| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | D | 88% |
| AL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Richard Shelby | R | 75% |
| AZ | U.S. Senate-Sr | John McCain III | R | 50% |
| CA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Barbara Boxer | D | 86% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Grassley | R | 0% |
| IA | U.S. Senate-Jr | Tom Harkin | D | 63% |
| IL | U.S. Senate-Sr | Dick Durbin | D | 100% |
| IN | U.S. Senate-Sr | Daniel Coats | R | 38% |
| KS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Pat Roberts | R | 14% |
| KY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Mitch McConnell | R | 38% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Sr | Barbara Mikulski | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. Senate-Jr | Ben Cardin | D | 86% |
| MI | U.S. Senate-Sr | Carl Levin | D | 88% |
| MS | U.S. Senate-Sr | Thad Cochran | R | 50% |
| MT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Max Baucus | D | 88% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate-Sr | Frank Lautenberg | D | 88% |
| NV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Harry Reid | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. Senate-Sr | Chuck Schumer | D | 86% |
| UT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Orrin Hatch | R | 50% |
| VT | U.S. Senate-Sr | Patrick Leahy | D | 100% |
| WV | U.S. Senate-Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | D | 75% |
| AK | U.S. House-At-Large | Don Young | R | 43% |
| CA | U.S. House-11 | George Miller | D | 86% |
| CA | U.S. House-12 | Nancy Pelosi | D | 86% |
| CA | U.S. House-33 | Henry Waxman | D | 86% |
| CA | U.S. House-48 | Dana Rohrabacher | R | 14% |
| FL | U.S. House-13 | Bill Young | R | 43% |
| FL | U.S. House-27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | R | 53% |
| GA | U.S. House-5 | John Lewis | D | 86% |
| IN | U.S. House-1 | Pete Visclosky | D | 100% |
| KY | U.S. House-5 | Hal Rogers | R | 21% |
| MA | U.S. House-1 | Richard Neal | D | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House-5 | Ed Markey | D | 100% |
| MD | U.S. House-5 | Steny Hoyer | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-6 | Fred Upton | R | 29% |
| MI | U.S. House-9 | Sandy Levin | D | 93% |
| MI | U.S. House-12 | John Dingell | D | 100% |
| MI | U.S. House-13 | John Conyers, Jr. | D | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House-6 | Howard Coble | R | 21% |
| NJ | U.S. House-4 | Chris Smith | R | 57% |
| NJ | U.S. House-6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 71% |
| NY | U.S. House-13 | Charlie Rangel | D | 77% |
| NY | U.S. House-15 | José Serrano | D | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House-16 | Eliot Engel | D | 100% |
| NY | U.S. House-17 | Nita Lowey | D | 86% |
| NY | U.S. House-25 | Louise Slaughter | D | 100% |
| TX | U.S. House-4 | Ralph Hall | R | 42% |
| TX | U.S. House-6 | Joe Barton | R | 23% |
| TX | U.S. House-21 | Lamar Smith | R | 29% |
| VA | U.S. House-10 | Frank Wolf | R | 43% |
| WA | U.S. House-7 | Jim McDermott | D | 71% |
| WI | U.S. House-5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | R | 0% |
| WI | U.S. House-6 | Tom Petri | R | 21% |
| WV | U.S. House-3 | Nick Rahall II | D | 86% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | D | 63% |
| Gary Ackerman | Other | 92% | ||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Bill Archer | Other | 7% | ||
| Richard Armey | Other | 7% | ||
| Richard Hugh Baker | Other | 34% | ||
| Cass Ballenger | Other | 21% | ||
| Herbert Bateman | Other | 43% | ||
| Anthony Beilenson | Other | 71% | ||
| Douglas Bereuter | Other | 57% | ||
| Howard Berman | Other | 92% | ||
| Tom Bevill | Other | 79% | ||
| Michael Bilirakis | Other | 54% | ||
| Jeff Bingaman | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | Other | 36% | ||
| Sherwood Boehlert | Other | 93% | ||
| Kit Bond | Other | 38% | ||
| David Edward Bonior | Other | 100% | ||
| Rick Boucher | Other | 100% | ||
| Bill Bradley | Other | 63% | ||
| John Breaux | Other | 100% | ||
| George Brown, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Bryan | Other | 100% | ||
| John Bryant | Other | 83% | ||
| Dale Bumpers | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Bunning | Other | 7% | ||
| Conrad Burns | Other | 88% | ||
| Dan Burton | Other | 15% | ||
| Robert Byrd | Other | 100% | ||
| Herbert Callahan | Other | 33% | ||
| Ben Campbell | Other | 77% | ||
| John Chafee | Other | 75% | ||
| William Clay, Sr. | Other | 77% | ||
| William Cohen | Other | 63% | ||
| Ronald Coleman | Other | 92% | ||
| Cardiss Collins | Other | 77% | ||
| Larry Combest | Other | 0% | ||
| Gary Condit | Other | 77% | ||
| Kent Conrad | Other | 63% | ||
| Jerry Costello | Other | 86% | ||
| Christopher Cox | Other | 0% | ||
| Philip Crane | Other | 0% | ||
| Alfonse D'Amato | Other | 50% | ||
| Thomas Daschle | Other | 100% | ||
| E. Kika de la Garza | Other | 100% | ||
| Thomas DeLay | Other | 7% | ||
| Ronald Dellums | Other | 71% | ||
| Norm Dicks | Other | 93% | ||
| Julian Dixon | Other | 92% | ||
| Chris Dodd | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Dole | Other | 50% | ||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | Other | 63% | ||
| Byron Dorgan | Other | 79% | ||
| Robert Dornan | Other | 0% | ||
| David Dreier | Other | 7% | ||
| Bill Emerson | Other | 43% | ||
| Lane Evans | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Exon | Other | 88% | ||
| Harris Fawell | Other | 21% | ||
| Victor Fazio | Other | 100% | ||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | Other | 7% | ||
| Floyd Flake | Other | 83% | ||
| Wendell Ford | Other | 100% | ||
| Barney Frank | Other | 100% | ||
| William Frist | Other | 100% | ||
| Jonas Frost III | Other | 93% | ||
| Elton Gallegly | Other | 31% | ||
| Sam Gejdenson | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | Other | 92% | ||
| Pete Geren | Other | 77% | ||
| Sam Gibbons | Other | 83% | ||
| Paul Gillmor | Other | 43% | ||
| Benjamin Gilman | Other | 93% | ||
| Newt Gingrich | Other | 8% | ||
| John Glenn | Other | 100% | ||
| Henry Gonzalez | Other | 93% | ||
| Albert Gore, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Slade Gorton | Other | 38% | ||
| Porter Goss | Other | 21% | ||
| Daniel Graham | Other | 100% | ||
| William Phillip Gramm | Other | 38% | ||
| Steven Gunderson | Other | 31% | ||
| Tony Hall | Other | 91% | ||
| Lee Hamilton | Other | 93% | ||
| Melton Hancock | Other | 7% | ||
| James Hansen | Other | 23% | ||
| J. Dennis Hastert | Other | 36% | ||
| Mark Hatfield | Other | 75% | ||
| Joel Hefley | Other | 7% | ||
| W.G. Hefner | Other | 86% | ||
| Jesse Helms | Other | 25% | ||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | Other | 14% | ||
| Ernest Hollings | Other | 88% | ||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | Other | 43% | ||
| Duncan Hunter | Other | 7% | ||
| Henry Hyde | Other | 31% | ||
| Daniel Inouye | Other | 100% | ||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | Other | 79% | ||
| James Merrill Jeffords | Other | 88% | ||
| Nancy Johnson | Other | 50% | ||
| Harry Johnston | Other | 92% | ||
| J. Bennett Johnston | Other | 75% | ||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | Other | 63% | ||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Kennedy II | Other | 92% | ||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | Other | 92% | ||
| Bob Kerrey | Other | 100% | ||
| Dale Kildee | Other | 100% | ||
| Gerald Kleczka | Other | 100% | ||
| Herb Kohl | Other | 75% | ||
| James Kolbe | Other | 29% | ||
| Jon Kyl | Other | 7% | ||
| John LaFalce | Other | 83% | ||
| Tom Lantos | Other | 92% | ||
| Greg Laughlin | Other | 54% | ||
| James Leach | Other | 43% | ||
| Jerry Lewis | Other | 21% | ||
| Joe Lieberman | Other | 75% | ||
| Jim Lightfoot | Other | 14% | ||
| William Lipinski | Other | 80% | ||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | Other | 38% | ||
| Dick Lugar | Other | 50% | ||
| Connie Mack | Other | 38% | ||
| Thomas Manton | Other | 93% | ||
| Matthew Martinez | Other | 86% | ||
| Robert Matsui | Other | 92% | ||
| Bill McCollum | Other | 21% | ||
| Michael McNulty | Other | 93% | ||
| Jan Meyers | Other | 50% | ||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | Other | 100% | ||
| John Moakley | Other | 100% | ||
| Susan Molinari | Other | 66% | ||
| Alan Mollohan | Other | 93% | ||
| G.V. Montgomery | Other | 54% | ||
| Carlos Moorhead | Other | 14% | ||
| Constance Morella | Other | 86% | ||
| Patrick Moynihan | Other | 75% | ||
| Frank Murkowski | Other | 63% | ||
| John Myers | Other | 36% | ||
| Don Nickles | Other | 38% | ||
| Sam Nunn | Other | 88% | ||
| Jim Oberstar | Other | 93% | ||
| Dave Obey | Other | 85% | ||
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | Other | 86% | ||
| Major Owens | Other | 77% | ||
| Michael Oxley | Other | 29% | ||
| Ronald Packard | Other | 15% | ||
| Mike Parker | Other | 50% | ||
| William Paxon | Other | 7% | ||
| Donald Payne | Other | 77% | ||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | Other | 71% | ||
| Claiborne Pell | Other | 88% | ||
| Owen Pickett | Other | 57% | ||
| John Edward Porter | Other | 14% | ||
| Glenn Poshard | Other | 93% | ||
| Larry Pressler | Other | 25% | ||
| David Pryor | Other | 100% | ||
| Bill Richardson | Other | 92% | ||
| Charles Robb | Other | 100% | ||
| Charles Rose III | Other | 92% | ||
| Toby Roth | Other | 15% | ||
| William Roth, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Marge Roukema | Other | 44% | ||
| Martin Olav Sabo | Other | 100% | ||
| Paul Sarbanes | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Saxton | Other | 43% | ||
| Daniel Schaefer | Other | 21% | ||
| Steven Schiff | Other | 64% | ||
| Patricia Schroeder | Other | 93% | ||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | Other | 16% | ||
| Christopher Shays | Other | 43% | ||
| Paul Simon | Other | 88% | ||
| Alan Simpson | Other | 50% | ||
| Norman Sisisky | Other | 86% | ||
| David Skaggs | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Skeen | Other | 43% | ||
| Ike Skelton | Other | 62% | ||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | Other | 36% | ||
| Arlen Specter | Other | 88% | ||
| Pete Stark | Other | 86% | ||
| Cliff Stearns | Other | 21% | ||
| Charles Stenholm | Other | 57% | ||
| Ted Stevens | Other | 36% | ||
| Gerry Studds | Other | 93% | ||
| Bob Stump | Other | 0% | ||
| Gene Taylor | Other | 43% | ||
| Craig Thomas | Other | 29% | ||
| William Thomas | Other | 21% | ||
| Strom Thurmond | Other | 50% | ||
| Esteban Edward Torres | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Torricelli | Other | 91% | ||
| Ed Towns | Other | 73% | ||
| Bruce Vento | Other | 93% | ||
| Harold Volkmer | Other | 93% | ||
| Barbara Vucanovich | Other | 29% | ||
| James Walsh | Other | 62% | ||
| John Warner | Other | 63% | ||
| Pat Williams | Other | 71% | ||
| Charles Wilson | Other | 77% | ||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | Other | 100% | ||
| Sidney Yates | Other | 85% |
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.