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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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Neil Abercrombie | 100% | |||
Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
Rob Andrews | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 100% |
Tom Barrett | 100% | |||
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Shelley Berkley | 100% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Jeff Bingaman | 100% | |||
Rod Blagojevich | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
David Edward Bonior | 100% | |||
Robert Borski, Jr. | 100% | |||
Rick Boucher | 100% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Lois Capps | 100% | |||
Mike Capuano | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 100% |
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
Lincoln Chafee | 100% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 100% | |||
Joseph Maxwell Cleland | 100% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Joe Crowley | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
Peter Deutsch | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 100% |
Byron Dorgan | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
John Edwards | 100% | |||
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 100% |
Sam Farr | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Daniel Graham | 100% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% |