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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: United States Chamber of Commerce

2008 Lifetime Score

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 93%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 75%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 94%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 91%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 84%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 92%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 72%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 79%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 68%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 96%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 30%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 36%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 85%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 82%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 71%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 52%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 48%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 24%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 25%
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 74%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 39%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 46%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 43%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 38%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 26%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 35%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 83%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 32%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 21%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 74%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 45%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 95%
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 84%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 45%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 49%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 28%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 37%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 77%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 60%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 45%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 63%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 46%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 50%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 30%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 56%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 54%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 97%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 86%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 83%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 59%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 31%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 50%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 78%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 55%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 93%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 86%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 61%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 82%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 47%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 22%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 86%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 67%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 88%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 73%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 67%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 92%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 93%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 84%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 51%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 30%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 60%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 57%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 97%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 90%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 85%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 37%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 94%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 89%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 36%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 52%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 89%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 34%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 56%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 34%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 86%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 48%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 32%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 53%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 66%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 93%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 91%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 95%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 93%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 57%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 85%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 94%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 92%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 86%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 73%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 90%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 34%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 35%
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 58%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 25%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 34%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 41%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 58%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 56%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 58%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 32%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 35%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 44%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 35%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 35%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 47%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 96%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 94%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 34%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 28%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 33%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 30%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 55%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 95%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 38%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 85%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 62%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 51%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 46%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 54%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 96%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 42%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 92%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 39%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 87%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 95%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 45%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 47%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 36%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 96%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 38%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 32%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 46%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 72%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 48%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 88%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 63%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 84%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 30%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 87%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 93%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 94%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 39%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 71%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 61%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 85%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 63%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 39%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 87%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 36%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Bob Menendez Democratic 38%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 34%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 37%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 86%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 48%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 78%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 52%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 53%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 48%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 41%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 48%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 26%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 36%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 53%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 36%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 65%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 77%
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 89%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 31%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 95%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 97%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 46%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 31%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 94%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 96%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 88%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 73%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 90%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 95%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 36%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 41%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 38%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 34%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 88%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 95%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 51%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 47%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 92%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 91%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 50%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 43%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 36%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 43%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 78%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 42%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 84%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 51%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 89%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 59%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 90%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 56%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 91%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 76%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 79%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 91%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 56%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 92%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 60%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 42%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 89%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 88%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 83%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 44%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 43%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 34%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 92%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 90%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 76%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 83%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 34%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 93%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 96%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 54%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 81%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 33%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 17%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 23%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 57%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 96%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 89%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 27%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 81%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 57%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 50%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 56%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 51%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 91%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 51%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 40%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 80%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 79%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 29%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 88%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 34%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 41%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 87%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 75%
Gary Ackerman 32%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 32%
Todd Akin 90%
Jason Altmire 58%
Michael Arcuri 61%
Joe Baca, Sr. 49%
Brian Baird 52%
J. Gresham Barrett 88%
Roscoe Bartlett 86%
Evan Bayh 58%
Melissa Bean 77%
Bob Bennett 98%
Shelley Berkley 52%
Howard Berman 32%
Marion Berry 58%
Judy Biggert 96%
Brian Bilbray 83%
Jeff Bingaman 44%
Kit Bond 94%
Mary Bono Mack 92%
Dan Boren 88%
Leonard Boswell 60%
Rick Boucher 43%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 71%
Henry Brown, Jr. 96%
Ginny Brown-Waite 89%
Jim Bunning 89%
Dan Burton 88%
Steve Buyer 93%
Robert Byrd 32%
Dennis Cardoza 65%
Russ Carnahan 53%
Christopher Carney 56%
Mike Castle 83%
Ben Chandler III 54%
Travis Childers 64%
Hillary Clinton 46%
Norm Coleman 91%
Kent Conrad 43%
Jerry Costello 36%
Larry Craig 93%
Artur Davis 67%
Geoff Davis 90%
Lincoln Davis 76%
Bill Delahunt 35%
James DeMint 85%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 79%
Norm Dicks 40%
Chris Dodd 32%
Byron Dorgan 37%
David Dreier 95%
Chet Edwards 63%
Vern Ehlers 91%
Brad Ellsworth 81%
Jo Ann Emerson 87%
John Ensign 86%
Bob Etheridge 59%
Russ Feingold 24%
Barney Frank 25%
Elton Gallegly 92%
Gabrielle Giffords 64%
Charlie Gonzalez 53%
Bart Gordon 57%
Judd Gregg 88%
John Hall 53%
Phil Hare 56%
Jane Harman 59%
Wally Herger, Jr. 92%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 63%
Baron Hill 58%
Maurice Hinchey 27%
Paul Hodes 53%
Pete Hoekstra 89%
Thomas Holden 54%
Kay Hutchison 96%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 85%
Daniel Inouye 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 26%
Tim Johnson 79%
Steve Kagen 50%
Paul Kanjorski 34%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 24%
Patrick Kennedy 32%
Dale Kildee 28%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 35%
Ron Klein 67%
Herb Kohl 47%
Dennis Kucinich 22%
Jon Kyl 87%
Ray LaHood 87%
Steve LaTourette 83%
Frank Lautenberg 34%
Jerry Lewis 87%
Joe Lieberman 48%
Blanche Lincoln 71%
John Linder 95%
Dick Lugar 91%
Dan Lungren 88%
Connie Mack IV 85%
Don Manzullo 86%
Jim Marshall 60%
Melquiades Martinez 93%
Thaddeus McCotter 88%
John McHugh 82%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 53%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 77%
Brad Miller 46%
Harry Mitchell 64%
Alan Mollohan 35%
Dennis Moore 60%
Patrick Murphy 61%
Jack Murtha 39%
Sue Myrick 91%
Ben Nelson 77%
Jim Oberstar 24%
Dave Obey 23%
John Olver 29%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 47%
Ron Paul 62%
Donald Payne 23%
Todd Platts 85%
Earl Pomeroy 53%
George Radanovich 93%
Denny Rehberg 94%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
Laura Richardson 63%
Ciro Rodriguez 46%
Mike Ross 61%
Steve Rothman 37%
Ken Salazar 66%
Jean Schmidt 91%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 61%
John Shadegg 87%
Heath Shuler 83%
Ike Skelton 57%
Olympia Snowe 69%
Vic Snyder 53%
Hilda Solis 33%
Mark Souder 88%
Zack Space 60%
Arlen Specter 66%
John Spratt, Jr. 48%
Pete Stark 19%
Cliff Stearns 83%
Ted Stevens 78%
Bart Stupak 35%
John Sullivan 92%
John Sununu 86%
Betty Sutton 58%
Tom Tancredo 79%
John Tanner 69%
Ellen Tauscher 56%
Gene Taylor 58%
Todd Tiahrt 94%
Ed Towns 31%
George Voinovich 89%
Zach Wamp 84%
Diane Watson 32%
Jim Webb, Jr. 54%
Anthony Weiner 40%
Robert Wexler 35%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 65%
Lynn Woolsey 26%
David Wu 43%

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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