State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 80%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 80%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 85%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 69%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 92%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 84%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 78%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 26%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 92%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 100%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 0%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 14%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 7%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 7%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 7%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 14%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 0%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 11%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 0%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 7%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 7%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 7%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 7%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 7%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 100%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 7%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 7%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 0%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 7%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 7%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 0%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 92%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 0%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 100%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 7%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 0%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 7%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 7%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 100%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 7%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 14%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 0%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 7%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 0%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 0%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 26%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 13%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 92%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 90%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 7%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 100%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 85%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 85%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 7%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 78%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 7%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 92%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 78%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 92%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 93%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 93%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 100%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 7%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 100%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 0%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 7%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 100%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 100%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 100%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 50%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 100%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 7%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 73%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 0%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 0%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 100%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 76%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 13%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 50%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 0%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 7%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 0%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 0%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 0%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 100%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 7%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 14%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 7%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 85%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 90%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 93%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 92%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 92%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 60%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 92%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 100%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 7%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 0%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 0%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 0%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 0%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 0%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 7%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 13%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 13%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 7%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 0%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 7%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 0%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 7%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 53%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 0%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 21%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 6%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 100%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 92%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 100%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 7%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 85%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 7%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 0%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 20%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 7%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 0%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 100%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 21%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 13%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 100%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 16%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 7%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 92%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 93%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 0%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 26%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 13%
NA President Barack Obama II D 8%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 13%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 93%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 7%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 69%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 7%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 100%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 91%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 14%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 7%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 78%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 92%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 100%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 0%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 13%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 13%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 0%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 35%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 35%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 0%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 14%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 7%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 78%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 0%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 0%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 20%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 92%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 20%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 7%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 7%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 92%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 7%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 7%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 7%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 0%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 11%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 0%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 8%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 7%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 7%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 0%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 7%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 7%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 0%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 0%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 6%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 92%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 100%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 0%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 92%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 100%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 92%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 90%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 100%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 100%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 26%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 85%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 7%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 0%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 6%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 0%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 7%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 71%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 7%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 7%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 78%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 100%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 85%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 6%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 6%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 0%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 100%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 7%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 50%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 73%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 86%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 86%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 92%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 23%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 100%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 93%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 100%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 100%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 100%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 92%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 100%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 100%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 100%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 7%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 100%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 100%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 100%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 100%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 16%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 100%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 100%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 100%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 92%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 35%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 21%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 7%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 100%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 7%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 86%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 92%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 50%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 7%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 92%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 92%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 7%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 71%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 13%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 0%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 0%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 26%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 26%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 7%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 92%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 91%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 7%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 53%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 7%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 8%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 21%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 100%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 71%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 14%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 85%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 93%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 75%
Gary Ackerman Other 7%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 13%
Todd Akin Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 93%
Thomas Allen Other 0%
Jason Altmire Other 21%
Michael Arcuri Other 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 0%
Brian Baird Other 15%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 100%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 78%
Evan Bayh Other 33%
Melissa Bean Other 23%
Bob Bennett Other 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 0%
Howard Berman Other 7%
Marion Berry Other 14%
Judy Biggert Other 92%
Brian Bilbray Other 92%
Jeff Bingaman Other 20%
Kit Bond Other 92%
Mary Bono Mack Other 78%
Dan Boren Other 72%
Leonard Boswell Other 14%
Rick Boucher Other 7%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 35%
Nancy Boyda Other 21%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 78%
Jim Bunning Other 93%
Dan Burton Other 100%
Steve Buyer Other 100%
Robert Byrd Other 7%
Chris Cannon Other 100%
Dennis Cardoza Other 7%
Russ Carnahan Other 7%
Christopher Carney Other 14%
Mike Castle Other 50%
Ben Chandler III Other 0%
Hillary Clinton Other 7%
Norm Coleman Other 71%
Kent Conrad Other 20%
Jerry Costello Other 7%
Larry Craig Other 93%
Robert Cramer Other 28%
Barbara Cubin Other 100%
Artur Davis Other 7%
David Davis Other 100%
Geoff Davis Other 100%
Lincoln Davis Other 23%
Thomas Davis III Other 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 0%
James DeMint Other 93%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 92%
Norm Dicks Other 7%
Chris Dodd Other 8%
Elizabeth Dole Other 86%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 86%
John Doolittle Other 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 6%
Thelma Drake Other 100%
David Dreier Other 92%
Chet Edwards Other 28%
Vern Ehlers Other 78%
Brad Ellsworth Other 21%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 85%
Philip English Other 92%
John Ensign Other 85%
Bob Etheridge Other 7%
Terry Everett Other 91%
Tom Feeney Other 92%
Russ Feingold Other 6%
Michael Ferguson Other 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 92%
Barney Frank Other 7%
Elton Gallegly Other 92%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 16%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 63%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 21%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 83%
Bart Gordon Other 21%
Judd Gregg Other 93%
John Hall Other 0%
Phil Hare Other 0%
Jane Harman Other 7%
Robert Hayes Other 66%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 14%
Baron Hill Other 21%
Maurice Hinchey Other 0%
David Lee Hobson Other 100%
Paul Hodes Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 92%
Thomas Holden Other 7%
Darlene Hooley Other 7%
Kenny Hulshof Other 100%
Duncan Hunter Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 93%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 85%
Daniel Inouye Other 21%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 0%
William Jefferson Other 7%
Tim Johnson Other 61%
Steve Kagen Other 7%
Paul Kanjorski Other 7%
Ric Keller Other 85%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 13%
Patrick Kennedy Other 0%
Dale Kildee Other 0%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 0%
Ron Klein Other 16%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 85%
Herb Kohl Other 20%
Dennis Kucinich Other 0%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 85%
Jon Kyl Other 93%
Ray LaHood Other 42%
Nicholas Lampson Other 78%
Steve LaTourette Other 71%
Jerry Lewis Other 100%
Ron Lewis Other 92%
Joe Lieberman Other 26%
Blanche Lincoln Other 33%
John Linder Other 100%
Dick Lugar Other 80%
Dan Lungren Other 100%
Connie Mack IV Other 92%
Tim Mahoney Other 35%
Don Manzullo Other 100%
Jim Marshall Other 35%
Melquiades Martinez Other 93%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 85%
James McCrery III Other 100%
John McHugh Other 64%
Michael McNulty Other 0%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 7%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 42%
Brad Miller Other 0%
Harry Mitchell Other 28%
Alan Mollohan Other 7%
Dennis Moore Other 7%
Patrick Murphy Other 0%
Jack Murtha Other 14%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 100%
Sue Myrick Other 100%
Ben Nelson Other 60%
Jim Oberstar Other 8%
Dave Obey Other 0%
John Olver Other 0%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 16%
Ron Paul Other 90%
Donald Payne Other 0%
John Peterson Other 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 100%
Todd Platts Other 78%
Earl Pomeroy Other 7%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 100%
Deborah Pryce Other 100%
George Radanovich Other 100%
James Ramstad Other 57%
Ralph Regula Other 92%
Denny Rehberg Other 100%
Richard Renzi Other 92%
Silvestre Reyes Other 14%
Thomas Reynolds Other 100%
Laura Richardson Other 0%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 14%
Mike Ross Other 21%
Steve Rothman Other 0%
Ken Salazar Other 20%
William Sali Other 100%
Jim Saxton Other 58%
Jean Schmidt Other 92%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 7%
John Shadegg Other 100%
Christopher Shays Other 38%
Heath Shuler Other 7%
Ike Skelton Other 25%
Gordon Smith Other 60%
Olympia Snowe Other 60%
Vic Snyder Other 7%
Hilda Solis Other 0%
Mark Souder Other 100%
Zack Space Other 21%
Arlen Specter Other 73%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 0%
Pete Stark Other 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 92%
Ted Stevens Other 85%
Bart Stupak Other 7%
John Sullivan Other 100%
John Sununu Other 86%
Betty Sutton Other 0%
Tom Tancredo Other 100%
John Tanner Other 28%
Ellen Tauscher Other 7%
Gene Taylor Other 35%
Todd Tiahrt Other 100%
Ed Towns Other 7%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 7%
George Voinovich Other 73%
James Walsh Other 71%
Zach Wamp Other 92%
John Warner Other 86%
Diane Watson Other 0%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 20%
Anthony Weiner Other 7%
David Weldon Other 100%
Gerald Weller Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 0%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 7%
Heather Wilson Other 92%
Lynn Woolsey Other 0%
David Wu Other 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.