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Harry Mitchell'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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2010
53%
2010
55%
2010
55%
2010
58%
2010
58%
2010
46%
2010
46%
2010
44%
2010
44%
2010
56%
2010
56%
2010
42%
2010
42%
2010
49%
2009
49%
2009
46%
2009
46%
2009
53%
2009
53%
2009
50%
2009
50%
2009
58%
2009
58%
2009
47%
2009
47%
2009
42%
2009
42%
2009
54%
2009
54%
2009
53%
2008
53%
2008
58%
2008
58%
2008
48%
2008
48%
2008
50%
2008
50%
2008
49%
2008
49%
2008
51%
2008
51%
2008
47.3%
2008
47.3%
2008
42%
2008
42%
2008
46%
2007
46%
2007
53%
2007
53%
2007
54%
2007
54%
2007
56%
2007
56%
2007
46%
2007
46%
2007
48%
2007
48%
2007
43%
2007
43%
2007
52%
2007
52%
2007
50%
2007-2008
100
2007
27%
2005
100%
2003-2004
17%
2007-2008
75%
2007
75%
2007
17%
2009
50%
2009-2010
50%
2009-2010
60
2007-2008
72%
2009
80
2008
80
2007
50%
2006-2012
50%
2006-2012
70%
2007-2008
70%
2007-2008
27%
2009
23%
2007-2008
27%
2007-2008
31%
2009
31%
2009
30%
2008
30%
2008
23%
2007
23%
2007
27%
2009-2010
0%
2007
0%
2007
42%
2004
35%
2003
61%
2001-2010
61%
2001-2010
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2010
0
2007
59%
2009-2010
15
2009-2010
57%
2009
52%
2007-2008
40%
2007-2008
14%
2005-2006
38%
2007-2008
62%
2007-2008
57%
2007
61%
2001-2010
61%
2001-2010
23%
2009
23%
2009
70%
2008
70%
2008
36%
2007
36%
2007
83%
2007
50%
2007-2008
100
2007
85%
2007
100%
2007
0%
2007-2008
27%
2009
23%
2007-2008
11%
2007-2008
31%
2009
31%
2009
30%
2008
30%
2008
23%
2007
23%
2007
10%
2007-2008
10%
2007-2008
18%
2007
0%
2007
0%
2007
15%
2007-2008
41%
2009
18%
2008
2%
2007
44%
2007-2008
58%
2007-2008
58%
2007-2008
83%
2007-2008
83%
2007-2008
25%
2007-2008
25%
2007-2008
0%
2007
54%
2009-2010
62%
2007-2008
57%
2007
53%
2009
0%
2007
33%
2009-2010
100%
2007
43%
2007-2008
100%
2009
100%
2005
50
2007
100%
2007-2008
100%
2009-2010
25%
2007-2008
25%
2007-2008
0%
2007
0%
2003
100%
2007
33%
2009-2010
70%
2007-2008
70%
2007-2008
83%
2007-2008
83%
2007-2008
38%
2007-2008
62%
2007-2008
57%
2007
61%
2001-2010
61%
2001-2010
23%
2009
23%
2009
70%
2008
70%
2008
36%
2007
36%
2007
60%
2010
67%
2009-2010
71%
2009
91%
2007-2008
100%
2007
33%
2007-2008
0%
2007-2008
14%
2007-2009
14%
2007-2009
11%
2007-2008
27%
2007-2008
17%
2009
50%
2005-2010
25%
2009-2010
25%
2009-2010
71%
2007-2008
75
2007-2008
33%
2009-2010
33%
2009-2010
40%
2009-2010
40%
2009-2010
37%
2009-2010
37%
2009-2010
40%
2009
35%
2009
30%
2009
21%
2007-2008
21%
2007-2008
20%
2007
0
2007
27%
2009-2010
0%
2007-2008
0%
2007-2008
25%
2009-2010
27%
2009
27%
2009
23%
2007-2008
23%
2007-2008
30%
2009-2010
11%
2007-2008
11%
2007-2008
31%
2009-2010
11%
2007-2008
11%
2007-2008
100%
2008
100%
2008
0%
2007
0%
2007
0%
2007
0%
2007
17%
2009
46%
2009
21%
2009
21%
2009
31%
2007
24%
2007
31%
2007
24%
2007
20%
2010
33%
2009-2010
33%
2009-2010
37%
2009-2010
37%
2009-2010
37%
2009-2010
37%
2009-2010
40%
2009-2010
40%
2009-2010
40%
2009-2010
40%
2009-2010
33%
2009-2010
33%
2009-2010
40%
2009
35%
2009
30%
2009
40%
2009
35%
2009
30%
2009
21%
2007-2008
21%
2007-2008
21%
2007-2008
21%
2007-2008
20%
2007
20%
2007
85%
2007
33%
2007-2008
60%
2009-2010
60%
2009-2010
0%
2007
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