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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Associated Builders & Contractors

2003-2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 70%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 100%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 30%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 30%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 56%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 80%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 90%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 70%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 22%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 10%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 10%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 12%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 29%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 10%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 10%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 30%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 10%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 80%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 90%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 89%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 10%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 44%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 89%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 20%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 10%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 30%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 20%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 30%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 100%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 90%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 30%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 33%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 78%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 100%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 10%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 10%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 90%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 90%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 40%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 30%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 40%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 11%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 10%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 30%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 30%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 90%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 10%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 10%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 40%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 70%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 80%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 14%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 10%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 90%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 60%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 90%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 30%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 90%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 100%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 30%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 40%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 30%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 100%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 100%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 50%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 20%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 20%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 30%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 56%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 90%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 90%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 90%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 11%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 80%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 78%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 20%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 10%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 100%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 20%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 70%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 10%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 20%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 90%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 90%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 89%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 100%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 10%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 11%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 90%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 10%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 50%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 70%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 30%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 90%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 40%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 90%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 80%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 20%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 0%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 22%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 30%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 90%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 11%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 22%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 20%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 100%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 10%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 12%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 11%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 90%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 70%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 100%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 90%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 30%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 100%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 100%
Thomas Allen 10%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 90%
Evan Bayh 40%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 100%
Marion Berry 20%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 80%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 100%
Rick Boucher 40%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 44%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 90%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 20%
Chris Cannon 100%
Julia Carson 12%
Edward Case 40%
Mike Castle 70%
Chris Chocola 100%
Norm Coleman 100%
Jon Corzine 10%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 90%
Robert Cramer 100%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 100%
Artur Davis 40%
James Davis 10%
Jo Ann Davis 90%
Lincoln Davis 70%
Thomas Davis III 90%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 80%
Chris Dodd 22%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 100%
John Doolittle 90%
Byron Dorgan 22%
Chet Edwards 50%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Philip English 100%
John Ensign 90%
Bob Etheridge 20%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 100%
Tom Feeney 89%
Russ Feingold 20%
Michael Ferguson 100%
Mark Foley 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 30%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 100%
William Frist 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 100%
Paul Gillmor 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 100%
Bart Gordon 40%
Mark Green 90%
Judd Gregg 70%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Charles Hagel 90%
Jane Harman 33%
Katherine Harris 90%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 100%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 90%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 100%
David Lee Hobson 100%
Pete Hoekstra 100%
Darlene Hooley 30%
John Nathan Hostettler 100%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 100%
Henry Hyde 100%
Jay Inslee 10%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 80%
William Jefferson 30%
James Merrill Jeffords 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 90%
Nancy Johnson 90%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Ric Keller 90%
Sue Kelly 90%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 11%
Joseph Knollenberg 100%
James Kolbe 90%
Tom Lantos 10%
James Leach 62%
Ron Lewis 100%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 90%
Trent Lott, Sr. 100%
Jim Marshall 50%
Robert Matsui 10%
James McCrery III 100%
John McHugh 80%
Michael McNulty 11%
Martin Meehan 11%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 20%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 11%
Alan Mollohan 10%
Dennis Moore 20%
Jack Murtha 20%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Robert William Ney 100%
Anne Northup 89%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 78%
James Nussle 90%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 10%
Thomas William Osborne 100%
Major Owens 11%
Michael Oxley 100%
Donald Payne 11%
John Peterson 100%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Richard Pombo 100%
Earl Pomeroy 20%
Jon Porter, Sr. 100%
Deborah Pryce 100%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 100%
Richard Renzi 100%
Thomas Reynolds 100%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
H. James Saxton 78%
John Shadegg 89%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
Christopher Shays 90%
Donald Sherwood 100%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 100%
Ike Skelton 30%
Gordon Smith 100%
Vic Snyder 44%
Mark Souder 90%
Arlen Specter 56%
John Spratt, Jr. 20%
Ted Stevens 90%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 10%
John Sununu 89%
John Sweeney 80%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 80%
John Tanner 22%
Ellen Tauscher 10%
Charles Taylor 100%
Gene Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Todd Tiahrt 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
George Voinovich 100%
James Walsh 100%
Zach Wamp 100%
John Warner 100%
Diane Watson 10%
Anthony Weiner 10%
David Weldon 90%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 100%
Robert Wexler 0%
Heather Wilson 90%
David Wu 20%
Albert Wynn 40%

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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