Washington 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
2002 2012 Human Life of Washington
2011 N/A NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
2002 2012 Planned Parenthood Votes Washington
 

Agriculture and Food

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A Washington Farm Bureau
 

Animals and Wildlife

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2011 N/A League of Humane Voters Washington
N/A 2002 PAC Animals of Washington
 

Budget, Spending and Taxes

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 N/A Joint Government Affairs Committee
 

Business and Consumers

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 2012 Association of Washington Business
2007 N/A Building Industry Association of Washington
2012 2012 Washington National Federation of Independent Business
 

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
1998 N/A American Civil Liberties Union of Washington
N/A 2012 Equal Rights Washington
2002 N/A First American Education Project
2008 2012 Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee
 

Conservative

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Mainstream Republicans of Washington
2012 N/A Washington Conservative Union
 

Education

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2005 N/A Washington Education Association
2006 N/A Washington State Parent Teacher Association
 

Employment and Affirmative Action

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A Society for Professional Employees in Aerospace
 

Environment

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A Sierra Club - Cascade Chapter
2012 2012 Washington Conservation Voters
 

Government Operations

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Municipal League of King County
2005 N/A The Freedom Foundation
2004 N/A Washington Public Interest Research Group
 

Guns

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 2012 National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund
N/A N/A Washington Ceasefire
2002 N/A Washington Gun Owners of America
2000 N/A Washington State Rifle and Pistol Association
 

Health and Health Care

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Washington State Nurses Association
 

Labor Unions

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 2012 Washington Public Employees Association
2012 N/A Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO
 

Marriage, Family, and Children

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2009 2010 Children's Alliance
2009 2012 Children's Campaign Fund
 

Transportation

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A Cascade Bicycle Club
 

Women

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2000 2012 Washington Women's Political Caucus
1998 N/A Washington Women United