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Special Interest Groups

Interest Group Ratings

Rating Group: American Shareholders Association

2004 Positions

State Office District Name Party Rating
AK U.S. Senate Sr Lisa Murkowski Republican 90%
AK U.S. House At-Large Don Young Republican 100%
AL U.S. Senate Sr Richard Shelby Republican 80%
AL U.S. Senate Jr Jeff Sessions III Republican 100%
AL U.S. House 1 Jo Bonner, Jr. Republican 90%
AL U.S. House 3 Mike Rogers Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 80%
AL U.S. House 6 Spencer Bachus Republican 90%
AR U.S. Senate Sr Mark Pryor Democratic 30%
AR U.S. Senate Jr John Boozman Republican 100%
AR U.S. House 4 Mike Ross Democratic 40%
AZ U.S. Senate Sr John McCain III Republican 90%
AZ U.S. Senate Jr Jon Kyl Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 2 Trent Franks Republican 100%
AZ U.S. House 4 Edward Pastor Democratic 10%
AZ U.S. House 6 Jeff Flake Republican 90%
AZ U.S. House 7 Raúl Grijalva Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Sr Dianne Feinstein Democratic 10%
CA U.S. Senate Jr Barbara Boxer Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 1 Mike Thompson Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 2 Wally Herger, Jr. Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 6 Lynn Woolsey Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 7 George Miller Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 8 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 9 Barbara Lee Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 13 Pete Stark Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 14 Anna Eshoo Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 15 Mike Honda Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 16 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 17 Sam Farr Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 18 Dennis Cardoza Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 21 Devin Nunes Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 23 Lois Capps Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 24 Elton Gallegly Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 25 Buck McKeon Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 26 David Dreier Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 27 Brad Sherman Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 28 Howard Berman Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 29 Adam Schiff Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 30 Henry Waxman Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 31 Xavier Becerra Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 34 Lucille Roybal-Allard Democratic 30%
CA U.S. House 35 Maxine Waters Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 38 Grace Napolitano Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 39 Linda Sánchez Democratic 10%
CA U.S. House 40 Ed Royce Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 41 Jerry Lewis Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 42 Gary Miller Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 43 Joe Baca Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 44 Ken Calvert Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 45 Mary Bono Mack Republican 70%
CA U.S. House 46 Dana Rohrabacher Republican 90%
CA U.S. House 47 Loretta Sanchez Democratic 40%
CA U.S. House 49 Darrell Issa Republican 100%
CA U.S. House 51 Bob Filner Democratic 20%
CA U.S. House 53 Susan Davis Democratic 40%
CO U.S. Senate Sr Mark Udall Democratic 40%
CO U.S. House 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 30%
CT U.S. Senate Sr Joe Lieberman Independent Democrat 10%
CT U.S. House 1 John Larson Democratic 20%
CT U.S. House 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 10%
DE U.S. Senate Sr Tom Carper Democratic 10%
FL U.S. Senate Sr William Nelson, Sr. Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 1 Jefferson Miller Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 3 Corrine Brown Democratic 20%
FL U.S. House 4 Ander Crenshaw Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 6 Cliff Stearns Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 7 John Mica Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 10 Bill Young Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 18 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Republican 90%
FL U.S. House 21 Mario Diaz-Balart Republican 100%
FL U.S. House 23 Alcee Hastings, Sr. Democratic 10%
FL Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Adam Putnam Republican 100%
GA U.S. Senate Sr Saxby Chambliss Republican 90%
GA U.S. Senate Jr Johnny Isakson Republican 80%
GA U.S. House 1 Jack Kingston Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 50%
GA U.S. House 5 John Lewis Democratic 20%
GA U.S. House 11 Phil Gingrey Republican 90%
GA U.S. House 13 David Scott Democratic 50%
GA Governor Nathan Deal Republican 100%
HI U.S. Senate Sr Daniel Inouye Democratic 10%
HI U.S. Senate Jr Daniel Akaka, Sr. Democratic 0%
HI Governor Neil Abercrombie Democratic 20%
IA U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 100%
IA U.S. Senate Jr Tom Harkin Democratic 10%
IA U.S. House 3 Leonard Boswell Democratic 40%
IA U.S. House 4 Tom Latham Republican 90%
IA U.S. House 5 Steve King Republican 100%
ID U.S. Senate Sr Mike Crapo Republican 90%
ID U.S. House 2 Mike Simpson Republican 80%
ID Governor Butch Otter Republican 90%
IL U.S. Senate Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 10%
IL U.S. Senate Jr Mark Kirk Republican 90%
IL U.S. House 1 Bobby Rush Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 2 Jesse Jackson, Jr. Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 4 Luis Gutierrez Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
IL U.S. House 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 12 Jerry Costello Democratic 10%
IL U.S. House 13 Judy Biggert Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 15 Tim Johnson Republican 80%
IL U.S. House 16 Don Manzullo Republican 100%
IL U.S. House 19 John Shimkus Republican 90%
IL Mayor At-Large Rahm Emanuel Democratic 20%
IN U.S. Senate Sr Dick Lugar Republican 100%
IN U.S. House 1 Pete Visclosky Democratic 20%
IN U.S. House 5 Dan Burton Republican 80%
IN U.S. House 6 Mike Pence Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Sr Pat Roberts Republican 100%
KS U.S. Senate Jr Jerry Moran Republican 90%
KS Governor Sam Brownback Republican 100%
KY U.S. Senate Sr Mitch McConnell Republican 100%
KY U.S. House 1 Ed Whitfield Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 5 Hal Rogers Republican 90%
KY U.S. House 6 Ben Chandler III Democratic 50%
LA U.S. Senate Sr Mary Landrieu Democratic 20%
LA U.S. Senate Jr David Vitter Republican 100%
LA U.S. House 5 Rodney Alexander Republican 10%
MA U.S. Senate Sr John Kerry Democratic 0%
MA U.S. House 1 John Olver Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 2 Richard Neal Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 3 Jim McGovern Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 4 Barney Frank Democratic 20%
MA U.S. House 6 John Tierney Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 7 Ed Markey Democratic 10%
MA U.S. House 8 Mike Capuano Democratic 30%
MA U.S. House 9 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
MD U.S. Senate Sr Barbara Mikulski Democratic 20%
MD U.S. Senate Jr Ben Cardin Democratic 30%
MD U.S. House 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 40%
MD U.S. House 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 30%
MD U.S. House 6 Roscoe Bartlett Republican 100%
MD U.S. House 7 Elijah Cummings Democratic 20%
MD U.S. House 8 Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 30%
ME U.S. Senate Sr Olympia Snowe Republican 80%
ME U.S. Senate Jr Susan Collins Republican 90%
ME U.S. House 2 Mike Michaud Democratic 20%
MI U.S. Senate Sr Carl Levin Democratic 10%
MI U.S. Senate Jr Debbie Stabenow Democratic 40%
MI U.S. House 4 Dave Camp Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 5 Dale Kildee Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 6 Fred Upton Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 8 Mike Rogers Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 10 Candice Miller Republican 90%
MI U.S. House 11 Thaddeus McCotter Republican 100%
MI U.S. House 12 Sandy Levin Democratic 30%
MI U.S. House 14 John Conyers, Jr. Democratic 10%
MI U.S. House 15 John Dingell Democratic 30%
MN U.S. House 2 John Kline Republican 100%
MN U.S. House 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 30%
MN U.S. House 7 Collin Peterson Democratic/Farmer/Labor 20%
MN Governor Mark Dayton Democratic/Farmer/Labor 10%
MO U.S. Senate Jr Roy Blunt Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 1 Lacy Clay, Jr. Democratic 40%
MO U.S. House 2 Todd Akin Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 6 Sam Graves Republican 100%
MO U.S. House 8 Jo Ann Emerson Republican 50%
MS U.S. Senate Sr Thad Cochran Republican 90%
MS U.S. Senate Jr Roger Wicker Republican 90%
MS U.S. House 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
MT U.S. Senate Sr Max Baucus Democratic 30%
MT U.S. House At-Large Denny Rehberg Republican 90%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. Democratic 30%
NA U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis 20%
NA U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Democratic 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood Republican 80%
NC U.S. Senate Sr Richard Burr Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 1 G.K. Butterfield, Jr. Democratic 10%
NC U.S. House 3 Walter Jones, Jr. Republican 80%
NC U.S. House 4 David Price Democratic 40%
NC U.S. House 6 Howard Coble Republican 70%
NC U.S. House 7 Mike McIntyre Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 9 Sue Myrick Republican 90%
NC U.S. House 12 Mel Watt Democratic 30%
NC U.S. House 13 Brad Miller Democratic 30%
ND U.S. Senate Sr Kent Conrad Democratic-NPL 0%
NE U.S. Senate Sr Ben Nelson Democratic 50%
NE U.S. House 2 Lee Terry Republican 80%
NH U.S. House 2 Charlie Bass Republican 80%
NH State Senate 3 Jeb Bradley Republican 100%
NJ U.S. Senate Sr Frank Lautenberg Democratic 30%
NJ U.S. Senate Jr Bob Menendez Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House 1 Rob Andrews Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 2 Frank LoBiondo Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 4 Chris Smith Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 5 Scott Garrett Republican 100%
NJ U.S. House 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 8 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 9 Steve Rothman Democratic 20%
NJ U.S. House 10 Donald Payne Democratic 10%
NJ U.S. House 11 Rodney Frelinghuysen Republican 90%
NJ U.S. House 12 Rush Holt, Jr. Democratic 30%
NM U.S. Senate Sr Jeff Bingaman Democratic 10%
NM U.S. Senate Jr Thomas Udall Democratic 30%
NM U.S. House 2 Steve Pearce Republican 90%
NV U.S. Senate Sr Harry Reid Democratic 20%
NV U.S. House 1 Shelley Berkley Democratic 40%
NY U.S. Senate Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 1 Tim Bishop Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 2 Steve Israel Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 3 Pete King Republican 80%
NY U.S. House 4 Carolyn McCarthy Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 5 Gary Ackerman Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 6 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 7 Joe Crowley Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 8 Jerry Nadler Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 10 Ed Towns Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 12 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 20%
NY U.S. House 14 Carolyn Maloney Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 15 Charlie Rangel Democratic 30%
NY U.S. House 16 José Serrano Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 17 Eliot Engel Democratic 40%
NY U.S. House 18 Nita Lowey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 22 Maurice Hinchey Democratic 10%
NY U.S. House 28 Louise Slaughter Democratic 10%
OH U.S. Senate Sr Sherrod Brown Democratic 0%
OH U.S. Senate Jr Rob Portman Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 1 Steve Chabot Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 3 Mike Turner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 8 John Boehner Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 10 Dennis Kucinich Democratic 10%
OH U.S. House 12 Pat Tiberi Republican 100%
OH U.S. House 14 Steve LaTourette Republican 90%
OH U.S. House 17 Tim Ryan Democratic 10%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine Republican 90%
OK U.S. Senate Sr Jim Inhofe Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 1 John Sullivan Republican 100%
OK U.S. House 3 Frank Lucas Republican 90%
OK U.S. House 4 Tom Cole Republican 90%
OR U.S. Senate Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 40%
OR U.S. House 2 Greg Walden Republican 90%
OR U.S. House 3 Earl Blumenauer Democratic 40%
OR U.S. House 4 Peter DeFazio Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 1 Bob Brady Democratic 10%
PA U.S. House 2 Chaka Fattah, Sr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 90%
PA U.S. House 9 Bill Shuster Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 14 Mike Doyle, Jr. Democratic 20%
PA U.S. House 16 Joe Pitts Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 17 Thomas Holden Democratic 40%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 100%
PA U.S. House 19 Todd Platts Republican 90%
RI U.S. Senate Sr Jack Reed Democratic 10%
RI U.S. House 2 Jim Langevin Democratic 40%
RI Governor Linc Chafee Independent 70%
SC U.S. Senate Sr Lindsey Graham Republican 90%
SC U.S. Senate Jr James DeMint Republican 90%
SC U.S. House 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 90%
SC U.S. House 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 20%
SD U.S. Senate Sr Timothy Johnson Democratic 0%
TN U.S. Senate Sr Lamar Alexander Republican 90%
TN U.S. House 2 John Duncan, Jr. Republican 100%
TN U.S. House 5 Jim Cooper Democratic 30%
TN U.S. House 7 Marsha Blackburn Republican 100%
TX U.S. Senate Sr Kay Hutchison Republican 90%
TX U.S. Senate Jr John Cornyn Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 3 Sam Johnson Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 4 Ralph Hall Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 5 Jeb Hensarling Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 6 Joe Barton Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 7 John Culberson Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 8 Kevin Brady Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 12 Kay Granger Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 13 Mac Thornberry Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 14 Ron Paul Republican 70%
TX U.S. House 15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 16 Silvestre Reyes Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 18 Sheila Jackson Lee Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 19 Randy Neugebauer Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 20 Charlie Gonzalez Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 21 Lamar Smith Republican 90%
TX U.S. House 25 Lloyd Doggett Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 26 Michael Burgess Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 29 Gene Green Democratic 30%
TX U.S. House 30 Eddie Johnson Democratic 40%
TX U.S. House 31 John Carter Republican 100%
TX U.S. House 32 Pete Sessions Republican 100%
UT U.S. Senate Sr Orrin Hatch Republican 90%
UT U.S. House 1 Rob Bishop Republican 90%
UT U.S. House 2 Jim Matheson Democratic 60%
VA U.S. House 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 20%
VA U.S. House 4 Randy Forbes Republican 90%
VA U.S. House 6 Bob Goodlatte Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 7 Eric Cantor Republican 100%
VA U.S. House 8 Jim Moran, Jr. Democratic 40%
VA U.S. House 10 Frank Wolf Republican 90%
VT U.S. Senate Sr Patrick Leahy Democratic 10%
VT U.S. Senate Jr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
WA U.S. Senate Sr Patty Murray Democratic 40%
WA U.S. Senate Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 1 Jay Inslee Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 4 Richard Hastings Republican 90%
WA U.S. House 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 40%
WA U.S. House 7 Jim McDermott Democratic 30%
WA U.S. House 9 Adam Smith Democratic 50%
WI U.S. Senate Sr Herb Kohl Democratic 0%
WI U.S. House 1 Paul Ryan Republican 100%
WI U.S. House 2 Tammy Baldwin Democratic 10%
WI U.S. House 3 Ron Kind Democratic 30%
WI U.S. House 5 Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. Republican 90%
WI U.S. House 6 Tom Petri Republican 90%
WV U.S. Senate Sr Jay Rockefeller IV Democratic 10%
WV U.S. House 2 Shelley Capito Republican 100%
WV U.S. House 3 Nick Rahall II Democratic 20%
WY U.S. Senate Sr Mike Enzi Republican 80%
Wayne Allard 100%
George Allen 90%
Thomas Allen 40%
Brian Baird 40%
Richard Hugh Baker 100%
J. Gresham Barrett 90%
Evan Bayh 40%
Bob Beauprez 100%
Bob Bennett 90%
Marion Berry 10%
Michael Bilirakis 90%
Sherwood Boehlert 100%
Kit Bond 100%
Henry Bonilla 90%
Rick Boucher 20%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 50%
Henry Brown, Jr. 100%
Ginny Brown-Waite 100%
Jim Bunning 100%
Conrad Burns 100%
Steve Buyer 100%
Robert Byrd 10%
Chris Cannon 90%
Julia Carson 0%
Edward Case 30%
Mike Castle 90%
Chris Chocola 100%
Norm Coleman 95%
Jon Corzine 40%
Christopher Cox 100%
Larry Craig 90%
Robert Cramer 50%
Barbara Cubin 100%
Randall Cunningham 90%
Artur Davis 40%
James Davis 30%
Jo Ann Davis 90%
Lincoln Davis 50%
Thomas Davis III 90%
Bill Delahunt 20%
Thomas DeLay 100%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 90%
Chris Dodd 10%
Elizabeth Dole 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. 90%
John Doolittle 80%
Byron Dorgan 0%
Chet Edwards 40%
Vern Ehlers 100%
Philip English 80%
John Ensign 90%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Lane Evans 10%
Terry Everett 90%
Tom Feeney 100%
Russ Feingold 0%
Michael Ferguson 90%
Mark Foley 100%
Harold Ford, Jr. 40%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 90%
William Frist 100%
Jim Gibbons 100%
Wayne Gilchrest 90%
Paul Gillmor 90%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 70%
Bart Gordon 60%
Mark Green 90%
Judd Gregg 100%
Gilbert Gutknecht 90%
Charles Hagel 90%
Jane Harman 40%
Katherine Harris 100%
Melissa Hart 100%
J. Dennis Hastert 100%
Robert Hayes 70%
J.D. Hayworth, Jr. 100%
Joel Hefley 100%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 30%
David Lee Hobson 90%
Pete Hoekstra 90%
Darlene Hooley 40%
John Nathan Hostettler 80%
Kenny Hulshof 100%
Duncan Hunter 80%
Henry Hyde 80%
Ernest Istook, Jr. 70%
William Jefferson 40%
James Merrill Jeffords 30%
William Lewis Jenkins 90%
Nancy Johnson 100%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
Ric Keller 100%
Sue Kelly 100%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 10%
Mark Kennedy 100%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 30%
Joseph Knollenberg 90%
James Kolbe 80%
Tom Lantos 20%
James Leach 70%
Ron Lewis 90%
Blanche Lincoln 40%
John Linder 100%
Trent Lott, Sr. 90%
Jim Marshall 20%
Robert Matsui 30%
James McCrery III 80%
John McHugh 90%
Michael McNulty 10%
Martin Meehan 30%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 40%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 30%
Alan Mollohan 20%
Dennis Moore 40%
Jack Murtha 30%
Marilyn Musgrave 100%
Robert William Ney 90%
Anne Northup 90%
Charles Norwood, Jr. 100%
James Nussle 100%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 20%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Thomas William Osborne 70%
Major Owens 20%
Michael Oxley 100%
John Peterson 95%
Charles Pickering, Jr. 100%
Richard Pombo 80%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
Jon Porter, Sr. 90%
Deborah Pryce 100%
George Radanovich 100%
James Ramstad 100%
Ralph Regula 90%
Richard Renzi 90%
Thomas Reynolds 80%
Jim Ryun 100%
Martin Olav Sabo 10%
Rick Santorum 90%
Paul Sarbanes 10%
H. James Saxton 90%
John Shadegg 100%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 90%
Christopher Shays 90%
Donald Sherwood 90%
Robert Ruhl Simmons 90%
Ike Skelton 40%
Gordon Smith 90%
Vic Snyder 40%
Mark Souder 90%
Arlen Specter 70%
John Spratt, Jr. 10%
Ted Stevens 100%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 20%
John Sununu 100%
John Sweeney 90%
James Talent 100%
Tom Tancredo 100%
John Tanner 40%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
Charles Taylor 70%
Gene Taylor 20%
Craig Thomas 100%
William Thomas 100%
Todd Tiahrt 90%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 30%
George Voinovich 70%
James Walsh 80%
Zach Wamp 80%
John Warner 100%
Diane Watson 40%
Anthony Weiner 30%
David Weldon 90%
W. Curtis Weldon 100%
Gerald Weller 90%
Robert Wexler 40%
Heather Wilson 80%
David Wu 30%
Albert Wynn 40%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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 issues 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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