State Office Name Party Rating
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
Evan Bayh Other 100%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 100%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 100%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Julia Carson Other 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 100%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
Artur Davis Other 100%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 100%
Bob Etheridge Other 100%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 100%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 100%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
Tom Lantos Other 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 100%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
Michael McNulty Other 100%
Martin Meehan Other 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 100%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 100%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
NA President Barack Obama II D 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
Donald Payne Other 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
Steve Rothman Other 100%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 100%
Ken Salazar Other 100%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 100%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 100%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Diane Watson Other 100%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Lynn Woolsey Other 100%
David Wu Other 100%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Brian Baird Other 90%
Marion Berry Other 90%
Leonard Boswell Other 90%
Rick Boucher Other 90%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 90%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 90%
Ben Chandler III Other 90%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 90%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 90%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 90%
Jerry Costello Other 90%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 90%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 90%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 90%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 90%
Blanche Lincoln Other 90%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 90%
Alan Mollohan Other 90%
Jim Oberstar Other 90%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 90%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 90%
Mike Ross Other 90%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 90%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 90%
John Tanner Other 90%
Gene Taylor Other 90%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 90%
Albert Wynn Other 90%
Dennis Cardoza Other 89%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 89%
Ike Skelton Other 89%
William Jefferson Other 88%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 80%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 80%
Chet Edwards Other 80%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 80%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 80%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 80%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 80%
Bart Gordon Other 78%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 75%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 70%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 70%
Lincoln Davis Other 70%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 70%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 70%
Olympia Snowe Other 70%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 60%
Melissa Bean Other 60%
Dan Boren Other 60%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 60%
Robert Cramer Other 60%
Ben Nelson Other 60%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 60%
Arlen Specter Other 56%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50%
Jim Marshall Other 50%
Norm Coleman Other 40%
Heather Wilson Other 40%
Ron Paul Other 38%
George Voinovich Other 33%
Kay Hutchison Other 30%
Gordon Smith Other 30%
John Ensign Other 20%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 20%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 20%
Tim Johnson Other 20%
Dick Lugar Other 20%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 20%
John McHugh Other 20%
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 20%
James Ramstad Other 20%
Richard Renzi Other 20%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 20%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 20%
John Warner Other 20%
Jo Ann Davis Other 14%
Michael Bilirakis Other 13%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 13%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 13%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 11%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 11%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 11%
Christopher Shays Other 11%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 11%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 10%
Wayne Allard Other 10%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 10%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 10%
Mary Bono Mack Other 10%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 10%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 10%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 10%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 10%
Mike Castle Other 10%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 10%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 10%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 10%
Larry Craig Other 10%
Thomas Davis III Other 10%
James DeMint Other 10%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 10%
John Doolittle Other 10%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 10%
Terry Everett Other 10%
Michael Ferguson Other 10%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 10%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 10%
Elton Gallegly Other 10%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 10%
Paul Gillmor Other 10%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 10%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 10%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 10%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 10%
David Lee Hobson Other 10%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 10%
LA Governor Bobby Jindal R 10%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 10%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 10%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 10%
Ray LaHood Other 10%
Steve LaTourette Other 10%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 10%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 10%
Dan Lungren Other 10%
Don Manzullo Other 10%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 10%
Melquiades Martinez Other 10%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 10%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 10%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 10%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 10%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 10%
Todd Platts Other 10%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 10%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 10%
Deborah Pryce Other 10%
Ralph Regula Other 10%
Denny Rehberg Other 10%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 10%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 10%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 10%
Jim Saxton Other 10%
Jean Schmidt Other 10%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 10%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 10%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 10%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 10%
Mark Souder Other 10%
Ted Stevens Other 10%
John Sullivan Other 10%
Tom Tancredo Other 10%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 10%
Todd Tiahrt Other 10%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 10%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 10%
James Walsh Other 10%
Zach Wamp Other 10%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 10%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 10%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 10%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 10%
Todd Akin Other 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 0%
Richard Hugh Baker Other 0%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Judy Biggert Other 0%
Brian Bilbray Other 0%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
Kit Bond Other 0%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 0%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 0%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 0%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
Dan Burton Other 0%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 0%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 0%
Geoff Davis Other 0%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 0%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 0%
Elizabeth Dole Other 0%
Thelma Drake Other 0%
David Dreier Other 0%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 0%
Vern Ehlers Other 0%
Philip English Other 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 0%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 0%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 0%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 0%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 0%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 0%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 0%
J. Dennis Hastert Other 0%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 0%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
Robert Hayes Other 0%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 0%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Kenny Hulshof Other 0%
Duncan Hunter Other 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
Ric Keller Other 0%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 0%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 0%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 0%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 0%
Jerry Lewis Other 0%
Ron Lewis Other 0%
John Linder Other 0%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
Connie Mack IV Other 0%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
James McCrery III Other 0%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 0%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 0%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 0%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 0%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 0%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 0%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 0%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
John Peterson Other 0%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 0%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
George Radanovich Other 0%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 0%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 0%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 0%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 0%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
John Shadegg Other 0%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 0%
Cliff Stearns Other 0%
John Sununu Other 0%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 0%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 0%
David Weldon Other 0%
Gerald Weller Other 0%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 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.