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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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Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Max Baucus | 100% | |||
Evan Bayh | 100% | |||
NA | President | Joe Biden, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Jeff Bingaman | 100% | |||
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
Robert Byrd | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 100% |
DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Tom Carper | Democratic | 100% |
Hillary Clinton | 100% | |||
ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 100% |
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Russ Feingold | 100% | |||
Dianne Feinstein | 100% | |||
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Daniel Inouye | 100% | |||
Timothy Johnson | 100% | |||
Edward Kennedy, Sr. | 100% | |||
John Kerry | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Herb Kohl | 100% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 100% | |||
CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 100% |
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 100% | |||
Carl Levin | 100% | |||
John Lewis | 100% | |||
Joe Lieberman | 100% | |||
Blanche Lincoln | 100% | |||
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
Juanita Millender-McDonald | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Nelson, Sr. | 100% | |||
Ben Nelson | 100% | |||
Barack Obama II | 100% | |||
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
Mark Pryor | 100% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 100% |
Harry Reid | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% | |||
Ken Salazar | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
Gordon Smith | 100% | |||
Olympia Snowe | 100% | |||
MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Debbie Stabenow | Democratic | 100% |
Robert Wexler | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 100% |
Neil Abercrombie | 66% | |||
Thomas Allen | 66% | |||
Rob Andrews | 66% | |||
Brian Baird | 66% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 66% |
Melissa Bean | 66% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 66% | |
Shelley Berkley | 66% | |||
Howard Berman | 66% | |||
Marion Berry | 66% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 66% |
Tim Bishop | 66% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 66% |
Dan Boren | 66% | |||
Leonard Boswell | 66% | |||
Rick Boucher | 66% | |||
Allen Boyd, Jr. | 66% | |||
Corrine Brown | 66% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 66% |
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 66% | |||
Steve Buyer | 66% | |||
Lois Capps | 66% | |||
Mike Capuano | 66% | |||
MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 66% |
Dennis Cardoza | 66% | |||
Russ Carnahan | 66% | |||
Julia Carson | 66% | |||
Ben Chandler III | 66% | |||
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 66% | |||
MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 66% |
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 66% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 66% | |||
Jim Cooper | 66% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 66% |
Jerry Costello | 66% | |||
Joe Crowley | 66% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 66% |
Elijah Cummings | 66% | |||
Artur Davis | 66% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 66% |
Lincoln Davis | 66% | |||
Susan Davis | 66% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 66% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 66% |
Bill Delahunt | 66% | |||
Norm Dicks | 66% | |||
John Dingell | 66% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 66% |