State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House-2 Jared Huffman D 13
CA U.S. House-8 Paul Cook R 86.1
CA U.S. House-10 Jeff Denham R 86.1
CA U.S. House-26 Julia Brownley D 16
CA U.S. House-35 Gloria Negrete McLeod D 71.9
CA U.S. House-37 Karen Bass D 21
CA U.S. House-47 Alan Lowenthal D 25
CA State Assembly-2 Wesley Chesbro D 15
CA State Assembly-3 Dan Logue R 90.4
CA State Assembly-4 Mariko Yamada D 18.4
CA State Assembly-15 Nancy Skinner D 15
CA State Assembly-16 Joan Buchanan D 18.4
CA State Assembly-17 Tom Ammiano D 20
CA State Assembly-26 Connie Conway R 89.5
CA State Assembly-28 Paul Fong D 13
CA State Assembly-42 Brian Nestande R 90
CA State Assembly-43 Mike Gatto D 27.3
CA State Assembly-45 Bob Blumenfield D 15.8
CA State Assembly-52 Norma Torres D 20
CA State Assembly-53 John Pérez D 13.9
CA State Assembly-55 Curt Hagman R 84.8
CA State Assembly-56 V. Pérez D 26.2
CA State Assembly-62 Steven Bradford D 13.4
CA State Assembly-64 Isadore Hall III D 22.3
CA State Assembly-70 Bonnie Lowenthal D 15.8
CA State Assembly-73 Diane Harkey R 94.7
CA State Senate-1 Ted Gaines R 100
CA State Senate-2 Noreen Evans D 13
CA State Senate-3 Lois Wolk D 37.5
CA State Senate-4 Jim Nielsen R 88.8
CA State Senate-5 Cathleen Galgiani D 21.1
CA State Senate-6 Darrell Steinberg D 23.3
CA State Senate-7 Mark DeSaulnier D 15.2
CA State Senate-8 Leland Yee D 29.4
CA State Senate-9 Loni Hancock D 26.1
CA State Senate-10 Ellen Corbett D 22.2
CA State Senate-11 Mark Leno D 25
CA State Senate-13 Gerald Hill D 15
CA State Senate-14 Thomas Berryhill R 89.5
CA State Senate-15 James Beall, Jr. D 20
CA State Senate-17 Bill Monning D 13
CA State Senate-18 Jean Fuller R 88.9
CA State Senate-20 Alex Padilla D 35.3
CA State Senate-21 Stephen Knight R 88.3
CA State Senate-22 Kevin de Leon D 15
CA State Senate-23 Bill Emmerson R 90.5
CA State Senate-24 Edward Hernandez D 18.4
CA State Senate-25 Carol Liu D 27.8
CA State Senate-26 Curren Price, Jr. D 31.8
CA State Senate-27 Fran Pavley D 25
CA State Senate-28 Ted Lieu D 16.7
CA State Senate-29 Robert Huff R 96.9
CA State Senate-30 Ron Calderon D 60
CA State Senate-34 Lou Correa D 82.3
CA State Senate-35 Roderick Wright D 37.5
CA State Senate-36 Joel Anderson R 89.5
CA State Senate-37 Mimi Walters R 79
CA State Senate-38 Mark Wyland R 90
CA State Senate-39 Martin Block D 26.3
CA Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones D 11.9
CA Council Member-7 Felipe Fuentes D 25
CA Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson Other 20.3
CA Councilmember-At-Large David Cogdill R 86.6
Samuel Aanestad Other 95
Anthony Adams Other 77.5
Elaine Alquist Other 32.3
Juan Arambula Other 14.8
Roy Ashburn Other 90.6
Bill Berryhill Other 85
Sam Blakeslee Other 80
Anna Caballero Other 20
Charles Calderon Other 35.7
Amina Carter Other 19
Gilbert Cedillo Other 26.7
Joe Coto Other 16.7
Mike Davis Other 14
Hector De La Torre Other 15
Charles DeVore Other 100
Denise Ducheny Other 34.4
Robert Dutton Other 100
Mike Eng Other 20
Mike Feuer Other 12.5
Nathan Fletcher Other 91.6
Dean Florez Other 31.3
Warren Furutani Other 21
Martin Garrick Other 91.1
Danny Gilmore Other 81.6
Tom Harman Other 80
Mary Hayashi Other 15.8
Dennis Hollingsworth Other 96.9
Alyson Huber Other 61.1
Kevin Jeffries Other 86
Christine Kehoe Other 20
Fiona Ma Other 18.4
Tony Mendoza Other 21.4
Jeff Miller Other 89.5
Pedro Nava Other 13
Roger Niello Other 100
Chris Norby Other 90
Anthony Portantino, Jr. Other 20
Gloria Romero Other 43.8
George Runner, Jr. Other 100
Ira Ruskin Other 15
Mary Salas Other 15
Lori Saldaña Other 18.1
Jim Silva Other 86
Saren Simitian Other 29.4
Cameron Smyth Other 76
Jose Solorio Other 13
Tony Strickland Other 90.6
Audra Strickland Other 86.1
Sandré Swanson Other 14.3
Alberto Torrico Other 23.7
Van Tran Other 95.4
Mike Villines Other 86.1

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.