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Pete Gallego's Ratings and Endorsements

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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.

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2014
44%
2013
44%
2013
44%
2013
44%
2013
56%
2013
56%
2013
45%
2013
45%
2013
55%
2013
55%
2013
44%
2013
44%
2013
56%
2013
56%
2013
90%
2013-2014
64%
2013-2014
63%
2013-2014
75%
2013-2014
100%
2013-2014
40%
2013-2014
25%
2009
20%
2009
19%
2009
31
2007
26%
2005
17%
2003
9%
2001
18%
1999
16%
1997
37%
1995
100%
2013-2014
73%
2012-2013
60%
2013-2014
23%
2013
6%
2014
0%
2013
0%
2013
36%
2013-2014
17%
2014
0%
2014
0%
2014
16%
2009
29%
2007
20%
2005
21%
2003
8%
2001
10%
1999
56%
2013-2014
40%
2013-2014
22%
2013
22%
2013
43%
2013
0%
2013-2014
0%
2013-2014
79%
2013-2014
79%
2013-2014
67%
2013
50%
2013
59%
2012
70%
2013-2014
70%
2013-2014
2%
2012
2%
2012
27%
2013-2014
27%
2013-2014
50%
2013-2014
56%
2013-2014
40%
2013-2014
85%
2013-2014
25%
2013-2014
22%
2013
22%
2013
25%
2014
90%
2013
57%
2013-2014
30%
2014
23%
2013
0%
2013-2014
0%
2013-2014
19%
2009
25%
2009
20%
2009
31
2007
26%
2005
17%
2003
9%
2001
18%
1999
16%
1997
37%
1995
21%
2013-2014
100%
2014
73%
2013
73%
2013
20%
2009
20%
2009
25%
2009
21%
2009
19%
2009
19%
2009
25%
2009
31
2007
31
2007
26%
2005
26%
2005
17%
2003
17%
2003
9%
2001
9%
2001
18%
1999
18%
1999
16%
1997
16%
1997
37%
1995
37%
1995
30%
2013
23%
2013
23%
2013
16%
2013
16%
2013
16%
2011
16%
2009
16%
2009
29%
2007
29%
2007
20%
2005
20%
2005
21%
2003
21%
2003
8%
2001
8%
2001
10%
1999
10%
1999
15%
2014
15%
2014
15%
2014
18%
2013-2014
18%
2013-2014
18%
2013-2014
18%
2013-2014
0%
2013
0%
2013
19%
2009
19%
2009
21%
2009
21%
2009
25%
2009
20%
2009
20%
2009
31
2007
31
2007
26%
2005
26%
2005
17%
2003
17%
2003
9%
2001
9%
2001
18%
1999
18%
1999
16%
1997
16%
1997
37%
1995
37%
1995
24%
2013
24%
2013
19%
2009
21%
2009
25%
2009
31
2007
26%
2005
17%
2003
9%
2001
18%
1999
16%
1997
37%
1995
18%
2013-2014
28%
2013
19%
2014
12%
2013
12%
2013
73%
2012-2013
0%
2013-2014
0%
2013-2014
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