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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Republican Liberty Caucus

2005 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
John Ensign 93%
Trent Lott, Sr. 92%
James DeMint 90%
Jon Kyl 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 89%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 88%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 88%
Judd Gregg 88%
Craig Thomas 88%
Bob Bennett 87%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 87%
Kit Bond 85%
Jim Bunning 85%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 85%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 85%
Wayne Allard 84%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 83%
Larry Craig 83%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 83%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 83%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 83%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 83%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 83%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 83%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 83%
James Talent 83%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 83%
Dick Lugar 82%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 82%
Ron Paul 82%
Ted Stevens 82%
John Sununu 82%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 81%
Conrad Burns 80%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 80%
William Frist 80%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 79%
Melquiades Martinez 79%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 79%
George Allen 78%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 78%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 78%
Kay Hutchison 78%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 78%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 78%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 78%
John Warner 78%
George Voinovich 77%
Rick Santorum 76%
John Shadegg 76%
Gordon Smith 76%
Elizabeth Dole 75%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 75%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 75%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 75%
Tom Feeney 74%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 74%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 74%
Don Manzullo 73%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 73%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 73%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 72%
Tom Tancredo 72%
Roscoe Bartlett 71%
Marilyn Musgrave 71%
Todd Akin 70%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 70%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 70%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 70%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 70%
Gilbert Gutknecht 69%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 69%
J. Gresham Barrett 68%
Chris Cannon 68%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 68%
Chris Chocola 68%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 68%
John Linder 68%
Sue Myrick 68%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 68%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 68%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 68%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67%
John Sullivan 67%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 67%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 66%
Henry Brown, Jr. 66%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 66%
Wally Herger, Jr. 66%
Pete Hoekstra 66%
John Nathan Hostettler 66%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 66%
James Kolbe 66%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 66%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 66%
Arlen Specter 66%
Bob Beauprez 65%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 65%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 65%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 65%
Connie Mack IV 65%
Jim Ryun 65%
Steve Buyer 64%
Norm Coleman 64%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 64%
Dan Lungren 64%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 64%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 64%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 64%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 63%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 63%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 63%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 63%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 63%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 63%
Mike Sodrel 63%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 63%
Gerald Weller 63%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 62%
Barbara Cubin 62%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 62%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 62%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 61%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 61%
Robert Hayes 61%
Henry Hyde 61%
Mark Souder 61%
Cliff Stearns 61%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 60%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 60%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 60%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 60%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 60%
David Dreier 60%
Vern Ehlers 60%
Jim Gibbons 60%
Mark Green 60%
Joel Hefley 60%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 60%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 60%
Anne Northup 60%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 60%
George Radanovich 60%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 60%
Olympia Snowe 60%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 60%
Richard Hugh Baker 59%
Ginny Brown-Waite 59%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 59%
Jo Ann Emerson 59%
Terry Everett 59%
Katherine Harris 59%
Kenny Hulshof 59%
Ric Keller 59%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 59%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 59%
Robert William Ney 59%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 59%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 59%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 59%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 59%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 59%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 58%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 58%
Dan Burton 58%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 58%
John Doolittle 58%
Thelma Drake 58%
Philip English 58%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 58%
William Lewis Jenkins 58%
Mark Kennedy 58%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 58%
Ben Nelson 58%
James Nussle 58%
Jon Porter, Sr. 58%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 58%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 58%
John Sweeney 58%
Thomas DeLay 57%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 57%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 57%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 57%
Richard Pombo 57%
James Ramstad 57%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 57%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 56%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 56%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 56%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 56%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 56%
Joseph Knollenberg 56%
James Leach 56%
Ron Lewis 56%
James McCrery III 56%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 56%
Thomas William Osborne 56%
Michael Oxley 56%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 56%
Deborah Pryce 56%
Thomas Reynolds 56%
Todd Tiahrt 56%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 56%
Henry Bonilla 55%
Dan Boren 55%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 55%
Geoff Davis 55%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 55%
John Kuhl, Jr. 55%
John Peterson 55%
Donald Sherwood 55%
John Tanner 55%
Zach Wamp 55%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 55%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 54%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 54%
Duncan Hunter 54%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 54%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 54%
David Weldon 54%
Heather Wilson 54%
Charlie Bass 53%
Judy Biggert 53%
Michael Bilirakis 53%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 53%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 53%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 53%
Elton Gallegly 53%
Melissa Hart 53%
Tim Johnson 53%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 53%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 53%
Ray LaHood 53%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 53%
Denny Rehberg 53%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 53%
Richard Renzi 53%
Charles Taylor 53%
William Thomas 53%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 53%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 53%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 52%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 52%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 52%
Sue Kelly 52%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 52%
W. Curtis Weldon 52%
Jo Ann Davis 51%
Paul Gillmor 51%
David Lee Hobson 51%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 51%
Marion Berry 50%
Michael Ferguson 50%
J. Dennis Hastert 50%
Jerry Lewis 50%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 50%
Thaddeus McCotter 50%
John McHugh 50%
Ralph Regula 50%
Jean Schmidt 50%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 50%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 50%
Mary Bono Mack 49%
Mark Foley 49%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 49%
Sherwood Boehlert 48%
Mike Castle 48%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 48%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 48%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 48%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 48%
Todd Platts 48%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 48%
Jim Saxton 48%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 47%
Robert Cramer 47%
William Jefferson 47%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 47%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 46%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 46%
Bart Gordon 46%
Steve LaTourette 46%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 46%
Silvestre Reyes 46%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 46%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 45%
PA U.S. House 8 Mike Fitzpatrick Republican 45%
Wayne Gilchrest 45%
Dennis Moore 45%
Ed Towns 45%
Albert Wynn 45%
Rick Boucher 44%
Julia Carson 44%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 44%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 44%
Dave Obey 44%
Christopher Shays 44%
Gene Taylor 44%
Lynn Woolsey 44%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 43%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 43%
Lincoln Davis 43%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 43%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 43%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 43%
Blanche Lincoln 43%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 43%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 43%
Ted Strickland 43%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 43%
Joe Baca, Sr. 42%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 42%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 42%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 42%
Jane Harman 42%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 42%
Ike Skelton 42%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 42%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 42%
Ellen Tauscher 42%
James Walsh 42%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 41%
Dennis Cardoza 41%
Artur Davis 41%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 41%
Charlie Gonzalez 41%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 41%
Nancy Johnson 41%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 41%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 41%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 41%
Mike Ross 41%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 41%
John Schwarz 41%
Pete Stark 41%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 40%
Ben Chandler III 40%
Thomas Davis III 40%
Chet Edwards 40%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 40%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 40%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 40%
Jack Murtha 40%
John Olver 40%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 40%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 40%
Anthony Weiner 40%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 39%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 39%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 39%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 39%
Dennis Kucinich 39%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 39%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 39%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 39%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 39%
Alan Mollohan 39%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 39%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 39%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 39%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 39%
David Wu 39%
Brian Baird 38%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 38%
Leonard Boswell 38%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 38%
Jerry Costello 38%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 38%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 38%
Jim Oberstar 38%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 38%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 38%
Martin Olav Sabo 38%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 38%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 38%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 37%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 37%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 37%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 37%
Martin Meehan 37%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 37%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 37%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 37%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 37%
Hilda Solis 37%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 37%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 37%
Robert Wexler 37%
Bill Delahunt 36%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 36%
Darlene Hooley 36%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 36%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 36%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 36%
Earl Pomeroy 36%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 36%
Diane Watson 36%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 36%
Jeff Bingaman 35%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 35%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 35%
Kent Conrad 35%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 35%
Harold Ford, Jr. 35%
Barney Frank 35%
Maurice Hinchey 35%
Thomas Holden 35%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 35%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 35%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 35%
Paul Kanjorski 35%
Herb Kohl 35%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 35%
Ken Salazar 35%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 35%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 35%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 35%
Vic Snyder 35%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 34%
Shelley Berkley 34%
Howard Berman 34%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 34%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 34%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 34%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 34%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 34%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 34%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 34%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 34%
Gary Ackerman 33%
Melissa Bean 33%
Russ Carnahan 33%
James Davis 33%
Norm Dicks 33%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 33%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 33%
Dale Kildee 33%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 33%
Jim Marshall 33%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 33%
Donald Payne 33%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 32%
Lane Evans 32%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 32%
Tom Lantos 32%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 32%
Major Owens 32%
Steve Rothman 32%
Thomas Allen 31%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 31%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 31%
James Merrill Jeffords 31%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 31%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 31%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 31%
John Spratt, Jr. 31%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 30%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 30%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 30%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 30%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 30%
Patrick Kennedy 30%
Michael McNulty 30%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 30%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 30%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 30%
Robert Byrd 29%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 29%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 29%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 28%
Evan Bayh 28%
Hillary Clinton 28%
Byron Dorgan 28%
Bob Etheridge 28%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 28%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 28%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 28%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 27%
Edward Case 26%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 26%
Bart Stupak 26%
Chris Dodd 25%
Daniel Inouye 25%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 25%
Joe Lieberman 25%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 25%
Brad Miller 25%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 25%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 25%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 25%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 24%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 23%
Russ Feingold 23%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 23%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 23%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 23%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 21%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 20%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 20%
Paul Sarbanes 20%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 20%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 18%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 15%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 14%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 13%

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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