Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.
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.
With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Poe | 90% | |||
| Deborah Pryce | 90% | |||
| Richard Renzi | 90% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 90% |
| NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | Republican | 90% |
| Mark Souder | 90% | |||
| John Sununu | 90% | |||
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 90% |
| Fred Upton | 90% | |||
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 90% |
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 90% |
| Bill Young | 90% | |||
| Donald Young | 90% | |||
| Kit Bond | 85% | |||
| Thomas Coburn | 85% | |||
| Thad Cochran | 85% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 85% |
| Ander Crenshaw | 85% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 85% |
| John Duncan, Jr. | 85% | |||
| Philip English | 85% | |||
| Tom Feeney | 85% | |||
| Randy Forbes | 85% | |||
| David Lee Hobson | 85% | |||
| Sam Johnson | 85% | |||
| Patrick McHenry | 85% | |||
| Ron Paul | 85% | |||
| Jon Porter, Sr. | 85% | |||
| Pat Roberts | 85% | |||
| Cathy Rodgers | 85% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 85% |
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 85% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 85% |
| Gerald Weller | 85% | |||
| Mary Bono Mack | 80% | |||
| Lincoln Diaz-Balart | 80% | |||
| Terry Everett | 80% | |||
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 80% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 80% |
| Kenny Hulshof | 80% | |||
| Trent Lott, Sr. | 80% | |||
| KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 80% |
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 80% |
| Tim Murphy | 80% | |||
| Denny Rehberg | 80% | |||
| Ted Stevens | 80% | |||
| Greg Walden | 80% | |||
| Ed Whitfield | 80% | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 78% |
| J. Dennis Hastert | 76% |