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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Taxpayers for Common Sense

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 10%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 12%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 20%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 12%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 12%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 38%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 30%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 12%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 25%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 70%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 50%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 38%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 50%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 62%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 50%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 70%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 62%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 75%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 12%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 62%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 62%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 62%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 30%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 50%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 30%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 30%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 38%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 12%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 25%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 25%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 12%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 12%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 25%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 38%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 25%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 40%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 40%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 38%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 25%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 12%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 38%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 10%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 25%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 25%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 30%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 50%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 75%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 50%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 62%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 62%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 25%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 0%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 50%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 0%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 38%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 25%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 38%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 10%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 30%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 38%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 25%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 30%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 12%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 25%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 62%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 50%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 38%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 50%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 62%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 62%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 25%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 75%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 50%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 40%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 38%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 25%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 12%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 12%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 50%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 50%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 25%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 62%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 12%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 12%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 50%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 25%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 12%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 12%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 38%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 50%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 0%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 62%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 25%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 38%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 62%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 40%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 20%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 25%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 62%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 62%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 70%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 88%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 12%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 50%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 40%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 50%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 30%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 88%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 25%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 25%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 50%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 62%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 62%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 25%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 38%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 75%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 38%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 12%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 10%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 20%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 12%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 60%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 12%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 38%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 62%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 50%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 38%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 25%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 25%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 70%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 50%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 40%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 30%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 25%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 38%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 30%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 20%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 38%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 62%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 12%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 30%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 20%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 50%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 38%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 62%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 25%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 25%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 12%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 10%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 12%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 25%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 12%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 25%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 50%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 25%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 38%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 62%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 62%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 60%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 38%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 62%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 50%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 88%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 62%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 50%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 38%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 10%
Wayne Allard 20%
George Allen 10%
Thomas Allen 50%
Brian Baird 50%
Richard Hugh Baker 12%
J. Gresham Barrett 38%
Evan Bayh 40%
Bob Beauprez 0%
Bob Bennett 10%
Marion Berry 12%
Michael Bilirakis 25%
Sherwood Boehlert 38%
Kit Bond 10%
Henry Bonilla 0%
Rick Boucher 38%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 38%
Henry Brown, Jr. 12%
Ginny Brown-Waite 25%
Jim Bunning 10%
Conrad Burns 10%
Steve Buyer 12%
Robert Byrd 50%
Chris Cannon 0%
Julia Carson 12%
Edward Case 50%
Mike Castle 50%
Chris Chocola 12%
Norm Coleman 10%
Jon Corzine 70%
Christopher Cox 50%
Larry Craig 20%
Robert Cramer 25%
Barbara Cubin 12%
Randall Cunningham 12%
Artur Davis 25%
James Davis 62%
Jo Ann Davis 25%
Lincoln Davis 25%
Thomas Davis III 12%
Bill Delahunt 38%
Thomas DeLay 25%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 12%
Chris Dodd 50%
Elizabeth Dole 10%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 20%
John Doolittle 12%
Byron Dorgan 50%
Chet Edwards 25%
Vern Ehlers 38%
Philip English 38%
John Ensign 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 25%
Terry Everett 12%
Tom Feeney 38%
Russ Feingold 70%
Michael Ferguson 38%
Mark Foley 0%
Harold Ford, Jr. 25%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 25%
William Frist 10%
Jim Gibbons 25%
Wayne Gilchrest 25%
Paul Gillmor 25%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 25%
Bart Gordon 38%
Mark Green 50%
Judd Gregg 60%
Gilbert Gutknecht 38%
Charles Hagel 20%
Jane Harman 62%
Katherine Harris 25%
Melissa Hart 12%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Robert Hayes 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 50%
Joel Hefley 25%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 33%
David Lee Hobson 0%
Pete Hoekstra 25%
Darlene Hooley 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 38%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
Duncan Hunter 25%
Henry Hyde 25%
Jay Inslee 62%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 12%
William Jefferson 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
Nancy Johnson 38%
Paul Kanjorski 38%
Ric Keller 12%
Sue Kelly 38%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 60%
Mark Kennedy 25%
Patrick Kennedy 38%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 50%
Joseph Knollenberg 12%
James Kolbe 25%
Tom Lantos 50%
James Leach 12%
Ron Lewis 12%
Blanche Lincoln 30%
John Linder 38%
Trent Lott, Sr. 30%
Jim Marshall 38%
James McCrery III 12%
John McHugh 25%
Michael McNulty 50%
Martin Meehan 50%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 25%
Alan Mollohan 25%
Dennis Moore 38%
Jack Murtha 38%
Marilyn Musgrave 25%
Robert William Ney 12%
Anne Northup 25%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 25%
James Nussle 12%
Jim Oberstar 38%
Dave Obey 62%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 12%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
Major Owens 50%
Michael Oxley 12%
Donald Payne 50%
John Peterson 25%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 12%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 25%
Jon Porter, Sr. 38%
Deborah Pryce 25%
George Radanovich 12%
James Ramstad 62%
Ralph Regula 12%
Richard Renzi 38%
Thomas Reynolds 12%
Jim Ryun 0%
Martin Olav Sabo 50%
Rick Santorum 20%
Paul Sarbanes 50%
H. James Saxton 38%
John Shadegg 50%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 12%
Christopher Shays 62%
Donald Sherwood 12%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 25%
Ike Skelton 12%
Gordon Smith 10%
Vic Snyder 62%
Mark Souder 0%
Arlen Specter 20%
John Spratt, Jr. 50%
Ted Stevens 10%
Ted Strickland 50%
Bart Stupak 38%
John Sununu 60%
John Sweeney 12%
James Talent 10%
Tom Tancredo 38%
John Tanner 25%
Ellen Tauscher 50%
Charles Taylor 25%
Gene Taylor 38%
Craig Thomas 20%
William Thomas 12%
Todd Tiahrt 0%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 38%
George Voinovich 10%
James Walsh 25%
Zach Wamp 38%
John Warner 10%
Diane Watson 12%
Anthony Weiner 50%
David Weldon 12%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Gerald Weller 12%
Robert Wexler 38%
Heather Wilson 12%
David Wu 50%
Albert Wynn 38%

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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