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Anne Kaiser's Ratings and Endorsements

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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
2011-2014
57
2007-2010
85%
2005
82%
2004
100%
2003
100%
2015-2018
100%
2011-2014
57%
2007-2010
23%
2022
23%
2022
17%
2021
17%
2021
19%
2020
19%
2020
23%
2019
23%
2019
24%
2019
24%
2019
24%
2018
24%
2018
11%
2018
11%
2018
24%
2017-2018
24%
2017-2018
25%
2017
25%
2017
23%
2017
23%
2017
25%
2016
25%
2016
33%
2016
33%
2016
25%
2015
25%
2015
43%
2015
43%
2015
30%
2014
30%
2014
24%
2014
24%
2014
23%
2013
23%
2013
29%
2013
29%
2013
10%
2012
10%
2012
9%
2011
9%
2011
26%
2010
26%
2010
33%
2010
33%
2010
20%
2009
20%
2009
50%
2008
50%
2008
26%
2008
26%
2008
27%
2007
27%
2007
33%
2006
33%
2006
22%
2005
22%
2005
20%
2004
20%
2004
13%
2003
13%
2003
36%
2021-2022
100%
2008
100%
2008
100
2006
100%
1999-2005
100%
1999-2005
100%
2021
94%
2010
86%
2010
100%
2009
95%
2009
90
2008
90
2007
88%
2006
14%
2005
11%
2003
100%
2002
100%
2002
93
2010
95
2009
96
2008
96
2007
95%
2006
95%
2005
25%
2009-2011
100%
2020
100%
2020
100%
2019
100%
2019
93
2010
95
2009
96
2008
96
2007
95%
2006
95%
2005
93
2010
95
2009
96
2008
96
2007
95%
2006
95%
2005
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