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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% | |||
Brian Baird | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Corrine Brown | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 100% |
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 100% |
Steve Israel | 100% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
Patrick Kennedy | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
Tom Lantos | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 100% |
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
Martin Meehan | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Steve Rothman | 100% | |||
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
Christopher Shays | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
Robert Ruhl Simmons | 100% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 100% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 100% | |
Pete Stark | 100% | |||
Ellen Tauscher | 100% | |||
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Ed Towns | 100% | |||
Mark Udall | 100% | |||
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 100% | |||
David Wu | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
Rob Andrews | 89% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 89% | |||
Lois Capps | 89% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 89% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 89% |
Jerry Costello | 89% | |||
Joe Crowley | 89% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 89% | |||
Susan Davis | 89% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 89% |
Norm Dicks | 89% | |||
Rahm Emanuel | 89% | |||
Lane Evans | 89% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 89% | |||
Harold Ford, Jr. | 89% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 89% |
Mike Honda | 89% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 89% | |||
Eddie Johnson | 89% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 89% |
Dale Kildee | 89% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 89% | |||
Mark Kirk | 89% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 89% |
Sandy Levin | 89% | |||
Frank LoBiondo | 89% |