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Mark Sickles' Ratings and Endorsements

Office:

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%
2020
100%
2016-2017
100%
2016-2017
100%
2016
100%
2015
100%
2014-2015
100%
2014-2015
100%
2014
100%
2012
100%
2010
100%
2009
100
2008
100%
2007
100%
2006
100%
2005
83%
2004
10%
2011-2012
19%
2018
86%
2019
86%
2019
78%
2018
78%
2018
73%
2017
73%
2017
78%
2017
78%
2017
68%
2016
68%
2016
75%
2015
75%
2015
78%
2014-2015
78%
2014-2015
82%
2014
82%
2014
77%
2013
77%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2013
66%
2012
66%
2012
68%
2012
68%
2012
79%
2012
79%
2012
66%
2012
66%
2012
73%
2012
73%
2012
71
2010
71
2010
64
2010
64
2010
66
2010
66
2010
60%
2010
60%
2010
77
2009
77
2009
67
2009
67
2009
86%
2009
86%
2009
61
2009
61
2009
69
2008
69
2008
66%
2007
66%
2007
85%
2005
85%
2005
64%
2004
64%
2004
75%
2000-2005
100%
2017
100%
2017
0%
2016
100%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
100%
2007
100%
2007
100%
2005
100%
2005
88
2004
0%
2020
25%
2018-2019
11%
2016-2017
17%
2014-2015
10%
2013
10%
2010-2011
13%
2008-2009
11%
2006-2007
6%
2004-2005
31%
2019
10%
2018
21%
2018
21%
2017
17%
2017
21%
2016
0%
2016
56%
2015
20%
2014
15%
2013
17%
2012-2017
15%
2012
0%
2004-2014
98%
2021
97%
2022
96%
2021
96%
2021
100%
2020
96%
2020
96%
2019
100%
2019
95%
2018
88%
2018
100%
2017
96%
2017
100%
2016
95%
2016
95%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2014
94%
2013
100%
2013
90%
2012
100%
2011
100%
2010
100%
2009
100%
2008
80
2007
89%
2006
75%
2005
100%
2004
94%
2000-2011
92%
2000-2010
73%
2022
93%
2021
91%
2021
92%
2019
88%
2019
83%
2018
94%
2017
89%
2017
100%
2016
92%
2015-2019
92%
2015-2019
100%
2015
92%
2014-2018
92%
2014-2018
0%
2020
25%
2018-2019
11%
2016-2017
17%
2014-2015
10%
2013
10%
2010-2011
13%
2008-2009
11%
2006-2007
6%
2004-2005
103%
2004-2005
103%
2004-2005
103%
2004-2005
103%
2004-2005
98%
2019
98%
2019
100%
2018
100%
2018
98%
2018
98%
2018
98%
2017
98%
2017
100%
2017
100%
2017
100%
2016
100%
2016
98%
2016
98%
2016
97%
2015
97%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2014
100%
2014
97%
2014
97%
2014
100%
2012
100%
2012
95%
2012
95%
2012
93%
2010
93%
2010
100%
2010
100%
2010
93%
2009
93%
2009
92
2008
90%
2007
90%
2007
100%
2006
100%
2006
75%
2005
75%
2005
100%
2004
100%
2004
99%
2020
99%
2020
99%
2019
99%
2019
100%
2017
100%
2017
0%
2016
100%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
100%
2007
100%
2007
100%
2005
100%
2005
88
2004
5%
2020-2021
0%
2020
0%
2020
25%
2018-2019
25%
2018-2019
11%
2016-2017
11%
2016-2017
17%
2014-2015
17%
2014-2015
10%
2013
10%
2013
10%
2010-2011
10%
2010-2011
13%
2008-2009
13%
2008-2009
11%
2006-2007
11%
2006-2007
6%
2004-2005
6%
2004-2005
21%
2019
21%
2019
31%
2019
21%
2018
10%
2018
10%
2018
21%
2018
17%
2017
21%
2017
21%
2017
17%
2017
21%
2016
0%
2016
0%
2016
21%
2016
56%
2015
56%
2015
20%
2014
20%
2014
15%
2013
15%
2013
17%
2012-2017
17%
2012-2017
15%
2012
15%
2012
0%
2004-2014
0%
2004-2014
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