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Special Interest Groups

Illinois Special Interest Groups

Project Vote Smart reports on performance evaluations from all special interest groups who provide them, regardless of issue or bias. If you know of a group that provides ratings not included here, please contact us at ratings@votesmart.org.

Descriptions of organizations are derived from the mission statement or description produced by each organization. Project Vote Smart does not evaluate or edit these descriptions.

Agriculture and Food

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2005 N/A Illinois Farm Bureau

Budget, Spending and Taxes

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 N/A Illinois Policy Institute
2008 2012 National Taxpayers United of Illinois

Business and Consumers

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A Illinois Chamber of Commerce
2012 2012 Illinois National Federation of Independent Business
2012 N/A Illinois Prosperity Project

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Applied Research Center
N/A 1998 Equality Illinois
2007 1998 Illinois Civil Justice League

Conservative

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A American Conservative Union (Illinois State Legislature)
2011 N/A For the Good of Illinois
2011 N/A United Republican Fund of Illinois

Education

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Illinois Federation of Teachers

Environment

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2007 N/A Illinois Environmental Council
2007 N/A Illinois League of Conservation Voters
N/A 2012 Illinois Sierra Club

Government Operations

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2005 N/A Illinois Public Interest Research Group
2008 2012 Independent Voters of Illinois

Housing and Property

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Housing Action Illinois

Labor Unions

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 2012 Illinois AFL-CIO
N/A 2012 Illinois Federation of Teachers
2012 N/A Illinois Manufacturers' Association
2006 N/A Tooling & Manufacturing Association

Transportation

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A Automotive Parts and Service Association of Illinois

Women

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Illinois Chapter of National Organization of Women
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