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Special Interest Groups

Maryland 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.

State

Issue

Abortion

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A Maryland Right to Life
2010 2010 NARAL Pro-Choice Maryland
2003 N/A Planned Parenthood of Maryland

Animals and Wildlife

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 N/A Maryland Humane Society
2010 N/A Maryland Votes for Animals

Business and Consumers

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A Maryland Business for Responsive Government
2012 N/A Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition
2010 2010 Maryland National Federation of Independent Business
2009 N/A Restaurant Association of Maryland

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2009 2006 Equality Maryland
N/A N/A Gay and Lesbian Interests Consortium
2003 N/A Gay Rights Information

Conservative

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A Christian Coalition of Maryland
2010 N/A Maryland Catholic Conference
2003 N/A Maryland Family Values Alliance

Education

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A Maryland PTA
2012 2006 Maryland State Education Association - NEA

Environment

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 N/A Environment Maryland
2012 2010 Maryland League of Conservation Voters
N/A 2012 Sierra Club Maryland Chapter

Government Operations

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A Common Cause of Maryland
2006 N/A Maryland Accountability Project
2010 N/A Maryland Public Interest Research Group

Guns

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A CeaseFire MD
2002 N/A Maryland Gun Owners of America
1997 N/A Maryland State Rifle and Pistol Association
2010 2012 National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund

Health and Health Care

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 N/A Smoke Free Maryland Coalition

Labor Unions

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689
N/A 2012 Maryland State and Washington, DC AFL-CIO

Liberal

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 2012 Progressive Maryland

Marriage, Family, and Children

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2005 N/A Association of Maryland Families
2012 2012 Protect Marriage Maryland

Social

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 2012 Protect Marriage Maryland

Transportation

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A National Motorist Association, Maryland Chapter

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