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Larry Liston's Ratings and Endorsements

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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.

40%
2018
40%
2018
50%
2017
50%
2017
0%
2009
36%
2008
36%
2008
23
2007
20
2006
39%
2005
39%
2005
0
2007
0%
2006
20%
2005
18%
2022
18%
2022
0%
2021
0%
2021
8%
2021
8%
2021
33%
2020
33%
2020
17%
2020
17%
2020
0%
2019
0%
2019
0%
2019
0%
2019
0%
2018
0%
2018
0%
2018
0%
2018
11%
2020
40%
2019
17%
2018
25%
2017
56
2012
36
2011
39%
2010
0%
2009
25%
2018
25%
2018
29%
2017
29%
2017
27%
2012
27%
2012
26%
2012
26%
2012
26%
2011
26%
2011
36%
2011
36%
2011
33%
2006
33%
2006
33%
2005
33%
2005
0%
2020
0%
2020
0%
2019
0%
2019
0
2007
0%
2006
20%
2005
67%
2022
67%
2022
8%
2021
8%
2021
0%
2021
0%
2021
17%
2020
17%
2020
33%
2020
33%
2020
0%
2019
0%
2019
0%
2019
0%
2019
0%
2018
0%
2018
0%
2018
0%
2018
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