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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 issue 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.
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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
Gerald Kleczka | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
Robert Matsui | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Steve Rothman | 100% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 100% | |
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Mark Udall | 100% | |||
Tom Udall | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
David Wu | 100% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 96% |
Barbara Boxer | 96% | |||
Jon Corzine | 96% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 96% | |||
Paul Sarbanes | 96% | |||
Rob Andrews | 95% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 95% | |
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 95% |
Lois Capps | 95% | |||
Mike Capuano | 95% | |||
Peter DeFazio | 95% | |||
Peter Deutsch | 95% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 95% |
Eliot Engel | 95% | |||
Bob Filner | 95% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 95% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 95% |
Patrick Kennedy | 95% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 95% | |||
Jim Langevin | 95% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 95% |
Nita Lowey | 95% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 95% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 95% |
Karen McCarthy | 95% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 95% |
Jim McDermott | 95% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 95% |
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 95% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 95% |
Major Owens | 95% | |||
Donald Payne | 95% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 95% |
Charlie Rangel | 95% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 95% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 95% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 95% |
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 95% |
Diane Watson | 95% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 95% | |||
Mark Dayton | 92% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 92% |
John Kerry | 92% | |||
Harry Reid | 92% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 92% |
Thomas Allen | 91% | |||
Brian Baird | 91% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 91% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 91% |
Julia Carson | 91% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 91% | |||
Joe Crowley | 91% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 91% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 91% |
Susan Davis | 91% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 91% |
Bill Delahunt | 91% | |||
Richard Andrew Gephardt | 91% | |||
Jane Harman | 91% | |||
Joseph Hoeffel | 91% | |||
Ron Kind | 91% | |||
Tom Lantos | 91% | |||
Dave Obey | 91% | |||
John Olver | 91% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 91% |
Louise Slaughter | 91% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 91% |
Henry Waxman | 91% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 88% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 88% |