Don't count on Georgia's candidates for Congressional and state offices to tell you what they think on the issues.

That's what Project Vote Smart, a national research organization founded by Newt Gingrich, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and numerous other political leaders of all parties, concluded in its regular survey of the bunch.

According to the organization, only 30 percent of Georgia's Congressional candidates and 13 percent of state legislative candidates were willing to give their views on such issues as budget, taxes, environment and energy, health care, immigration and foreign policy. (Keep reading to find out who's among them.)

A 10-year study conducted by the organization shows candidates and incumbents have been less likely to respond to the test.  Why are those who want to remain in office or get there so apprehensive? Says Project Vote Smart:

Since 2000, Project Vote Smart has found that party leaders and consultants from both major parties are advising candidates not to respond to the Test for two primary reasons: it will limit the candidates’ ability to control their campaign messages, and it will expose them to opposition research.

Richard Kimball, president of Project Vote Smart responds to this cynical attitude. “While Project Vote Smart doesn't need the candidates' cooperation to get the goods on them, the public is always interested in finding out which of their candidates have enough courage to expose themselves to their opponents in order to help voters. One campaign consultant told us, ‘Our campaign only answers issue questions if they come with a campaign contribution or endorsement.’”

After the jump, view the names of and download the attachments to see where your elected official stands.

View Project Vote Smart's background info and data about Georgia here.

Download the list of Congressional candidates here.

Download the list of state legislative candidates here.

CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES

CANDIDATES WILLING TO PROVIDE VOTERS WITH INFORMATION DURING TEST

Lee Ferrell Republican GA U.S. House 2

Doug Heckman Democratic GA U.S. House 7

Jeff Scott Democratic GA U.S. House 9

Bobby Saxon Democratic GA U.S. House 10

Hugh Gammon Democratic GA U.S. House 11

John Stone Republican GA U.S. House 12

Deborah Honeycutt Republican GA U.S. House 13

Allen Buckley Libertarian GA U.S. Senate

Count : 8

CANDIDATES REFUSING TO PROVIDE VOTERS WITH INFORMATION DURING TEST

Bill Gillespie Democratic GA U.S. House 1

Jack Kingston Republican GA U.S. House 1

Sanford Bishop Democratic GA U.S. House 2

Stephen Camp Democratic GA U.S. House 3

Lynn Westmoreland Republican GA U.S. House 3

Henry Johnson Democratic GA U.S. House 4

John Lewis Democratic GA U.S. House 5

Bill Jones Democratic GA U.S. House 6

Thomas Price Republican GA U.S. House 6

John Linder Republican GA U.S. House 7

Rick Goddard Republican GA U.S. House 8

James Marshall Democratic GA U.S. House 8

Nathan Deal Republican GA U.S. House 9

Paul Broun Republican GA U.S. House 10

Phil Gingrey Republican GA U.S. House 11

John Barrow Democratic GA U.S. House 12

David Scott Democratic GA U.S. House 13

C. Saxby Chambliss Republican GA U.S. Senate

James Martin Democratic GA U.S. Senate

Count : 19

STATE LEGISLATIVE CANDIDATES

CANDIDATES WILLING TO PROVIDE VOTERS WITH INFORMATION DURING TEST

Sadie Morgan Democratic GA State House 2

John Meadows Republican GA State House 5

Stephen Allison Republican GA State House 8

Charles Jenkins Democratic GA State House 8

Betty Brady Republican GA State House 11

Richard D'Arezzo Democratic GA State House 14

William Brown Democratic GA State House 22

Jason Adams Democratic GA State House 35

Alisha Morgan Democratic GA State House 39

Steve Hedden Republican GA State House 44

Ruth Levy Democratic GA State House 45

Tony Patel Democratic GA State House 47

Robbin Shipp Democratic GA State House 58

Margaret Kaiser Democratic GA State House 59

Jill Chambers Republican GA State House 81

Stephanie Benfield Democratic GA State House 85

Erick Hunt Republican GA State House 95

Clay Cox Republican GA State House 102

Allan Burns Democratic GA State House 103

David Casas Republican GA State House 103

Lee Thompson Democratic GA State House 104

Tony Lentini Democratic GA State House 106

Terry England Republican GA State House 108

Scott Nutial Republican GA State House 124

Bill Mauldin Democratic GA State House 126

James Epps Democratic GA State House 140

Allen Freeman Republican GA State House 140

James Austin Scott Republican GA State House 153

John Tibbetts Democratic GA State House 153

Hunter Hill Republican GA State Senate 6

Jerry Brillant Democratic GA State Senate 16

Carlos Lopez Democratic GA State Senate 21

Patricia Rhudy Democratic GA State Senate 30

Chris Cameron Democratic GA State Senate 32

Nancy Orrock Democratic GA State Senate 36

Altaf Galeyev Republican GA State Senate 42

Tim Riley Democratic GA State Senate 47

Bruce Coker Democratic GA State Senate 53

Count : 38

CANDIDATES REFUSING TO PROVIDE VOTERS WITH INFORMATION DURING TEST

Jay Neal Republican GA State House 1

Martin Scott Republican GA State House 2

Ralph Noble Democratic GA State House 3

Tom Weldon Republican GA State House 3

Roger Williams Republican GA State House 4

Tom Dickson Republican GA State House 6

David Ralston Republican GA State House 7

Amos Amerson Republican GA State House 9

Rick Austin Republican GA State House 10

Barbara Massey Reece Democratic GA State House 11

Tom Graves Republican GA State House 12

Katie Dempsey Republican GA State House 13

Bob Puckett Democratic GA State House 13

Barry Loudermilk Republican GA State House 14

Paul Battles Republican GA State House 15

Rick Crawford Democratic GA State House 16

Bob Culver Republican GA State House 16

Howard Maxwell Republican GA State House 17

Mark Butler Republican GA State House 18

Glenn Richardson Republican GA State House 19

Charlice Byrd Republican GA State House 20

Calvin Hill Republican GA State House 21

Sean Jerguson Republican GA State House 22

Mark Hamilton Republican GA State House 23

Tom Knox Republican GA State House 24

James Mills Republican GA State House 25

Christopher Strickland Democratic GA State House 25

Carl Rogers Republican GA State House 26

Doug Collins Republican GA State House 27

Michael Harden Republican GA State House 28

Jeanette Jamieson Democratic GA State House 28

Alan Powell Democratic GA State House 29

Tom McCall Republican GA State House 30

Thomas Benton Republican GA State House 31

Judy Manning Republican GA State House 32

Don Wix Democratic GA State House 33

Earl Giddins Democratic GA State House 34

Richard Golick Republican GA State House 34

Ed Setzler Republican GA State House 35

Earl Ehrhart Republican GA State House 36

Cindye Coates Republican GA State House 37

Terry Johnson Democratic GA State House 37

Pat Dooley Democratic GA State House 38

Steve Tumlin Republican GA State House 38

Chris Cooper Republican GA State House 39

Rob Teilhet Democratic GA State House 40

Sharon Cooper Republican GA State House 41

Don Parsons Republican GA State House 42

Bobby Franklin Republican GA State House 43

Sheila Jones Democratic GA State House 44

Matt Dollar Republican GA State House 45

Jan Jones Republican GA State House 46

Charles Martin Republican GA State House 47

Harry Geisinger Republican GA State House 48

Wendell Willard Republican GA State House 49

Mark Burkhalter Republican GA State House 50

Tom Rice Republican GA State House 51

Joe Wilkinson Republican GA State House 52

Elly Dobbs Democratic GA State House 53

Edward Lindsey Republican GA State House 54

Rashad Taylor Democratic GA State House 55

Kathy Ashe Democratic GA State House 56

Pat Gardner Democratic GA State House 57

Georganna Sinkfield Democratic GA State House 60

Ralph Long Democratic GA State House 61

Joe Heckstall Democratic GA State House 62

Tyrone Brooks Democratic GA State House 63

Roger Bruce Democratic GA State House 64

Sharon Beasley-Teague Democratic GA State House 65

Virgil Fludd Democratic GA State House 66

Bill Hembree Republican GA State House 67

Timothy Bearden Republican GA State House 68

Randy Nix Republican GA State House 69

Lynn Smith Republican GA State House 70

Billy Horne Republican GA State House 71

Jason Smith Democratic GA State House 71

Matthew Ramsey Republican GA State House 72

John Yates Republican GA State House 73

Roberta Abdul-Salaam Democratic GA State House 74

Celeste Johnson Democratic GA State House 75

Mike Glanton Democratic GA State House 76

Darryl Jordan Democratic GA State House 77

Glenn Baker Democratic GA State House 78

Keith Kaylor Democratic GA State House 79

Fran Millar Republican GA State House 79

Mike Jacobs Republican GA State House 80

Chris Huttman Democratic GA State House 81

Kevin Levitas Democratic GA State House 82

Mary Margaret Oliver Democratic GA State House 83

Stacey Abrams Democratic GA State House 84

Kenneth Brett Quarterman Republican GA State House 85

Karla Drenner Democratic GA State House 86

Michele Henson Democratic GA State House 87

Billy Mitchell Democratic GA State House 88

Earnest Williams Democratic GA State House 89

Howard Mosby Democratic GA State House 90

Rahn Mayo Democratic GA State House 91

Pam Stephenson Democratic GA State House 92

Dee Dawkins-Haigler Democratic GA State House 93

Randal Mangham Democratic GA State House 94

Toney Collins Democratic GA State House 95

Pedro Marin Democratic GA State House 96

Keith Shewbert Republican GA State House 96

Brooks Coleman Republican GA State House 97

Bobby Reese Republican GA State House 98

Hugh Floyd Democratic GA State House 99

Brian Thomas Democratic GA State House 100

Michael Coan Republican GA State House 101

John Heard Republican GA State House 104

Donna Sheldon Republican GA State House 105

Melvin Everson Republican GA State House 106

Len Walker Republican GA State House 107

Steve Davis Republican GA State House 109

John Lunsford Republican GA State House 110

Jeff May Republican GA State House 111

Doug Holt Republican GA State House 112

Bob Smith Republican GA State House 113

Keith Heard Democratic GA State House 114

Doug McKillip Democratic GA State House 115

R.M. Channell Republican GA State House 116

Lee Anderson Republican GA State House 117

Ben Harbin Republican GA State House 118

Barbara Sims Republican GA State House 119

Quincy Murphy Democratic GA State House 120

Henry Howard Democratic GA State House 121

Hardie Davis Democratic GA State House 122

Gloria Frazier Democratic GA State House 123

Helen Hudson Democratic GA State House 124

Jim Cole Republican GA State House 125

David Knight Republican GA State House 126

Billy Maddox Republican GA State House 127

Gene King Republican GA State House 128

Carl Von Epps Democratic GA State House 128

Vance Smith Republican GA State House 129

Debbie Buckner Democratic GA State House 130

Richard Smith Republican GA State House 131

Calvin Smyre Democratic GA State House 132

Carolyn Hugley Democratic GA State House 133

Mike Cheokas Democratic GA State House 134

Lynmore James Democratic GA State House 135

Tony Sellier Republican GA State House 136

Allen Peake Republican GA State House 137

Nikki Randall Democratic GA State House 138

David Lucas Democratic GA State House 139

Bobby Eugene Parham Democratic GA State House 141

Mack Jackson Democratic GA State House 142

James Veal Republican GA State House 142

DuBose Porter Democratic GA State House 143

Jimmy Pruett Republican GA State House 144

Willie Talton Republican GA State House 145

Larry O'Neal Republican GA State House 146

Roy Gibbs Democratic GA State House 147

Buddy Harden Republican GA State House 147

Bob Hanner Democratic GA State House 148

Gerald Greene Democratic GA State House 149

Winfred Dukes Democratic GA State House 150

Carol Fullerton Democratic GA State House 151

Ed Rynders Republican GA State House 152

Jay Roberts Republican GA State House 154

Greg Morris Republican GA State House 155

Jonathan McCollar Democratic GA State House 156

Butch Parrish Republican GA State House 156

Jon Burns Republican GA State House 157

Bob Lane Republican GA State House 158

Earl Carter Republican GA State House 159

Bob Bryant Democratic GA State House 160

Edward Stephens Democratic GA State House 161

J. Craig Gordon Democratic GA State House 162

Burke Day Republican GA State House 163

Ron Stephens Republican GA State House 164

Al Williams Democratic GA State House 165

Terry Barnard Republican GA State House 166

Roger Lane Republican GA State House 167

Tommy Smith Republican GA State House 168

Chuck Sims Republican GA State House 169

Penny Houston Republican GA State House 170

Jay Powell Republican GA State House 171

Gene Maddox Republican GA State House 172

Mike Keown Republican GA State House 173

Ellis Black Democratic GA State House 174

Amy Carter Democratic GA State House 175

Jay Shaw Democratic GA State House 176

Mark Hatfield Republican GA State House 177

Jaki Johnson Democratic GA State House 177

Mark Williams Republican GA State House 178

Leroy Dumas Democratic GA State House 179

Jerry Keen Republican GA State House 179

Cecily Hill Republican GA State House 180

Eric Johnson Republican GA State Senate 1

Lester Jackson Democratic GA State Senate 2

Jeff Chapman Republican GA State Senate 3

Jack Hill Republican GA State Senate 4

Curt Blackburn Thompson Democratic GA State Senate 5

Doug Stoner Democratic GA State Senate 6

Greg Goggans Republican GA State Senate 7

Tim Golden Democratic GA State Senate 8

Don Balfour Republican GA State Senate 9

Emanuel Jones Democratic GA State Senate 10

John Bulloch Republican GA State Senate 11

Freddie Powell Sims Democratic GA State Senate 12

John Crosby Republican GA State Senate 13

George Hooks Democratic GA State Senate 14

Ed Harbison Democratic GA State Senate 15

Ronnie Chance Republican GA State Senate 16

Rudy Cox Democratic GA State Senate 17

John Douglas Republican GA State Senate 17

Cecil Staton Republican GA State Senate 18

Tommie Williams Republican GA State Senate 19

Thorborn Tolleson Republican GA State Senate 20

Chip Rogers Republican GA State Senate 21

John Butler Republican GA State Senate 22

Ed Tarver Democratic GA State Senate 22

Napoleon Jenkins Republican GA State Senate 23

J.B. Powell Democratic GA State Senate 23

William Jackson Republican GA State Senate 24

Johnny Grant Republican GA State Senate 25

Robert Brown Democratic GA State Senate 26

Jack Murphy Republican GA State Senate 27

Betty Aaron Democratic GA State Senate 28

Mitchell Seabaugh Republican GA State Senate 28

Evelyn Thompson Anderson Democratic GA State Senate 29

Seth Harp Republican GA State Senate 29

William Hamrick Republican GA State Senate 30

Tracy Bennett Democratic GA State Senate 31

Bill Heath Republican GA State Senate 31

Judson Hill Republican GA State Senate 32

Steve Thompson Democratic GA State Senate 33

Valencia Seay Democratic GA State Senate 34

Kasim Reed Democratic GA State Senate 35

John Wiles Republican GA State Senate 37

Horacena Tate Democratic GA State Senate 38

Vincent Fort Democratic GA State Senate 39

Martin McConaughy Democratic GA State Senate 40

Dan Weber Republican GA State Senate 40

Steve Henson Democratic GA State Senate 41

David Adelman Democratic GA State Senate 42

Willie Hinton Republican GA State Senate 43

Ronald Ramsey Democratic GA State Senate 43

Gail Buckner Democratic GA State Senate 44

Renee Unterman Republican GA State Senate 45

Bill Cowsert Republican GA State Senate 46

Sherry Jackson Democratic GA State Senate 46

Ralph Hudgens Republican GA State Senate 47

David Shafer Republican GA State Senate 48

Lee Hawkins Republican GA State Senate 49

Jim Butterworth Republican GA State Senate 50

Chip Pearson Republican GA State Senate 51

Preston Smith Republican GA State Senate 52

Jeff Mullis Republican GA State Senate 53

Don Thomas Republican GA State Senate 54

Gloria Butler Democratic GA State Senate 55

Dan Moody Republican GA State Senate 56

Akhtar Sadiq Democratic GA State Senate 56

Count : 253

EXCEPTION CANDIDATES

Michelle Conlon Independent GA State House 80

Zephaniah Baker Independent GA State House 132

Count : 2