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Barbara Favola'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%
2020
100%
2016-2017
100%
2016-2017
100%
2016
100%
2014-2015
100%
2014-2015
100%
2014
100%
2012
100%
2022
18%
2011-2012
18%
2018
71%
2019
71%
2019
74%
2018
74%
2018
70%
2017
70%
2017
73%
2017
73%
2017
67%
2016
67%
2016
78%
2015
78%
2015
85%
2014-2015
85%
2014-2015
74%
2014
74%
2014
95%
2013
95%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2013
72%
2012
72%
2012
48%
2012
48%
2012
55%
2012
55%
2012
72%
2012
72%
2012
89%
2012
89%
2012
100%
2017
100%
2017
60%
2016
100%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
97%
2021
100%
2022
92%
2021
90%
2021
89%
2019
94%
2019
89%
2018
90%
2017
95%
2017
100%
2016
94%
2015-2019
94%
2015-2019
100%
2015
93%
2014-2018
93%
2014-2018
95%
2019
95%
2019
95%
2018
95%
2018
100%
2018
100%
2018
100%
2017
100%
2017
94%
2017
94%
2017
100%
2016
100%
2016
94%
2016
94%
2016
100%
2015
100%
2015
91%
2015
91%
2015
94%
2014
94%
2014
75%
2012
75%
2012
100%
2020
100%
2020
100%
2019
100%
2019
100%
2017
100%
2017
60%
2016
100%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
11%
2020-2021
0%
2020
0%
2020
35%
2018-2019
35%
2018-2019
6%
2016-2017
6%
2016-2017
11%
2014-2015
11%
2014-2015
18%
2013
18%
2013
26%
2019
23%
2019
26%
2019
22%
2018
28%
2018
22%
2018
28%
2018
17%
2017
17%
2017
22%
2017
22%
2017
23%
2016
10%
2016
10%
2016
23%
2016
56%
2015
56%
2015
20%
2014
20%
2014
5%
2013
5%
2013
22%
2012-2017
22%
2012-2017
25%
2012
25%
2012
0%
2004-2014
0%
2004-2014
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