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Kathy Castor's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Environment

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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.

6%
2015-2016
20%
2013-2014
42%
2011-2012
33%
2007-2008
100
2007
100%
2019-2020
100%
2019-2020
100%
2017-2018
100%
2017-2018
100%
2015-2016
100%
2015-2016
100%
2013-2014
100%
2013-2014
82%
2011-2012
82%
2011-2012
33%
2022
100%
2021-2022
100%
2021
100%
2020
100%
2019
100%
2018
100%
2017
100%
2016
100%
2015
83%
2013
100%
2011-2012
100%
2011
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007
100%
2015-2016
100%
2015-2016
100%
2015
93%
2014
100%
2013
100%
2011-2012
100%
2011-2012
96%
2011
87%
2009
100%
2008
90%
2020
93%
2018
100%
2017
100%
2017
85%
2015-2016
85%
2015-2016
75%
2015
88%
2014
88%
2013-2014
88%
2013-2014
92%
2013
92%
2011-2012
92%
2011-2012
43%
2006-2012
43%
2006-2012
100%
2023
100%
2022
94%
2022
94%
2021
100%
2021
93%
2020
100%
2020
98%
2019-2020
93%
2019
97%
2019
91%
2018
93%
2018
89%
2017-2018
93%
2017
86%
2017
100%
2016
94%
2016
96%
2015-2016
93%
2014
90%
2013-2014
94%
2013
89%
2013
91%
2012
94%
2012
94%
2011-2012
97%
2011
96%
2011
95%
2010
100%
2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009
91%
2007-2008
95%
2007
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