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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO

2011 Committee Score

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Michael Allen 100%
Elaine Alquist 100%
CA State Senate 39 Martin Block Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 22 Kevin de Leon Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 7 Mark DeSaulnier Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 2 Noreen Evans Democratic 100%
Warren Furutani 100%
CA State Assembly 24 Richard Gordon Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 24 Edward Hernandez Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 40 Ben Hueso Democratic 100%
Christine Kehoe 100%
CA State Senate 11 Mark Leno Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 28 Ted Lieu Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 25 Carol Liu Democratic 100%
Fiona Ma 100%
CA State Assembly 25 Bob Wieckowski Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 3 Lois Wolk Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 8 Leland Yee Democratic 100%
CA State Senate 20 Alex Padilla Democratic 50%
CA State Senate 36 Joel Anderson Republican 0%
Sam Blakeslee 0%
CA State Assembly 34 Shannon Grove Republican 0%
CA State Assembly 73 Diane Harkey Republican 0%
CA State Assembly 74 Allan Mansoor Republican 0%
CA State Assembly 40 Mike Morrell Republican 0%
CA State Assembly 56 V. Pérez Democratic 0%
Michael Rubio 0%
Sharon Runner 0%
Tony Strickland 0%
CA U.S. House 51 Juan Vargas Democratic 0%
CA State Senate 37 Mimi Walters Republican 0%
CA State Senate 38 Mark Wyland Republican 0%

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.

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