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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: National Ready Mixed Concrete Association

1999-2006 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 89%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 67%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 58%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 70%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 70%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 64%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 84%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 57%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 95%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 33%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 63%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 16%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 60%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 73%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 28%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 60%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 13%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 76%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 93%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 80%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 64%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 5%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 20%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 20%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 20%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 20%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 16%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 56%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 59%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 73%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 29%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 81%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 71%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 75%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 81%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 73%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 85%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 89%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 68%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 44%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 31%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 65%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 0%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 15%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 76%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 33%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 92%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 67%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 79%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 70%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 86%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 76%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 72%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 55%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 68%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 17%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 40%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 18%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 80%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 15%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 8%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 74%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 97%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 50%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 67%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 75%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 72%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 95%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 45%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 32%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 21%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 73%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 24%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 14%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 8%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 10%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 92%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 58%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 70%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 83%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 16%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 60%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 16%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 14%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 65%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 28%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 50%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 87%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 15%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 87%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 85%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 16%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 67%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 55%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 73%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 70%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 60%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 16%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 48%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 17%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 100%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 93%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 68%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 43%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 48%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 44%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 86%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 16%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 27%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 68%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 20%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 16%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 79%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 58%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 75%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 50%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 28%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 18%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 9%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 20%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 13%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 64%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 12%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 70%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 63%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 12%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 92%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 83%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 50%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 75%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 70%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 67%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 75%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 17%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 16%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 15%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 86%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 0%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 12%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 60%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 75%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 4%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 91%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 42%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 84%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 21%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 67%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 100%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 86%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 85%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 30%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 82%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 73%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 58%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 26%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 60%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 16%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 75%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 4%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 83%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 65%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 70%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 70%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 88%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 89%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 16%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 60%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 58%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 16%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 64%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 63%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 35%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 76%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 12%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 12%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 85%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 16%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 52%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 87%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 67%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 79%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 44%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
Gary Ackerman 12%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 58%
Todd Akin 67%
Wayne Allard 75%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 20%
Joe Baca, Sr. 17%
Brian Baird 35%
Richard Hugh Baker 93%
J. Gresham Barrett 70%
Roscoe Bartlett 72%
Charlie Bass 80%
Evan Bayh 75%
Melissa Bean 40%
Bob Beauprez 91%
Bob Bennett 92%
Shelley Berkley 44%
Howard Berman 16%
Marion Berry 52%
Judy Biggert 76%
Michael Bilirakis 76%
Jeff Bingaman 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 56%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 72%
Mary Bono Mack 76%
Dan Boren 100%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 48%
Henry Brown, Jr. 84%
Ginny Brown-Waite 70%
Jim Bunning 86%
Conrad Burns 100%
Dan Burton 71%
Steve Buyer 76%
Robert Byrd 67%
Chris Cannon 70%
Dennis Cardoza 15%
Russ Carnahan 0%
Julia Carson 17%
Edward Case 42%
Mike Castle 68%
Ben Chandler III 13%
Chris Chocola 75%
Hillary Clinton 57%
Norm Coleman 100%
Kent Conrad 75%
Jerry Costello 32%
Larry Craig 58%
Robert Cramer 67%
Barbara Cubin 68%
Artur Davis 15%
Geoff Davis 100%
James Davis 20%
Jo Ann Davis 72%
Lincoln Davis 74%
Thomas Davis III 72%
Bill Delahunt 20%
Thomas DeLay 68%
James DeMint 64%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 86%
Norm Dicks 8%
Chris Dodd 73%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 68%
Byron Dorgan 64%
Thelma Drake 100%
David Dreier 75%
Chet Edwards 40%
Vern Ehlers 93%
Jo Ann Emerson 63%
Philip English 79%
John Ensign 89%
Bob Etheridge 12%
Lane Evans 17%
Terry Everett 75%
Tom Feeney 65%
Russ Feingold 25%
Michael Ferguson 59%
Mark Foley 81%
Harold Ford, Jr. 32%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 75%
Barney Frank 20%
William Frist 75%
Elton Gallegly 76%
Jim Gibbons 71%
Wayne Gilchrest 79%
Paul Gillmor 72%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 88%
Bart Gordon 58%
Mark Green 89%
Judd Gregg 50%
Gilbert Gutknecht 72%
Jane Harman 24%
Katherine Harris 70%
Melissa Hart 72%
J. Dennis Hastert 64%
Robert Hayes 96%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 73%
Joel Hefley 71%
Wally Herger, Jr. 77%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 20%
Maurice Hinchey 12%
David Lee Hobson 68%
Pete Hoekstra 76%
Thomas Holden 38%
Darlene Hooley 28%
John Nathan Hostettler 73%
Kenny Hulshof 87%
Duncan Hunter 76%
Kay Hutchison 50%
Henry Hyde 67%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 100%
Daniel Inouye 67%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 72%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 8%
William Jefferson 20%
James Merrill Jeffords 83%
William Lewis Jenkins 80%
Nancy Johnson 64%
Tim Johnson 81%
Paul Kanjorski 24%
Ric Keller 73%
Sue Kelly 68%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 64%
Mark Kennedy 79%
Patrick Kennedy 12%
Dale Kildee 20%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 8%
Joseph Knollenberg 72%
Herb Kohl 58%
James Kolbe 68%
Dennis Kucinich 16%
John Kuhl, Jr. 60%
Jon Kyl 45%
Ray LaHood 76%
Tom Lantos 16%
Steve LaTourette 65%
James Leach 48%
Jerry Lewis 72%
Ron Lewis 97%
Joe Lieberman 73%
Blanche Lincoln 83%
John Linder 76%
Trent Lott, Sr. 83%
Dick Lugar 83%
Dan Lungren 100%
Connie Mack IV 100%
Don Manzullo 76%
Jim Marshall 25%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
Thaddeus McCotter 58%
James McCrery III 78%
John McHugh 44%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 20%
Michael McNulty 20%
Martin Meehan 12%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 10%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
Brad Miller 5%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 19%
Jack Murtha 24%
Marilyn Musgrave 45%
Sue Myrick 60%
Ben Nelson 71%
Robert William Ney 84%
Anne Northup 86%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 76%
James Nussle 71%
Jim Oberstar 24%
Dave Obey 5%
John Olver 12%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 17%
Thomas William Osborne 77%
Major Owens 13%
Michael Oxley 71%
Ron Paul 54%
Donald Payne 17%
John Peterson 76%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 81%
Todd Platts 74%
Richard Pombo 71%
Earl Pomeroy 27%
Jon Porter, Sr. 95%
Deborah Pryce 76%
George Radanovich 74%
James Ramstad 69%
Ralph Regula 68%
Denny Rehberg 92%
Richard Renzi 60%
Silvestre Reyes 9%
Thomas Reynolds 76%
Mike Ross 23%
Steve Rothman 23%
Jim Ryun 68%
Martin Olav Sabo 8%
Ken Salazar 100%
Rick Santorum 70%
Paul Sarbanes 58%
Jim Saxton 52%
John Schwarz 100%
John Shadegg 48%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 87%
Christopher Shays 52%
Donald Sherwood 78%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 75%
Ike Skelton 36%
Gordon Smith 82%
Olympia Snowe 75%
Vic Snyder 12%
Mike Sodrel 100%
Hilda Solis 0%
Mark Souder 76%
Arlen Specter 58%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Pete Stark 8%
Cliff Stearns 68%
Ted Stevens 83%
Ted Strickland 17%
Bart Stupak 18%
John Sullivan 64%
John Sununu 45%
John Sweeney 48%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 72%
John Tanner 43%
Ellen Tauscher 24%
Charles Taylor 68%
Gene Taylor 56%
Craig Thomas 75%
William Thomas 76%
Todd Tiahrt 72%
Ed Towns 22%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 32%
George Voinovich 92%
James Walsh 72%
Zach Wamp 84%
John Warner 100%
Diane Watson 0%
Anthony Weiner 20%
David Weldon 76%
W. Curtis Weldon 64%
Gerald Weller 76%
Robert Wexler 12%
Heather Wilson 76%
Lynn Woolsey 16%
David Wu 24%
Albert Wynn 32%

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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