State Office Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
John Baldacci Other 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI Mayor-At-Large Tom Barrett D 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Rod Blagojevich Other 100%
David Edward Bonior Other 100%
Robert Borski, Jr. Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
Jim Bunning Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
Ben Campbell Other 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
William Clay, Sr. Other 100%
Eva Clayton Other 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
William Coyne 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%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Peter Deutsch Other 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 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 Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
Michael Patrick Forbes Other 100%
Sam Gejdenson Other 100%
Richard Andrew Gephardt Other 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
Tony Hall Other 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
Jesse Helms Other 100%
Earl Hilliard, Jr. Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 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%
Y. Tim Hutchinson Other 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Gerald Kleczka Other 100%
Ronald Klink Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
Nicholas Lampson Other 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
William Lipinski Other 100%
William Luther Other 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
Frank Mascara Other 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
Karen McCarthy Other 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
Cynthia Ann McKinney Other 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Carrie Meek Other 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
Patsy Takemoto Mink Other 100%
John Moakley Other 100%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Major Owens 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%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
Lynn Nancy Rivers Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Steve Rothman 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%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
Ronnie Shows Other 100%
Bob Smith Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Ted Strickland Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 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%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
Paul Wellstone Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Bob Weygand Other 100%
Bob Wise, Jr. Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 80%
Brian Baird Other 80%
James Barcia Other 80%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 80%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. Other 80%
Marion Berry Other 80%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 80%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 80%
Leonard Boswell Other 80%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 80%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 80%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 80%
Robert Clement Other 80%
Gary Condit Other 80%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 80%
Norm Dicks Other 80%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 80%
Julian Dixon Other 80%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 80%
Chet Edwards Other 80%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 80%
Bob Etheridge Other 80%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 80%
Barney Frank Other 80%
Jonas Frost III Other 80%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 80%
Bart Gordon Other 80%
Baron Hill Other 80%
Darlene Hooley Other 80%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 80%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 80%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 80%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 80%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 80%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 80%
John LaFalce Other 80%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 80%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 80%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 80%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 80%
James Maloney Other 80%
Robert Matsui Other 80%
David Minge Other 80%
Dennis Moore Other 80%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 80%
Ron Paul Other 80%
Earl Pomeroy Other 80%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 80%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 80%
Silvestre Reyes Other 80%
Timothy Roemer Other 80%
Max Sandlin, Jr. Other 80%
OH State Senate-28 Thomas Sawyer D 80%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 80%
Norman Sisisky Other 80%
Ike Skelton Other 80%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 80%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 80%
Vic Snyder Other 80%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 80%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 80%
Karen Thurman Other 80%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 80%
Anthony Weiner Other 80%
David Wu Other 80%
Gary Ackerman Other 75%
Julia Carson Other 75%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 75%
William Jefferson Other 75%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 75%
Martin Meehan Other 75%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 75%
James Turner Other 75%
Merrill Cook Other 66%
James Davis Other 66%
Robert Barr, Jr. Other 60%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage Other 60%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 60%
Robert Cramer Other 60%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 60%
Calvin Dooley Other 60%
Bob Ehrlich, Jr. Other 60%
Jim Gibbons Other 60%
Benjamin Gilman Other 60%
Stephen Horn Other 60%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 60%
Christopher John Other 60%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 60%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 60%
KY Commissioner of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Kenneth Lucas D 60%
Jack Metcalf Other 60%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 60%
Constance Morella Other 60%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 60%
Jack Quinn Other 60%
SC U.S. House-1 Mark Sanford, Jr. R 60%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 60%
John Tanner Other 60%
Ellen Tauscher Other 60%
Gene Taylor Other 60%
James Traficant, Jr. Other 60%
Rick Lazio Other 50%
Jim Saxton Other 50%
Zach Wamp Other 50%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 40%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 40%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 40%
Michael Bilirakis Other 40%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 40%
Dan Burton Other 40%
Steve Buyer Other 40%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 40%
Michael Collins Other 40%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 40%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 40%
Thomas Ewing Other 40%
John Ganske Other 40%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 40%
William Goodling Other 40%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 40%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 40%
Robert Hayes Other 40%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 40%
Rick Hill Other 40%
Pete Hoekstra Other 40%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 40%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 40%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 40%
Ray LaHood Other 40%
Steve LaTourette Other 40%
Matthew Martinez Other 40%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 40%
Robert William Ney Other 40%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 40%
Owen Pickett Other 40%
Richard Pombo Other 40%
Bob Riley Other 40%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 40%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 40%
CO State Board of Education-4 Robert Schaffer R 40%
Mark Souder Other 40%
Floyd Spence Other 40%
Cliff Stearns Other 40%
Charles Stenholm Other 40%
Tom Tancredo Other 40%
Charles Taylor Other 40%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 40%
David Weldon Other 40%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 40%
James Leach Other 25%
Sue Myrick Other 25%
Joe Scarborough Other 25%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 25%
William Tauzin Other 25%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 25%
Richard Armey Other 20%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 20%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 20%
Cass Ballenger Other 20%
Bill Barrett Other 20%
Charlie Bass Other 20%
Herbert Bateman Other 20%
Douglas Bereuter Other 20%
Judy Biggert Other 20%
Brian Bilbray Other 20%
Thomas Bliley, Jr. Other 20%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 20%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 20%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 20%
Henry Bonilla Other 20%
Mary Bono Mack Other 20%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 20%
Ed Bryant Other 20%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 20%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 20%
FL Justice of the Supreme Court Charles Canady Other 20%
Mike Castle Other 20%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 20%
Larry Combest Other 20%
John Cooksey Other 20%
Barbara Cubin Other 20%
Randall Cunningham Other 20%
Thomas Davis III Other 20%
James DeMint Other 20%
Jay Dickey Other 20%
John Doolittle Other 20%
David Dreier Other 20%
Jennifer Dunn Other 20%
Vern Ehlers Other 20%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 20%
Philip English Other 20%
Terry Everett Other 20%
Ernest Fletcher Other 20%
Mark Foley Other 20%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 20%
Tillie Fowler Other 20%
Robert Franks Other 20%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 20%
Elton Gallegly Other 20%
George Gekas Other 20%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 20%
Paul Gillmor Other 20%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 20%
Porter Goss Other 20%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 20%
Mark Green Other 20%
James Greenwood Other 20%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 20%
James Hansen Other 20%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 20%
Joel Hefley Other 20%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 20%
Van Hilleary Other 20%
David Lee Hobson Other 20%
Amory Houghton, Jr. Other 20%
Kenny Hulshof Other 20%
Duncan Hunter Other 20%
Asa Hutchinson Other 20%
Henry Hyde Other 20%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 20%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 20%
Nancy Johnson Other 20%
Sue Kelly Other 20%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 20%
James Kolbe Other 20%
Steven Kuykendall Other 20%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 20%
Jerry Lewis Other 20%
Ron Lewis Other 20%
John Linder Other 20%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 20%
Don Manzullo Other 20%
James McCrery III Other 20%
John McHugh Other 20%
Scott McInnis Other 20%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 20%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 20%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 20%
George Nethercutt, Jr. Other 20%
Anne Northup Other 20%
James Nussle Other 20%
Doug Ose Other 20%
Michael Oxley Other 20%
Ronald Packard Other 20%
Edward Pease Other 20%
John Peterson Other 20%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 20%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 20%
John Edward Porter Other 20%
OH U.S. Senate-Jr Rob Portman R 20%
Deborah Pryce Other 20%
George Radanovich Other 20%
James Ramstad Other 20%
Ralph Regula Other 20%
Thomas Reynolds Other 20%
James Rogan Other 20%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 20%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 20%
Jim Ryun Other 20%
AZ U.S. House-5 Matthew Salmon R 20%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 20%
John Shadegg Other 20%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 20%
Donald Sherwood Other 20%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 20%
E.G. Shuster Other 20%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 20%
Joseph Skeen Other 20%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 20%
Nick Smith Other 20%
Bob Stump Other 20%
John Sweeney Other 20%
James Talent Other 20%
William Thomas Other 20%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 20%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 20%
Todd Tiahrt Other 20%
PA U.S. Senate-Jr Pat Toomey R 20%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 20%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 20%
James Walsh Other 20%
Wesley Watkins Other 20%
Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. Other 20%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 20%
Gerald Weller Other 20%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 20%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 20%
Heather Wilson Other 20%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 20%
Edmond Spencer Abraham Other 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Bill Archer Other 0%
John Ashcroft Other 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 0%
Evan Bayh Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 0%
Kit Bond Other 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 0%
John Breaux Other 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Richard Bryan Other 0%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
Herbert Callahan Other 0%
Thomas Campbell Other 0%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 0%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland Other 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 0%
Kent Conrad Other 0%
Christopher Cox Other 0%
Larry Craig Other 0%
Philip Crane Other 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
Thomas Daschle Other 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 0%
Chris Dodd Other 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 0%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 0%
John Edwards Other 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 0%
Peter Fitzgerald Other 0%
William Frist Other 0%
Slade Gorton Other 0%
Daniel Graham Other 0%
William Phillip Gramm Other 0%
Rodney Grams Other 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 0%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Daniel Inouye Other 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 0%
OH Governor John Kasich R 0%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 0%
Bob Kerrey Other 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 0%
Herb Kohl Other 0%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 0%
Stephen Largent Other 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 0%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 0%
Blanche Lincoln Other 0%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 0%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Connie Mack Other 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
Bill McCollum Other 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
David McIntosh Other 0%
Dan Miller Other 0%
Zell Bryan Miller Other 0%
Patrick Moynihan Other 0%
Frank Murkowski Other 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 0%
Don Nickles Other 0%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 0%
Charles Robb Other 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 0%
William Roth, Jr. Other 0%
Marge Roukema Other 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 0%
Rick Santorum Other 0%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 0%
Christopher Shays Other 0%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 0%
Gordon Smith Other 0%
Olympia Snowe Other 0%
Ted Stevens Other 0%
John Sununu Other 0%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
Fred Thompson Other 0%
Strom Thurmond Other 0%
Robert Torricelli Other 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
George Voinovich Other 0%
John Warner Other 0%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 0%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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