 9%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 10%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 16%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 22%
CO U.S. House-3 Scott Tipton R 67%
CO U.S. House-4 Cory Gardner R 74%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 94%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 79%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 11%
CT U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Blumenthal D 1%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 13%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 15%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 10%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 14%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 14%
DC U.S. House-Delegate Eleanor Norton D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 8%
DE U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Coons D 4%
DE U.S. House-At-Large John Carney, Jr. D 11%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 10%
FL U.S. Senate-Jr Marco Rubio R 96%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 93%
FL U.S. House-2 Steve Southerland R 84%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 51%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 10%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 67%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 84%
FL U.S. House-10 Daniel Webster R 64%
FL U.S. House-11 Rich Nugent R 71%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 65%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 57%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 13%
FL U.S. House-15 Dennis Ross R 92%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 58%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 73%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 14%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 9%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 15%
FL U.S. House-24 Frederica Wilson D 13%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 44%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 43%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 72%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 66%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 71%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 18%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 88%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 12%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 14%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 78%
GA U.S. House-7 Rob Woodall R 78%
GA U.S. House-8 Austin Scott R 78%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 96%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 85%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 26%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 13%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 97%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 9%
HI U.S. House-1 Colleen Hanabusa D 13%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 79%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 6%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 9%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 14%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 52%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 82%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 84%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 89%
ID U.S. House-1 Raúl Labrador R 87%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 47%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 4%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 64%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 17%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 17%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 16%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 17%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 59%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 10%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 20%
IL U.S. House-14 Randy Hultgren R 75%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 48%
IL U.S. House-16 Adam Kinzinger R 57%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 49%
IN U.S. Senate-Sr Daniel Coats R 78%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 23%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 13%
IN U.S. House-3 Marlin Stutzman R 90%
IN U.S. House-4 Todd Rokita R 79%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 11%
IN U.S. House-8 Larry Bucshon R 64%
IN U.S. House-9 Todd Young R 70%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 80%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 65%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 74%
KS U.S. House-1 Tim Huelskamp R 92%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 79%
KS U.S. House-3 Kevin Yoder R 77%
KS U.S. House-4 Mike Pompeo R 85%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 75%
KY U.S. Senate-Jr Rand Paul R 96%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 51%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 55%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 11%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 11%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 83%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 81%
LA U.S. House-2 Cedric Richmond D 12%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 63%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 90%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 48%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 61%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 15%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 14%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 16%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 19%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 13%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 15%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 14%
MA U.S. House-9 Bill Keating D 8%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 6%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 4%
MD U.S. House-1 Andy Harris R 81%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 10%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 13%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 17%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 14%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 13%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 17%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 31%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 17%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 11%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 7%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 4%
MI U.S. House-1 Dan Benishek R 73%
MI U.S. House-2 Bill Huizenga R 89%
MI U.S. House-3 Justin Amash R 91%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 57%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 49%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 83%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 54%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 14%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 59%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 7%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 15%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 13%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 4%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 3%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 10%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 64%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 63%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 13%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 16%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 91%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 29%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 11%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 64%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 55%
MO U.S. House-4 Vicky Hartzler R 67%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 13%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 57%
MO U.S. House-7 Billy Long R 75%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 60%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 65%
MS U.S. House-1 Alan Nunnelee R 71%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 11%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 54%
MS U.S. House-4 Steven Palazzo R 59%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 9%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 4%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 6%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 77%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 4%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 11%
NC U.S. House-2 Renee Ellmers R 58%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 62%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 14%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 80%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 63%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 35%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 79%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 13%
ND U.S. Senate-Sr John Hoeven R 57%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 67%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 51%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 61%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 60%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 7%
NH U.S. Senate-Jr Kelly Ayotte R 74%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Menendez D 7%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 13%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 40%
NJ U.S. House-3 Jon Runyan R 43%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 40%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 90%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 13%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 56%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 12%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 13%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 44%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 11%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 3%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 13%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 72%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 10%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 4%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 75%
NV U.S. House-2 Mark Amodei R 64%
NV U.S. House-3 Joe Heck, Jr. R 54%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 4%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 4%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 8%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 42%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 9%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 11%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 17%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 18%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 14%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 18%
NY U.S. House-11 Michael Grimm R 41%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 14%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 15%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 17%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 13%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 13%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 11%
NY U.S. House-19 Chris Gibson R 39%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 14%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 16%
NY U.S. House-22 Richard Hanna R 45%
NY U.S. House-23 Tom Reed II R 54%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 16%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 9%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 3%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 70%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 82%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 95%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 69%
OH U.S. House-6 Bill Johnson R 55%
OH U.S. House-7 Bob Gibbs R 58%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 16%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 59%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 14%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 52%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 17%
OH U.S. House-15 Steve Stivers R 47%
OH U.S. House-16 Jim Renacci R 52%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 86%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 89%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 50%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 52%
OK U.S. House-5 James Lankford R 74%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 7%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 4%
OR U.S. House-1 Suzanne Bonamici Other 15%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 53%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 19%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 20%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 14%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 3%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 88%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 11%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 12%
PA U.S. House-3 Mike Kelly R 50%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 49%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 47%
PA U.S. House-7 Pat Meehan R 44%
PA U.S. House-8 Mike Fitzpatrick R 47%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 50%
PA U.S. House-10 Tom Marino R 54%
PA U.S. House-11 Lou Barletta R 47%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 12%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 13%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 45%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 73%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 61%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 4%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 3%
RI U.S. House-1 David Cicilline D 12%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 10%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 73%
SC U.S. Senate-Jr Tim Scott R 88%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 93%
SC U.S. House-3 Jeff Duncan R 97%
SC U.S. House-4 Trey Gowdy R 94%
SC U.S. House-5 Michael Mulvaney R 95%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 10%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 6%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 73%
SD U.S. House-At-Large Kristi Noem R 60%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 55%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 75%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 63%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 66%
TN U.S. House-3 Chuck Fleischmann R 74%
TN U.S. House-4 Scott DesJarlais R 69%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 27%
TN U.S. House-6 Diane Black R 79%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 80%
TN U.S. House-8 Stephen Fincher R 73%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 15%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 84%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 92%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 79%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 74%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 63%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 83%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 62%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 77%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 74%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 13%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 65%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 79%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 57%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 70%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 11%
TX U.S. House-17 Bill Flores R 77%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 10%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 87%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 61%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 72%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 79%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 79%
TX U.S. House-27 Blake Farenthold R 68%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 24%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 20%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 18%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 61%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 64%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 16%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 91%
UT U.S. Senate-Jr Mike Lee R 99%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 72%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 92%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 42%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 10%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 60%
VA U.S. House-2 Scott Rigell R 70%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 16%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 62%
VA U.S. House-5 Robert Hurt R 69%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 68%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 55%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 15%
VA U.S. House-9 Morgan Griffith R 54%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 54%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 17%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 4%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 9%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 13%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 8%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 7%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 13%
WA U.S. House-3 Jaime Herrera Beutler R 56%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 53%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 55%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 19%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 40%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 17%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 16%
WI U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Johnson R 94%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 16%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 74%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 17%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 14%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 76%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 61%
WI U.S. House-7 Sean Duffy R 60%
WI U.S. House-8 Reid Ribble R 77%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 3%
WV U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Manchin III D 13%
WV U.S. House-1 David McKinley R 43%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 48%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 16%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 77%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 75%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 73%
Gary Ackerman Other 16%
Sandy Adams Other 83%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 3%
Todd Akin Other 82%
Jason Altmire Other 17%
Steve Austria Other 61%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 5%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 68%
Charlie Bass Other 45%
Rick Berg Other 57%
Shelley Berkley Other 13%
Howard Berman Other 18%
Judy Biggert Other 47%
Brian Bilbray Other 52%
Jeff Bingaman Other 6%
Mary Bono Mack Other 53%
Dan Boren Other 37%
Leonard Boswell Other 14%
Scott Brown Other 39%
Ann Marie Buerkle Other 74%
Dan Burton Other 87%
Francisco Canseco Other 73%
Dennis Cardoza Other 15%
Russ Carnahan Other 12%
Ben Chandler III Other 22%
Hansen Clarke Other 13%
William Clay, Sr. Other 10%
Kent Conrad Other 6%
Jerry Costello Other 20%
Chip Cravaack Other 54%
Mark Critz Other 18%
Geoff Davis Other 56%
James DeMint Other 99%
Norm Dicks Other 12%
Robert Dold Other 40%
David Dreier Other 52%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 46%
Barney Frank Other 17%
Elton Gallegly Other 55%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 0%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 18%
Frank Guinta Other 68%
Nan Hayworth Other 49%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 76%
Maurice Hinchey Other 13%
Kathy Hochul Other 10%
Thomas Holden Other 15%
Duncan Hunter Other 73%
Kay Hutchison Other 62%
Daniel Inouye Other 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 13%
Tim Johnson Other 51%
Dale Kildee Other 7%
Larry Kissell Other 17%
Herb Kohl Other 9%
Dennis Kucinich Other 23%
Jon Kyl Other 77%
Jeff Landry Other 81%
Steve LaTourette Other 35%
Frank Lautenberg Other 9%
Jerry Lewis Other 54%
Joe Lieberman Other 7%
Dick Lugar Other 61%
Dan Lungren Other 52%
Connie Mack IV Other 85%
Don Manzullo Other 77%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 62%
Brad Miller Other 11%
Sue Myrick Other 67%
Ben Nelson Other 20%
John Olver Other 15%
Ron Paul Other 75%
Donald Payne Other 12%
Todd Platts Other 45%
Ben Quayle Other 93%
Denny Rehberg Other 53%
Silvestre Reyes Other 17%
Laura Richardson Other 13%
David Rivera Other 46%
Mike Ross Other 33%
Steve Rothman Other 12%
Bobby Schilling Other 56%
Jean Schmidt Other 73%
Heath Shuler Other 18%
Olympia Snowe Other 35%
Pete Stark Other 19%
Cliff Stearns Other 81%
John Sullivan Other 68%
Betty Sutton Other 13%
Ed Towns Other 11%
Bob Turner Other 45%
Joe Walsh Other 93%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 10%
Allen West Other 70%
Lynn Woolsey Other 19%

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.