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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Americans for Tax Reform

2005 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
Roscoe Bartlett 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Melquiades Martinez 100%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
George Radanovich 100%
Mark Souder 100%
Richard Hugh Baker 96%
J. Gresham Barrett 96%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 96%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 96%
Henry Bonilla 96%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 96%
Dan Burton 96%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 96%
Chris Cannon 96%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
Chris Chocola 96%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 96%
Geoff Davis 96%
David Dreier 96%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 96%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 96%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 96%
Robert Hayes 96%
Joel Hefley 96%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 96%
Wally Herger, Jr. 96%
Pete Hoekstra 96%
Henry Hyde 96%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 96%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 96%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 96%
Joseph Knollenberg 96%
Jerry Lewis 96%
John Linder 96%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 96%
Dan Lungren 96%
James McCrery III 96%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 96%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 96%
Marilyn Musgrave 96%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 96%
Anne Northup 96%
Thomas William Osborne 96%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 96%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 96%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 96%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 96%
Jim Ryun 96%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 96%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 96%
Cliff Stearns 96%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 96%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 96%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 96%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 95%
Wayne Allard 95%
George Allen 95%
Bob Bennett 95%
Kit Bond 95%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 95%
Jim Bunning 95%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 95%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 95%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 95%
James DeMint 95%
Elizabeth Dole 95%
William Frist 95%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 95%
Kay Hutchison 95%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 95%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 95%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 95%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 95%
Rick Santorum 95%
James Talent 95%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 92%
Todd Akin 92%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 92%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
Bob Beauprez 92%
Michael Bilirakis 92%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 92%
Mary Bono Mack 92%
Henry Brown, Jr. 92%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 92%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92%
Thomas DeLay 92%
John Doolittle 92%
Philip English 92%
Terry Everett 92%
Tom Feeney 92%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 92%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 92%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 92%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 92%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 92%
Mark Green 92%
Melissa Hart 92%
David Lee Hobson 92%
Kenny Hulshof 92%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 92%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
Ric Keller 92%
Mark Kennedy 92%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 92%
James Kolbe 92%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 92%
Don Manzullo 92%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 92%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 92%
James Nussle 92%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 92%
Jon Porter, Sr. 92%
Richard Renzi 92%
Thomas Reynolds 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 92%
Donald Sherwood 92%
Mike Sodrel 92%
John Sullivan 92%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 92%
Todd Tiahrt 92%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 92%
James Walsh 92%
Zach Wamp 92%
David Weldon 92%
Gerald Weller 92%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 92%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 92%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 92%
J. Dennis Hastert 91%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 90%
Judd Gregg 90%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90%
Jon Kyl 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
Dick Lugar 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 90%
Jean Schmidt 90%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 90%
John Warner 90%
Ted Stevens 89%
Charlie Bass 88%
Judy Biggert 88%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 88%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 88%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 88%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 88%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 88%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 88%
Thelma Drake 88%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 88%
Michael Ferguson 88%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 88%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 88%
Elton Gallegly 88%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 88%
Jim Gibbons 88%
Wayne Gilchrest 88%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 88%
Duncan Hunter 88%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 88%
John Kuhl, Jr. 88%
Ron Lewis 88%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 88%
Sue Myrick 88%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 88%
Michael Oxley 88%
John Peterson 88%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 88%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 88%
Richard Pombo 88%
Deborah Pryce 88%
Ralph Regula 88%
Denny Rehberg 88%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 88%
John Shadegg 88%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 88%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 88%
Tom Tancredo 88%
William Thomas 88%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 87%
Conrad Burns 85%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 85%
Larry Craig 85%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 85%
John Ensign 85%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 85%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 85%
Gordon Smith 85%
John Sununu 85%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 85%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 83%
Barbara Cubin 83%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 83%
Jo Ann Emerson 83%
Mark Foley 83%
Paul Gillmor 83%
Katherine Harris 83%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 83%
William Lewis Jenkins 83%
Sue Kelly 83%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 83%
Steve LaTourette 83%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 83%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 83%
Jim Saxton 83%
John Schwarz 83%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 83%
Charles Taylor 83%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 83%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 80%
Craig Thomas 80%
Ginny Brown-Waite 79%
Steve Buyer 79%
Thomas Davis III 79%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 79%
Gilbert Gutknecht 79%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 79%
Ray LaHood 79%
Connie Mack IV 79%
Thaddeus McCotter 79%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 79%
James Ramstad 79%
John Sweeney 79%
Heather Wilson 79%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 75%
Norm Coleman 75%
Jo Ann Davis 75%
Vern Ehlers 75%
John Nathan Hostettler 75%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 75%
Robert William Ney 75%
Todd Platts 75%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 75%
W. Curtis Weldon 75%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 75%
Mike Castle 71%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 71%
Nancy Johnson 71%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 70%
Arlen Specter 70%
George Voinovich 70%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 67%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 62%
James Leach 62%
John McHugh 58%
Christopher Shays 58%
Ben Nelson 55%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 54%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 50%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 50%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 48%
Tim Johnson 46%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 45%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 45%
Olympia Snowe 45%
Robert Cramer 42%
Ron Paul 42%
Dan Boren 38%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 38%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 35%
John Tanner 33%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 30%
Melissa Bean 29%
Artur Davis 29%
Lincoln Davis 29%
Ed Towns 29%
Jeff Bingaman 25%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 25%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 25%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25%
Norm Dicks 25%
Bart Gordon 25%
James Merrill Jeffords 25%
Blanche Lincoln 25%
Jim Marshall 25%
Dennis Moore 25%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 25%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 25%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 25%
Vic Snyder 25%
Gene Taylor 25%
Joe Baca, Sr. 21%
Marion Berry 21%
Dennis Cardoza 21%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 21%
Thomas Holden 21%
William Jefferson 21%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 21%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 21%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 21%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 21%
Jack Murtha 21%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 21%
Earl Pomeroy 21%
Mike Ross 21%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 21%
Ike Skelton 21%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 21%
John Spratt, Jr. 21%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 21%
Albert Wynn 21%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 17%
Brian Baird 17%
Shelley Berkley 17%
Rick Boucher 17%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 17%
Ben Chandler III 17%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 17%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 17%
Harold Ford, Jr. 17%
Charlie Gonzalez 17%
Jane Harman 17%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 17%
Darlene Hooley 17%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 17%
Michael McNulty 17%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 17%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 17%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 17%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 17%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 17%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 17%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 17%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 17%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 17%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 17%
David Wu 17%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 15%
Robert Byrd 15%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 15%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 15%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 13%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 12%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 12%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 12%
Howard Berman 12%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 12%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 12%
Julia Carson 12%
Edward Case 12%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 12%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 12%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 12%
Chet Edwards 12%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 12%
Bob Etheridge 12%
Lane Evans 12%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 12%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 12%
Barney Frank 12%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 12%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 12%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 12%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 12%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 12%
Patrick Kennedy 12%
Dale Kildee 12%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 12%
Dennis Kucinich 12%
Tom Lantos 12%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 12%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 12%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 12%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 12%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 12%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 12%
Martin Meehan 12%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 12%
Jim Oberstar 12%
Dave Obey 12%
John Olver 12%
Major Owens 12%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 12%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 12%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 12%
Silvestre Reyes 12%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 12%
Hilda Solis 12%
Bart Stupak 12%
Ellen Tauscher 12%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 12%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 12%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 12%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 12%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 12%
Anthony Weiner 12%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 10%
Evan Bayh 10%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
Chris Dodd 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
Daniel Inouye 10%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 10%
Herb Kohl 10%
Joe Lieberman 10%
Ken Salazar 10%
Gary Ackerman 8%
Thomas Allen 8%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 8%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 8%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8%
Russ Carnahan 8%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 8%
Jerry Costello 8%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 8%
James Davis 8%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8%
Bill Delahunt 8%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 8%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 8%
Maurice Hinchey 8%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 8%
Paul Kanjorski 8%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 8%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 8%
Brad Miller 8%
Alan Mollohan 8%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 8%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 8%
Donald Payne 8%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 8%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
Martin Olav Sabo 8%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
Pete Stark 8%
Ted Strickland 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8%
Diane Watson 8%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 8%
Robert Wexler 8%
Lynn Woolsey 8%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 5%
Hillary Clinton 5%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
Russ Feingold 5%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 5%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 5%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 5%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 5%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 5%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 5%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 5%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 5%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 5%
Paul Sarbanes 5%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 5%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 5%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 4%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 4%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 4%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 4%
Steve Rothman 4%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 4%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 4%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 4%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 4%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 4%
Leonard Boswell 0%
Kent Conrad 0%
Byron Dorgan 0%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 0%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 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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