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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Committee for an Effective Congress

2005 Positions

Issues: Liberal
State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 95%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 95%
Todd Akin 0%
Wayne Allard 5%
George Allen 10%
Thomas Allen 95%
Joe Baca, Sr. 85%
Brian Baird 90%
Richard Hugh Baker 5%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Roscoe Bartlett 10%
Charlie Bass 15%
Evan Bayh 90%
Melissa Bean 80%
Bob Beauprez 5%
Bob Bennett 10%
Shelley Berkley 90%
Howard Berman 95%
Marion Berry 75%
Judy Biggert 15%
Michael Bilirakis 10%
Jeff Bingaman 85%
Sherwood Boehlert 25%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 5%
Mary Bono Mack 10%
Dan Boren 60%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 75%
Henry Brown, Jr. 10%
Ginny Brown-Waite 10%
Jim Bunning 5%
Conrad Burns 10%
Dan Burton 5%
Steve Buyer 5%
Robert Byrd 80%
Chris Cannon 5%
Dennis Cardoza 75%
Russ Carnahan 90%
Julia Carson 95%
Edward Case 75%
Mike Castle 25%
Ben Chandler III 75%
Chris Chocola 5%
Hillary Clinton 95%
Norm Coleman 25%
Kent Conrad 75%
Jerry Costello 80%
Larry Craig 10%
Robert Cramer 60%
Barbara Cubin 5%
Artur Davis 80%
Geoff Davis 10%
James Davis 85%
Jo Ann Davis 10%
Lincoln Davis 65%
Thomas Davis III 15%
Bill Delahunt 95%
Thomas DeLay 5%
James DeMint 5%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 15%
Norm Dicks 90%
Chris Dodd 95%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 10%
John Doolittle 5%
Byron Dorgan 85%
Thelma Drake 5%
David Dreier 10%
Chet Edwards 70%
Vern Ehlers 25%
Jo Ann Emerson 15%
Philip English 10%
John Ensign 10%
Bob Etheridge 85%
Lane Evans 95%
Terry Everett 5%
Tom Feeney 0%
Russ Feingold 95%
Michael Ferguson 15%
Mark Foley 15%
Harold Ford, Jr. 80%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 10%
Barney Frank 95%
William Frist 5%
Elton Gallegly 5%
Jim Gibbons 10%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 10%
Charlie Gonzalez 85%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 10%
Bart Gordon 70%
Mark Green 10%
Judd Gregg 10%
Gilbert Gutknecht 10%
Jane Harman 85%
Katherine Harris 10%
Melissa Hart 5%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Robert Hayes 5%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 5%
Joel Hefley 10%
Wally Herger, Jr. 5%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 75%
Maurice Hinchey 95%
David Lee Hobson 10%
Pete Hoekstra 10%
Thomas Holden 70%
Darlene Hooley 90%
John Nathan Hostettler 10%
Kenny Hulshof 10%
Duncan Hunter 5%
Kay Hutchison 15%
Henry Hyde 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 10%
Daniel Inouye 90%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 95%
William Jefferson 90%
James Merrill Jeffords 90%
William Lewis Jenkins 5%
Nancy Johnson 25%
Tim Johnson 25%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Ric Keller 5%
Sue Kelly 20%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Mark Kennedy 10%
Patrick Kennedy 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 95%
Joseph Knollenberg 10%
Herb Kohl 85%
James Kolbe 15%
Dennis Kucinich 95%
John Kuhl, Jr. 10%
Jon Kyl 5%
Ray LaHood 15%
Tom Lantos 95%
Steve LaTourette 15%
James Leach 40%
Jerry Lewis 10%
Ron Lewis 5%
Joe Lieberman 90%
Blanche Lincoln 80%
John Linder 5%
Trent Lott, Sr. 10%
Dick Lugar 20%
Dan Lungren 5%
Connie Mack IV 5%
Don Manzullo 5%
Jim Marshall 65%
Melquiades Martinez 15%
Thaddeus McCotter 15%
James McCrery III 10%
John McHugh 15%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 95%
Michael McNulty 90%
Martin Meehan 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 90%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 70%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 95%
Brad Miller 90%
Alan Mollohan 75%
Dennis Moore 80%
Jack Murtha 75%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
Sue Myrick 5%
Ben Nelson 45%
Robert William Ney 10%
Anne Northup 10%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 5%
James Nussle 10%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 95%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 75%
Thomas William Osborne 10%
Major Owens 95%
Michael Oxley 10%
Ron Paul 30%
Donald Payne 100%
John Peterson 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 10%
Todd Platts 20%
Richard Pombo 5%
Earl Pomeroy 75%
Jon Porter, Sr. 15%
Deborah Pryce 10%
George Radanovich 5%
James Ramstad 20%
Ralph Regula 10%
Denny Rehberg 10%
Richard Renzi 10%
Silvestre Reyes 80%
Thomas Reynolds 10%
Mike Ross 75%
Steve Rothman 90%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 95%
Ken Salazar 80%
Rick Santorum 10%
Paul Sarbanes 95%
Jim Saxton 20%
Jean Schmidt 0%
John Schwarz 20%
John Shadegg 5%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 10%
Christopher Shays 35%
Donald Sherwood 10%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 75%
Gordon Smith 25%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Vic Snyder 85%
Mike Sodrel 5%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 5%
Arlen Specter 35%
John Spratt, Jr. 85%
Pete Stark 100%
Cliff Stearns 5%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 90%
Bart Stupak 85%
John Sullivan 5%
John Sununu 15%
John Sweeney 15%
James Talent 20%
Tom Tancredo 5%
John Tanner 70%
Ellen Tauscher 95%
Charles Taylor 5%
Gene Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 10%
William Thomas 10%
Todd Tiahrt 5%
Ed Towns 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 95%
George Voinovich 20%
James Walsh 10%
Zach Wamp 10%
John Warner 20%
Diane Watson 100%
Anthony Weiner 95%
David Weldon 5%
W. Curtis Weldon 20%
Gerald Weller 10%
Robert Wexler 95%
Heather Wilson 20%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 90%
Albert Wynn 85%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 90%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 75%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 95%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 95%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 90%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 75%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 95%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 95%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 95%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 80%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 70%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 95%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 90%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 95%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 85%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 95%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 90%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 80%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 95%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 90%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 95%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 80%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 95%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 85%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 95%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 95%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 85%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 95%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 90%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 70%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 90%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 95%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 90%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 95%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 85%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 95%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 80%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 85%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 95%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 95%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 85%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 95%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 90%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 75%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 95%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 90%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 95%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 85%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 95%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 95%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 95%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 5%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 10%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 5%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 5%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 5%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 5%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 5%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 10%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 15%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 5%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 5%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 5%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 5%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 5%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 5%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 5%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 5%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 5%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 15%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 35%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 5%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 5%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 10%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 5%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 10%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 20%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 5%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 10%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 5%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 5%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 10%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 5%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 10%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 5%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 15%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 5%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 5%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 5%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 5%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 5%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 5%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 5%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 5%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 10%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 10%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 10%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 10%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 5%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 5%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 5%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 15%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 10%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 5%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 5%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 5%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 10%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 5%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 10%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 5%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 5%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 20%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 10%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 15%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 10%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 10%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 5%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 5%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 10%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 10%

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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