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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: Christian Action Network

2004 Lifetime Score

Issues: Conservative
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 78%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 89%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 97%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 93%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 99%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 99%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 97%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 36%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 98%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 57%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 79%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 9%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 91%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 1%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 7%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 2%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 2%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 3%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 98%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 82%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 16%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 7%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 8%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 5%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 96%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 86%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca, Sr. Democratic 14%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 97%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 67%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 88%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 6%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 92%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 9%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 8%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 11%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 9%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 3%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 7%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 11%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 28%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 12%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 94%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 16%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 93%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 99%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 98%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 84%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 92%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 6%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 98%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 95%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 85%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 93%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 45%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 2%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 28%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 97%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 7%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 4%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 6%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 93%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 2%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 32%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 94%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 99%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 98%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 87%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 93%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 2%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 54%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 8%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 7%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 6%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 3%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 65%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 53%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 84%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 99%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 94%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 11%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 91%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 25%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 94%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 98%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 94%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 98%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 97%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 94%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 44%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 58%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 74%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 84%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 2%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 7%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 18%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 6%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 5%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 17%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 19%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 24%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 36%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 72%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 7%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 20%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 36%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 31%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 31%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 5%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 19%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 81%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 57%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 93%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 92%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 99%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 75%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 11%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 15%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 89%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 62%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 39%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 97%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 30%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 87%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 94%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 95%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 99%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 71%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 37%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 38%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 96%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 12%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Democratic 5%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 8%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 89%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 4%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 74%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 34%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 92%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 85%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 96%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 6%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 14%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 32%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 80%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 93%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 38%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 74%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 7%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 37%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 33%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 92%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 73%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 35%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 14%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 54%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 8%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 33%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 11%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 75%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 54%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 32%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 16%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 68%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 14%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 13%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 23%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 24%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 6%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 11%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 7%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 12%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 29%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 36%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 30%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 96%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 93%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 82%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 31%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 9%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 71%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 81%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 58%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 88%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 98%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 96%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 97%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 97%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 31%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 61%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 9%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 13%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 28%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 86%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 94%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 64%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 79%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 91%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 62%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 17%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 64%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 16%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 92%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 60%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 96%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 14%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 16%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 89%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 94%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 30%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 89%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 94%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 95%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 96%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 93%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 85%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 98%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 62%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa-Flores, Sr. Democratic 28%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 31%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 3%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 10%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 97%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 8%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 21%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 6%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 97%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 98%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 93%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 58%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 2%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 95%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 97%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 10%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 93%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 17%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 11%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 4%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 15%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 95%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 8%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 4%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 13%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 4%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 93%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 5%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 14%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 89%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 93%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 12%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 85%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 65%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 96%
Wayne Allard 96%
George Allen 92%
Thomas Allen 17%
Brian Baird 10%
Richard Hugh Baker 70%
J. Gresham Barrett 96%
Evan Bayh 25%
Bob Beauprez 99%
Bob Bennett 91%
Marion Berry 66%
Michael Bilirakis 99%
Sherwood Boehlert 64%
Kit Bond 96%
Henry Bonilla 92%
Rick Boucher 25%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 97%
Ginny Brown-Waite 98%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 96%
Steve Buyer 87%
Robert Byrd 27%
Chris Cannon 87%
Julia Carson 11%
Edward Case 13%
Mike Castle 48%
Chris Chocola 97%
Norm Coleman 90%
Jon Corzine 5%
Christopher Cox 92%
Larry Craig 98%
Robert Cramer 67%
Barbara Cubin 95%
Randall Cunningham 99%
Artur Davis 31%
James Davis 22%
Jo Ann Davis 100%
Lincoln Davis 82%
Thomas Davis III 83%
Bill Delahunt 5%
Thomas DeLay 97%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 86%
Chris Dodd 3%
Elizabeth Dole 93%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 67%
John Doolittle 97%
Byron Dorgan 38%
Chet Edwards 24%
Vern Ehlers 89%
Philip English 87%
John Ensign 63%
Bob Etheridge 52%
Lane Evans 7%
Terry Everett 98%
Tom Feeney 97%
Russ Feingold 4%
Michael Ferguson 78%
Mark Foley 77%
Harold Ford, Jr. 34%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 65%
William Frist 100%
Jim Gibbons 85%
Wayne Gilchrest 51%
Paul Gillmor 74%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 99%
Bart Gordon 51%
Mark Green 95%
Judd Gregg 84%
Gilbert Gutknecht 96%
Charles Hagel 84%
Jane Harman 13%
Katherine Harris 97%
Melissa Hart 98%
J. Dennis Hastert 90%
Robert Hayes 97%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 94%
Joel Hefley 96%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 25%
David Lee Hobson 88%
Pete Hoekstra 93%
Darlene Hooley 34%
John Nathan Hostettler 91%
Kenny Hulshof 99%
Duncan Hunter 95%
Henry Hyde 93%
Jay Inslee 12%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 70%
William Jefferson 49%
James Merrill Jeffords 7%
William Lewis Jenkins 94%
Nancy Johnson 36%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
Ric Keller 97%
Sue Kelly 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 2%
Mark Kennedy 87%
Patrick Kennedy 26%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Joseph Knollenberg 91%
James Kolbe 40%
Tom Lantos 8%
James Leach 44%
Ron Lewis 97%
Blanche Lincoln 26%
John Linder 92%
Trent Lott, Sr. 95%
Jim Marshall 77%
James McCrery III 86%
John McHugh 75%
Michael McNulty 39%
Martin Meehan 7%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 10%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 12%
Alan Mollohan 57%
Dennis Moore 22%
Jack Murtha 55%
Marilyn Musgrave 98%
Robert William Ney 93%
Anne Northup 92%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 95%
James Nussle 97%
Jim Oberstar 59%
Dave Obey 24%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 59%
Thomas William Osborne 97%
Major Owens 7%
Michael Oxley 94%
Donald Payne 22%
John Peterson 93%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 91%
Richard Pombo 96%
Earl Pomeroy 59%
Jon Porter, Sr. 62%
Deborah Pryce 73%
George Radanovich 96%
James Ramstad 56%
Ralph Regula 74%
Richard Renzi 97%
Thomas Reynolds 74%
Jim Ryun 98%
Martin Olav Sabo 33%
Rick Santorum 76%
Paul Sarbanes 3%
H. James Saxton 92%
John Shadegg 98%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 83%
Christopher Shays 42%
Donald Sherwood 81%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 41%
Ike Skelton 79%
Gordon Smith 67%
Vic Snyder 12%
Mark Souder 98%
Arlen Specter 77%
John Spratt, Jr. 31%
Ted Stevens 81%
Ted Strickland 37%
Bart Stupak 66%
John Sununu 80%
John Sweeney 72%
James Talent 72%
Tom Tancredo 95%
John Tanner 51%
Ellen Tauscher 6%
Charles Taylor 72%
Gene Taylor 60%
Craig Thomas 96%
William Thomas 78%
Todd Tiahrt 97%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 22%
George Voinovich 83%
James Walsh 93%
Zach Wamp 97%
John Warner 77%
Diane Watson 6%
Anthony Weiner 8%
David Weldon 98%
W. Curtis Weldon 90%
Gerald Weller 89%
Robert Wexler 11%
Heather Wilson 91%
David Wu 39%
Albert Wynn 18%

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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