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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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Neil Abercrombie | 100% | |||
Howard Berman | 100% | |||
David Edward Bonior | 100% | |||
Robert Borski, Jr. | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
William Clay, Sr. | 100% | |||
Eva Clayton | 100% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
Jerry Costello | 100% | |||
William Coyne | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Lane Evans | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Sam Gejdenson | 100% | |||
Richard Andrew Gephardt | 100% | |||
Henry Gonzalez | 100% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Willie Hefner | 100% | |||
Earl Hilliard, Sr. | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 100% |
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
Joseph Kennedy II | 100% | |||
Patrick Kennedy | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Ronald Klink | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Tom Lantos | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
Frank Mascara | 100% | |||
Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
George Miller | 100% | |||
Patsy Takemoto Mink | 100% | |||
Alan Mollohan | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
John Olver | 100% | |||
Major Owens | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
Nick Rahall II | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Lynn Nancy Rivers | 100% | |||
Steve Rothman | 100% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
Steven Schiff | 100% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
Pete Stark | 100% | |||
Louis Stokes | 100% | |||
Ted Strickland | 100% | |||
Bart Stupak | 100% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 100% |
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Esteban Edward Torres | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 100% |
Bruce Vento | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
Mel Watt | 100% | |||
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
Paul Wellstone | 100% | |||
Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
Bob Weygand | 100% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 100% | |||
Albert Wynn | 100% | |||
Sidney Yates | 100% | |||
Thomas Allen | 93% | |||
Rob Andrews | 93% | |||
ME | State Senate - 9 | Joseph Baldacci | Democratic | 93% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 93% | |
Marion Berry | 93% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 93% |
Rod Blagojevich | 93% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 93% |
Peter DeFazio | 93% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 93% |
Julian Dixon | 93% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 93% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 93% |
Sam Farr | 93% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 93% | |||
Victor Fazio | 93% | |||
Bob Filner | 93% | |||
Harold Ford, Jr. | 93% | |||
Jonas Frost III | 93% |