| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Max Baucus | Democratic | 100% |
| Robert Byrd | 100% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 100% | ||||
| Barbara-Rose Collins | 100% | ||||
| Cardiss Collins | 100% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
| Ronald Dellums | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 100% |
| Lane Evans | 100% | ||||
| Russ Feingold | 100% | ||||
| Cleo Fields | 100% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 100% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 100% | ||||
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 100% |
| Maurice Hinchey | 100% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 100% | ||||
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 100% |
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 100% |
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 100% |
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 100% | ||||
| John Moakley | 100% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
| Dave Obey | 100% | ||||
| Major Owens | 100% | ||||
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 100% |
| NV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Harry Reid | Democratic | 100% |
| Charles Rose III | 100% | ||||
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
| Bart Stupak | 100% | ||||
| Ed Towns | 100% | ||||
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 100% |
| Paul Wellstone | 100% | ||||
| Lynn Woolsey | 100% | ||||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 90% | ||||
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 90% | |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 90% |
| Richard Bryan | 90% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 90% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 90% | ||||
| Chris Dodd | 90% | ||||
| Byron Dorgan | 90% | ||||
| Jim Exon | 90% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tom Harkin | Democratic | 90% |
| Daniel Inouye | 90% | ||||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 90% | ||||
| Bob Kerrey | 90% | ||||
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Carl Levin | Democratic | 90% |
| Joe Lieberman | 90% | ||||
| Patrick Moynihan | 90% | ||||
| WA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 90% |
| Claiborne Pell | 90% | ||||
| WV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | Democratic | 90% |
| Paul Sarbanes | 90% | ||||
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 88% | |
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 88% |
| Anthony Beilenson | 88% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 88% | ||||
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 88% |
| Eva Clayton | 88% | ||||
| Jerry Costello | 88% | ||||
| Julian Dixon | 88% | ||||
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 88% |
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 88% |
| Sam Gejdenson | 88% | ||||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 88% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 88% | ||||
| W.G. Hefner | 88% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 88% | ||||
| Tom Lantos | 88% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 88% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 88% |
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 88% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 88% |
| Alan Mollohan | 88% | ||||
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 88% |
| Jim Oberstar | 88% | ||||
| John Olver | 88% | ||||
| Donald Payne | 88% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 88% |
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 88% |
| Martin Olav Sabo | 88% | ||||
| Patricia Schroeder | 88% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 88% |
| Pete Stark | 88% | ||||
| Gerry Studds | 88% | ||||
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 88% |
| Karen Thurman | 88% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 88% |
| Bruce Vento | 88% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 88% |
| Pat Williams | 88% | ||||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | 88% | ||||
| Albert Wynn | 88% | ||||
| Sidney Yates | 88% | ||||
| Jeff Bingaman | 80% | ||||
| Bill Bradley | 80% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 80% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 80% |
| Wendell Ford | 80% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 80% | ||||
| Mark Hatfield | 80% | ||||
| J. Bennett Johnston | 80% | ||||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | Democratic | 80% | |
| Herb Kohl | 80% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Frank Lautenberg | Democratic | 80% |
| Carol Moseley Braun | 80% | ||||
| Charles Robb | 80% | ||||
| Paul Simon | 80% | ||||
| Gary Ackerman | 75% | ||||
| James Barcia | 75% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 75% |
| Rick Boucher | 75% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 75% |
| George Brown, Jr. | 75% | ||||
| Ronald Coleman | 75% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 75% | ||||
| Patsy Ann Danner | 75% | ||||
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 75% |
| Norm Dicks | 75% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 75% |
| Victor Fazio | 75% | ||||
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 75% |
| Floyd Flake | 75% | ||||
| Sam Gibbons | 75% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 75% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 75% |
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 75% |
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 75% |
| William Jefferson | 75% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 75% |
| Joseph Kennedy II | 75% | ||||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 75% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 75% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 75% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 75% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 75% |
| Robert Matsui | 75% | ||||
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 75% |
| Carrie Meek | 75% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 75% |
| Bill Richardson | 75% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 75% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 75% |
| David Skaggs | 75% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 75% |
| Ray Thornton | 75% | ||||
| Esteban Edward Torres | 75% | ||||
| Robert Torricelli | 75% | ||||
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 75% |
| Harold Volkmer | 75% | ||||
| John Breaux | 70% | ||||
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 70% |
| Henry Scott Baesler | 63% | ||||
| Tom Bevill | 63% | ||||
| John Bryant | 63% | ||||
| Peter Deutsch | 63% | ||||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 63% | ||||
| Jonas Frost III | 63% | ||||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | 63% | ||||
| Harry Johnston | 63% | ||||
| Greg Laughlin | 63% | ||||
| Thomas Manton | 63% | ||||
| Matthew Martinez | 63% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 63% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 63% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 63% |
| Pete Peterson | 63% | ||||
| Ike Skelton | 63% | ||||
| Charles Wilson | 63% | ||||
| Dale Bumpers | 60% | ||||
| John Glenn | 60% | ||||
| Ernest Hollings | 60% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 60% | ||||
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | 60% |
| Arlen Specter | 60% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 50% |
| Gary Condit | 50% | ||||
| Jane Harman | 50% | ||||
| David Minge | 50% | ||||
| Bill Orton | 50% | ||||
| Glenn Poshard | 50% | ||||
| Timothy Roemer | 50% | ||||
| John Chafee | 40% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 38% | ||||
| G.V. Montgomery | 38% | ||||
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 38% |
| Norman Sisisky | 38% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 38% | ||||
| Frank Tejeda | 38% | ||||
| Alfonse D'Amato | 30% | ||||
| Sam Nunn | 30% | ||||
| David Pryor | 30% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 25% |
| Sherwood Boehlert | 25% | ||||
| Dan Burton | 25% | ||||
| Michael Collins | 25% | ||||
| E. Kika de la Garza | 25% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 25% | ||||
| Robert Dornan | 25% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 25% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 25% | ||||
| Steven Gunderson | 25% | ||||
| Lee Hamilton | 25% | ||||
| Joel Hefley | 25% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 25% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 25% | ||||
| Scott Klug | 25% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 25% | ||||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 25% | ||||
| Mike Parker | 25% | ||||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | 25% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 25% | ||||
| Earl Pomeroy | 25% | ||||
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 25% |
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 25% |
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 25% |
| Steven Schiff | 25% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 25% |
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 25% |
| Olympia Snowe | 25% | ||||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | 25% | ||||
| Cliff Stearns | 25% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 25% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 25% |
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 25% |
| Ted Stevens | 20% | ||||
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 13% |
| William Baker | 13% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 13% |
| Peter Blute | 13% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 13% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 13% | ||||
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 13% |
| Larry Combest | 13% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 13% | ||||
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 13% |
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 13% | |
| Calvin Dooley | 13% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 13% | ||||
| Elton Gallegly | 13% | ||||
| Pete Geren | 13% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 13% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 13% |
| Melton Hancock | 13% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 13% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 13% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 13% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 13% |
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 13% |
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 13% |
| Jerry Lewis | 13% | ||||
| Blanche Lincoln | 13% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 13% | ||||
| John McHugh | 13% | ||||
| Scott McInnis | 13% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 13% |
| Susan Molinari | 13% | ||||
| Carlos Moorhead | 13% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 13% | ||||
| John Myers | 13% | ||||
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 13% |
| Richard Pombo | 13% | ||||
| John Edward Porter | 13% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 13% | ||||
| Toby Roth | 13% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 13% |
| Daniel Schaefer | 13% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 13% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 13% |
| Charles Stenholm | 13% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 13% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 13% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 13% |
| Barbara Vucanovich | 13% | ||||
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 13% |
| Hank Brown | 10% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 10% | ||||
| William Cohen | 10% | ||||
| Larry Craig | 10% | ||||
| Jesse Helms | 10% | ||||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | 10% | ||||
| Dirk Kempthorne | 10% | ||||
| William Roth, Jr. | 10% | ||||
| Bob Smith | 10% | ||||
| Strom Thurmond | 10% | ||||
| John Warner | 10% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 0% | ||||
| Bill Archer | 0% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 0% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 0% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 0% | ||||
| Bill Barrett | 0% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 0% | ||||
| Herbert Bateman | 0% | ||||
| Bob Bennett | 0% | ||||
| Douglas Bereuter | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 0% |
| Kit Bond | 0% | ||||
| David Edward Bonior | 0% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 0% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 0% |
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 0% |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 0% | ||
| Mike Castle | 0% | ||||
| IN | U.S. Senate | Sr | Daniel Coats | Republican | 0% |
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 0% |
| Paul Coverdell | 0% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 0% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 0% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 0% | ||||
| Robert Dole | 0% | ||||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| David Dreier | 0% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 0% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 0% | ||||
| Bill Emerson | 0% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 0% | ||||
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | 0% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 0% | ||||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 0% | ||||
| Gary Franks | 0% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 0% | ||||
| Wayne Gilchrest | 0% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 0% | ||||
| Newt Gingrich | 0% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 0% |
| Slade Gorton | 0% | ||||
| William Phillip Gramm | 0% | ||||
| Rodney Grams | 0% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 0% |
| Judd Gregg | 0% | ||||
| James Hansen | 0% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 0% | ||||
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 0% |
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Pete Hoekstra | 0% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Kay Hutchison | 0% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 0% | ||||
| Jay Kim | 0% | ||||
| Joseph Knollenberg | 0% | ||||
| James Kolbe | 0% | ||||
| Jon Kyl | 0% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 0% | ||||
| James Leach | 0% | ||||
| Jim Lightfoot | 0% | ||||
| John Linder | 0% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 0% | ||||
| Dick Lugar | 0% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 0% | ||||
| Don Manzullo | 0% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 0% |
| Bill McCollum | 0% | ||||
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 0% |
| James McCrery III | 0% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 0% |
| Jan Meyers | 0% | ||||
| Dan Miller | 0% | ||||
| Frank Murkowski | 0% | ||||
| Don Nickles | 0% | ||||
| James Nussle | 0% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 0% | ||||
| Ronald Packard | 0% | ||||
| William Paxon | 0% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 0% |
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 0% |
| Larry Pressler | 0% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 0% | ||||
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 0% |
| Marge Roukema | 0% | ||||
| Jim Saxton | 0% | ||||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 0% | ||||
| Christopher Shays | 0% | ||||
| Alan Simpson | 0% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 0% | ||||
| James Talent | 0% | ||||
| Craig Thomas | 0% | ||||
| William Thomas | 0% | ||||
| Peter Torkildsen | 0% | ||||
| James Walsh | 0% | ||||
| Bill Zeliff | 0% | ||||
| Richard Zimmer | 0% |
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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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