State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 100%
John Baldacci Other 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 100%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
Brian Bilbray Other 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Rod Blagojevich Other 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 100%
David Edward Bonior Other 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 100%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
John Breaux Other 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
Richard Bryan Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
Mike Castle Other 100%
William Clay, Sr. Other 100%
Eva Clayton Other 100%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland Other 100%
Robert Clement Other 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
Gary Condit Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
Merrill Cook Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
William Coyne Other 100%
Robert Cramer Other 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
Patsy Ann Danner Other 100%
Thomas Daschle Other 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
James Davis Other 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Peter Deutsch Other 100%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
Julian Dixon Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
Calvin Dooley Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
John Edwards Other 100%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Lane Evans Other 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
Mark Foley Other 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes Other 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 100%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Robert Franks Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 100%
Jonas Frost III Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 100%
John Ganske Other 100%
Sam Gejdenson Other 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 100%
Benjamin Gilman Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 100%
Porter Goss Other 100%
Daniel Graham Other 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
James Greenwood Other 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
Tony Hall Other 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
Baron Hill Other 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Joseph Hoeffel Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Ernest Hollings Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Stephen Horn Other 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
William Jefferson Other 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
Sue Kelly Other 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Bob Kerrey Other 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
Gerald Kleczka Other 100%
Ronald Klink Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
John LaFalce Other 100%
Nicholas Lampson Other 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
James Leach Other 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
William Lipinski Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 100%
William Luther Other 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
James Maloney Other 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Matthew Martinez Other 100%
Frank Mascara Other 100%
Robert Matsui Other 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
Karen McCarthy Other 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
John McHugh Other 100%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Carrie Meek Other 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 100%
Dan Miller Other 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
David Minge Other 100%
John Moakley Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
Constance Morella Other 100%
Patrick Moynihan Other 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Major Owens Other 100%
Michael Oxley Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
Donald Payne Other 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
David Phelps Other 100%
Owen Pickett Other 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
John Edward Porter Other 100%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
Jack Quinn Other 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 100%
Charles Robb Other 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Timothy Roemer Other 100%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Marge Roukema Other 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
Martin Olav Sabo Other 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 100%
Rick Santorum Other 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 100%
Jim Saxton Other 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
Ronnie Shows Other 100%
Norman Sisisky Other 100%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Charles Stenholm Other 100%
Ted Strickland Other 100%
John Tanner Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
Karen Thurman Other 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
Robert Torricelli Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
James Turner Other 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
Bruce Vento Other 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
James Walsh Other 100%
Zach Wamp Other 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 100%
Paul Wellstone Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Bob Weygand Other 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. Other 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%
James Barcia Other 50%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 50%
Bill Barrett Other 50%
Charlie Bass Other 50%
Herbert Bateman Other 50%
Douglas Bereuter Other 50%
Michael Bilirakis Other 50%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 50%
Mary Bono Mack Other 50%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 50%
Herbert Callahan Other 50%
Thomas Campbell Other 50%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady Other 50%
Chris Cannon Other 50%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 50%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 50%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 50%
Michael Collins Other 50%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 50%
John Cooksey Other 50%
Thomas Davis III Other 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 50%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 50%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 50%
George Gekas Other 50%
Jim Gibbons Other 50%
Paul Gillmor Other 50%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 50%
Joel Hefley Other 50%
Rick Hill Other 50%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 50%
Duncan Hunter Other 50%
Henry Hyde Other 50%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 50%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 50%
Christopher John Other 50%
Nancy Johnson Other 50%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 50%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 50%
Steven Kuykendall Other 50%
Rick Lazio Other 50%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 50%
Bill McCollum Other 50%
Jack Metcalf Other 50%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 50%
Alan Mollohan Other 50%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
Jack Murtha Other 50%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 50%
Doug Ose Other 50%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 50%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 50%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 50%
James Ramstad Other 50%
Ralph Regula Other 50%
Thomas Reynolds Other 50%
SC U.S. House-1 Mark Sanford, Jr. R 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 50%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 50%
Donald Sherwood Other 50%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 50%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 50%
Nick Smith Other 50%
Olympia Snowe Other 50%
Arlen Specter Other 50%
Floyd Spence Other 50%
Bart Stupak Other 50%
John Sweeney Other 50%
Fred Thompson Other 50%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 50%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 50%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 50%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 50%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 50%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 50%
David Weldon Other 50%
Heather Wilson Other 50%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 50%
Edmond Spencer Abraham Other 0%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Bill Archer Other 0%
Richard Armey Other 0%
John Ashcroft Other 0%
Cass Ballenger Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. Other 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Henry Bonilla Other 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Ed Bryant Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
Ben Campbell Other 0%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage Other 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
Larry Combest Other 0%
Christopher Cox Other 0%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Philip Crane Other 0%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
Randall Cunningham Other 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
James DeMint Other 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 0%
Jay Dickey Other 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
John Doolittle Other 0%
David Dreier Other 0%
Jennifer Dunn Other 0%
Vern Ehlers Other 0%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 0%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 0%
Philip English Other 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Thomas Ewing Other 0%
Ernest Fletcher Other 0%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 0%
Tillie Fowler Other 0%
William Frist Other 0%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
William Goodling Other 0%
Slade Gorton Other 0%
William Phillip Gramm Other 0%
Rodney Grams Other 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
Mark Green Other 0%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
James Hansen Other 0%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 0%
Jesse Helms Other 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Van Hilleary Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 0%
Asa Hutchinson Other 0%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
OH Governor John Kasich R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
James Kolbe Other 0%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 0%
Stephen Largent Other 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 0%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Ron Lewis Other 0%
John Linder Other 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Connie Mack Other 0%
Don Manzullo Other 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
James McCrery III Other 0%
Scott McInnis Other 0%
David McIntosh Other 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
Frank Murkowski Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 0%
Robert William Ney Other 0%
Don Nickles Other 0%
Anne Northup Other 0%
James Nussle Other 0%
Ronald Packard Other 0%
Ron Paul Other 0%
Edward Pease Other 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 0%
John Peterson Other 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 0%
Richard Pombo Other 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 0%
Deborah Pryce Other 0%
George Radanovich Other 0%
Bob Riley Other 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
James Rogan Other 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 0%
William Roth, Jr. Other 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
AZ U.S. House-5 Matthew Salmon R 0%
Joe Scarborough Other 0%
CO State Board of Education-4 Robert Schaffer R 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
John Shadegg Other 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0%
E.G. Shuster Other 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
Joseph Skeen Other 0%
Gordon Smith Other 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Bob Smith Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Ted Stevens Other 0%
Bob Stump Other 0%
John Sununu Other 0%
James Talent Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 0%
William Tauzin Other 0%
Charles Taylor Other 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
William Thomas Other 0%
Strom Thurmond Other 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
George Voinovich Other 0%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 0%
John Warner Other 0%
Wesley Watkins Other 0%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 0%
Gerald Weller Other 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 0%

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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