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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Rodney Alexander | 100% | |||
Bob Bennett | 100% | |||
Kit Bond | 100% | |||
Richard Burr | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 100% |
Dave Camp | 100% | |||
Saxby Chambliss | 100% | |||
Howard Coble | 100% | |||
Thomas Coburn | 100% | |||
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 100% |
Robert Corker | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 100% |
John Ensign | 100% | |||
Mary Fallin | 100% | |||
SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 100% |
Judd Gregg | 100% | |||
Orrin Hatch | 100% | |||
Kay Hutchison | 100% | |||
Johnny Isakson | 100% | |||
John McCain III | 100% | |||
KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
Gary Miller | 100% | |||
AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 100% |
KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 100% |
OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 100% |
TX | U.S. House - 17 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 100% |
Bill Shuster | 100% | |||
Mark Souder | 100% | |||
Lee Terry | 100% | |||
Spencer Bachus | 95% | |||
J. Gresham Barrett | 95% | |||
Joe Barton | 95% | |||
TN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marsha Blackburn | Republican | 95% |
Roy Blunt | 95% | |||
John Boehner | 95% | |||
AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 95% |
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 95% | |||
Henry Brown, Jr. | 95% | |||
Eric Cantor | 95% | |||
Geoff Davis | 95% | |||
David Dreier | 95% | |||
Phil Gingrey | 95% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 95% |
Ralph Hall | 95% | |||
Wally Herger, Jr. | 95% | |||
Pete Hoekstra | 95% | |||
John Kline | 95% | |||
Tom Latham | 95% | |||
OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 95% |
Kevin McCarthy | 95% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 10 | Michael McCaul | Republican | 95% |
Buck McKeon | 95% | |||
Joe Pitts | 95% | |||
Mike Rogers | 95% | |||
Peter Roskam | 95% | |||
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 95% |
NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | Republican | 95% |
Pat Tiberi | 95% | |||
OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 95% |
Greg Walden | 95% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 95% |
Ander Crenshaw | 94% | |||
Louie Gohmert | 94% | |||
Dan Lungren | 94% | |||
Sue Myrick | 94% | |||
Lamar Alexander | 92% | |||
Thad Cochran | 92% | |||
Mike Enzi | 92% | |||
Jim Inhofe | 92% | |||
Dick Lugar | 92% | |||
Richard Shelby | 92% | |||
David Vitter | 92% | |||
Sam Brownback | 91% | |||
James DeMint | 91% | |||
Todd Akin | 90% | |||
Michele Bachmann | 90% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | Republican | 90% |
Jo Bonner, Jr. | 90% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 31 | John Carter | Republican | 90% |
Mike Conaway | 90% | |||
Nathan Deal | 90% | |||
Randy Forbes | 90% | |||
Dean Heller | 90% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 90% |
OH | U.S. House - 5 | Bob Latta | Republican | 90% |
Jerry Lewis | 90% | |||
Kenny Marchant | 90% | |||
Thaddeus McCotter | 90% | |||
Tom Price | 90% | |||
Denny Rehberg | 90% | |||
John Shimkus | 90% | |||
Lamar Smith | 90% | |||
John Sullivan | 90% | |||
Mac Thornberry | 90% | |||
Todd Tiahrt | 90% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 90% |
WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 89% |
Kevin Brady | 89% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 89% |
John Mica | 89% |