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Bob Beauprez's Ratings and Endorsements

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.

17%
2003-2004
17%
2003-2004
Fence Sitter
2002
Fence Sitter
2002
100%
2003
5%
2004
73%
2005
73%
2005
34%
2005
34%
2005
61%
2005
61%
2005
21%
2005
21%
2005
77%
2005
77%
2005
21%
2005
21%
2005
78%
2005
78%
2005
31%
2004
31%
2004
9%
2004
68%
2004
68%
2004
67%
2004
67%
2004
25%
2004
25%
2004
88%
2004
88%
2004
71%
2003
71%
2003
65%
2003
65%
2003
0%
2003
31%
2003
31%
2003
91%
2003
91%
2003
24%
2003
24%
2003
21%
2003
21%
2003
79%
2003
79%
2003
33%
2003
100%
2003-2004
100%
2003-2004
0%
2006
0%
2006
100%
2003
100%
2003
86%
2003-2004
100%
2003-2004
85%
2003-2004
0%
2004
0%
2005
0%
2004
33%
2003
0%
2003-2004
0%
2003-2004
28%
2003-2004
100%
2003
99%
2004
100%
2003-2004
100%
2003
-4
2005
-4
2005
76%
2004
76%
2004
85%
2003
85%
2003
18%
2003-2004
0%
2004
0%
2004
22%
2003
22%
2003
6%
2003-2004
0%
2004
25%
2003
0%
2003
0%
2003
84%
2006
95%
2003-2004
0%
2003-2004
0%
2003-2004
13%
2005-2006
13%
2005-2006
100%
2003-2004
100%
2003-2004
-15
2003-2004
100%
2003-2004
0%
2004
25%
2003
0%
2004
20%
2004
100%
2003-2004
21%
2003-2004
0%
2005-2006
70%
2005-2006
70%
2005-2006
15%
2003-2004
15%
2003-2004
0%
2003-2004
0%
2003-2004
100%
2003-2004
100%
2003-2004
100%
2003-2004
18%
2003-2004
0%
2004
0%
2004
22%
2003
22%
2003
100%
2003
-15
2003-2004
93%
2003-2004
100%
2003
100%
2003
65%
2005
45%
2005
45%
2005
85%
2005
85%
2005
63%
2004
63%
2004
85
2003
85
2003
85
2003
85
2003
85
2003
85
2003
31%
2006
0%
2005
0%
2005
25%
2004
40%
2004
40%
2004
25%
2004
38%
2003
38%
2003
0%
2005-2006
70%
2005-2006
70%
2005-2006
13%
2005-2006
13%
2005-2006
13%
2005-2006
13%
2005-2006
0%
2003
0%
2003
60%
2003-2004
60%
2003-2004
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