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Rating Group: League of Private Property Voters

2007 Land Rights Advocacy Score

Issues: Environment
State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 100
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 83
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 60
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 50
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 75
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 67
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 75
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 67
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 60
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 75
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 30
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 92
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 0
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 0
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 100
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 40
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 8
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 33
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 8
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 92
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 92
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 92
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 8
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 100
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 8
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 75
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 8
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 75
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 75
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 0
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 92
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 75
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 0
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 0
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 8
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 8
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 100
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 8
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 42
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 8
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 0
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 8
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 0
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 40
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 40
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 83
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 75
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 8
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 67
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 58
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 67
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 8
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 75
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 8
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 0
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 67
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 58
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 92
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 100
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 100
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 17
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 92
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 0
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 92
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 100
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 83
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 33
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 8
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 92
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 0
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 17
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 90
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 40
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 0
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 0
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 75
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 100
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 83
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 40
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 25
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 8
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 17
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 67
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 0
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 75
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 8
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 17
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 17
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 100
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 80
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 75
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 80
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 70
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 58
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 8
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 75
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 60
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 80
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 83
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 67
LA Governor Bobby Jindal Republican 75
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 0
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 8
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 8
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 40
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 40
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 17
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 17
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 0
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 8
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 0
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 60
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 8
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 40
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 40
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 92
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 50
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 92
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 83
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 0
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 58
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 8
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 0
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 17
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 92
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 0
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 92
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 58
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 40
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 92
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 0
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 0
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 92
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 80
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 0
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 60
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 60
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 20
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 20
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 80
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 40
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 70
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 8
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 50
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 0
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 75
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 83
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 8
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 100
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 0
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 58
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 75
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 100
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 8
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 40
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 20
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 17
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 33
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 33
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 83
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 0
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 8
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 0
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 33
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 0
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 8
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 83
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 40
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 83
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 40
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 17
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 8
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 67
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 8
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 8
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 8
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 8
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 17
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 8
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 0
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 0
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 40
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 75
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 92
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 92
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 0
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 75
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 83
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 8
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 90
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 70
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 83
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 75
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 83
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 40
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 75
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 0
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 8
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 40
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 0
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 42
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 83
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 17
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 8
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 50
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 83
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 58
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 40
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 40
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 8
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 80
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 75
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 0
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 20
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 90
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 60
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 100
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 92
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 25
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 92
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 0
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 90
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 92
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 83
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 92
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 83
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 83
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 83
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 83
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 8
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 83
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 100
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 92
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 17
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 8
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 92
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 75
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 67
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 25
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 17
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 0
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 50
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 0
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 100
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 100
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 58
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 0
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 75
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 92
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 0
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 50
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 50
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 40
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 0
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 40
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 8
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 100
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 75
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 0
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 33
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 8
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 8
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 75
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 25
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 0
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 83
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 67
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 40
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 67
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 8
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 100
Gary Ackerman 0
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 40
Todd Akin 83
Wayne Allard 90
Thomas Allen 0
Jason Altmire 33
Michael Arcuri 8
Joe Baca, Sr. 8
Brian Baird 0
J. Gresham Barrett 75
Roscoe Bartlett 67
Evan Bayh 60
Melissa Bean 17
Bob Bennett 70
Shelley Berkley 17
Howard Berman 8
Marion Berry 17
Judy Biggert 42
Brian Bilbray 67
Jeff Bingaman 40
Kit Bond 70
Mary Bono Mack 50
Dan Boren 67
Leonard Boswell 25
Rick Boucher 8
Allen Boyd, Jr. 25
Nancy Boyda 25
Henry Brown, Jr. 75
Ginny Brown-Waite 92
Jim Bunning 60
Dan Burton 100
Steve Buyer 92
Robert Byrd 40
Chris Cannon 92
Dennis Cardoza 33
Russ Carnahan 8
Christopher Carney 8
Mike Castle 33
Ben Chandler III 8
Hillary Clinton 20
Norm Coleman 90
Kent Conrad 40
Jerry Costello 17
Larry Craig 100
Robert Cramer 25
Barbara Cubin 75
Artur Davis 8
David Davis 75
Geoff Davis 50
Lincoln Davis 25
Thomas Davis III 50
Bill Delahunt 8
James DeMint 80
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 58
Norm Dicks 8
Chris Dodd 20
Elizabeth Dole 60
Pete Domenici, Jr. 90
John Doolittle 92
Byron Dorgan 40
Thelma Drake 100
David Dreier 67
Chet Edwards 25
Vern Ehlers 33
Brad Ellsworth 25
Jo Ann Emerson 83
Philip English 42
John Ensign 90
Bob Etheridge 8
Terry Everett 83
Tom Feeney 83
Russ Feingold 40
Michael Ferguson 33
Vito Fossella, Jr. 75
Barney Frank 0
Elton Gallegly 83
Gabrielle Giffords 8
Wayne Gilchrest 8
Charlie Gonzalez 8
Virgil Goode, Jr. 83
Bart Gordon 25
Judd Gregg 70
John Hall 0
Phil Hare 8
Jane Harman 0
Robert Hayes 75
Wally Herger, Jr. 100
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 25
Baron Hill 8
Maurice Hinchey 0
David Lee Hobson 58
Paul Hodes 0
Pete Hoekstra 100
Thomas Holden 17
Darlene Hooley 8
Kenny Hulshof 83
Duncan Hunter 75
Kay Hutchison 90
Bob Inglis, Sr. 67
Daniel Inouye 40
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 0
William Jefferson 8
Tim Johnson 33
Steve Kagen 8
Paul Kanjorski 17
Ric Keller 67
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40
Patrick Kennedy 0
Dale Kildee 8
Carolyn Kilpatrick 0
Ron Klein 0
Joseph Knollenberg 83
Herb Kohl 40
Dennis Kucinich 0
John Kuhl, Jr. 67
Jon Kyl 70
Ray LaHood 42
Nicholas Lampson 33
Steve LaTourette 50
Jerry Lewis 83
Ron Lewis 100
Joe Lieberman 40
Blanche Lincoln 60
John Linder 92
Dick Lugar 100
Dan Lungren 83
Connie Mack IV 92
Tim Mahoney 17
Don Manzullo 92
Jim Marshall 42
Melquiades Martinez 60
Thaddeus McCotter 75
James McCrery III 83
John McHugh 58
Michael McNulty 0
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 8
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 25
Brad Miller 8
Harry Mitchell 8
Alan Mollohan 25
Dennis Moore 8
Patrick Murphy 17
Jack Murtha 8
Marilyn Musgrave 92
Sue Myrick 75
Ben Nelson 60
Jim Oberstar 25
Dave Obey 8
John Olver 0
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 0
Ron Paul 83
Donald Payne 0
John Peterson 75
Charles Pickering, Jr. 75
Todd Platts 42
Earl Pomeroy 17
Jon Porter, Sr. 67
Deborah Pryce 58
George Radanovich 100
James Ramstad 33
Ralph Regula 67
Denny Rehberg 83
Richard Renzi 75
Silvestre Reyes 25
Thomas Reynolds 67
Ciro Rodriguez 17
Mike Ross 33
Steve Rothman 8
Ken Salazar 40
William Sali 100
Jim Saxton 33
Jean Schmidt 83
Joe Sestak, Jr. 0
John Shadegg 92
Christopher Shays 17
Heath Shuler 8
Ike Skelton 17
Gordon Smith 80
Olympia Snowe 60
Vic Snyder 8
Hilda Solis 0
Mark Souder 75
Zack Space 42
Arlen Specter 80
John Spratt, Jr. 8
Pete Stark 0
Cliff Stearns 83
Ted Stevens 90
Bart Stupak 17
John Sullivan 83
John Sununu 90
Betty Sutton 0
Tom Tancredo 92
John Tanner 25
Ellen Tauscher 0
Gene Taylor 33
Todd Tiahrt 83
Ed Towns 0
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 0
George Voinovich 50
James Walsh 58
Zach Wamp 83
John Warner 60
Diane Watson 0
Jim Webb, Jr. 50
Anthony Weiner 8
David Weldon 92
Gerald Weller 50
Robert Wexler 0
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 8
Heather Wilson 67
Lynn Woolsey 0
David Wu 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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