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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.
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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MN | U.S. House - 1 | Brad Finstad | Republican | 100% |
MN | U.S. House - 7 | Michelle Fischbach | Republican | 100% |
MN | State House - 16A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 100% |
MN | State House - 26A | Gene Pelowski, Jr. | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
MN | State House - 26B | Greg Davids | Republican | 100% |
MN | State House - 38A | Michael Nelson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | State House - 61A | Frank Hornstein | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | State Senate - 12 | Torrey Westrom | Republican | 100% |
MN | State Senate - 24 | Carla Nelson | Republican | 100% |
MN | State Senate - 29 | Bruce Anderson | Republican | 96% |
MN | State Senate - 35 | Jim Abeler II | Republican | 100% |
MN | State Senate - 37 | Warren Limmer | Republican | 100% |
MN | State Senate - 40 | John Marty | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | State Senate - 43 | Ann Rest | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | State Senate - 46 | Ron Latz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | State Senate - 61 | Scott Dibble | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | State Senate - 65 | Sandra Pappas | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | Justice of the Supreme Court - Seat 4 | Paul Thissen | Non-partisan | 0% |
MN | Public Utilities Commissioner | Katie Sieben | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 0% |
MN | Commissioner - 3 | Michael Beard | 100% | |
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Joseph Atkins | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Tom Rukavina | 0% | |
MN | Commissioner - 6 | Mary Holberg | 100% | |
Ron Abrams | 4% | |||
Peter Adolphson | 100% | |||
Ellen Anderson | 0% | |||
Irv Anderson | 88% | |||
Jeff Anderson | 100% | |||
Michele Bachmann | 100% | |||
Thomas Bakk | 0% | |||
William Belanger, Jr. | 60% | |||
Linda Berglin | 0% | |||
Connie Bernardy | 4% | |||
Donald Betzold | 0% | |||
Greg Blaine | 100% | |||
Lynda Boudreau | 100% | |||
Francis Bradley | 100% | |||
Laura Brod | 100% | |||
Mark Buesgens | 100% | |||
Lyndon Carlson, Sr. | 0% | |||
Satveer Chaudhary | 0% | |||
Karen Clark | 0% | |||
Richard Cohen | 0% | |||
Tony Cornish | 100% | |||
Ray Cox | 83% | |||
Jim Davnie | 0% | |||
Richard Day | 100% | |||
Chris DeLaForest | 100% | |||
Randy Demmer | 100% | |||
Jerry Dempsey | 100% | |||
David Dill | 100% | |||
Stephen Dille | 80% | |||
Dan Dorman | 57% | |||
John Dorn | 21% | |||
Robert Eastlund | 100% | |||
Kent Eken | 96% | |||
Matt Entenza | 0% | |||
Ron Erhardt | 4% | |||
Sondra Erickson | 100% | |||
Leo Foley | 0% | |||
Dennis Frederickson | 100% | |||
Douglas Fuller | 100% | |||
David Gaither | 100% | |||
Chris Gerlach | 100% | |||
Barbara Goodwin | 0% | |||
Mindy Greiling | 0% | |||
Bob Gunther | 100% | |||
Bill Haas | 100% | |||
Tom Hackbarth | 100% | |||
David Hann | 100% | |||
Alice Hausman | 0% | |||
Bud Heidgerken | 100% | |||
Linda Higgins | 0% | |||
Debra Hilstrom | 0% | |||
Bill Hilty | 0% | |||
Joe Hoppe | 100% | |||
John Hottinger | 0% | |||
Larry Howes | 100% | |||
Thomas Huntley | 3% | |||
Mike Jaros | 0% | |||
Dean Elton Johnson | 0% | |||
Debbie Johnson | 100% | |||
Jeff Johnson | 100% | |||
Sheldon Johnson | 0% | |||
Al Juhnke | 96% | |||
Michael Jungbauer | 100% | |||
Phyllis Kahn | 0% | |||
Steve Kelley | 0% | |||
Margaret Kelliher | 0% | |||
Bob Kierlin | 80% | |||
Sheila Kiscaden | 40% | |||
Dave Kleis | 100% | |||
Karen Klinzing | 96% | |||
Jim Knoblach | 100% | |||
Lyle Koenen | 100% | |||
Paul Koering | 100% | |||
Paul Kohls | 100% | |||
Philip Krinkie | 100% | |||
Gary Kubly | 20% |