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Terry Kilgore's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Business and Consumers

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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.

84%
2011-2012
26%
2018
92%
2021
97%
2020
99%
2019
100%
2018
97%
2017
98%
2017
97%
2016
96%
2016
95%
2015
100%
2014
100%
2013
92%
2012
79%
2005
100%
2002-2003
48%
2000-2001
72%
2000
63%
1999
78%
1998
90%
2019
90%
2019
90%
2018
90%
2018
93%
2017
93%
2017
94%
2017
94%
2017
93%
2016
93%
2016
90%
2015
90%
2015
92%
2014-2015
92%
2014-2015
93%
2014
93%
2014
83%
2013
83%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2013
89%
2012
89%
2012
90%
2012
90%
2012
78%
2012
78%
2012
87%
2012
87%
2012
85%
2012
85%
2012
87
2010
87
2010
83
2010
83
2010
85
2010
85
2010
90%
2010
90%
2010
87%
2009
87%
2009
78
2009
78
2009
81
2009
81
2009
83
2009
83
2009
80
2008
80
2008
77%
2007
77%
2007
79%
2005
79%
2005
56%
2004
56%
2004
53%
2003
53%
2003
78%
2002
78%
2002
48%
2001
48%
2001
72%
2000
72%
2000
70
1999
70
1999
75
1997
75
1997
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