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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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Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 100% | |||
Max Baucus | 100% | |||
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 100% | |||
Kit Bond | 100% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 100% |
PA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Casey, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
Norm Coleman | 100% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 100% |
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
Robert Corker | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 100% |
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 100% | |||
Kay Hutchison | 100% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 100% |
Herb Kohl | 100% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 100% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 100% | |||
Dick Lugar | 100% | |||
Claire McCaskill | 100% | |||
NJ | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bob Menendez | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 100% |
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 100% | |||
Ben Nelson | 100% | |||
Mark Pryor | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Pat Roberts | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% | |||
Ken Salazar | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
Olympia Snowe | 100% | |||
Arlen Specter | 100% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 100% |
Ted Stevens | 100% | |||
John Sununu | 100% | |||
MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jon Tester | Democratic | 100% |
Jim Webb, Jr. | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 100% |
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
Shelley Berkley | 66% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 66% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 66% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 66% |
Louise Slaughter | 66% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 66% |
Laura Richardson | 60% | |||
Neil Abercrombie | 57% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 57% | |||
Jason Altmire | 57% | |||
Rob Andrews | 57% | |||
Michael Arcuri | 57% | |||
Joe Baca, Sr. | 57% | |||
Brian Baird | 57% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 57% |
John Barrow | 57% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 57% | |
Howard Berman | 57% | |||
Marion Berry | 57% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 57% |
Tim Bishop | 57% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 57% |
Leonard Boswell | 57% | |||
Rick Boucher | 57% | |||
Allen Boyd, Jr. | 57% | |||
Bob Brady | 57% | |||
Bruce Braley | 57% | |||
Corrine Brown | 57% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 57% | |||
WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 57% |
Lois Capps | 57% | |||
Mike Capuano | 57% | |||
Dennis Cardoza | 57% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 57% | |||
Christopher Carney | 57% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 57% |