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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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CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 88% |
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 88% |
Peter DeFazio | 88% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 88% |
Bob Filner | 88% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 88% | |||
Mike Honda | 88% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 88% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 88% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 88% |
Jim McDermott | 88% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 88% |
Cynthia Ann McKinney | 88% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 88% |
Jim Oberstar | 88% | |||
Donald Payne | 88% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 88% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 88% |
Pete Stark | 88% | |||
John Tierney | 88% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 88% |
Lynn Woolsey | 88% | |||
David Wu | 88% | |||
Russ Feingold | 86% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 75% |
David Edward Bonior | 75% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 75% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 75% | |||
Sam Farr | 75% | |||
Barney Frank | 75% | |||
George Miller | 75% | |||
Ron Paul | 75% | |||
Lynn Nancy Rivers | 75% | |||
Bobby Rush | 75% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 75% | |
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 75% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 75% |
Mel Watt | 75% | |||
Paul Wellstone | 71% | |||
Tom Barrett | 63% | |||
William Coyne | 63% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 63% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 63% |
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 63% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 63% | |||
Earl Hilliard, Sr. | 63% | |||
Darlene Hooley | 63% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 63% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 63% |