Governor John Richard Kasich's Special Interest Group Ratings

Biographical

Full Name: John Richard Kasich
Current Office: Governor, Republican
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Last Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Karen; 2 Children: Emma, Reese
Birth Date: 05/13/1952
Birth Place: McKees Rocks, PA
Home City: Westerville, OH
Religion: Christian
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Abortion

1999-2000 National Right to Life Committee - Positions 100% 1999 NARAL Pro-Choice America - Positions 0% 1999 National Right to Life Committee - Positions 100% 1999 Planned Parenthood - Positions 0% 1997-1998 National Right to Life Committee - Positions 100% 1997 NARAL Pro-Choice America - Positions 0% 1997 National Right to Life Committee - Positions 100% 1996 NARAL Pro-Choice America - Positions 0% 1996 National Right to Life Committee - Positions 100% 1995-1998 Planned Parenthood - Positions 0% 1993-1996 Planned Parenthood - Positions 0%

Agriculture and Food

1998 National Farmers Union - Positions 22% 1997 National Farmers Union - Positions 57% 1996 National Farmers Union - Positions 29% 1995-1996 American Farm Bureau Federation - Positions 77% 1995 National Farmers Union - Positions 20% 1994 National Farmers Union - Family Farm Advocacy Score 56%

Animals and Wildlife

1999-2000 The Humane Society Legislative Fund - Positions 13% 1999 The Humane Society of the United States - Positions 17% 1997 The Humane Society of the United States - Positions on Animal Protection 50% 1995-1996 The Humane Society Legislative Fund - Positions 25% 1995 The Humane Society of the United States - Positions 50% 1993-1994 The Humane Society of the United States - Positions 29%

Budget, Spending and Taxes

1999 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 80% 1999 Concord Coalition - Positions 42% 1999 National Taxpayers Union - Positions 65% 1998 Americans for Tax Reform - Positions 95% 1998 Concord Coalition - Positions 43% 1998 National Taxpayers Union - Spending Score 69% 1998 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 47% 1997-1998 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 92% 1997 Concord Coalition - Positions 68% 1997 National Taxpayers Union - Spending Score 58% 1997 Taxpayers for Common Sense - Positions 67% 1996 Concord Coalition - Positions 55% 1995-1996 National Tax Limitation Committee - Positions 100% 1995 Concord Coalition - Positions 55% 1995 National Taxpayers Union - Spending Score 87%

Business and Consumers

2000 Business-Industry Political Action Committee - Positions 85% 2000 Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council - Positions 100% 1999-2000 National Federation of Independent Business - Positions 100% 1999-2000 Public Citizen's Congress Watch - Positions 13% 1999 Associated Builders & Contractors - Positions 91% 1999 Business-Industry Political Action Committee - Positions 85% 1999 Consumer Federation of America - Positions 8% 1999 United States Chamber of Commerce - Positions 75% 1998 Associated Builders & Contractors - Positions 91% 1998 Consumer Federation of America - Positions 20% 1998 Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council - Positions 95% 1998 United States Chamber of Commerce - Positions 82% 1997-1998 National Federation of Independent Business - Positions 100% 1997 Associated Builders & Contractors - Positions 100% 1997 Business-Industry Political Action Committee - Positions 95% 1997 Consumer Federation of America - Positions 50% 1997 National Federation of Independent Business - Positions 100% 1997 Public Citizen's Congress Watch - Positions 82% 1997 United States Chamber of Commerce - Positions 80% 1996 Business-Industry Political Action Committee - Positions 100% 1996 Consumer Federation of America - Positions 31% 1996 United States Chamber of Commerce - Positions 94% 1995-1996 Associated Builders & Contractors - Positions 93% 1995-1996 National Federation of Independent Business - Positions 97% 1995-1996 Public Citizen's Congress Watch - Positions 26% 1995 Associated Builders & Contractors - Positions 92%

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

2000 American Civil Liberties Union - Positions 20% 1999-2000 Home School Legal Defense Association - Positions 60% 1999-2000 Human Rights Campaign - Positions 10% 1999 American Civil Liberties Union - Positions 22% 1999 Human Rights Campaign - Positions 9% 1999 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - Positions 9% 1999 National Hispanic Leadership Agenda - Positions (106C_1) 0% 1997-1998 American Civil Liberties Union - Positions 6% 1997-1998 Campaign for a Color Blind America - Positions 100% 1997-1998 Home School Legal Defense Association - Positions 80% 1997-1998 Human Rights Campaign - Positions 12% 1997-1998 Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights - Positions 16% 1997-1998 National Hispanic Leadership Agenda - Positions 17% 1997 American Civil Liberties Union - Positions 0% 1996 American Civil Liberties Union - Positions 6% 1995-1996 Human Rights Campaign - Positions 22% 1995-1996 Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights - Positions 20% 1995-1996 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - Positions 18% 1995-1996 National Hispanic Leadership Agenda - Positions 10% 1995 The Libertarian Party - Positions 45% 1995 The Libertarian Party - Positions 70% 1995 The Libertarian Party - Positions 20%

Conservative

2000 American Conservative Union - Positions 92% 2000 Concerned Women for America - Positions 92% 1999-2000 Christian Coalition of America - Positions 100% 1999 American Conservative Union - Positions 91% 1999 Liberty Lobby - Positions 70% 1999 The John Birch Society - Positions 60% 1998 American Conservative Union - Positions 96% 1998 The John Birch Society - Positions 60% 1997-1998 60 Plus Association - Positions 100% 1997-1998 Christian Coalition of America - Positions 100% 1997-1998 Concerned Women for America - Positions 75% 1997 American Conservative Union - Positions 88% 1997 Christian Coalition of America - Positions 100% 1997 Liberty Lobby - Positions 50% 1997 The John Birch Society - Positions 56% 1996 American Conservative Union - Positions 95% 1995-1996 60 Plus Association - Positions 100% 1995-1996 Christian Coalition of America - Positions 100% 1995-1996 Concerned Women for America - Positions 75% 1995-1996 The John Birch Society - Positions 62% 1995 Liberty Lobby - Positions 50%

Crime

1997-1998 Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants - Positions 55% 1995-1996 Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants - Positions 0%

Education

1999-2000 Home School Legal Defense Association - Positions 60% 1999 National Education Association - Positions 20% 1997-1998 Home School Legal Defense Association - Positions 80% 1997-1998 National Education Association - Positions 34% 1997 National Education Association - Positions 50% 1996 National Education Association - Positions 0% 1995-1996 United States Student Association - Positions 9%

Environment

2000 League of Private Property Voters - Positions 73% 1999-2000 League of Conservation Voters - Positions 13% 1999 League of Conservation Voters - Positions 6% 1999 League of Private Property Voters - Positions 82% 1998 League of Conservation Voters - Positions 38% 1997-1998 League of Private Property Voters - Positions 100% 1997 League of Conservation Voters - Positions 50% 1997 League of Private Property Voters - Positions 92% 1995-1996 League of Conservation Voters - Positions 27%

Foreign Affairs

2000 Friends Committee on National Legislation - Positions 30% 1999 Friends Committee on National Legislation - Positions 25% 1999 Peace Action - Positions 27% 1998 Friends Committee on National Legislation - Positions 10% 1998 Peace Action - Positions 13% 1997-1998 PeacePAC - Positions 25% 1997 Friends Committee on National Legislation - Positions 40% 1997 Peace Action - Positions 33% 1996 Peace Action - Positions 10% 1996 PeacePAC - Positions 10% 1995-1996 Friends Committee on National Legislation - Peace and Justice Score 20% 1995 Peace Action - Positions 33%

Government Operations

1999-2000 Public Citizen's Congress Watch - Positions 13% 1999-2000 United States Public Interest Research Group - Positions 10% 1999 Citizens Against Government Waste - Positions 86% 1999 United States Public Interest Research Group - Positions 37% 1998 Citizens Against Government Waste - Positions 89% 1997-1998 Public Citizen's Congress Watch - Positions 53% 1997-1998 United States Public Interest Research Group - Positions 37% 1997 Public Citizen's Congress Watch - Positions 82% 1996 Citizens Against Government Waste - Positions 88% 1995-1996 Public Citizen's Congress Watch - Positions 26% 1995-1996 United States Public Interest Research Group - Positions 32%

Guns

2010 National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund - Positions on Gun Rights B

Health and Health Care

1999 American Public Health Association - Positions 0% 1998 American Public Health Association - Positions 13% 1997-1998 AIDS United - Positions 27% 1997 American Public Health Association - Positions 14% 1995-1996 AIDS United - Positions 20% 1995-1996 Smokefree Action - Positions 42% 1995 American Public Health Association - Positions 8%

Immigration

1997-1998 United States Border Control - Positions 100% 1997 Americans for Immigration Control - Positions 66% 1996 Americans for Immigration Control - Positions 88% 1996 Federation for American Immigration Reform - Positions 67%

Labor Unions

2000 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - Positions 0% 2000 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Positions 0% 1999 American Federation of Government Employees - Positions 10% 1999 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - Positions 0% 1999 Communications Workers of America - Positions 17% 1999 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers - Positions 50% 1999 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers - Positions 40% 1999 Transportation Communications Union - Positions 29% 1999 United Auto Workers - Positions 15% 1998 American Federation of Government Employees - Positions 7% 1998 Communications Workers of America - Positions 0% 1998 International Brotherhood of Boilermakers - Positions 17% 1998 Transportation Communications Union - Positions 0% 1998 United Auto Workers - Positions 8% 1997-1998 International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Positions 0% 1997 American Federation of Government Employees - Positions 21% 1997 American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) - Positions 0% 1997 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - Positions 13% 1997 Communications Workers of America - Positions 13% 1997 United Auto Workers - Positions 8% 1997 United Food & Commercial Workers - Positions 8% 1996 American Federation of Government Employees - Positions 0% 1996 American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) - Positions 0% 1996 Communications Workers of America - Positions on Workplace Rights 44% 1996 United Auto Workers - Positions on Workplace Rights 0% 1996 United Food & Commercial Workers - Positions 8% 1995-1996 International Association of Fire Fighters - Positions on Workplace Rights 0% 1995 United Food & Commercial Workers - Positions on Workplace Rights 0% 1993 United Food & Commercial Workers - Positions on Workplace Rights 13%

Liberal

1999 Americans for Democratic Action - Positions 10% 1998 Americans for Democratic Action - Positions 0% 1997-1998 National Committee for an Effective Congress - Positions 5% 1997 Americans for Democratic Action - Positions 20% 1996 Americans for Democratic Action - Positions 15% 1995-1996 National Committee for an Effective Congress - Positions 5%

Marriage, Family, and Children

1999-2000 Home School Legal Defense Association - Positions 60% 1999 Children's Defense Fund - Positions 46% 1998 Children's Defense Fund - Positions 63% 1997-1998 Home School Legal Defense Association - Positions 80% 1997 Children's Defense Fund - Positions 56% 1996 Children's Defense Fund - Positions 7%

National Security

1997 Center for Security Policy - Positions 70% 1996 Center for Security Policy - Positions 86%

Senior Citizens

1999-2000 National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association - Positions 0% 1999-2000 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - Positions 33% 1999 National Council of Senior Citizens - Positions 22% 1998 National Council of Senior Citizens - Positions 10% 1997-1998 60 Plus Association - Positions 100% 1997-1998 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - Positions 60% 1997 National Council of Senior Citizens - Positions 40% 1996 National Council of Senior Citizens - Positions 10% 1995-1996 60 Plus Association - Positions 100% 1995-1996 National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association - Positions 40% 1995-1996 National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare - Positions 27%

Social

1999 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 10% 1999 Population Connection - Positions 0% 1998 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 27% 1997-1998 Population Connection - Positions 0% 1997 Population Connection - Positions 0% 1996 National Association of Social Workers - Positions 20% 1996 NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby - Positions 13% 1996 Population Connection - Positions 0%

Taxes

1999 American Farm Bureau Federation - Positions 82%

Technology and Communication

2000 Information Technology Industry Council - Positions 89% 1999 Information Technology Industry Council - Positions 75%

Trade

1997-1998 The Cato Institute - Trade Subsidy Votes Score 44%

Unemployed and Low-Income

1999 Bread for the World - Positions 0% 1998 Bread for the World - Positions 100% 1997 Bread for the World - Positions 50% 1996 Bread for the World - Positions on Addressing World Hunger 17%

Veterans

1997-1998 Vietnam Veterans of America - Positions 33%

Women

1998 National Organization for Women - Positions 5%

Impartial/Nonpartisan

1999 National Journal - Liberal on Defense/Foreign Policy Score 28% 1999 National Journal - Conservative on Defense/Foreign Policy Score 72% 1999 National Journal - Conservative on Economic Policy Score 65% 1999 National Journal - Conservative on Social Policy Score 76% 1999 National Journal - Liberal on Economic Policy Score 29% 1999 National Journal - Liberal on Social Policy Score 24% 1998 National Journal - Conservative on Social Policy Score 90% 1998 National Journal - Liberal on Defense/Foreign Policy Score 38% 1998 National Journal - Liberal on Social Policy Score 3% 1998 National Journal - Liberal on Economic Policy Score 19% 1998 National Journal - Conservative on Economic Policy Score 79% 1998 National Journal - Conservative on Defense/Foreign Policy Score 61% 1996 National Journal - Liberal on Economic Policy Score 20% 1996 National Journal - Liberal on Social Policy Score 14% 1996 National Journal - Liberal on Foreign\Defense Policy 0% 1996 National Journal - Conservative on Defense/Foreign Policy Score 79% 1996 National Journal - Conservative on Economic Policy Score 76% 1996 National Journal - Conservative on Social Policy Score 77%

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