Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.
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.
With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rick Boucher | 100% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
Neil Abercrombie | 93% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 93% |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 93% |
Mike Capuano | 93% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 93% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 93% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 93% |
Peter DeFazio | 93% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 93% |
Sam Farr | 93% | |||
Bob Filner | 93% | |||
Barney Frank | 93% | |||
Mike Honda | 93% | |||
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 93% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 93% |
Eddie Johnson | 93% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 93% |
John Lewis | 93% | |||
Jim McDermott | 93% | |||
George Miller | 93% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 93% |
John Olver | 93% | |||
Ed Pastor | 93% | |||
Donald Payne | 93% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 93% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 93% |
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 93% |
José Serrano | 93% | |||
Pete Stark | 93% | |||
MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 93% |
John Tierney | 93% | |||
Mark Udall | 93% | |||
Tom Udall | 93% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 93% |
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 93% |
Mel Watt | 93% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 93% | |||
Major Owens | 92% | |||
Stephanie Tubbs Jones | 92% | |||
Diane Watson | 91% | |||
Thomas Allen | 87% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 87% | |
Howard Berman | 87% | |||
Bob Brady | 87% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 87% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 87% |
Julia Carson | 87% | |||
Elijah Cummings | 87% | |||
Susan Davis | 87% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 87% |
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 87% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 87% |
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 87% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 87% | |||
Joseph Hoeffel | 87% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 87% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 87% |
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 87% |
WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 87% |
Sandy Levin | 87% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 87% |
Nita Lowey | 87% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 87% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 87% |
Robert Matsui | 87% | |||
Karen McCarthy | 87% | |||
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 87% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 87% |
Dennis Moore | 87% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 87% |
David Price | 87% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 87% | |||
Louise Slaughter | 87% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Hilda Solis | 87% | |
Ellen Tauscher | 87% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 87% |
Henry Waxman | 87% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 87% | |||
Lane Evans | 86% | |||
Charlie Gonzalez | 86% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 86% | |||
Darlene Hooley | 86% | |||
Martin Meehan | 86% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 86% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 30 | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 86% |
Bill Delahunt | 85% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 85% | |||
Bobby Rush | 85% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 83% |
Gary Ackerman | 80% | |||
Corrine Brown | 80% | |||
Norm Dicks | 80% | |||
Russ Feingold | 80% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 80% | |||
Steve Israel | 80% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 80% |
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 80% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 80% |