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Lamar Alexander's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Environment

Vote Smart displays all known interest group ratings for each candidate and official, regardless of issue or bias.

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 issue 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.

With rare exceptions, Vote Smart displays interest group ratings as a 0-100 percentage. While many interest groups use percentages as ratings to begin with, please note that Vote Smart has translated some ratings to a percentage from a different rating system for consistency and ease in understanding. Please visit the group's website, email us at ratings@votesmart.org or call our Voter Information Hotline at 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

100%
2013-2014
100%
2007-2008
100%
2005-2006
100%
2003-2004
0%
2003-2004
0%
2003
100
2007
0%
2005
0%
2003-2004
8%
2017-2018
8%
2017-2018
38
2007-2008
38
2007-2008
36
2007
36
2007
14
2006
14
2006
13
2005
13
2005
22%
2015-2016
22%
2015-2016
20%
2015
0%
2014
28%
2013
100%
2011-2012
100%
2011-2012
54%
2011
0%
2009
30%
2008
27%
2020
0%
2017
30%
2015-2016
30%
2015-2016
40%
2015
33%
2014
33%
2013-2014
33%
2013-2014
20%
2013
22%
2011-2012
22%
2011-2012
100%
2006-2012
100%
2006-2012
20%
2020
26%
2019-2020
36%
2019
21%
2019
7%
2018
20%
2018
6%
2017-2018
5%
2017
21%
2017
22%
2016
41%
2016
31%
2015-2016
30%
2015
19%
2014
28%
2013-2014
31%
2013
19%
2013
18%
2012
21%
2012
24%
2011-2012
18%
2011
27%
2011
0%
2010
17%
2010
17%
2009-2010
27%
2009
27%
2007-2008
33%
2007
29%
2006
15%
2005
4%
2003-2004
5%
2003
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