| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmond Spencer Abraham | 7% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 71% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 13% | ||||
| John Ashcroft | 13% | ||||
| MT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Max Baucus | Democratic | 86% |
| Bob Bennett | 20% | ||||
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 80% | |
| Jeff Bingaman | 83% | ||||
| Kit Bond | 13% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 80% |
| John Breaux | 67% | ||||
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | Republican | 7% | |
| Richard Bryan | 80% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 13% | ||||
| Robert Byrd | 87% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 27% | ||||
| John Chafee | 40% | ||||
| Joseph Maxwell Cleland | 80% | ||||
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 13% |
| ME | U.S. Senate | Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 33% |
| Kent Conrad | 93% | ||||
| Paul Coverdell | 0% | ||||
| Larry Craig | 20% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 80% | ||||
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | Republican | 7% | |
| Chris Dodd | 80% | ||||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 8% | ||||
| Byron Dorgan | 93% | ||||
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 80% |
| WY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Enzi | Republican | 13% |
| Russ Feingold | 87% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 87% |
| William Frist | 0% | ||||
| Slade Gorton | 13% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 67% | ||||
| William Phillip Gramm | 0% | ||||
| Rodney Grams | 7% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 13% |
| Judd Gregg | 7% | ||||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Defense | Charles Hagel | Republican | 13% | |
| IA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tom Harkin | Democratic | 100% |
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 13% |
| Jesse Helms | 8% | ||||
| Ernest Hollings | 60% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 15% | ||||
| Kay Hutchison | 21% | ||||
| OK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 13% |
| Daniel Inouye | 62% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 67% | ||||
| SD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Timothy Johnson | Democratic | 80% |
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 80% | ||||
| Bob Kerrey | 80% | ||||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | Democratic | 80% | |
| Herb Kohl | 80% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 0% | ||||
| LA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mary Landrieu | Democratic | 73% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | 73% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 93% |
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Carl Levin | Democratic | 73% |
| Joe Lieberman | 60% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| Dick Lugar | 7% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 0% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 13% |
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 0% |
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | 79% |
| Patrick Moynihan | 93% | ||||
| Frank Murkowski | 0% | ||||
| WA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 87% |
| Don Nickles | 13% | ||||
| RI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 87% |
| NV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Harry Reid | Democratic | 87% |
| Charles Robb | 80% | ||||
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 13% |
| WV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | Democratic | 86% |
| William Roth, Jr. | 21% | ||||
| Rick Santorum | 7% | ||||
| Paul Sarbanes | 80% | ||||
| AL | U.S. Senate | Jr | Jeff Sessions III | Republican | 7% |
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 7% |
| Gordon Smith | 7% | ||||
| Bob Smith | 13% | ||||
| Olympia Snowe | 40% | ||||
| Arlen Specter | 71% | ||||
| Ted Stevens | 27% | ||||
| Craig Thomas | 13% | ||||
| Fred Thompson | 7% | ||||
| Strom Thurmond | 7% | ||||
| Robert Torricelli | 80% | ||||
| John Warner | 33% | ||||
| Paul Wellstone | 100% | ||||
| OR | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
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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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