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John Hall'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.

100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
66
2007-2008
66
2007-2008
100%
2009
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007
66%
2010
66%
2010
20%
2010
20%
2010
14%
2010
14%
2010
29%
2010
29%
2010
23%
2010
23%
2010
77%
2010
77%
2010
78%
2010
78%
2010
50%
2009
50%
2009
57%
2009
57%
2009
14%
2009
14%
2009
42%
2009
42%
2009
82%
2009
82%
2009
36%
2009
36%
2009
64%
2009
64%
2009
50%
2009
50%
2009
23%
2008
23%
2008
67%
2008
67%
2008
71%
2008
71%
2008
73%
2008
73%
2008
77%
2008
77%
2008
26.8%
2008
26.8%
2008
28%
2008
28%
2008
25%
2008
25%
2008
41%
2007
41%
2007
33.3%
2007
33.3%
2007
76%
2007
76%
2007
64%
2007
64%
2007
66.7%
2007
66.7%
2007
34%
2007
34%
2007
58%
2007
58%
2007
23%
2007
23%
2007
33%
2007-2008
100
2007
0%
2007-2008
75%
2007
75%
2007
5%
2009
0%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
96%
2009
90
2008
100
2007
25%
2006-2012
25%
2006-2012
90%
2007-2008
90%
2007-2008
0%
2009
5%
2007-2008
18%
2007-2008
0%
2009
0%
2009
30%
2008
30%
2008
11%
2007
11%
2007
0%
2009-2010
0%
2007
0%
2007
33%
2001-2010
33%
2001-2010
F
2010
0
2007
70%
2009-2010
11
2009-2010
68%
2009
67%
2007-2008
80%
2007-2008
0%
2005-2006
17%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
92%
2007
33%
2001-2010
33%
2001-2010
45%
2009
45%
2009
90%
2008
90%
2008
91%
2007
91%
2007
83%
2007
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
67%
2007
100%
2009
100%
2009
100%
2007
0%
2007-2008
0%
2009
5%
2007-2008
20%
2007-2008
0%
2009
0%
2009
30%
2008
30%
2008
11%
2007
11%
2007
55%
2007-2008
80%
2007-2008
80%
2007-2008
17%
2007-2008
17%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
67%
2007
62%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
92%
2007
71%
2009
0%
2007
33%
2009-2010
100%
2007
86%
2007-2008
100%
2009
50
2007
100%
2007-2008
100%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
67%
2007
100%
2007
89%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
100%
2009-2010
90%
2007-2008
90%
2007-2008
100%
2007
100%
2009
100%
2009
17%
2007-2008
17%
2007-2008
17%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
92%
2007
33%
2001-2010
33%
2001-2010
45%
2009
45%
2009
90%
2008
90%
2008
91%
2007
91%
2007
100%
2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009
97%
2007-2008
95%
2007
33%
2007-2008
0%
2007-2008
0%
2007-2009
0%
2007-2009
20%
2007-2008
18%
2007-2008
5%
2009
100%
2005-2010
30%
2009-2010
30%
2009-2010
71%
2007-2008
100
2007-2008
100
2007-2008
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
5%
2009
10%
2009
0%
2009
20%
2007-2008
20%
2007-2008
30%
2007
0
2007
0%
2009-2010
0%
2007-2008
0%
2007-2008
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009
0%
2009
5%
2007-2008
5%
2007-2008
0%
2009-2010
20%
2007-2008
20%
2007-2008
6%
2009-2010
5%
2007-2008
5%
2007-2008
0%
2008
0%
2008
0%
2007
0%
2007
0%
2007
0%
2007
5%
2009
7%
2009
15%
2009
15%
2009
36%
2007
12%
2007
12%
2007
36%
2007
0%
2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
3%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
0%
2009-2010
5%
2009
5%
2009
0%
2009
0%
2009
10%
2009
10%
2009
20%
2007-2008
20%
2007-2008
20%
2007-2008
20%
2007-2008
30%
2007
30%
2007
85%
2007
33%
2007-2008
60%
2009-2010
60%
2009-2010
100%
2007
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