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 |
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Steve LaTourette | 83% | |||
Jim Matheson | 83% | |||
Thaddeus McCotter | 83% | |||
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. | 83% | |||
Collin Peterson | 83% | |||
Todd Platts | 83% | |||
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 83% | |||
Tom Tancredo | 83% | |||
John Tanner | 83% | |||
James Walsh | 83% | |||
Frank Wolf | 83% | |||
Robert Cramer | 81% | |||
NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | R | 81% |
John Culberson | 80% | |||
Judy Biggert | 75% | |||
Artur Davis | 75% | |||
Thomas Davis III | 75% | |||
Tom Feeney | 75% | |||
Scott Garrett | 75% | |||
Jeb Hensarling | 75% | |||
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin | 75% | |||
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 75% | |||
Ray LaHood | 75% | |||
Jim Marshall | 75% | |||
Mike Pence | 75% | |||
Mike Ross | 75% | |||
Ed Royce | 75% | |||
Ike Skelton | 75% | |||
Fred Upton | 75% | |||
Jack Murtha | 72% | |||
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | D | 71% |
Mary Landrieu | 71% | |||
John McCain III | 71% | |||
Mark Pryor | 71% | |||
Olympia Snowe | 71% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 70% | |||
Jo Ann Davis | 70% | |||
Roscoe Bartlett | 66% | |||
Rick Boucher | 66% | |||
Lincoln Davis | 66% | |||
Tim Holden | 66% | |||
William Jefferson | 66% | |||
Connie Mack IV | 66% | |||
Tom Petri | 66% | |||
John Sununu | 66% | |||
Gene Taylor | 66% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | D | 63% |
Jim Gerlach | 63% | |||
Walter Jones, Jr. | 63% | |||
Dave Reichert | 63% |