| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newt Gingrich | 98% | ||||
| Hank Brown | 93% | ||||
| James Ramstad | 93% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 5 | Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | Republican | 93% |
| OH | U.S. House | 1 | Steve Chabot | Republican | 92% |
| Pete Hoekstra | 92% | ||||
| SC | U.S. House | 1 | Mark Sanford, Jr. | Republican | 92% |
| Scott Klug | 91% | ||||
| WI | U.S. House | 6 | Tom Petri | Republican | 91% |
| Toby Roth | 91% | ||||
| William Roth, Jr. | 91% | ||||
| IN | U.S. Senate | Sr | Daniel Coats | Republican | 90% |
| William Phillip Gramm | 90% | ||||
| Rodney Grams | 90% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 90% |
| Jon Kyl | 90% | ||||
| Don Nickles | 90% | ||||
| Christopher Shays | 90% | ||||
| Nick Smith | 90% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 6 | Fred Upton | Republican | 90% |
| Edmond Spencer Abraham | 89% | ||||
| John Ashcroft | 89% | ||||
| Jon Lynn Christensen | 89% | ||||
| TN | U.S. House | 2 | John Duncan, Jr. | Republican | 89% |
| Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth | 89% | ||||
| Judd Gregg | 89% | ||||
| Gilbert Gutknecht | 89% | ||||
| OK | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jim Inhofe | Republican | 89% |
| Stephen Largent | 89% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 39 | Ed Royce | Republican | 89% |
| Linda Smith | 89% | ||||
| Bob Smith | 89% | ||||
| Richard Zimmer | 89% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 4 | Dave Camp | Republican | 88% |
| NC | U.S. House | 6 | Howard Coble | Republican | 88% |
| OK | U.S. Senate | Jr | Thomas Coburn | Republican | 88% |
| Wes Cooley | 88% | ||||
| Paul Coverdell | 88% | ||||
| Philip Crane | 88% | ||||
| Robert Dole | 88% | ||||
| John Ensign | 88% | ||||
| Jesse Helms | 88% | ||||
| Ernest Istook, Jr. | 88% | ||||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 88% | ||||
| Connie Mack | 88% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. Senate | Sr | John McCain III | Republican | 88% |
| Scott McInnis | 88% | ||||
| Craig Thomas | 88% | ||||
| Fred Thompson | 88% | ||||
| Wayne Allard | 87% | ||||
| KS | Governor | Sam Brownback | Republican | 87% | |
| Dick Chrysler | 87% | ||||
| Christopher Cox | 87% | ||||
| Larry Craig | 87% | ||||
| Robert Franks | 87% | ||||
| John Ganske | 87% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 6 | Bob Goodlatte | Republican | 87% |
| Melton Hancock | 87% | ||||
| Van Hilleary | 87% | ||||
| Kay Hutchison | 87% | ||||
| Bob Inglis, Sr. | 87% | ||||
| OH | Governor | John Kasich | Republican | 87% | |
| Dirk Kempthorne | 87% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 1 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 87% |
| Dick Lugar | 87% | ||||
| Bill Martini | 87% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 48 | Dana Rohrabacher | Republican | 87% |
| Strom Thurmond | 87% | ||||
| Zach Wamp | 87% | ||||
| Charlie Bass | 86% | ||||
| Ed Bryant | 86% | ||||
| OH | Attorney General | Michael DeWine | Republican | 86% | |
| Mark Foley | 86% | ||||
| William Frist | 86% | ||||
| David Funderburk | 86% | ||||
| Enid Greene | 86% | ||||
| UT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Orrin Hatch | Republican | 86% |
| Don Manzullo | 86% | ||||
| KY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mitch McConnell | Republican | 86% |
| Mark Neumann | 86% | ||||
| Charles Norwood, Jr. | 86% | ||||
| James Nussle | 86% | ||||
| OH | U.S. Senate | Jr | Rob Portman | Republican | 86% |
| AZ | U.S. House | 5 | Matthew Salmon | Republican | 86% |
| Rick Santorum | 86% | ||||
| AL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Shelby | Republican | 86% |
| Alan Simpson | 86% | ||||
| Gerald B.H. Solomon | 86% | ||||
| John Warner | 86% | ||||
| Bill Zeliff | 86% | ||||
| Bill Archer | 85% | ||||
| Bob Bennett | 85% | ||||
| Conrad Burns | 85% | ||||
| Dan Burton | 85% | ||||
| Helen Chenoweth-Hage | 85% | ||||
| MS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Thad Cochran | Republican | 85% |
| ID | U.S. Senate | Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 85% |
| Frank Arnold Cremeans | 85% | ||||
| Alfonse D'Amato | 85% | ||||
| Pete Domenici, Jr. | 85% | ||||
| David Dreier | 85% | ||||
| Vern Ehlers | 85% | ||||
| William Goodling | 85% | ||||
| J.D. Hayworth, Jr. | 85% | ||||
| Y. Tim Hutchinson | 85% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 3 | Sam Johnson | Republican | 85% |
| David McIntosh | 85% | ||||
| Jack Metcalf | 85% | ||||
| Frank Murkowski | 85% | ||||
| Sue Myrick | 85% | ||||
| William Paxon | 85% | ||||
| Larry Pressler | 85% | ||||
| Frank Duncan Riggs | 85% | ||||
| Daniel Schaefer | 85% | ||||
| Andrea Seastrand | 85% | ||||
| John Shadegg | 85% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 36 | Steve Stockman | Republican | 85% |
| Randy Tate | 85% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 13 | Mac Thornberry | Republican | 85% |
| Todd Tiahrt | 85% | ||||
| Rick White | 85% | ||||
| Richard Armey | 84% | ||||
| AL | U.S. House | 6 | Spencer Bachus | Republican | 84% |
| William Baker | 84% | ||||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 84% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 6 | Joe Barton | Republican | 84% |
| Sonny Bono | 84% | ||||
| Michael Collins | 84% | ||||
| Randall Cunningham | 84% | ||||
| Jay Dickey | 84% | ||||
| John Doolittle | 84% | ||||
| Philip English | 84% | ||||
| Harris Fawell | 84% | ||||
| Jack Fields, Jr. | 84% | ||||
| Michael Patrick Forbes | 84% | ||||
| Jon David Fox | 84% | ||||
| Dan Frisa | 84% | ||||
| Porter Goss | 84% | ||||
| Martin Hoke | 84% | ||||
| NC | U.S. House | 3 | Walter Jones, Jr. | Republican | 84% |
| IA | U.S. House | 3 | Tom Latham | Republican | 84% |
| Dan Miller | 84% | ||||
| Carlos Moorhead | 84% | ||||
| Robert William Ney | 84% | ||||
| George Radanovich | 84% | ||||
| Ted Stevens | 84% | ||||
| Bob Stump | 84% | ||||
| James Talent | 84% | ||||
| Robert Walker | 84% | ||||
| Cass Ballenger | 83% | ||||
| Robert Barr, Jr. | 83% | ||||
| Peter Blute | 83% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 8 | John Boehner | Republican | 83% |
| Kit Bond | 83% | ||||
| NC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Richard Burr | Republican | 83% |
| Larry Combest | 83% | ||||
| Barbara Cubin | 83% | ||||
| Thomas DeLay | 83% | ||||
| Robert Dornan | 83% | ||||
| Jennifer Dunn | 83% | ||||
| Thomas Ewing | 83% | ||||
| Elton Gallegly | 83% | ||||
| Slade Gorton | 83% | ||||
| SC | U.S. Senate | Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 83% |
| James Greenwood | 83% | ||||
| Steven Gunderson | 83% | ||||
| James Hansen | 83% | ||||
| WA | U.S. House | 4 | Doc Hastings | Republican | 83% |
| Joel Hefley | 83% | ||||
| Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman | 83% | ||||
| David Lee Hobson | 83% | ||||
| Nancy Landon Kassebaum | 83% | ||||
| John Linder | 83% | ||||
| James Longley, Jr. | 83% | ||||
| Jan Meyers | 83% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 7 | John Mica | Republican | 83% |
| John Edward Porter | 83% | ||||
| Deborah Pryce | 83% | ||||
| James Quillen | 83% | ||||
| Ralph Regula | 83% | ||||
| Charles Taylor | 83% | ||||
| Julius Caesar Watts, Jr. | 83% | ||||
| David Weldon | 83% | ||||
| Gerald Weller | 83% | ||||
| Brian Bilbray | 82% | ||||
| Jim Bunning | 82% | ||||
| John Chafee | 82% | ||||
| GA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 82% |
| Bob Ehrlich, Jr. | 82% | ||||
| George Gekas | 82% | ||||
| Paul Gillmor | 82% | ||||
| J. Dennis Hastert | 82% | ||||
| Wally Herger, Jr. | 82% | ||||
| Henry Hyde | 82% | ||||
| Jay Kim | 82% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 2 | Pete King | Republican | 82% |
| James Kolbe | 82% | ||||
| Rick Lazio | 82% | ||||
| James Leach | 82% | ||||
| Susan Molinari | 82% | ||||
| George Nethercutt, Jr. | 82% | ||||
| Michael Oxley | 82% | ||||
| Richard Pombo | 82% | ||||
| KS | U.S. Senate | Sr | Pat Roberts | Republican | 82% |
| Marge Roukema | 82% | ||||
| E. Clay Shaw, Jr. | 82% | ||||
| E.G. Shuster | 82% | ||||
| Mark Souder | 82% | ||||
| Floyd Spence | 82% | ||||
| Cliff Stearns | 82% | ||||
| W. Curtis Weldon | 82% | ||||
| Richard Hugh Baker | 81% | ||||
| Bill Barrett | 81% | ||||
| Michael Bilirakis | 81% | ||||
| Thomas Bliley, Jr. | 81% | ||||
| Steve Buyer | 81% | ||||
| Ben Campbell | 81% | ||||
| Mike Castle | 81% | ||||
| Tillie Fowler | 81% | ||||
| Stephen Horn | 81% | ||||
| Ron Lewis | 81% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 2 | Frank LoBiondo | Republican | 81% |
| James McCrery III | 81% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 25 | Buck McKeon | Republican | 81% |
| Ronald Packard | 81% | ||||
| Joe Scarborough | 81% | ||||
| William Thomas | 81% | ||||
| MS | U.S. Senate | Jr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 81% |
| FL | U.S. House | 13 | Bill Young | Republican | 81% |
| Douglas Bereuter | 80% | ||||
| Henry Bonilla | 80% | ||||
| Herbert Callahan | 80% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 42 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 80% |
| FL | Justice of the Supreme Court | Charles Canady | 80% | ||
| Bill Emerson | 80% | ||||
| Terry Everett | 80% | ||||
| Gary Franks | 80% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 11 | Rodney Frelinghuysen | Republican | 80% |
| Wayne Gilchrest | 80% | ||||
| Mark Hatfield | 80% | ||||
| Duncan Hunter | 80% | ||||
| Sue Kelly | 80% | ||||
| Joseph Knollenberg | 80% | ||||
| OK | U.S. House | 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 80% |
| Mike Parker | 80% | ||||
| Jack Quinn | 80% | ||||
| Joseph Skeen | 80% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 21 | Lamar Smith | Republican | 80% |
| Olympia Snowe | 80% | ||||
| KY | U.S. House | 1 | Ed Whitfield | Republican | 80% |
| VA | U.S. House | 10 | Frank Wolf | Republican | 80% |
| AK | U.S. House | At-Large | Don Young | Republican | 80% |
| Herbert Bateman | 79% | ||||
| Michael Patrick Flanagan | 79% | ||||
| Benjamin Gilman | 79% | ||||
| Jerry Lewis | 79% | ||||
| Robert Livingston | 79% | ||||
| Joseph McDade | 79% | ||||
| John McHugh | 79% | ||||
| KY | U.S. House | 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 79% |
| Steven Schiff | 79% | ||||
| William Tauzin | 79% | ||||
| Barbara Vucanovich | 79% | ||||
| William Clinger | 78% | ||||
| Steve LaTourette | 78% | ||||
| Jim Lightfoot | 78% | ||||
| Bill McCollum | 78% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 27 | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Republican | 78% |
| James Walsh | 78% | ||||
| Thomas Davis III | 77% | ||||
| GA | Governor | Nathan Deal | Republican | 77% | |
| John Nathan Hostettler | 77% | ||||
| Nancy Johnson | 77% | ||||
| Ray LaHood | 77% | ||||
| John Myers | 77% | ||||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 76% | ||||
| Amory Houghton, Jr. | 75% | ||||
| Jim Saxton | 75% | ||||
| Peter Torkildsen | 75% | ||||
| Jim Bunn | 74% | ||||
| James Merrill Jeffords | 74% | ||||
| William Cohen | 73% | ||||
| Greg Laughlin | 73% | ||||
| Sherwood Boehlert | 72% | ||||
| Constance Morella | 72% | ||||
| Pete Geren | 71% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 71% |
| Arlen Specter | 68% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 4 | Ralph Hall | Republican | 66% |
| G.V. Montgomery | 65% | ||||
| Gary Condit | 62% | ||||
| Gene Taylor | 60% | ||||
| James Hayes | 59% | ||||
| MN | U.S. House | 7 | Collin Peterson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 58% |
| Bill Brewster | 53% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 1 | Rob Andrews | Democratic | 51% |
| David Minge | 51% | ||||
| Blanche Lincoln | 50% | ||||
| Timothy Roemer | 48% | ||||
| Patsy Ann Danner | 47% | ||||
| Bart Gordon | 47% | ||||
| Bill Orton | 46% | ||||
| William Luther | 45% | ||||
| Ike Skelton | 45% | ||||
| John Tanner | 45% | ||||
| OH | U.S. Senate | Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 44% |
| Peter Deutsch | 44% | ||||
| Glenn Poshard | 44% | ||||
| Charles Stenholm | 44% | ||||
| Robert Cramer | 43% | ||||
| Andrew Jacobs, Jr. | 43% | ||||
| William Lipinski | 43% | ||||
| Henry Scott Baesler | 42% | ||||
| Jim Chapman | 42% | ||||
| Robert Clement | 42% | ||||
| Gerald Kleczka | 42% | ||||
| Martin Meehan | 42% | ||||
| NJ | U.S. House | 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 42% |
| OR | U.S. House | 4 | Peter DeFazio | Democratic | 41% |
| Norman Sisisky | 41% | ||||
| IN | U.S. House | 1 | Pete Visclosky | Democratic | 41% |
| MT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Max Baucus | Democratic | 40% |
| Calvin Dooley | 40% | ||||
| Jim Exon | 40% | ||||
| Glen Browder | 39% | ||||
| Sam Nunn | 39% | ||||
| Lewis Payne, Jr. | 39% | ||||
| James Barcia | 38% | ||||
| Jane Harman | 38% | ||||
| SD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Timothy Johnson | Democratic | 38% |
| Karen McCarthy | 38% | ||||
| Michael McNulty | 38% | ||||
| PA | U.S. House | 14 | Mike Doyle, Jr. | Democratic | 37% |
| Tom Bevill | 36% | ||||
| Jerry Costello | 36% | ||||
| Chet Edwards | 36% | ||||
| Joseph Kennedy II | 36% | ||||
| Paul McHale | 36% | ||||
| Owen Pickett | 36% | ||||
| Harold Volkmer | 36% | ||||
| OR | U.S. Senate | Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 36% |
| WI | Mayor | At-Large | Tom Barrett | Democratic | 35% |
| John Bryant | 35% | ||||
| Bob Kerrey | 35% | ||||
| Herb Kohl | 35% | ||||
| Charles Robb | 35% | ||||
| Paul Simon | 35% | ||||
| Ronald Klink | 34% | ||||
| Charles Rose III | 34% | ||||
| Bart Stupak | 34% | ||||
| James Traficant, Jr. | 34% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 35 | Lloyd Doggett | Democratic | 33% |
| Paul Kanjorski | 33% | ||||
| Pete Peterson | 33% | ||||
| John Spratt, Jr. | 33% | ||||
| Charles Wilson | 33% | ||||
| Harry Johnston | 32% | ||||
| OH | U.S. House | 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 32% |
| NV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Harry Reid | Democratic | 32% |
| Richard Bryan | 31% | ||||
| MD | U.S. Senate | Jr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 31% |
| Lee Hamilton | 31% | ||||
| Dale Kildee | 31% | ||||
| Frank Mascara | 31% | ||||
| Robert Torricelli | 31% | ||||
| NA | Vice President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 30% | |
| Thomas Holden | 30% | ||||
| RI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 30% |
| Lynn Nancy Rivers | 30% | ||||
| Daniel Graham | 29% | ||||
| W.G. Hefner | 29% | ||||
| John LaFalce | 29% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 9 | Sandy Levin | Democratic | 29% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate | Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 29% |
| NY | U.S. Senate | Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 29% |
| CA | Mayor | At-Large | Bob Filner | Democratic | 28% |
| NY | U.S. House | 17 | Nita Lowey | Democratic | 28% |
| Dave Obey | 28% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 25 | Louise Slaughter | Democratic | 28% |
| Karen Thurman | 28% | ||||
| Michael Ward | 28% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 33 | Henry Waxman | Democratic | 28% |
| Elizabeth Furse | 27% | ||||
| Sam Gibbons | 27% | ||||
| MD | U.S. House | 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 27% |
| Carol Moseley Braun | 27% | ||||
| David Skaggs | 27% | ||||
| Howard Berman | 26% | ||||
| CA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dianne Feinstein | Democratic | 26% |
| Cleo Fields | 26% | ||||
| IL | U.S. House | 1 | Bobby Rush | Democratic | 26% |
| Gerry Studds | 26% | ||||
| Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. | 25% | ||||
| Jeff Bingaman | 25% | ||||
| IL | U.S. Senate | Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 25% |
| Thomas Foglietta | 25% | ||||
| IA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Tom Harkin | Democratic | 25% |
| Tom Lantos | 25% | ||||
| MA | U.S. House | 5 | Ed Markey | Democratic | 25% |
| MA | U.S. House | 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 25% |
| Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 25% | ||||
| WV | U.S. House | 3 | Nick Rahall II | Democratic | 25% |
| VT | U.S. Senate | Jr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 25% |
| NY | U.S. House | 15 | José Serrano | Democratic | 25% |
| John Baldacci | 24% | ||||
| Anthony Beilenson | 24% | ||||
| E. Kika de la Garza | 24% | ||||
| Russ Feingold | 24% | ||||
| Patrick Kennedy | 24% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 12 | Carolyn Maloney | Democratic | 24% |
| WA | U.S. House | 7 | Jim McDermott | Democratic | 24% |
| VA | U.S. House | 8 | Jim Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 24% |
| Jim Oberstar | 24% | ||||
| Earl Pomeroy | 24% | ||||
| OH | State Senate | 28 | Thomas Sawyer | Democratic | 24% |
| Frank Tejeda | 24% | ||||
| Bruce Vento | 24% | ||||
| Pat Williams | 24% | ||||
| Robert Borski, Jr. | 23% | ||||
| Rick Boucher | 23% | ||||
| CT | U.S. House | 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 23% |
| Lane Evans | 23% | ||||
| Harold Ford, Sr. | 23% | ||||
| IL | U.S. House | 4 | Luis Gutierrez | Democratic | 23% |
| Ernest Hollings | 23% | ||||
| Thomas Manton | 23% | ||||
| John Moakley | 23% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 12 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 23% |
| Martin Olav Sabo | 23% | ||||
| Robert Byrd | 22% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 18 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 22% |
| Jonas Frost III | 22% | ||||
| Earl Hilliard, Jr. | 22% | ||||
| Barbara Bailey Kennelly | 22% | ||||
| Joe Lieberman | 22% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 19 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 22% |
| CA | U.S. House | 11 | George Miller | Democratic | 22% |
| Alan Mollohan | 22% | ||||
| Jack Murtha | 22% | ||||
| AZ | U.S. House | 7 | Ed Pastor | Democratic | 22% |
| WV | U.S. Senate | Sr | Jay Rockefeller IV | Democratic | 22% |
| Patricia Schroeder | 22% | ||||
| George Brown, Jr. | 21% | ||||
| Cardiss Collins | 21% | ||||
| Kent Conrad | 21% | ||||
| William Coyne | 21% | ||||
| Richard Andrew Gephardt | 21% | ||||
| Tony Hall | 21% | ||||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | John Kerry | Democratic | 21% | |
| Robert Matsui | 21% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 13 | Charlie Rangel | Democratic | 21% |
| Ray Thornton | 21% | ||||
| Bill Bradley | 20% | ||||
| Ronald Dellums | 20% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 20 | Sam Farr | Democratic | 20% |
| PA | U.S. House | 2 | Chaka Fattah, Sr. | Democratic | 20% |
| TX | U.S. House | 29 | Gene Green | Democratic | 20% |
| NY | U.S. House | 10 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 20% |
| John Olver | 20% | ||||
| Major Owens | 20% | ||||
| Claiborne Pell | 20% | ||||
| Bill Richardson | 20% | ||||
| Bob Wise, Jr. | 20% | ||||
| Lynn Woolsey | 20% | ||||
| Gary Ackerman | 19% | ||||
| Barney Frank | 19% | ||||
| Patsy Takemoto Mink | 19% | ||||
| Pete Stark | 19% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 19% |
| CA | U.S. House | 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 19% |
| NC | U.S. House | 12 | Mel Watt | Democratic | 19% |
| Paul Wellstone | 19% | ||||
| Sidney Yates | 19% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 34 | Xavier Becerra | Democratic | 18% |
| David Edward Bonior | 18% | ||||
| John Breaux | 18% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 13 | John Conyers, Jr. | Democratic | 18% |
| Norm Dicks | 18% | ||||
| MI | U.S. House | 12 | John Dingell | Democratic | 18% |
| Chris Dodd | 18% | ||||
| Byron Dorgan | 18% | ||||
| Sam Gejdenson | 18% | ||||
| John Glenn | 18% | ||||
| Frank Lautenberg | 18% | ||||
| GA | U.S. House | 5 | John Lewis | Democratic | 18% |
| Donald Payne | 18% | ||||
| CA | U.S. House | 40 | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Democratic | 18% |
| GA | U.S. House | 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 17% |
| SC | U.S. House | 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 17% |
| Ronald Coleman | 17% | ||||
| Thomas Daschle | 17% | ||||
| NY | U.S. House | 16 | Eliot Engel | Democratic | 17% |
| Floyd Flake | 17% | ||||
| Maurice Hinchey | 17% | ||||
| MD | U.S. Senate | Sr | Barbara Mikulski | Democratic | 17% |
| Patrick Moynihan | 17% | ||||
| Louis Stokes | 17% | ||||
| MS | U.S. House | 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 17% |
| Esteban Edward Torres | 17% | ||||
| Albert Wynn | 17% | ||||
| Dale Bumpers | 16% | ||||
| William Clay, Sr. | 16% | ||||
| Barbara-Rose Collins | 16% | ||||
| William Jefferson | 16% | ||||
| Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 16% | ||||
| MI | U.S. Senate | Sr | Carl Levin | Democratic | 16% |
| Matthew Martinez | 16% | ||||
| Cynthia Ann McKinney | 16% | ||||
| WA | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 16% |
| Ed Towns | 16% | ||||
| Wendell Ford | 15% | ||||
| Henry Gonzalez | 15% | ||||
| TX | U.S. House | 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 15% |
| David Pryor | 15% | ||||
| HI | Governor | Neil Abercrombie | Democratic | 14% | |
| CA | U.S. Senate | Jr | Barbara Boxer | Democratic | 14% |
| Eva Clayton | 14% | ||||
| J. Bennett Johnston | 14% | ||||
| Paul Sarbanes | 14% | ||||
| FL | U.S. House | 5 | Corrine Brown | Democratic | 13% |
| Victor Fazio | 13% | ||||
| VT | U.S. Senate | Sr | Patrick Leahy | Democratic | 13% |
| TX | U.S. House | 30 | Eddie Johnson | Democratic | 12% |
| FL | U.S. House | 20 | Alcee Hastings, Sr. | Democratic | 11% |
| Daniel Inouye | 11% | ||||
| VA | U.S. House | 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 11% |
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 10% | ||||
| Carrie Meek | 10% | ||||
| Julian Dixon | 9% |
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.
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