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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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OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 110% |
Julia Carson | 110% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 110% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 110% |
Bill Delahunt | 110% | |||
Barney Frank | 110% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 110% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 110% |
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 110% |
Patrick Kennedy | 110% | |||
Jim Langevin | 110% | |||
Tom Lantos | 110% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 110% |
Carolyn Maloney | 110% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 110% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 110% |
George Miller | 110% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 110% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 110% |
John Olver | 110% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 110% |
John Tierney | 110% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 110% |
Mel Watt | 110% | |||
Howard Berman | 102% | |||
Mike Capuano | 102% | |||
Hillary Clinton | 102% | |||
Jon Corzine | 102% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 102% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 102% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 102% |
Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
Rob Andrews | 100% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 100% | |||
Brian Baird | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
Corrine Brown | 100% | |||
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
Peter Deutsch | 100% | |||
John Dingell | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
Byron Dorgan | 100% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Lane Evans | 100% | |||
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Richard Andrew Gephardt | 100% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 100% | |||
Gene Green | 100% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Mike Honda | 100% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
Paul Kanjorski | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Gerald Kleczka | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Sandy Levin | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 100% |
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
Robert Matsui | 100% | |||
Karen McCarthy | 100% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 100% |
Jim Oberstar | 100% | |||
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 100% | |||
Major Owens | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Ed Pastor | 100% | |||
Silvestre Reyes | 100% | |||
Steve Rothman | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
Bobby Rush | 100% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |