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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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WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 100% |
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 100% |
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 100% | |
George Miller | 100% | |||
Jim Oberstar | 100% | |||
Bobby Rush | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 100% |
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 75% |
Leonard Boswell | 75% | |||
Lois Capps | 75% | |||
Mike Capuano | 75% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 75% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 75% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 75% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 75% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 75% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 75% |
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 75% |
Bob Etheridge | 75% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 75% | |||
Barney Frank | 75% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 75% |
Eddie Johnson | 75% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 75% |
Dale Kildee | 75% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 75% | |||
John Lewis | 75% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 75% |
Jim McDermott | 75% | |||
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 75% |
John Olver | 75% | |||
Ed Pastor | 75% | |||
Donald Payne | 75% | |||
David Price | 75% | |||
José Serrano | 75% | |||
John Tierney | 75% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 75% |
Lynn Woolsey | 75% | |||
Max Baucus | 67% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 67% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 67% |
Kent Conrad | 67% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 67% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 67% |
Mike Enzi | 67% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 67% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 67% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 67% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 67% |
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 67% |
Neil Abercrombie | 50% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 50% | |
Howard Berman | 50% | |||
Marion Berry | 50% | |||
Judy Biggert | 50% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
Rick Boucher | 50% | |||
Bruce Braley | 50% | |||
Jerry Costello | 50% | |||
Lincoln Davis | 50% | |||
Susan Davis | 50% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 50% |
Bill Delahunt | 50% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 50% | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 50% | |||
Bob Filner | 50% | |||
Jeff Flake | 50% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 50% | |||
Bart Gordon | 50% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 50% | |||
Phil Hare | 50% | |||
Jane Harman | 50% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 50% | |||
Steve Israel | 50% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
Tim Johnson | 50% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 50% | |||
Ron Kind | 50% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 50% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 50% |
Carolyn Maloney | 50% | |||
Jim Matheson | 50% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 50% |
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 50% |
Dennis Moore | 50% |