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Brian Feldman's 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
2011-2014
89
2007-2010
95%
2005
100%
2004
100%
2003
100%
2015-2018
100%
2011-2014
89%
2007-2010
27%
2022
27%
2022
20%
2021
20%
2021
10%
2020
10%
2020
23%
2019
23%
2019
28%
2019
28%
2019
25%
2018
25%
2018
29%
2018
29%
2018
29%
2017-2018
29%
2017-2018
29%
2017
29%
2017
33%
2017
33%
2017
40%
2016
40%
2016
29%
2016
29%
2016
28%
2015
28%
2015
40%
2015
40%
2015
28%
2014
28%
2014
33%
2014
33%
2014
42%
2013
42%
2013
27%
2013
27%
2013
9%
2012
9%
2012
8%
2011
8%
2011
29%
2010
29%
2010
30%
2010
30%
2010
13%
2009
13%
2009
31%
2008
31%
2008
56%
2008
56%
2008
31%
2007
31%
2007
40%
2006
40%
2006
30%
2005
30%
2005
25%
2004
25%
2004
11%
2003
11%
2003
40%
2021-2022
100%
2008
100%
2008
100
2006
100%
1999-2005
100%
1999-2005
100%
2021
75%
2010
83%
2010
84%
2009
89%
2009
82
2008
73
2007
94%
2006
89%
2022
89%
2021
100%
2019
89%
2018
100%
2018
89%
2017
100%
2017
86%
2016
100%
2016
100%
2015
85%
2015
100%
2014
84%
2014
83%
2013
83
2013
83
2012
100
2012
67
2011
82
2011
84%
2009
2/3%
2009
89%
2009
82
2008
73
2007
89%
2005-2006
91%
2003-2004
14%
2005
2%
2003
100%
2002
100%
2002
93
2010
81
2009
94
2008
96
2007
93%
2006
93%
2005
25%
2009-2011
100%
2020
100%
2020
100%
2019
100%
2019
93
2010
81
2009
94
2008
96
2007
93%
2006
93%
2005
93
2010
81
2009
94
2008
96
2007
93%
2006
93%
2005
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