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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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Donna Edwards | 100% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Tom Harkin | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Dennis Kucinich | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 100% |
Jim McDermott | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
Jim Moran, Jr. | 100% | |||
John Olver | 100% | |||
Pete Stark | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 100% |
Lynn Woolsey | 100% | |||
WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 90% |
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 90% |
Peter DeFazio | 90% | |||
Bill Delahunt | 90% | |||
John Dingell | 90% | |||
Sam Farr | 90% | |||
AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 90% |
OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 90% |
WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 90% |
Nick Rahall II | 90% | |||
John Tierney | 90% | |||
Jeff Bingaman | 88% | |||
Patrick Leahy | 88% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 88% |
Brian Baird | 80% | |||
Lois Capps | 80% | |||
IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 80% |
John Conyers, Jr. | 80% | |||
TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 80% |
CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 80% |
HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 80% |
Eddie Johnson | 80% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 80% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 80% |
Ron Paul | 80% | |||
Donald Payne | 80% | |||
Diane Watson | 80% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 80% |
Robert Byrd | 75% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 75% |
Dianne Feinstein | 75% | |||
John Kerry | 75% | |||
Dick Lugar | 75% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 75% |
Harry Reid | 75% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 75% | |||
Jim Webb, Jr. | 75% | |||
OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 75% |
Lacy Clay, Jr. | 70% | |||
Kathy Dahlkemper | 70% | |||
Bob Filner | 70% | |||
Mike Honda | 70% | |||
GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 70% |
Walter Jones, Jr. | 70% | |||
Dave Loebsack | 70% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 70% |
DC | U.S. House - Delegate | Eleanor Norton | Democratic | 70% |
Jim Oberstar | 70% | |||
Dave Obey | 70% | |||
Tom Perriello | 70% | |||
David Price | 70% | |||
Vic Snyder | 70% | |||
Ted Deutch | 67% | |||
Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 63% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 63% |
Robert Corker | 63% | |||
Chris Dodd | 63% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 63% | |||
Mike Enzi | 63% | |||
Judd Gregg | 63% | |||
Ted Kaufman | 63% | |||
RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 63% |
Arlen Specter | 63% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 60% | |
Bruce Braley | 60% | |||
Mike Capuano | 60% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 60% |
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 60% |
John Duncan, Jr. | 60% | |||
WA | Governor | Jay Inslee | Democratic | 60% |
NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 60% |
Ed Pastor | 60% | |||
ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 60% |
Earl Pomeroy | 60% | |||
José Serrano | 60% | |||
Joe Sestak, Jr. | 60% | |||
Carol Shea-Porter | 60% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 60% |
Jackie Speier | 60% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 60% |
Mel Watt | 60% | |||
Ed Whitfield | 60% | |||
Marion Berry | 50% | |||
Rick Boucher | 50% | |||
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 50% |