State Office Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 100%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 100%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo 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 U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 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%
Blanche Lincoln Other 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
Ben Nelson Other 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. 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%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
Donald Payne Other 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 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%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 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%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Ted Strickland Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 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%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 86%
Howard Berman Other 86%
Leonard Boswell Other 86%
Rick Boucher Other 86%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 86%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 86%
Julia Carson Other 86%
Edward Case Other 86%
Artur Davis Other 86%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 86%
James Davis Other 86%
Norm Dicks Other 86%
Bob Etheridge Other 86%
Harold Ford, Jr. Other 86%
Bart Gordon Other 86%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 86%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 86%
Darlene Hooley Other 86%
William Jefferson Other 86%
Paul Kanjorski Other 86%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 86%
Dennis Kucinich Other 86%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 86%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 86%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 86%
Juanita Millender-McDonald Other 86%
Brad Miller Other 86%
Alan Mollohan Other 86%
Dennis Moore Other 86%
Jack Murtha Other 86%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 86%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 86%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 86%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 86%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 86%
Silvestre Reyes Other 86%
Mike Ross Other 86%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 86%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 86%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 86%
Vic Snyder Other 86%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 86%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 86%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 86%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 86%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 86%
David Wu Other 86%
Albert Wynn Other 86%
Jeff Bingaman Other 83%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 83%
Ben Chandler III Other 83%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 83%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 83%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 83%
Joe Lieberman Other 83%
Olympia Snowe Other 83%
Arlen Specter Other 83%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 75%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 71%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 71%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 71%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 71%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 71%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 71%
Chet Edwards Other 71%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 71%
Jim Marshall Other 71%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 71%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 71%
John Tanner Other 71%
Gene Taylor Other 71%
Diane Watson Other 71%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 67%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 67%
George Voinovich Other 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 57%
Robert Cramer Other 57%
Lincoln Davis Other 57%
Tim Johnson Other 57%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 57%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 57%
Jim Saxton Other 57%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 57%
Kit Bond Other 50%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 50%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 50%
Elizabeth Dole Other 50%
Gordon Smith Other 50%
James Talent Other 50%
Sherwood Boehlert Other 43%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 43%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 43%
Steve LaTourette Other 43%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 43%
Christopher Shays Other 43%
Robert Ruhl Simmons Other 43%
John Sweeney Other 43%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 43%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 33%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 29%
Philip English Other 29%
Sue Kelly Other 29%
James Leach Other 29%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 29%
John McHugh Other 29%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 29%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 29%
Tom Tancredo Other 29%
Heather Wilson Other 29%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 29%
George Allen Other 17%
Jim Bunning Other 17%
Norm Coleman Other 17%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 17%
John Ensign Other 17%
William Frist Other 17%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 17%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 17%
Kay Hutchison Other 17%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 17%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 17%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 17%
Rick Santorum Other 17%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 17%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 17%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 14%
Charlie Bass Other 14%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 14%
NH State Senate-3 Jeb Bradley R 14%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 14%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 14%
Mike Castle Other 14%
Jo Ann Davis Other 14%
Thomas Davis III Other 14%
Michael Ferguson Other 14%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 14%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 14%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 14%
Mark Green Other 14%
Robert Hayes Other 14%
Joel Hefley Other 14%
John Nathan Hostettler Other 14%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 14%
Ray LaHood Other 14%
Don Manzullo Other 14%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 14%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 14%
Robert William Ney Other 14%
Anne Northup Other 14%
James Nussle Other 14%
Ron Paul Other 14%
John Peterson Other 14%
Todd Platts Other 14%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 14%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 14%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 14%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 14%
Charles Taylor Other 14%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 14%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 14%
James Walsh Other 14%
W. Curtis Weldon Other 14%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 14%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
Todd Akin Other 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 0%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 0%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
Bob Beauprez Other 0%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Michael Bilirakis Other 0%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
Henry Bonilla Other 0%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 0%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
Conrad Burns Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
Chris Chocola Other 0%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
Larry Craig Other 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
Thomas DeLay Other 0%
James DeMint Other 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
John Doolittle Other 0%
David Dreier Other 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
Vern Ehlers Other 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Terry Everett Other 0%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Mark Foley Other 0%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 0%
Elton Gallegly Other 0%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 0%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 0%
Jim Gibbons Other 0%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 0%
Paul Gillmor Other 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
Gilbert Gutknecht Other 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 0%
Katherine Harris Other 0%
Melissa Hart 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%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. Other 0%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 0%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Henry Hyde Other 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
Ernest Istook, Jr. Other 0%
William Lewis Jenkins Other 0%
Nancy Johnson Other 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
Ric Keller Other 0%
Mark Kennedy Other 0%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
James Kolbe Other 0%
Jon Kyl 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%
James McCrery III Other 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 0%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
Charles Norwood, Jr. Other 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
Thomas William Osborne Other 0%
ID Governor Butch Otter R 0%
Michael Oxley Other 0%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 0%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 0%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
Richard Pombo Other 0%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 0%
Deborah Pryce Other 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 0%
Ralph Regula Other 0%
Denny Rehberg Other 0%
Richard Renzi Other 0%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
Jim Ryun Other 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
John Shadegg Other 0%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. Other 0%
Donald Sherwood Other 0%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Mark Souder Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
Ted Stevens Other 0%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
Craig Thomas Other 0%
William Thomas Other 0%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 0%
Zach Wamp Other 0%
John Warner Other 0%
David Weldon Other 0%
Gerald Weller Other 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. 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.

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.