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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2005 Positions on Personal Liberties

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
Craig Thomas 90%
Bob Bennett 89%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 85%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 85%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 85%
James DeMint 85%
John Ensign 85%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 85%
James Talent 85%
Trent Lott, Sr. 84%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 84%
Ron Paul 83%
Kit Bond 80%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80%
Larry Craig 80%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 80%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 80%
Jon Kyl 80%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 80%
George Voinovich 80%
Jim Bunning 79%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 79%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 79%
Arlen Specter 79%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 78%
George Allen 75%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 75%
Conrad Burns 75%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 75%
Judd Gregg 75%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 75%
Kay Hutchison 75%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 75%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 75%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 75%
Ben Nelson 75%
Wayne Allard 74%
Norm Coleman 74%
Dick Lugar 74%
Melquiades Martinez 74%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 72%
Dave Obey 72%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 72%
Gordon Smith 72%
Maurice Hinchey 71%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 70%
Elizabeth Dole 70%
William Frist 70%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 70%
Olympia Snowe 70%
Ted Stevens 70%
John Warner 70%
John Sununu 69%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 68%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 68%
Lynn Woolsey 68%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 67%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 67%
Roscoe Bartlett 65%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 65%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 65%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 65%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 65%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 65%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 65%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 65%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 65%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 65%
Ted Strickland 65%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 65%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 65%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 63%
Julia Carson 63%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 63%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 63%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 63%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 63%
Rick Santorum 63%
Ellen Tauscher 63%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 63%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 63%
Robert Wexler 63%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 61%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 61%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 61%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 61%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 61%
Jim Oberstar 61%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 61%
Martin Olav Sabo 61%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 61%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 61%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 61%
Pete Stark 61%
Diane Watson 61%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 60%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 60%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 60%
Kent Conrad 60%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 60%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 60%
Herb Kohl 60%
Blanche Lincoln 60%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 60%
John Olver 60%
Donald Payne 60%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 60%
Ken Salazar 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 60%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 60%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 60%
Anthony Weiner 60%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 59%
Bill Delahunt 59%
Tom Feeney 59%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 59%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 59%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 59%
Howard Berman 58%
Rick Boucher 58%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 58%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 58%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 58%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 58%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 58%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 58%
Lane Evans 58%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 58%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 58%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 58%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 58%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 58%
Gilbert Gutknecht 58%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 58%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 58%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 58%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 58%
Dennis Kucinich 58%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 58%
Martin Meehan 58%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 58%
Major Owens 58%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 58%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 58%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 58%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 58%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 58%
Hilda Solis 58%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 58%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 58%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 58%
David Wu 58%
Gary Ackerman 56%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 56%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 56%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 56%
Brian Baird 55%
Vern Ehlers 55%
Barney Frank 55%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 55%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 55%
Patrick Kennedy 55%
Dale Kildee 55%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 55%
Don Manzullo 55%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 55%
Michael McNulty 55%
Jack Murtha 55%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 55%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 55%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 55%
Tom Tancredo 55%
John Tanner 55%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 55%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 55%
Thomas Allen 53%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 53%
Joe Baca, Sr. 53%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 53%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 53%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 53%
Charlie Gonzalez 53%
Wally Herger, Jr. 53%
Darlene Hooley 53%
John Nathan Hostettler 53%
William Jefferson 53%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 53%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 53%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 53%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 53%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 53%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 53%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 53%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 53%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 53%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 53%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 53%
John Shadegg 53%
Gene Taylor 53%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 53%
Marion Berry 50%
Jeff Bingaman 50%
Dan Boren 50%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 50%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 50%
Russ Carnahan 50%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 50%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Barbara Cubin 50%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 50%
Norm Dicks 50%
Byron Dorgan 50%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 50%
David Dreier 50%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 50%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 50%
Jane Harman 50%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 50%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 50%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 50%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 50%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 50%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 50%
Connie Mack IV 50%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 50%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 50%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 50%
Alan Mollohan 50%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 50%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 50%
Silvestre Reyes 50%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 50%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 50%
Ed Towns 50%
Albert Wynn 50%
Shelley Berkley 47%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 47%
Henry Brown, Jr. 47%
Ginny Brown-Waite 47%
Dennis Cardoza 47%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 47%
Artur Davis 47%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 47%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 47%
Bart Gordon 47%
Pete Hoekstra 47%
James Kolbe 47%
Tom Lantos 47%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 47%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 47%
Marilyn Musgrave 47%
Robert William Ney 47%
Earl Pomeroy 47%
Steve Rothman 47%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 47%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 47%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 47%
Mark Souder 47%
Gerald Weller 47%
Todd Akin 45%
J. Gresham Barrett 45%
Evan Bayh 45%
Bob Beauprez 45%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 45%
Chris Cannon 45%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 45%
Ben Chandler III 45%
Chris Chocola 45%
Hillary Clinton 45%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 45%
Lincoln Davis 45%
Thomas DeLay 45%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 45%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 45%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 45%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 45%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 45%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 45%
Mark Green 45%
Thomas Holden 45%
Kenny Hulshof 45%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 45%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 45%
Tim Johnson 45%
Paul Kanjorski 45%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 45%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 45%
James Leach 45%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 45%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 45%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 45%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 45%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 45%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 45%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 45%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 45%
Denny Rehberg 45%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 45%
Jim Ryun 45%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 45%
Vic Snyder 45%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 45%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 45%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 44%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 44%
Leonard Boswell 44%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 44%
Jo Ann Emerson 44%
Terry Everett 44%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 44%
Katherine Harris 44%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 44%
Joe Lieberman 44%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 44%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 44%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 44%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 43%
Richard Hugh Baker 42%
Michael Bilirakis 42%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 42%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 42%
Steve Buyer 42%
Robert Byrd 42%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 42%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 42%
John Doolittle 42%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 42%
Robert Hayes 42%
Duncan Hunter 42%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 42%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 42%
Ric Keller 42%
Ron Lewis 42%
Dan Lungren 42%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 42%
James McCrery III 42%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 42%
Thomas William Osborne 42%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 42%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 42%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 42%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 42%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 42%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 42%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 42%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 42%
Cliff Stearns 42%
Bart Stupak 42%
John Sweeney 42%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 41%
Henry Hyde 41%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 41%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 40%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 40%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 40%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 40%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 40%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 40%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 40%
Geoff Davis 40%
James Davis 40%
Jo Ann Davis 40%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 40%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 40%
Chris Dodd 40%
Thelma Drake 40%
Chet Edwards 40%
Harold Ford, Jr. 40%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 40%
Melissa Hart 40%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 40%
Joel Hefley 40%
Sue Kelly 40%
Mark Kennedy 40%
Ray LaHood 40%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 40%
John Linder 40%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 40%
Thaddeus McCotter 40%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
Sue Myrick 40%
Anne Northup 40%
James Nussle 40%
Jon Porter, Sr. 40%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 40%
Mike Sodrel 40%
John Sullivan 40%
Charles Taylor 40%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 40%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 40%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 40%
David Weldon 40%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 40%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 39%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 39%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 39%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 39%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 39%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 39%
Richard Pombo 39%
George Radanovich 39%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 39%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 39%
Mike Ross 38%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 38%
Heather Wilson 38%
Henry Bonilla 37%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 37%
Dan Burton 37%
Elton Gallegly 37%
Jim Gibbons 37%
Joseph Knollenberg 37%
Jim Marshall 37%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 37%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 37%
Dennis Moore 37%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 37%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 37%
Deborah Pryce 37%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 37%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 37%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 37%
Ike Skelton 37%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 37%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 37%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 35%
Judy Biggert 35%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 35%
Robert Cramer 35%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 35%
Russ Feingold 35%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 35%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 35%
Wayne Gilchrest 35%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 35%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 35%
Daniel Inouye 35%
William Lewis Jenkins 35%
John Kuhl, Jr. 35%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 35%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 35%
John McHugh 35%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 35%
Brad Miller 35%
James Ramstad 35%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 35%
Paul Sarbanes 35%
Jim Saxton 35%
Donald Sherwood 35%
John Spratt, Jr. 35%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 35%
William Thomas 35%
Zach Wamp 35%
W. Curtis Weldon 35%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 35%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 33%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 33%
Steve LaTourette 33%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 33%
Charlie Bass 32%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 32%
Bob Etheridge 32%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 32%
Nancy Johnson 32%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 32%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 32%
Thomas Reynolds 32%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 32%
John Schwarz 32%
Todd Tiahrt 32%
John Peterson 31%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 31%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 30%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 30%
Philip English 30%
Michael Ferguson 30%
Paul Gillmor 30%
David Lee Hobson 30%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 30%
Jerry Lewis 30%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 30%
Todd Platts 30%
Ralph Regula 30%
Richard Renzi 30%
Christopher Shays 30%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 30%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 30%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 29%
Michael Oxley 29%
Thomas Davis III 28%
Sherwood Boehlert 26%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 26%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 26%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 26%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 25%
Melissa Bean 25%
Mike Castle 25%
Mark Foley 25%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 22%
Edward Case 21%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 21%
James Walsh 20%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 17%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 15%
J. Dennis Hastert 0%
Jean Schmidt 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.

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