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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% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Rob Andrews | 100% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Shelley Berkley | 100% | |||
Howard Berman | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Joe Crowley | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
Peter Deutsch | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Mike Doyle, Jr. | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Lane Evans | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Peter Fitzgerald | 100% | |||
Benjamin Gilman | 100% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
Stephen Horn | 100% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Patrick Kennedy | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Dale Kildee | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Gerald Kleczka | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 100% | |||
William Lipinski | 100% | |||
Nita Lowey | 100% | |||
Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
James Maloney | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
Carolyn McCarthy | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Martin Meehan | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
Jim Moran, Jr. | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 100% |
John Olver | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
NJ | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
David Price | 100% | |||
Charlie Rangel | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Steve Rothman | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | |||
Loretta Sanchez | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
Thomas Sawyer | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
Christopher Shays | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 100% |
Louise Slaughter | 100% | |||
Bob Smith | 100% | |||
Pete Stark | 100% | |||
Ellen Tauscher | 100% | |||
John Tierney | 100% | |||
Robert Torricelli | 100% | |||
Ed Towns | 100% | |||
Mark Udall | 100% | |||
Henry Waxman | 100% | |||
Anthony Weiner | 100% | |||
Paul Wellstone | 100% | |||
Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
Lynn Woolsey | 100% | |||
David Wu | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
Thomas Allen | 83% | |||
Brian Baird | 83% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 83% |
Judy Biggert | 83% | |||
Rod Blagojevich | 83% | |||
Jerry Costello | 83% | |||
Norm Dicks | 83% | |||
Eliot Engel | 83% | |||
Sam Farr | 83% | |||
Barney Frank | 83% | |||
Gene Green | 83% | |||
James Greenwood | 83% |