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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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Henry Brown, Jr. | 69% | |||
OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 69% |
Ralph Hall | 69% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 10 | Michael McCaul | Republican | 69% |
Buck McKeon | 69% | |||
Tom Petri | 69% | |||
Peter Roskam | 69% | |||
Bill Shuster | 69% | |||
Cliff Stearns | 69% | |||
Zach Wamp | 69% | |||
Ed Whitfield | 69% | |||
Roy Blunt | 68% | |||
Charles Boustany, Jr. | 68% | |||
Ginny Brown-Waite | 68% | |||
Dean Heller | 68% | |||
Jerry Lewis | 68% | |||
PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 68% |
Melquiades Martinez | 66% | |||
Steve Austria | 65% | |||
FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | Republican | 65% |
CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 65% |
CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 65% |
Elton Gallegly | 65% | |||
KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 65% |
Walter Jones, Jr. | 65% | |||
Denny Rehberg | 65% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 5 | Cathy Rodgers | Republican | 65% |
Phil Roe | 65% | |||
AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 65% |
Tom Rooney | 65% | |||
Richard Shelby | 65% | |||
Lee Terry | 65% | |||
Greg Walden | 65% | |||
LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 64% |
Tim Johnson | 64% | |||
Tim Murphy | 64% | |||
John Shimkus | 64% | |||
ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 64% |
Robert Corker | 63% | |||
George Voinovich | 63% | |||
Bobby Bright | 62% | |||
Dave Camp | 62% | |||
Jo Ann Emerson | 62% | |||
LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 62% |
Tom Latham | 62% | |||
KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 62% |
Pat Tiberi | 62% | |||
VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 62% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 60% |
Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 60% |