Rating Group: National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association

2009-2010 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate-Sr Lisa Murkowski R 80%
AK U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Begich D 60%
AK U.S. House-At-Large Don Young R 77%
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 60%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 40%
AL U.S. House-1 Jo Bonner, Jr. R 66%
AL U.S. House-3 Mike Rogers R 66%
AL U.S. House-4 Robert Aderholt R 44%
AL U.S. House-6 Spencer Bachus R 44%
AR U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Pryor D 80%
AR U.S. Senate-Jr John Boozman R 66%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 40%
AZ U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Flake R 37%
AZ U.S. House-1 Ann Kirkpatrick D 44%
AZ U.S. House-3 Raúl Grijalva D 44%
AZ U.S. House-7 Ed Pastor D 44%
AZ U.S. House-8 Trent Franks R 44%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 60%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 60%
CA U.S. House-3 John Garamendi D 40%
CA U.S. House-4 Tom McClintock R 44%
CA U.S. House-5 Mike Thompson D 55%
CA U.S. House-6 Doris Matsui D 55%
CA U.S. House-9 Jerry McNerney D 55%
CA U.S. House-11 George Miller D 55%
CA U.S. House-12 Nancy Pelosi D 42%
CA U.S. House-13 Barbara Lee D 44%
CA U.S. House-14 Jackie Speier D 33%
CA U.S. House-16 Jim Costa D 66%
CA U.S. House-17 Mike Honda D 55%
CA U.S. House-18 Anna Eshoo D 50%
CA U.S. House-19 Zoe Lofgren D 55%
CA U.S. House-20 Sam Farr D 55%
CA U.S. House-22 Devin Nunes R 66%
CA U.S. House-23 Kevin McCarthy R 44%
CA U.S. House-24 Lois Capps D 50%
CA U.S. House-25 Buck McKeon R 66%
CA U.S. House-27 Judy Chu D 57%
CA U.S. House-28 Adam Schiff D 55%
CA U.S. House-30 Brad Sherman D 55%
CA U.S. House-31 Gary Miller R 66%
CA U.S. House-32 Grace Napolitano D 55%
CA U.S. House-33 Henry Waxman D 55%
CA U.S. House-34 Xavier Becerra D 55%
CA U.S. House-38 Linda Sánchez D 55%
CA U.S. House-39 Ed Royce R 57%
CA U.S. House-40 Lucille Roybal-Allard D 55%
CA U.S. House-42 Ken Calvert R 66%
CA U.S. House-43 Maxine Waters D 55%
CA U.S. House-45 John Campbell III R 57%
CA U.S. House-46 Loretta Sanchez D 55%
CA U.S. House-48 Dana Rohrabacher R 44%
CA U.S. House-49 Darrell Issa R 44%
CA U.S. House-50 Duncan Hunter R 66%
CA U.S. House-53 Susan Davis D 55%
CA Mayor-At-Large Bob Filner D 55%
CO U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Udall D 60%
CO U.S. Senate-Jr Michael Bennet D 60%
CO U.S. House-1 Diana DeGette D 55%
CO U.S. House-2 Jared Polis D 44%
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 44%
CO U.S. House-6 Michael Coffman R 44%
CO U.S. House-7 Ed Perlmutter D 55%
CO Commissioner of Agriculture John Salazar N/A 66%
CT U.S. Senate-Jr Chris Murphy D 55%
CT U.S. House-1 John Larson D 55%
CT U.S. House-2 Joe Courtney D 55%
CT U.S. House-3 Rosa DeLauro D 55%
CT U.S. House-4 Jim Himes D 44%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 60%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 60%
FL U.S. House-1 Jefferson Miller R 44%
FL U.S. House-4 Ander Crenshaw R 44%
FL U.S. House-5 Corrine Brown D 44%
FL U.S. House-7 John Mica R 44%
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 44%
FL U.S. House-9 Alan Grayson D 55%
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 66%
FL U.S. House-13 Bill Young R 75%
FL U.S. House-14 Kathy Castor D 55%
FL U.S. House-16 Vern Buchanan R 44%
FL U.S. House-17 Thomas Rooney R 44%
FL U.S. House-20 Alcee Hastings, Sr. D 62%
FL U.S. House-21 Ted Deutch D 0%
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 55%
FL U.S. House-25 Mario Diaz-Balart R 66%
FL U.S. House-27 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen R 66%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam R 66%
GA U.S. Senate-Sr Saxby Chambliss R 40%
GA U.S. Senate-Jr Johnny Isakson R 40%
GA U.S. House-1 Jack Kingston R 44%
GA U.S. House-2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 66%
GA U.S. House-3 Lynn Westmoreland R 66%
GA U.S. House-4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 44%
GA U.S. House-5 John Lewis D 55%
GA U.S. House-6 Tom Price R 44%
GA U.S. House-10 Paul Broun R 44%
GA U.S. House-11 Phil Gingrey R 44%
GA U.S. House-12 John Barrow D 100%
GA U.S. House-13 David Scott D 55%
GA U.S. House-14 Tom Graves, Jr. R 100%
GA Governor Nathan Deal R 50%
HI U.S. Senate-Jr Mazie Hirono D 55%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie D 66%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 40%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 60%
IA U.S. House-1 Bruce Braley D 55%
IA U.S. House-2 Dave Loebsack D 55%
IA U.S. House-3 Tom Latham R 66%
IA U.S. House-4 Steve King R 44%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 50%
ID U.S. Senate-Jr James Risch R 40%
ID U.S. House-2 Mike Simpson R 66%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 60%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 55%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 55%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 55%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 55%
IL U.S. House-5 Mike Quigley D 37%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 44%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 55%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 55%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 55%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 66%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 66%
IN U.S. Senate-Jr Joe Donnelly, Sr. D 66%
IN U.S. House-1 Pete Visclosky D 62%
IN U.S. House-7 André Carson D 55%
IN Governor Mike Pence R 37%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 40%
KS U.S. Senate-Jr Jerry Moran R 66%
KS U.S. House-2 Lynn Jenkins R 66%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 60%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 40%
KY U.S. House-1 Ed Whitfield R 66%
KY U.S. House-2 Brett Guthrie R 66%
KY U.S. House-3 John Yarmuth D 55%
KY U.S. House-5 Hal Rogers R 66%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 80%
LA U.S. Senate-Jr David Vitter R 60%
LA U.S. House-1 Steve Scalise R 44%
LA U.S. House-3 Charles Boustany, Jr. R 44%
LA U.S. House-4 John Fleming, Jr. R 66%
LA U.S. House-5 Rodney Alexander R 66%
LA U.S. House-6 Bill Cassidy R 66%
MA U.S. House-1 Richard Neal D 55%
MA U.S. House-2 Jim McGovern D 55%
MA U.S. House-3 Niki Tsongas D 55%
MA U.S. House-5 Ed Markey D 55%
MA U.S. House-6 John Tierney D 55%
MA U.S. House-7 Mike Capuano D 42%
MA U.S. House-8 Stephen Lynch D 66%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 60%
MD U.S. Senate-Jr Ben Cardin D 60%
MD U.S. House-2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 55%
MD U.S. House-3 John Sarbanes D 55%
MD U.S. House-4 Donna Edwards D 55%
MD U.S. House-5 Steny Hoyer D 55%
MD U.S. House-7 Elijah Cummings D 55%
MD U.S. House-8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 55%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 100%
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D 55%
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D 55%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 60%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 60%
MI U.S. House-4 Dave Camp R 77%
MI U.S. House-6 Fred Upton R 66%
MI U.S. House-8 Mike Rogers R 44%
MI U.S. House-9 Sandy Levin D 55%
MI U.S. House-10 Candice Miller R 66%
MI U.S. House-12 John Dingell D 55%
MI U.S. House-13 John Conyers, Jr. D 44%
MI U.S. House-14 Gary Peters D 44%
MN U.S. Senate-Sr Amy Klobuchar DFL 60%
MN U.S. Senate-Jr Al Franken DFL 50%
MN U.S. House-1 Tim Walz DFL 55%
MN U.S. House-2 John Kline R 44%
MN U.S. House-3 Erik Paulsen R 66%
MN U.S. House-4 Betty McCollum DFL 55%
MN U.S. House-5 Keith Ellison DFL 55%
MN U.S. House-6 Michele Bachmann R 44%
MN U.S. House-7 Collin Peterson DFL 66%
MO U.S. Senate-Sr Claire McCaskill D 40%
MO U.S. Senate-Jr Roy Blunt R 37%
MO U.S. House-1 Lacy Clay, Jr. D 44%
MO U.S. House-3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 66%
MO U.S. House-5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 44%
MO U.S. House-6 Sam Graves R 66%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 80%
MS U.S. Senate-Jr Roger Wicker R 40%
MS U.S. House-2 Bennie Thompson D 55%
MS U.S. House-3 Gregg Harper R 44%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 60%
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 60%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 60%
NC U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Burr R 60%
NC U.S. Senate-Jr Kay Hagan D 60%
NC U.S. House-1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. D 66%
NC U.S. House-3 Walter Jones, Jr. R 66%
NC U.S. House-4 David Price D 55%
NC U.S. House-5 Virginia Foxx R 44%
NC U.S. House-6 Howard Coble R 44%
NC U.S. House-7 Mike McIntyre D 100%
NC U.S. House-10 Patrick McHenry R 44%
NC U.S. House-12 Mel Watt D 55%
NE U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Johanns R 40%
NE U.S. House-1 Jeff Fortenberry R 66%
NE U.S. House-2 Lee Terry R 66%
NE U.S. House-3 Adrian Smith R 44%
NH U.S. Senate-Sr Jeanne Shaheen D 60%
NH U.S. House-1 Carol Shea-Porter D 55%
NJ U.S. Senate-Sr Frank Lautenberg D 60%
NJ U.S. Senate-Jr Bob Menendez D 60%
NJ U.S. House-1 Rob Andrews D 55%
NJ U.S. House-2 Frank LoBiondo R 55%
NJ U.S. House-4 Chris Smith R 42%
NJ U.S. House-5 Scott Garrett R 44%
NJ U.S. House-6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 55%
NJ U.S. House-7 Leonard Lance R 55%
NJ U.S. House-8 Albio Sires D 55%
NJ U.S. House-9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 55%
NJ U.S. House-11 Rodney Frelinghuysen R 66%
NJ U.S. House-12 Rush Holt, Jr. D 55%
NM U.S. Senate-Sr Thomas Udall D 60%
NM U.S. Senate-Jr Martin Heinrich D 55%
NM U.S. House-3 Ben Lujan, Jr. D 55%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 60%
NV U.S. Senate-Jr Dean Heller R 44%
NV U.S. House-1 Dina Titus D 55%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 60%
NY U.S. Senate-Jr Kirsten Gillibrand D 60%
NY U.S. House-1 Tim Bishop D 55%
NY U.S. House-2 Pete King R 66%
NY U.S. House-3 Steve Israel D 55%
NY U.S. House-4 Carolyn McCarthy D 66%
NY U.S. House-5 Gregory Meeks D 55%
NY U.S. House-7 Nydia Velázquez D 55%
NY U.S. House-9 Yvette Clarke D 55%
NY U.S. House-10 Jerry Nadler D 55%
NY U.S. House-12 Carolyn Maloney D 55%
NY U.S. House-13 Charlie Rangel D 55%
NY U.S. House-14 Joe Crowley D 50%
NY U.S. House-15 José Serrano D 55%
NY U.S. House-16 Eliot Engel D 55%
NY U.S. House-17 Nita Lowey D 55%
NY U.S. House-20 Paul Tonko D 55%
NY U.S. House-21 Bill Owens D 60%
NY U.S. House-24 Dan Maffei Other 55%
NY U.S. House-25 Louise Slaughter D 55%
NY U.S. House-26 Brian Higgins D 55%
OH U.S. Senate-Sr Sherrod Brown D 60%
OH U.S. House-4 Jim Jordan R 50%
OH U.S. House-5 Bob Latta R 44%
OH U.S. House-8 John Boehner R 44%
OH U.S. House-9 Marcy Kaptur D 55%
OH U.S. House-10 Mike Turner R 66%
OH U.S. House-11 Marcia Fudge D 55%
OH U.S. House-12 Pat Tiberi R 44%
OH U.S. House-13 Tim Ryan D 55%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 60%
OK U.S. Senate-Jr Thomas Coburn R 40%
OK U.S. House-3 Frank Lucas R 44%
OK U.S. House-4 Tom Cole R 44%
OK Governor Mary Fallin R 75%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 60%
OR U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Merkley D 60%
OR U.S. House-2 Greg Walden R 66%
OR U.S. House-3 Earl Blumenauer D 55%
OR U.S. House-4 Peter DeFazio D 55%
OR U.S. House-5 Kurt Schrader D 33%
PA U.S. Senate-Sr Bob Casey, Jr. D 60%
PA U.S. House-1 Bob Brady D 55%
PA U.S. House-2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. D 55%
PA U.S. House-5 G.T. Thompson, Jr. R 66%
PA U.S. House-6 Jim Gerlach R 66%
PA U.S. House-9 Bill Shuster R 66%
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 50%
PA U.S. House-14 Mike Doyle, Jr. D 42%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 66%
PA U.S. House-16 Joe Pitts R 44%
PA U.S. House-18 Tim Murphy R 77%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 60%
RI U.S. Senate-Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 60%
RI U.S. House-2 Jim Langevin D 55%
SC U.S. Senate-Sr Lindsey Graham R 40%
SC U.S. House-2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 44%
SC U.S. House-6 Jim Clyburn D 50%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 60%
SD U.S. Senate-Jr John Thune R 40%
TN U.S. Senate-Sr Lamar Alexander R 80%
TN U.S. Senate-Jr Robert Corker R 40%
TN U.S. House-1 Phil Roe R 44%
TN U.S. House-2 John Duncan, Jr. R 55%
TN U.S. House-5 Jim Cooper D 55%
TN U.S. House-7 Marsha Blackburn R 44%
TN U.S. House-9 Steve Cohen D 55%
TX U.S. Senate-Sr John Cornyn R 40%
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R 66%
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R 66%
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R 44%
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R 66%
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R 44%
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R 66%
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R 66%
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R 44%
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D 44%
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R 66%
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R 44%
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R 57%
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R 44%
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D 55%
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D 44%
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R 44%
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R 44%
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R 44%
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R 66%
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R 44%
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D 55%
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D 55%
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D 37%
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R 44%
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R 44%
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D 44%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 40%
UT U.S. House-1 Rob Bishop R 57%
UT U.S. House-3 Jason Chaffetz R 44%
UT U.S. House-4 Jim Matheson D 77%
VA U.S. Senate-Sr Mark Warner D 60%
VA U.S. House-1 Rob Wittman R 66%
VA U.S. House-3 Bobby Scott D 55%
VA U.S. House-4 Randy Forbes R 66%
VA U.S. House-6 Bob Goodlatte R 44%
VA U.S. House-7 Eric Cantor R 44%
VA U.S. House-8 Jim Moran, Jr. D 55%
VA U.S. House-10 Frank Wolf R 44%
VA U.S. House-11 Gerry Connolly D 44%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 60%
VT U.S. Senate-Jr Bernie Sanders I 60%
VT U.S. House-At-Large Peter Welch D 55%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 60%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 60%
WA U.S. House-2 Rick Larsen D 55%
WA U.S. House-4 Doc Hastings R 44%
WA U.S. House-5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers R 44%
WA U.S. House-7 Jim McDermott D 55%
WA U.S. House-8 Dave Reichert R 55%
WA U.S. House-9 Adam Smith D 44%
WA Governor Jay Inslee D 55%
WI U.S. Senate-Jr Tammy Baldwin D 55%
WI U.S. House-1 Paul Ryan R 44%
WI U.S. House-3 Ron Kind D 37%
WI U.S. House-4 Gwen Moore D 44%
WI U.S. House-5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. R 44%
WI U.S. House-6 Tom Petri R 66%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 80%
WV U.S. House-2 Shelley Moore Capito R 66%
WV U.S. House-3 Nick Rahall II D 66%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 40%
WY U.S. Senate-Jr John Barrasso R 40%
WY U.S. House-At-Large Cynthia Lummis R 44%
Gary Ackerman Other 55%
John Adler Other 66%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 60%
Todd Akin Other 44%
Jason Altmire Other 88%
Michael Arcuri Other 66%
Steve Austria Other 66%
Joe Baca, Sr. Other 55%
Brian Baird Other 55%
J. Gresham Barrett Other 50%
Roscoe Bartlett Other 44%
Evan Bayh Other 60%
Melissa Bean Other 50%
Bob Bennett Other 75%
Shelley Berkley Other 55%
Howard Berman Other 55%
Marion Berry Other 77%
Judy Biggert Other 66%
Brian Bilbray Other 66%
Jeff Bingaman Other 60%
John Boccieri Other 66%
Kit Bond Other 80%
Mary Bono Mack Other 55%
Dan Boren Other 88%
Leonard Boswell Other 55%
Rick Boucher Other 77%
Allen Boyd, Jr. Other 66%
Bobby Bright Other 77%
Henry Brown, Jr. Other 62%
Scott Brown Other 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite Other 66%
Jim Bunning Other 25%
Roland Burris Other 60%
Dan Burton Other 66%
Steve Buyer Other 44%
Robert Byrd Other 33%
Joseph Cao Other 55%
Dennis Cardoza Other 55%
Russ Carnahan Other 55%
Christopher Carney Other 66%
Mike Castle Other 44%
Ben Chandler III Other 77%
Travis Childers Other 88%
Kent Conrad Other 60%
Jerry Costello Other 66%
Mark Critz Other 100%
Kathy Dahlkemper Other 75%
Artur Davis Other 88%
Geoff Davis Other 44%
Lincoln Davis Other 100%
Bill Delahunt Other 42%
James DeMint Other 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart Other 66%
Norm Dicks Other 55%
Charles Djou Other 100%
Chris Dodd Other 60%
Byron Dorgan Other 60%
David Dreier Other 44%
Steve Driehaus Other 33%
Chet Edwards Other 77%
Vern Ehlers Other 77%
Brad Ellsworth Other 55%
Jo Ann Emerson Other 66%
John Ensign Other 40%
Bob Etheridge Other 55%
Russ Feingold Other 60%
Barney Frank Other 55%
Elton Gallegly Other 66%
Gabrielle Giffords Other 55%
Charlie Gonzalez Other 55%
Bart Gordon Other 66%
Judd Gregg Other 60%
Parker Griffith, Jr. Other 66%
John Hall Other 55%
Debbie Halvorson Other 55%
Phil Hare Other 55%
Jane Harman Other 55%
Wally Herger, Jr. Other 44%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin Other 88%
Baron Hill Other 55%
Maurice Hinchey Other 55%
Paul Hodes Other 44%
Pete Hoekstra Other 42%
Thomas Holden Other 100%
Kay Hutchison Other 60%
Bob Inglis, Sr. Other 44%
Daniel Inouye Other 60%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 44%
Tim Johnson Other 66%
Steve Kagen Other 55%
Paul Kanjorski Other 55%
Ted Kaufman Other 60%
Patrick Kennedy Other 55%
Dale Kildee Other 55%
Carolyn Kilpatrick Other 55%
Mary Jo Kilroy Other 55%
Paul Kirk, Jr. Other 50%
Larry Kissell Other 88%
Ron Klein Other 55%
Herb Kohl Other 60%
Suzanne Kosmas Other 55%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. Other 77%
Dennis Kucinich Other 77%
Jon Kyl Other 40%
Steve LaTourette Other 66%
Chris Lee Other 75%
George LeMieux Other 100%
Jerry Lewis Other 44%
Joe Lieberman Other 60%
Blanche Lincoln Other 80%
John Linder Other 57%
Dick Lugar Other 40%
Dan Lungren Other 66%
Connie Mack IV Other 44%
Don Manzullo Other 66%
Betsy Markey Other 55%
Jim Marshall Other 100%
Melquiades Martinez Other 0%
Eric Massa Other 100%
Thaddeus McCotter Other 66%
John McHugh Other 0%
Michael McMahon Other 77%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. Other 55%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. Other 77%
Brad Miller Other 55%
Walt Minnick Other 77%
Harry Mitchell Other 55%
Alan Mollohan Other 66%
Dennis Moore Other 55%
Patrick Murphy Other 44%
Scott Murphy Other 62%
Jack Murtha Other 60%
Sue Myrick Other 44%
Ben Nelson Other 60%
Glenn Nye III Other 88%
Jim Oberstar Other 55%
Dave Obey Other 55%
John Olver Other 55%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other 66%
Ron Paul Other 44%
Donald Payne Other 55%
Tom Perriello Other 44%
Todd Platts Other 66%
Earl Pomeroy Other 55%
George Radanovich Other 50%
Denny Rehberg Other 66%
Silvestre Reyes Other 55%
Laura Richardson Other 44%
Ciro Rodriguez Other 66%
Mike Ross Other 88%
Steve Rothman Other 62%
Mark Schauer Other 55%
Jean Schmidt Other 66%
Joe Sestak, Jr. Other 55%
John Shadegg Other 44%
Heath Shuler Other 66%
Ike Skelton Other 77%
Olympia Snowe Other 100%
Vic Snyder Other 55%
Hilda Solis Other 100%
Mark Souder Other 62%
Zack Space Other 55%
Arlen Specter Other 60%
John Spratt, Jr. Other 55%
Pete Stark Other 57%
Cliff Stearns Other 66%
Bart Stupak Other 55%
John Sullivan Other 37%
Betty Sutton Other 55%
John Tanner Other 88%
Ellen Tauscher Other 50%
Gene Taylor Other 77%
Harry Teague Other 66%
Todd Tiahrt Other 50%
Ed Towns Other 44%
George Voinovich Other 80%
Zach Wamp Other 62%
Diane Watson Other 55%
Jim Webb, Jr. Other 60%
Anthony Weiner Other 55%
Robert Wexler Other 66%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. Other 66%
Lynn Woolsey Other 55%
David Wu Other 55%

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.