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Dan Maffei's Ratings and Endorsements

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.

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2009-2010
74%
2013-2014
74%
2013-2014
69%
2013
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2014
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
74%
2013-2014
74%
2013-2014
69%
2013
42%
2013
42%
2013
57%
2013
57%
2013
43%
2013
43%
2013
44%
2013
44%
2013
58%
2013
58%
2013
42%
2013
42%
2013
55%
2013
55%
2013
17%
2010
17%
2010
58%
2010
58%
2010
42%
2010
42%
2010
58%
2010
58%
2010
42%
2010
42%
2010
66%
2010
66%
2010
35%
2010
35%
2010
78%
2010
78%
2010
31%
2009
31%
2009
58%
2009
58%
2009
67%
2009
67%
2009
42%
2009
42%
2009
57%
2009
57%
2009
39%
2009
39%
2009
61%
2009
61%
2009
41%
2009
41%
2009
20%
2009-2010
5%
2009
0%
2009-2010
40%
2012-2013
100%
2009-2010
43%
2013-2014
14%
2014
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2013
0%
2013
0%
2010
0%
2010
4%
2009
4%
2009
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2009-2010
12%
2014
15%
2001-2010
15%
2001-2010
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2010
25%
2014
25%
2014
11
2013-2014
44%
2009-2010
11
2009-2010
67%
2009-2010
70%
2009
25%
2009-2010
83%
2009-2010
15%
2001-2010
15%
2001-2010
75%
2010
75%
2010
54%
2009
54%
2009
50%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
100%
2009
100%
2009
100%
2013
100%
2009
74%
2013-2014
74%
2013-2014
69%
2013
0%
2006-2012
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2006-2012
92%
2013-2014
90%
2013
86%
2013
96%
2010
90%
2010
96%
2009-2010
100%
2009
100%
2014
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2013
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2013
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2010
0%
2010
4%
2009
4%
2009
0%
2013-2014
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2013-2014
70%
2013-2014
70%
2013-2014
2%
2012
2%
2012
50%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
82%
2009
33%
2009-2010
75%
2009-2010
100%
2009
50%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
94%
2014
71%
2013-2014
25%
2013-2014
75%
2007-2010
26%
2013
26%
2013
26%
2009-2013
26%
2009-2013
0%
2009-2013
0%
2009-2013
0%
2009-2013
0%
2009-2013
89%
2009-2013
89%
2009-2013
27%
2009-2010
27%
2009-2010
26%
2009-2010
94%
2014
94%
2014
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
43%
2013-2014
43%
2013-2014
100%
2013-2014
100%
2013-2014
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
25%
2009-2010
83%
2009-2010
15%
2001-2010
15%
2001-2010
92%
2013-2014
25%
2013-2014
75%
2010
75%
2010
54%
2009
54%
2009
90%
2013
0%
2007-2009
0%
2007-2009
43%
2013-2014
0%
2013-2014
0%
2013-2014
5%
2009
37%
2013-2014
100%
2005-2010
25%
2009-2010
25%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
22%
2014
35%
2013-2014
35%
2013-2014
10%
2013
10%
2010
30%
2009-2010
30%
2009-2010
17%
2009-2010
17%
2009-2010
15%
2009-2010
15%
2009-2010
0%
2009
11%
2009
22%
2009
0%
2013
0%
2013
66%
2013
25%
2014
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009
0%
2009
20%
2014
10%
2009-2010
10%
2009-2010
90%
2014
100%
2013
100%
2013
5%
2009
59%
2013
45%
2013
74%
2013
59%
2013
74%
2013
23%
2009
7%
2009
7%
2009
23%
2009
22%
2014
35%
2014
35%
2014
35%
2013-2014
35%
2013-2014
35%
2013-2014
35%
2013-2014
10%
2013
10%
2013
10%
2010
10%
2010
30%
2009-2010
30%
2009-2010
17%
2009-2010
17%
2009-2010
17%
2009-2010
17%
2009-2010
15%
2009-2010
15%
2009-2010
15%
2009-2010
15%
2009-2010
30%
2009-2010
30%
2009-2010
0%
2009
22%
2009
22%
2009
0%
2009
11%
2009
11%
2009
40%
2012-2013
40%
2009-2010
40%
2009-2010
81%
2013
100%
2009
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009
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