State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 10%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 33%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 20%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 20%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 20%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 30%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 20%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 10%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 100%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 20%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 0%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 10%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 100%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 100%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 10%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 100%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 100%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 90%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 100%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 100%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 100%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 100%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 90%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 100%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 90%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 90%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 89%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 100%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 0%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 0%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 100%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 22%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 100%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 100%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 13%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 100%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 90%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 100%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 10%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 100%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 11%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 90%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 0%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 100%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 10%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 0%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 100%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 100%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 90%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 89%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 0%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 100%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 100%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 100%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 100%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 100%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 100%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 90%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 20%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 0%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 100%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 10%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 20%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 40%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 100%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 60%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 100%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 10%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 11%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 0%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 0%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 10%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 11%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 100%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 90%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 0%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 25%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 0%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 80%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 90%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 0%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 100%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 100%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 30%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 100%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 100%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 20%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 20%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 0%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 40%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 44%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 90%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 100%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 100%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 0%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 100%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 0%
IL Mayor-At-Large Rahm Emanuel D 100%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 80%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 0%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 50%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 0%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 0%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 10%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 100%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 10%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 90%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 22%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 0%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 0%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 100%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 100%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 100%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 100%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 100%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 100%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 100%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 90%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 100%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 100%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 100%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 100%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 100%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 80%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 90%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 0%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 30%
MI U.S. House-7 Tim Walberg R 0%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 20%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 100%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 50%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 90%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 100%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 10%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 100%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 0%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 90%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 90%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 0%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 100%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 100%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 30%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 0%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 0%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 90%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 90%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 100%
NA President Barack Obama II D 100%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 80%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 0%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 90%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 50%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 90%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 10%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 10%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 80%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 0%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 89%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 40%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 0%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 0%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 100%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 90%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 90%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 90%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 60%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 60%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 10%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 100%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 90%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 90%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 0%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 90%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 100%
NM U.S. House-2 Steve Pearce R 0%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 30%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 100%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 100%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 11%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 100%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 100%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 100%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 100%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 100%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 100%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 100%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 100%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 100%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 100%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 100%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 100%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 100%
OH U.S. House-1 Steve Chabot R 40%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 0%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 0%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 100%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 40%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 30%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 100%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 0%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 10%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 0%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 0%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 0%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 10%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 100%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 100%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 100%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 40%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 0%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 100%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 100%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 40%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 0%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 50%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 100%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 100%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 0%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 90%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 20%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 0%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 10%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 11%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 90%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 0%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 100%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 0%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 0%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 10%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 0%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 10%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 10%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 0%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 10%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 10%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 0%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 0%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 10%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 10%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 100%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 100%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 10%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 10%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 0%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 0%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 100%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 100%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 89%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 0%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 0%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 0%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 0%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 70%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 100%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 20%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 30%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 0%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 100%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 60%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 100%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 90%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 90%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 100%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 10%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 22%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 100%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 50%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 90%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 100%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 100%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 10%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 100%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 100%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 10%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 40%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 80%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 60%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 0%
Gary Ackerman Other 100%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Todd Akin Other 10%
Wayne Allard Other 0%
Thomas Allen Other 100%
Jason Altmire Other 100%
Michael Arcuri Other 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 100%
Brian Baird Other 100%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 0%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 20%
Evan Bayh Other 90%
Melissa Bean Other 70%
Bob Bennett Other 0%
Shelley Berkley Other 100%
Howard Berman Other 100%
Marion Berry Other 100%
Judy Biggert Other 20%
Brian Bilbray Other 0%
Jeff Bingaman Other 100%
Kit Bond Other 0%
Mary Bono Mack Other 43%
Dan Boren Other 70%
Leonard Boswell Other 100%
Rick Boucher Other 100%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 100%
Nancy Boyda Other 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 10%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 10%
Jim Bunning Other 0%
Dan Burton Other 22%
Steve Buyer Other 0%
Robert Byrd Other 90%
Chris Cannon Other 0%
Dennis Cardoza Other 100%
Russ Carnahan Other 100%
Christopher Carney Other 90%
Mike Castle Other 60%
Ben Chandler III Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
Norm Coleman Other 20%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
Jerry Costello Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 20%
Robert Cramer Other 100%
Barbara Cubin Other 0%
Artur Davis Other 100%
David Davis Other 0%
Geoff Davis Other 0%
Lincoln Davis Other 90%
Thomas Davis III Other 20%
Bill Delahunt Other 100%
James DeMint Other 20%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 10%
Norm Dicks Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 88%
Elizabeth Dole Other 0%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 0%
John Doolittle Other 0%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
Thelma Drake Other 0%
David Dreier Other 10%
Chet Edwards Other 100%
Vern Ehlers Other 40%
Brad Ellsworth Other 70%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 78%
Philip English Other 50%
John Ensign Other 0%
Bob Etheridge Other 80%
Terry Everett Other 22%
Tom Feeney Other 0%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
Michael Ferguson Other 50%
Vito Fossella, Jr. Other 20%
Barney Frank Other 100%
Elton Gallegly Other 10%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 100%
Wayne Gilchrest Other 60%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 100%
Virgil Goode, Jr. Other 20%
Bart Gordon Other 100%
Judd Gregg Other 0%
John Hall Other 100%
Phil Hare Other 100%
Jane Harman Other 100%
Robert Hayes Other 30%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 0%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 100%
Baron Hill Other 70%
Maurice Hinchey Other 100%
David Lee Hobson Other 30%
Paul Hodes Other 100%
Pete Hoekstra Other 0%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Darlene Hooley Other 100%
Kenny Hulshof Other 11%
Duncan Hunter Other 11%
Kay Hutchison Other 0%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 0%
Daniel Inouye Other 100%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
William Jefferson Other 90%
Tim Johnson Other 40%
Steve Kagen Other 100%
Paul Kanjorski Other 100%
Ric Keller Other 30%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 80%
Patrick Kennedy Other 100%
Dale Kildee Other 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 100%
Ron Klein Other 90%
Joseph Knollenberg Other 10%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Dennis Kucinich Other 78%
John Kuhl, Jr. Other 20%
Jon Kyl Other 0%
Ray LaHood Other 70%
Nicholas Lampson Other 100%
Steve LaTourette Other 60%
Jerry Lewis Other 22%
Ron Lewis Other 10%
Joe Lieberman Other 90%
Blanche Lincoln Other 90%
John Linder Other 10%
Dick Lugar Other 0%
Dan Lungren Other 10%
Connie Mack IV Other 11%
Tim Mahoney Other 90%
Don Manzullo Other 10%
Jim Marshall Other 50%
Melquiades Martinez Other 10%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 20%
James McCrery III Other 0%
John McHugh Other 50%
Michael McNulty Other 90%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 90%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 90%
Brad Miller Other 100%
Harry Mitchell Other 90%
Alan Mollohan Other 100%
Dennis Moore Other 100%
Patrick Murphy Other 80%
Jack Murtha Other 100%
Marilyn Musgrave Other 10%
Sue Myrick Other 0%
Ben Nelson Other 80%
Jim Oberstar Other 100%
Dave Obey Other 100%
John Olver Other 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 100%
Ron Paul Other 29%
Donald Payne Other 100%
John Peterson Other 20%
Charles Pickering, Jr. Other 20%
Todd Platts Other 50%
Earl Pomeroy Other 100%
Jon Porter, Sr. Other 40%
Deborah Pryce Other 30%
George Radanovich Other 0%
James Ramstad Other 50%
Ralph Regula Other 60%
Denny Rehberg Other 30%
Richard Renzi Other 70%
Silvestre Reyes Other 100%
Thomas Reynolds Other 0%
Laura Richardson Other 100%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 100%
Mike Ross Other 100%
Steve Rothman Other 90%
Ken Salazar Other 90%
William Sali Other 0%
Jim Saxton Other 20%
Jean Schmidt Other 10%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 90%
John Shadegg Other 10%
Christopher Shays Other 56%
Heath Shuler Other 70%
Ike Skelton Other 100%
Gordon Smith Other 50%
Olympia Snowe Other 90%
Vic Snyder Other 100%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 10%
Zack Space Other 100%
Arlen Specter Other 30%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 100%
Pete Stark Other 100%
Cliff Stearns Other 20%
Ted Stevens Other 10%
Bart Stupak Other 100%
John Sullivan Other 0%
John Sununu Other 10%
Betty Sutton Other 100%
Tom Tancredo Other 13%
John Tanner Other 90%
Ellen Tauscher Other 100%
Gene Taylor Other 70%
Todd Tiahrt Other 0%
Ed Towns Other 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones Other 89%
George Voinovich Other 30%
James Walsh Other 40%
Zach Wamp Other 30%
John Warner Other 11%
Diane Watson Other 100%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 100%
Anthony Weiner Other 100%
David Weldon Other 30%
Gerald Weller Other 11%
Robert Wexler Other 100%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 100%
Heather Wilson Other 50%
Lynn Woolsey Other 90%
David Wu Other 100%
Albert Wynn Other 100%

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.