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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Alliance for Retired Americans

2008 Lifetime Score

State Office District Name Party Rating
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 92%
Gary Ackerman 100%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 14%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 99%
Todd Akin 4%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 7%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 19%
Jason Altmire 90%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 95%
Michael Arcuri 100%
Joe Baca, Sr. 99%
MN U.S. House 6 Michele Bachmann Republican 20%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 9%
Brian Baird 92%
WI U.S. Senate Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 100%
WY U.S. Senate Jr John Barrasso Republican 18%
J. Gresham Barrett 2%
GA U.S. House 12 John Barrow Democratic 76%
Roscoe Bartlett 13%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 4%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 73%
Evan Bayh 90%
Melissa Bean 75%
CA U.S. House 34 Xavier Becerra Democratic 100%
Bob Bennett 5%
Shelley Berkley 95%
Howard Berman 99%
Marion Berry 87%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 96%
Judy Biggert 10%
Brian Bilbray 19%
FL U.S. House 12 Gus Bilirakis Republican 35%
Jeff Bingaman 99%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 4%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 91%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 3%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 96%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 0%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 0%
Kit Bond 5%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 13%
Mary Bono Mack 16%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 13%
Dan Boren 73%
Leonard Boswell 88%
Rick Boucher 92%
LA U.S. House 3 Charles Boustany, Jr. Republican 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 99%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 80%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 6%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 99%
IA U.S. House 1 Bruce Braley Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 10 Paul Broun Republican 8%
FL U.S. House 5 Corrine Brown Democratic 100%
Henry Brown, Jr. 9%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 100%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 8%
Ginny Brown-Waite 22%
FL U.S. House 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 70%
Jim Bunning 4%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 14%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 3%
Dan Burton 12%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 96%
Steve Buyer 7%
Robert Byrd 97%
CA U.S. House 42 Ken Calvert Republican 8%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 45 John Campbell III Republican 0%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 1%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 24 Lois Capps Democratic 97%
MA U.S. House 7 Mike Capuano Democratic 100%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 100%
Dennis Cardoza 93%
Russ Carnahan 100%
Christopher Carney 95%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 81%
IN U.S. House 7 André Carson Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 3%
PA U.S. Senate Sr Bob Casey, Jr. Democratic 100%
Mike Castle 24%
FL U.S. House 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 18%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 10%
Ben Chandler III 96%
Travis Childers 100%
NY U.S. House 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 95%
MO U.S. House 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 100%
Hillary Clinton 100%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 97%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 16%
OK U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Coburn Republican 8%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 10%
TN U.S. House 9 Steve Cohen Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 10%
Norm Coleman 22%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Susan Collins Republican 44%
TX U.S. House 11 Mike Conaway Republican 3%
Kent Conrad 95%
MI U.S. House 13 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 93%
TN U.S. Senate Jr Robert Corker Republican 30%
TX U.S. Senate Sr John Cornyn Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 16 Jim Costa Democratic 95%
Jerry Costello 91%
CT U.S. House 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 100%
Larry Craig 10%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 5%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 5%
NY U.S. House 14 Joe Crowley Democratic 96%
TX U.S. House 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 9%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 100%
Artur Davis 100%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 100%
David Davis 15%
Geoff Davis 10%
Lincoln Davis 84%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 96%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 3%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 97%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 97%
Bill Delahunt 100%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 100%
James DeMint 10%
PA U.S. House 15 Charlie Dent Republican 35%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 12%
FL U.S. House 25 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 13%
Norm Dicks 99%
MI U.S. House 12 John Dingell Democratic 96%
Chris Dodd 96%
TX U.S. House 35 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 100%
IN U.S. Senate Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. Democratic 85%
Byron Dorgan 96%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 100%
David Dreier 8%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 8%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 99%
MD U.S. House 4 Donna Edwards Democratic 100%
Chet Edwards 91%
Vern Ehlers 17%
MN U.S. House 5 Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
Brad Ellsworth 80%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 100%
Jo Ann Emerson 31%
NY U.S. House 16 Eliot Engel Democratic 100%
John Ensign 9%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 4%
CA U.S. House 18 Anna Eshoo Democratic 97%
Bob Etheridge 93%
OK Governor Mary Fallin Republican 32%
CA U.S. House 20 Sam Farr Democratic 95%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 100%
Russ Feingold 96%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 92%
CA Mayor At-Large Bob Filner Democratic 97%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Flake Republican 9%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 13%
NE U.S. House 1 Jeff Fortenberry Republican 28%
IL U.S. House 11 Bill Foster Democratic 90%
NC U.S. House 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 8%
Barney Frank 100%
AZ U.S. House 8 Trent Franks Republican 4%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 8%
Elton Gallegly 10%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 9%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 38%
Gabrielle Giffords 95%
NY U.S. Senate Jr Kirsten Gillibrand Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 1 Louie Gohmert Republican 11%
Charlie Gonzalez 97%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 18%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 12%
Bart Gordon 86%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 10%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 7%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 13%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 12%
TX U.S. House 9 Al Green Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 100%
Judd Gregg 6%
AZ U.S. House 3 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel Republican 9%
John Hall 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 19%
Phil Hare 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 100%
Jane Harman 91%
FL U.S. House 20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 4 Doc Hastings Republican 8%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 4%
NV U.S. Senate Jr Dean Heller Republican 45%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 4%
Wally Herger, Jr. 3%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 98%
NY U.S. House 26 Brian Higgins Democratic 100%
Baron Hill 80%
Maurice Hinchey 100%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 91%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Mazie Hirono Democratic 100%
Paul Hodes 100%
Pete Hoekstra 9%
Thomas Holden 97%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 17 Mike Honda Democratic 96%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 99%
CA U.S. House 50 Duncan Hunter Republican 10%
Kay Hutchison 12%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 5%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 5%
Daniel Inouye 99%
WA Governor Jay Inslee Democratic 99%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 10%
NY U.S. House 3 Steve Israel Democratic 88%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 4%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 100%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 99%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 97%
GA U.S. House 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 1%
Tim Johnson 25%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 95%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 38%
OH U.S. House 4 Jim Jordan Republican 0%
Steve Kagen 100%
Paul Kanjorski 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 99%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 96%
Patrick Kennedy 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Democratic 97%
Dale Kildee 100%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 100%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 96%
NY U.S. House 2 Pete King Republican 17%
IA U.S. House 4 Steve King Republican 7%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 6%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 19%
Ron Klein 95%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 12%
MN U.S. Senate Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
Herb Kohl 99%
Dennis Kucinich 92%
Jon Kyl 1%
Ray LaHood 25%
CO U.S. House 5 Doug Lamborn Republican 5%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 85%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 97%
IA U.S. House 3 Tom Latham Republican 12%
Steve LaTourette 26%
OH U.S. House 5 Bob Latta Republican 40%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 95%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 99%
CA U.S. House 13 Barbara Lee Democratic 96%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 9 Sandy Levin Democratic 100%
Jerry Lewis 9%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 99%
Joe Lieberman 99%
Blanche Lincoln 87%
John Linder 3%
IL U.S. House 3 Daniel Lipinski Democratic 95%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 27%
IA U.S. House 2 Dave Loebsack Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 19 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 97%
NY U.S. House 17 Nita Lowey Democratic 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 8%
Dick Lugar 13%
Dan Lungren 15%
MA U.S. House 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 100%
Connie Mack IV 13%
NY U.S. House 12 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 99%
Don Manzullo 13%
TX U.S. House 24 Kenny Marchant Republican 8%
MA U.S. House 5 Ed Markey Democratic 100%
Jim Marshall 71%
Melquiades Martinez 23%
UT U.S. House 4 Jim Matheson Democratic 65%
CA U.S. House 6 Doris Matsui Democratic 100%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 29%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House 23 Kevin McCarthy Republican 25%
MO U.S. Senate Sr Claire McCaskill Democratic 84%
TX U.S. House 10 Michael McCaul Republican 13%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 6%
Thaddeus McCotter 22%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 99%
MA U.S. House 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 100%
NC U.S. House 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 10%
John McHugh 29%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 82%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 9%
WA U.S. House 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 18%
CA U.S. House 9 Jerry McNerney Democratic 100%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 95%
NY U.S. House 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 96%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 88%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 4%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 97%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 97%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 28%
CA U.S. House 31 Gary Miller Republican 8%
CA U.S. House 11 George Miller Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 13%
Brad Miller 100%
Harry Mitchell 90%
Alan Mollohan 97%
Dennis Moore 89%
WI U.S. House 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 100%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Moore Capito Republican 22%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 92%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 21%
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 16%
CT U.S. Senate Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 100%
Patrick Murphy 85%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 31%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 97%
Jack Murtha 97%
Sue Myrick 8%
NY U.S. House 10 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 32 Grace Napolitano Democratic 100%
MA U.S. House 1 Richard Neal Democratic 97%
Ben Nelson 63%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 95%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 22 Devin Nunes Republican 9%
NA President Barack Obama II Democratic 100%
Jim Oberstar 99%
Dave Obey 100%
John Olver 100%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 97%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 100%
NJ U.S. House 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 97%
AZ U.S. House 7 Ed Pastor Democratic 100%
Ron Paul 29%
Donald Payne 99%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 7%
CA U.S. House 12 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100%
IN Governor Mike Pence Republican 4%
CO U.S. House 7 Ed Perlmutter Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 69%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 14%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 4%
Todd Platts 23%
TX U.S. House 2 Ted Poe Republican 18%
Earl Pomeroy 91%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 96%
GA U.S. House 6 Tom Price Republican 8%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 97%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 4%
George Radanovich 5%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 92%
NY U.S. House 13 Charlie Rangel Democratic 100%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 100%
Denny Rehberg 14%
WA U.S. House 8 Dave Reichert Republican 33%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 99%
Silvestre Reyes 99%
Laura Richardson 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 8%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 97%
Ciro Rodriguez 100%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 8%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 19%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 9%
CA U.S. House 48 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 12%
IL U.S. House 6 Peter Roskam Republican 15%
FL U.S. House 27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 15%
Mike Ross 90%
Steve Rothman 97%
CA U.S. House 40 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 39 Ed Royce Republican 8%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 97%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 6%
OH U.S. House 13 Tim Ryan Democratic 94%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar No Party Affiliation 89%
Ken Salazar 98%
William Sali 0%
CA U.S. House 46 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 91%
CA U.S. House 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 100%
MD U.S. House 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 100%
LA U.S. House 1 Steve Scalise Republican 29%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 28 Adam Schiff Democratic 94%
Jean Schmidt 19%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 97%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 84%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 7%
NY U.S. House 15 José Serrano Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 9%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 4%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 95%
John Shadegg 6%
NH U.S. House 1 Carol Shea-Porter Democratic 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 14%
CA U.S. House 30 Brad Sherman Democratic 96%
IL U.S. House 15 John Shimkus Republican 10%
Heath Shuler 79%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 11%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 14%
NJ U.S. House 8 Albio Sires Democratic 95%
Ike Skelton 90%
NY U.S. House 25 Louise Slaughter Democratic 100%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 87%
NE U.S. House 3 Adrian Smith Republican 15%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 32%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 8%
Olympia Snowe 53%
Vic Snyder 94%
Hilda Solis 100%
Mark Souder 9%
Zack Space 100%
Arlen Specter 39%
CA U.S. House 14 Jackie Speier Democratic 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 99%
Pete Stark 99%
Cliff Stearns 10%
Ted Stevens 14%
Bart Stupak 100%
John Sullivan 9%
John Sununu 9%
Betty Sutton 100%
Tom Tancredo 8%
John Tanner 81%
Ellen Tauscher 94%
Gene Taylor 81%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 9%
MT U.S. Senate Jr Jon Tester Democratic 100%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 97%
CA U.S. House 5 Mike Thompson Democratic 88%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 5%
SD U.S. Senate Jr John Thune Republican 15%
Todd Tiahrt 8%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 10%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 96%
MA U.S. House 3 Niki Tsongas Democratic 100%
OH U.S. House 10 Mike Turner Republican 21%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 96%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Thomas Udall Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 22%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 96%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 15%
George Voinovich 20%
MI U.S. House 7 Tim Walberg Republican 25%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 9%
MN U.S. House 1 Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
Zach Wamp 13%
FL U.S. House 23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 99%
Diane Watson 100%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 99%
CA U.S. House 33 Henry Waxman Democratic 97%
Jim Webb, Jr. 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
VT U.S. House At-Large Peter Welch Democratic 100%
GA U.S. House 3 Lynn Westmoreland Republican 5%
Robert Wexler 100%
RI U.S. Senate Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 12%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 50%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 7%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 100%
VA U.S. House 1 Rob Wittman Republican 50%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 21%
Lynn Woolsey 97%
David Wu 96%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 92%
KY U.S. House 3 John Yarmuth Democratic 100%
FL U.S. House 13 Bill Young Republican 16%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 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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