According to the newly released 2009 Senate rankings by National Journal, 5 Democrats tied for the title of "most liberal" with score of 94 (which represents a composite of votes on key economic, social and foreign-policy issues last year) while Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe wins the distinction of being the "most conservative" member of the Senate with a score of 95.8. Below I've listed the top 10 most liberal and most conservative members of the Senate:

Liberal
T1. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 94
T1. Roland Burris (D-IL) 94
T1. Ben Cardin (D-MD) 94
T1. Jack Reed (D-RI) 94
T1. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) 94
T6.John Kerry (D-MA) 92
T6. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) 92
8. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) 91
T9. Chris Dodd (D-CT) 89
T9. Dick Durbin (D-IL) 89

Conservative
1. James Inhofe (R-OK) 95.8
2. Jim DeMint (R-SC) 95
3. Jim Bunning (R-KY) 93.2
4. Tom Coburn (R-OK) 93
5. James Risch (R-ID) 90.8
6. John Thune (R-SD) 90
7. John Ensign (R-NV) 89.8
8. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) 89.5
9. Richard Burr (R-NC) 88.8
10. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) 88.7

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