and then there were 5

Democrat Mark Schauer won his seat Tuesday.

2. Rep. Anne Northrop – R, Kentucky – Northrop had a dismal 7% lifetime LCV score when she was voted out of office in 2006, and voters opted to give the incumbent who defeated her, Democrat John Yarmuth, another term.

3. Sen. Elizabeth Dole – R, North Carolina – Dole’s 2008 reelection campaign will be remembered for the ad that accused her challenger, Democrat Kay Hagan, of being “godless” with a fake voice-over meant to sound like Hagan. But Dole’s record as a Senator did more damage to the country. She had just a 4% lifetime LCV voting score.

In 2008, she voted against renewable energy production and energy conservation measures, but supported subsidies for oil companies while they were reaping record profits. (She also took more than a quarter million dollars of campaign contributions from Big Oil, according to LCV.) In 2007, she voted against raising the fuel economy of American vehicles and for the development of liquid coal fuels. And that just scrapes the surface.

4. Dean Andal – Andal had a 9% LCV rating as a state senator when he chose to run against Democrat Jerry McNerney, a renewable energy advocate, for his Congressional seat. Voters didn’t buy it.

5. Rep. Steve Pearce – R, New Mexico – In just one of 80 chances, over five years as a U.S. representative, did Pearce vote in favor of environmental protections favored by the LCV. He consistently voted against renewable energy development, and in favor of oil and gas drilling. In his race for a Senate seat, voters opted for his challenger, Rep. Tom Udall, for the seat vacated by Sen. Pete Domenici, who never scored better than 20% on LCV’s annual Scorecard (and twice scored zero) in the last decade in the Senate.

6. Rep. Bob Schaffer – R, Colorado – A former congressman, Schaffer lost to Rep. Mark Udall in a race for the Senate in Colorado. He left Congress to work for an oil company, and his campaign received significant funding from the oil industry, according to LCV.