Rating Group: National Association for College Admission Counseling

2009-2010 Positions

Issues: Education
State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 40%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 100%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 27%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 30%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 11%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 8%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 8%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 8%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 9%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 80%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 16%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 10%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 8%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 8%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 100%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 8%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 90%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 87%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 16%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 8%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 11%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 8%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 8%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 10%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 8%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 8%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 8%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 100%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 8%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 8%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 100%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Coons D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 8%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 8%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 8%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 8%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 100%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 16%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 9%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 100%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 18%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 18%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 100%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 16%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 41%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 8%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 10%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 11%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 8%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 9%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 16%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 9%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 10%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 58%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 100%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 11%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 10%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 100%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 16%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 8%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 10%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 10%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 8%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 0%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 83%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 18%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 83%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 8%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 8%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 75%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 91%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 8%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 10%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 8%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 8%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 10%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 10%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 25%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 16%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 16%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 10%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 8%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 9%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 8%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 8%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 9%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 60%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 8%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 25%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 16%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 25%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 8%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 16%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 8%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 58%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 80%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 20%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 8%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 8%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 30%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 20%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 8%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 90%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 90%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 10%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 90%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 9%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 16%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 8%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 58%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 8%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 12%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 16%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 16%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 8%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 100%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 25%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 16%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 8%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 8%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 8%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 100%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 16%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 16%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 100%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 75%
NY U.S. House-23 Tom Reed II R 0%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 91%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 8%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 8%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 8%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 91%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 16%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 100%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 10%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 10%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 8%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 8%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 10%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 8%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 91%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 91%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 8%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 25%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 8%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 25%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 8%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 25%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 10%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 8%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 90%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 20%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 10%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 8%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 8%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 66%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 8%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 10%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 8%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 8%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 16%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 8%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 8%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 8%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 8%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 8%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 8%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 10%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 8%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 9%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 8%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 8%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 9%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 18%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 8%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 8%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 11%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 8%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 8%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 100%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 16%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 16%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 8%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 8%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 16%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 8%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 9%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 27%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 91%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 8%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 91%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 8%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 25%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 16%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 91%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 10%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 10%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 8%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
John Adler Other 83%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 8%
Jason Altmire Other 75%
Michael Arcuri Other 75%
Steve Austria Other 8%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 91%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 8%
Evan Bayh Other 60%
Melissa Bean Other 91%
Bob Bennett Other 20%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 80%
Judy Biggert Other 16%
Brian Bilbray Other 10%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
John Boccieri Other 91%
Kit Bond Other 30%
Mary Bono Mack Other 25%
Dan Boren Other 58%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 91%
Bobby Bright Other 41%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 8%
Scott Brown Other 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 16%
Jim Bunning Other 11%
Roland Burris Other 100%
Dan Burton Other 8%
Steve Buyer Other 10%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
Joseph Cao Other 58%
Dennis Cardoza Other 91%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Christopher Carney Other 91%
Mike Castle Other 41%
Ben Chandler III Other 75%
Travis Childers Other 50%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 91%
Mark Critz Other 50%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 91%
Artur Davis Other 90%
Geoff Davis Other 16%
Lincoln Davis Other 83%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 10%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 18%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Charles Djou Other 50%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
David Dreier Other 16%
Steve Driehaus Other 91%
Chet Edwards Other 83%
Vern Ehlers Other 25%
Brad Ellsworth Other 91%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 16%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
Russ Feingold Other 90%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 8%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 91%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Carte Goodwin Other 100%
Bart Gordon Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 12%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 45%
John Hall Other 100%
Debbie Halvorson Other 100%
Phil Hare Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 8%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 75%
Baron Hill Other 91%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
Paul Hodes Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 16%
Thomas Holden Other 75%
Kay Hutchison Other 10%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 16%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 16%
Steve Kagen Other 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 83%
Ted Kaufman Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 100%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 100%
Larry Kissell Other 75%
Ron Klein Other 100%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 91%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 50%
Dennis Kucinich Other 83%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Steve LaTourette Other 18%
Chris Lee Other 18%
George LeMieux Other 0%
Jerry Lewis Other 8%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 90%
John Linder Other 18%
Dick Lugar Other 20%
Dan Lungren Other 9%
Connie Mack IV Other 8%
Don Manzullo Other 8%
Betsy Markey Other 83%
Jim Marshall Other 54%
Melquiades Martinez Other 28%
Eric Massa Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 16%
John McHugh Other 25%
Michael McMahon Other 75%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 83%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Walt Minnick Other 50%
Harry Mitchell Other 75%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Patrick Murphy Other 91%
Scott Murphy Other 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 8%
Ben Nelson Other 70%
Glenn Nye III Other 50%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 0%
Donald Payne Other 100%
Tom Perriello Other 90%
Todd Platts Other 33%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
George Radanovich Other 0%
Denny Rehberg Other 8%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Laura Richardson Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 75%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
Mark Schauer Other 100%
Jean Schmidt Other 8%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 100%
John Shadegg Other 8%
Heath Shuler Other 66%
Ike Skelton Other 83%
Olympia Snowe Other 60%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 10%
Zack Space Other 75%
Arlen Specter Other 80%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 8%
Bart Stupak Other 91%
John Sullivan Other 8%
Betty Sutton Other 100%
John Tanner Other 57%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 33%
Harry Teague Other 66%
Todd Tiahrt Other 8%
Ed Towns Other 100%
George Voinovich Other 10%
Zach Wamp Other 9%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 91%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%

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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