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Patrick Hope's Ratings and Endorsements

Office:

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.

100%
2020
100%
2016-2017
100%
2016-2017
100%
2016
100%
2015
100%
2014-2015
100%
2014-2015
100%
2014
100%
2012
100%
2010
100%
2010
100%
2022
0%
2011-2012
9%
2018
75%
2019
75%
2019
71%
2018
71%
2018
71%
2017
71%
2017
64%
2017
64%
2017
56%
2016
56%
2016
62%
2015
62%
2015
66%
2014-2015
66%
2014-2015
69%
2014
69%
2014
100%
2013
100%
2013
67%
2013
67%
2013
65%
2012
65%
2012
49%
2012
49%
2012
54%
2012
54%
2012
50%
2012
50%
2012
58%
2012
58%
2012
56
2010
56
2010
51
2010
51
2010
60%
2010
60%
2010
45
2010
45
2010
100%
2017
100%
2017
0%
2016
100%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
100%
2021
98%
2022
98%
2021
100%
2021
95%
2019
88%
2019
100%
2018
96%
2017
100%
2017
100%
2016
95%
2015-2019
95%
2015-2019
100%
2015
97%
2014-2018
97%
2014-2018
0%
2020
17%
2018-2019
11%
2016-2017
11%
2014-2015
0%
2013
5%
2010-2011
100%
2019
100%
2019
100%
2018
100%
2018
100%
2018
100%
2018
100%
2017
100%
2017
100%
2017
100%
2017
100%
2016
100%
2016
100%
2016
100%
2016
100%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2014
100%
2014
100%
2012
100%
2012
100%
2010
100%
2010
100%
2020
100%
2020
100%
2019
100%
2019
100%
2017
100%
2017
0%
2016
100%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
0%
2020-2021
0%
2020
0%
2020
17%
2018-2019
17%
2018-2019
11%
2016-2017
11%
2016-2017
11%
2014-2015
11%
2014-2015
0%
2013
0%
2013
5%
2010-2011
5%
2010-2011
16%
2019
25%
2019
16%
2019
5%
2018
5%
2018
17%
2018
17%
2018
17%
2017
17%
2017
17%
2017
17%
2017
17%
2016
17%
2016
0%
2016
0%
2016
38%
2015
38%
2015
20%
2014
20%
2014
10%
2013
10%
2013
8%
2012-2017
8%
2012-2017
15%
2012
15%
2012
33%
2004-2014
33%
2004-2014
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