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Karen Keiser's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Business and Consumers

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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.

31%
2021
28%
2021
33%
2020
36%
2019
35%
2019
36%
2018
37%
2018
37%
2017
50%
2017
54%
2016
90%
2015
33%
2015
35%
2015
89%
2014
35%
2014
42%
2014
27%
2013
95%
2013
34%
2013
57%
2012
43%
2011
38%
2010
32%
2010
39%
2009
23
2008
32
2007
65%
2006
21%
2005
30%
2004
28%
2003
25%
2002
67%
2006
67%
2006
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