| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN | State Senate | 1 | LeRoy Stumpf | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 2 | Rod Skoe | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | State Senate | 3 | Thomas Bakk | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | U.S. House | 3 | Erik Paulsen | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 3A | David Dill | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State House | 3B | Mary Murphy | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 4 | Kent Eken | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State House | 4B | Paul Marquart | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State Senate | 5 | Tom Saxhaug | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | State House | 5B | Tom Anzelc | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State Senate | 6 | David Tomassoni | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | State House | 7A | Thomas Huntley | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 8 | Bill Ingebrigtsen | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 8A | Bud Nornes | Republican | 17 |
| MN | State House | 10A | John Ward | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 11 | Tony Lourey | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 11B | Tim Faust | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 12 | Torrey Westrom | Republican | 20 |
| MN | State Senate | 13 | Michelle Fischbach | Republican | 40 |
| MN | State House | 15A | Sondra Erickson | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State Senate | 17 | Lyle Koenen | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State House | 18A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 33 |
| MN | State Senate | 19 | Kathy Sheran | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 19B | Kathy Brynaert | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 20B | David Bly | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 22B | Rod Hamilton | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State Senate | 23 | Julie Rosen | Republican | 40 |
| MN | State House | 23A | Bob Gunther | Republican | 17 |
| MN | State House | 23B | Tony Cornish | Republican | 17 |
| MN | State House | 24B | Patti Fritz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 25 | David Senjem | Republican | 20 |
| MN | State House | 25B | Kim Norton | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State House | 26A | Tina Liebling | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 27 | Daniel Sparks | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 60 |
| MN | State House | 27B | Jeanne Poppe | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 28A | Eugene Pelowski, Jr. | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | State Senate | 29 | Bruce Anderson | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 31B | Tom Hackbarth | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State Senate | 34 | Warren Limmer | Republican | 20 |
| MN | State House | 34A | Joyce Peppin | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 34B | Kurt Zellers | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 35A | Jim Abeler | Republican | 20 |
| MN | State House | 36B | Melissa Hortman | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 38B | Matt Dean | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 39A | Robert Dettmer | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 40A | Michael Nelson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 40B | Debra Hilstrom | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 41B | Carolyn Laine | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 42 | Bev Scalze | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 43 | Charles Wiger | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 43B | Leon Lillie | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 44 | Terri Bonoff | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | State House | 44A | Sarah Anderson | Republican | 17 |
| MN | State House | 44B | John Benson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State Senate | 45 | Ann Rest | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | State House | 45A | Lyndon Carlson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 46 | Ronald Latz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 46A | Ryan Winkler | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 46B | Steve Simon | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 47 | Julianne Ortman | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 47B | Joe Hoppe | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State Senate | 48 | David Hann | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 49A | Ron Erhardt | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 60 |
| MN | State House | 50A | Linda Slocum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 50B | Ann Lenczewski | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 51 | Jim Carlson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 51A | Sandra Masin | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 52 | James Metzen | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
| MN | State House | 52A | Rick Hansen | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 52B | Joseph Atkins | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 54 | Katie Sieben | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 54B | Denny McNamara | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 55A | Michael Beard | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 56B | William Morgan | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State House | 58A | Mary Holberg | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 58B | Patrick Garofalo | Republican | 0 |
| MN | State House | 59A | Joe Mullery | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 60A | Diane Loeffler | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 60B | Phyllis Kahn | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 61 | D. Scott Dibble | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 61A | Frank Hornstein | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 61B | Paul Thissen | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 62A | Karen Clark | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 63 | Patricia Torres Ray | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 63A | Jim Davnie | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 63B | Jean Wagenius | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 64 | Richard Cohen | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 64A | Erin Murphy | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 64B | Michael Paymar | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 65 | Sandra Pappas | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 65B | Carlos Mariani | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State Senate | 66 | John Marty | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 66A | Alice Hausman | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 66B | John Lesch | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | State House | 67A | Tim Mahoney | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
| MN | State House | 67B | Sheldon Johnson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
| MN | Lieutenant Governor | Prettner Solon | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 | |
| Ellen Anderson | 100 | ||||
| Linda Berglin | 100 | ||||
| John Berns | 17 | ||||
| Donald Betzold | 100 | ||||
| Karla Bigham | 100 | ||||
| Laura Brod | 0 | ||||
| Robin Brown | 83 | ||||
| Mark Buesgens | 0 | ||||
| Julie Bunn | 83 | ||||
| Satveer Chaudhary | 100 | ||||
| Tarryl Clark | 100 | ||||
| Richard Day | 0 | ||||
| Chris DeLaForest | 0 | ||||
| Randy Demmer | 0 | ||||
| Stephen Dille | 60 | ||||
| Denise Dittrich | 83 | ||||
| John Doll | 80 | ||||
| Willie Dominguez | 100 | ||||
| Al Doty | 83 | ||||
| Robert Eastlund | 0 | ||||
| Tom Emmer | 0 | ||||
| Sharon Erickson Ropes | 100 | ||||
| Brad Finstad | 0 | ||||
| Leo Foley | 100 | ||||
| Dennis Frederickson | 40 | ||||
| Paul Gardner | 83 | ||||
| Chris Gerlach | 0 | ||||
| Joseph Gimse | 40 | ||||
| Steve Gottwalt | 40 | ||||
| Mindy Greiling | 100 | ||||
| Larry Haws | 83 | ||||
| Bud Heidgerken | 20 | ||||
| Linda Higgins | 100 | ||||
| Bill Hilty | 100 | ||||
| Larry Hosch | 100 | ||||
| Larry Howes | 25 | ||||
| Mike Jaros | 83 | ||||
| Debbie Johnson | 0 | ||||
| Al Juhnke | 100 | ||||
| Michael Jungbauer | 20 | ||||
| Jeremy Kalin | 83 | ||||
| Margaret Kelliher | 100 | ||||
| Katherine Knuth | 100 | ||||
| Amy Koch | 20 | ||||
| Paul Koering | 40 | ||||
| Paul Kohls | 0 | ||||
| Scott Kranz | 100 | ||||
| Gary Kubly | 100 | ||||
| Keith Langseth | 100 | ||||
| Morrie Lanning | 33 | ||||
| Dan Larson | 100 | ||||
| Bernard Lieder | 83 | ||||
| Ann Lynch | 80 | ||||
| Shelley Madore | 100 | ||||
| Doug Magnus | 0 | ||||
| Carol McFarlane | 33 | ||||
| Geoff Michel | 20 | ||||
| Frank Moe | 83 | ||||
| Terence Morrow | 100 | ||||
| Mee Moua | 100 | ||||
| Steve Murphy | 100 | ||||
| Thomas Neuville | 0 | ||||
| David Olin | 100 | ||||
| Rick Olseen | 100 | ||||
| Gen Olson | 0 | ||||
| Mark Olson | 0 | ||||
| Mary Olson | 100 | ||||
| Mary Otremba | 83 | ||||
| Dennis Ozment | 0 | ||||
| Patricia Pariseau | 0 | ||||
| Aaron Peterson | 100 | ||||
| Neil Peterson | 60 | ||||
| Sandra Peterson | 100 | ||||
| Lawrence Pogemiller | 100 | ||||
| Claire Robling | 40 | ||||
| Tom Rukavina | 83 | ||||
| Sandy Rummel | 80 | ||||
| Connie Ruth | 17 | ||||
| Maria Ruud | 83 | ||||
| Brita Sailer | 100 | ||||
| Kathy Saltzman | 80 | ||||
| Linda Scheid | 100 | ||||
| Marty Seifert | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Sertich | 83 | ||||
| Daniel Severson | 17 | ||||
| Ron Shimanski | 0 | ||||
| Dean Simpson | 0 | ||||
| Dan Skogen | 60 | ||||
| Nora Slawik | 100 | ||||
| Steve Smith | 33 | ||||
| Loren Solberg | 83 | ||||
| Steven Sviggum | 0 | ||||
| Marsha Swails | 83 | ||||
| Cy Thao | 100 | ||||
| Tom Tillberry | 100 | ||||
| Kathy Tingelstad | 20 | ||||
| Ken Tschumper | 100 | ||||
| Ray Vandeveer | 0 | ||||
| James Vickerman | 80 | ||||
| Neva Walker | 100 | ||||
| Lynn Wardlow | 25 | ||||
| Andy Welti | 83 | ||||
| Betsy Wergin | 0 | ||||
| Sandra Wollschlager | 100 |
Special Interest Groups
Rating Group: Children's Defense Fund Minnesota
2007 Positions on Child and Youth Issues
Issues:
Marriage, Family, and Children
How to Interpret these Evaluations
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 issues 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.
Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.
