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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: The Humane Society of the United States

2005 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman 100%
Thomas Allen 100%
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Shelley Berkley 100%
Howard Berman 100%
Judy Biggert 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 100%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 100%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 100%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 100%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 100%
Norm Dicks 100%
Chris Dodd 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 100%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 100%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 100%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 100%
Michael Ferguson 100%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 100%
Barney Frank 100%
Elton Gallegly 100%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 100%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 100%
Dale Kildee 100%
Dennis Kucinich 100%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
Tom Lantos 100%
Steve LaTourette 100%
Frank Lautenberg 100%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
Joe Lieberman 100%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
Michael McNulty 100%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
Dennis Moore 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100%
Major Owens 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
Donald Payne 100%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
Rick Santorum 100%
Paul Sarbanes 100%
Jim Saxton 100%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
Christopher Shays 100%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 100%
Olympia Snowe 100%
Hilda Solis 100%
Arlen Specter 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 100%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Albert Wynn 100%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 83%
Brian Baird 83%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 83%
Charlie Bass 83%
Sherwood Boehlert 83%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 83%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 83%
Julia Carson 83%
Mike Castle 83%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 83%
Jerry Costello 83%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 83%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 83%
Lane Evans 83%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 83%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 83%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 83%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
Mark Green 83%
Maurice Hinchey 83%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 83%
Darlene Hooley 83%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 83%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 83%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 83%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 83%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 83%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 83%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 83%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 83%
Martin Meehan 83%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 83%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 83%
Brad Miller 83%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 83%
John Olver 83%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 83%
Todd Platts 83%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 83%
Steve Rothman 83%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 83%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 83%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 83%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 83%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 83%
John Spratt, Jr. 83%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 83%
Ed Towns 83%
Diane Watson 83%
Anthony Weiner 83%
W. Curtis Weldon 83%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 83%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 80%
Evan Bayh 80%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 80%
Elizabeth Dole 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
James Merrill Jeffords 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
Henry Brown, Jr. 67%
Russ Carnahan 67%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 67%
James Davis 67%
Thomas Davis III 67%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 67%
Bill Delahunt 67%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 67%
Bob Etheridge 67%
Terry Everett 67%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 67%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 67%
Nancy Johnson 67%
Sue Kelly 67%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 67%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 67%
Thaddeus McCotter 67%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 67%
Deborah Pryce 67%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 67%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 67%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 67%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 67%
Vic Snyder 67%
John Sweeney 67%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 67%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 67%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 67%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
Russ Feingold 60%
Jon Kyl 60%
Dick Lugar 60%
Ben Nelson 60%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 60%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 60%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 60%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 60%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 50%
Michael Bilirakis 50%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Edward Case 50%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 50%
Vern Ehlers 50%
Mark Foley 50%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 50%
Harold Ford, Jr. 50%
Katherine Harris 50%
David Lee Hobson 50%
John Nathan Hostettler 50%
Henry Hyde 50%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 50%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 50%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50%
Ric Keller 50%
Mark Kennedy 50%
James Leach 50%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 50%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 50%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 50%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 50%
Dave Obey 50%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 50%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 50%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 50%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 50%
James Ramstad 50%
Richard Renzi 50%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
John Schwarz 50%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 50%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 50%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
Ted Strickland 50%
Tom Tancredo 50%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 50%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 50%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 50%
Wayne Allard 40%
George Allen 40%
Bob Bennett 40%
Norm Coleman 40%
Judd Gregg 40%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 40%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 40%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 40%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40%
Gordon Smith 40%
John Warner 40%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 34%
Joe Baca, Sr. 34%
Melissa Bean 34%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 34%
Rick Boucher 34%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 34%
Ginny Brown-Waite 34%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 34%
Dan Burton 34%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 34%
Dennis Cardoza 34%
Robert Cramer 34%
Artur Davis 34%
Geoff Davis 34%
Jo Ann Davis 34%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 34%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 34%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 34%
David Dreier 34%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 34%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 34%
Jim Gibbons 34%
Wayne Gilchrest 34%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 34%
Bart Gordon 34%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 34%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 34%
Jane Harman 34%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 34%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 34%
Thomas Holden 34%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 34%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 34%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 34%
William Jefferson 34%
Tim Johnson 34%
Paul Kanjorski 34%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 34%
John Kuhl, Jr. 34%
John Linder 34%
Dan Lungren 34%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 34%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 34%
Alan Mollohan 34%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 34%
Jack Murtha 34%
Sue Myrick 34%
Jim Oberstar 34%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 34%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 34%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 34%
Jon Porter, Sr. 34%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 34%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 34%
Bart Stupak 34%
John Tanner 34%
Gene Taylor 34%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 34%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 34%
Zach Wamp 34%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 34%
Gerald Weller 34%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 34%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 34%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 20%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 20%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
Jim Bunning 20%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 20%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 20%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 20%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 20%
Kent Conrad 20%
James DeMint 20%
Byron Dorgan 20%
William Frist 20%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 20%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 20%
Kay Hutchison 20%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 20%
Trent Lott, Sr. 20%
Melquiades Martinez 20%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 20%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 20%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 20%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 20%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 20%
Ted Stevens 20%
John Sununu 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 17%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 17%
Marion Berry 17%
Henry Bonilla 17%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 17%
Leonard Boswell 17%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 17%
Ben Chandler III 17%
Chris Chocola 17%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 17%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 17%
Lincoln Davis 17%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 17%
Chet Edwards 17%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 17%
Gilbert Gutknecht 17%
Duncan Hunter 17%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 17%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 17%
James Kolbe 17%
Jerry Lewis 17%
Ron Lewis 17%
John McHugh 17%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 17%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 17%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 17%
Robert William Ney 17%
Anne Northup 17%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 17%
Michael Oxley 17%
Ron Paul 17%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 17%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 17%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 17%
Ralph Regula 17%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 17%
Silvestre Reyes 17%
Thomas Reynolds 17%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 17%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 17%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 17%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 17%
Ike Skelton 17%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 17%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 17%
Todd Tiahrt 17%
Heather Wilson 17%
Todd Akin 0%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 0%
Richard Hugh Baker 0%
J. Gresham Barrett 0%
Bob Beauprez 0%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 0%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 0%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 0%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 0%
Dan Boren 0%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 0%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 0%
Conrad Burns 0%
Steve Buyer 0%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 0%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 0%
Chris Cannon 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 0%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 0%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 0%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 0%
Larry Craig 0%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 0%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 0%
Barbara Cubin 0%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 0%
Thomas DeLay 0%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 0%
John Doolittle 0%
Thelma Drake 0%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 0%
Jo Ann Emerson 0%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 0%
Tom Feeney 0%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 0%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 0%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 0%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 0%
Paul Gillmor 0%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 0%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 0%
Robert Hayes 0%
Joel Hefley 0%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. 0%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 0%
Pete Hoekstra 0%
Kenny Hulshof 0%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 0%
William Lewis Jenkins 0%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 0%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 0%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 0%
Joseph Knollenberg 0%
Ray LaHood 0%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 0%
Blanche Lincoln 0%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 0%
Connie Mack IV 0%
Don Manzullo 0%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 0%
Jim Marshall 0%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 0%
James McCrery III 0%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 0%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 0%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 0%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 0%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 0%
Marilyn Musgrave 0%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 0%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 0%
James Nussle 0%
Thomas William Osborne 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 0%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 0%
John Peterson 0%
Richard Pombo 0%
Earl Pomeroy 0%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 0%
George Radanovich 0%
Denny Rehberg 0%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 0%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 0%
Mike Ross 0%
Jim Ryun 0%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 0%
Ken Salazar 0%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 0%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 0%
John Shadegg 0%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 0%
Donald Sherwood 0%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 0%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 0%
Mike Sodrel 0%
Mark Souder 0%
Cliff Stearns 0%
John Sullivan 0%
James Talent 0%
Charles Taylor 0%
Craig Thomas 0%
William Thomas 0%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 0%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 0%
George Voinovich 0%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 0%
James Walsh 0%
David Weldon 0%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 0%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 0%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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.

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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