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.
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Ron Abrams | 100% | |||
Ellen Anderson | 100% | |||
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Joseph Atkins | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Thomas Bakk | 100% | |||
Connie Bernardy | 100% | |||
Donald Betzold | 100% | |||
Lyndon Carlson, Sr. | 100% | |||
Satveer Chaudhary | 100% | |||
Karen Clark | 100% | |||
Richard Cohen | 100% | |||
Jim Davnie | 100% | |||
MN | State Senate - 61 | Scott Dibble | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Denise Dittrich | 100% | |||
Dan Dorman | 100% | |||
John Dorn | 100% | |||
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Matt Entenza | 100% | |||
Ron Erhardt | 100% | |||
Leo Foley | 100% | |||
Barbara Goodwin | 100% | |||
Mindy Greiling | 100% | |||
MN | State House - 53B | Rick Hansen | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Alice Hausman | 100% | |||
Linda Higgins | 100% | |||
Debra Hilstrom | 100% | |||
Bill Hilty | 100% | |||
MN | State House - 61A | Frank Hornstein | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
MN | State House - 34B | Melissa Hortman | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
John Hottinger | 100% | |||
Thomas Huntley | 100% | |||
Mike Jaros | 100% | |||
Dean Elton Johnson | 100% | |||
Ruth Johnson | 100% | |||
Sheldon Johnson | 100% | |||
Phyllis Kahn | 100% | |||
Steve Kelley | 100% | |||
Margaret Kelliher | 100% | |||
Bob Kierlin | 100% | |||
Sheila Kiscaden | 100% | |||
Gary Kubly | 100% | |||
Keith Langseth | 100% | |||
Dan Larson | 100% | |||
MN | State Senate - 46 | Ron Latz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
John Lesch | 100% | |||
MN | State House - 24B | Tina Liebling | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Diane Loeffler | 100% | |||
Becky Lourey | 100% | |||
Tim Mahoney | 100% | |||
Carlos Mariani | 100% | |||
Sharon Marko | 100% | |||
MN | State Senate - 40 | John Marty | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Jim Metzen | 100% | |||
Frank Moe | 100% | |||
Mee Moua | 100% | |||
Joe Mullery | 100% | |||
Steve Murphy | 100% | |||
MN | State House - 38A | Michael Nelson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
MN | State Senate - 65 | Sandra Pappas | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Michael Paymar | 100% | |||
Sandra Peterson | 100% | |||
Lawrence Pogemiller | 100% | |||
Jeanne Poppe | 100% | |||
Prettner Solon | 100% | |||
Jane Ranum | 100% | |||
MN | State Senate - 43 | Ann Rest | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Tom Rukavina | 100% | |
Maria Ruud | 100% | |||
Brita Sailer | 100% | |||
Dallas Sams | 100% | |||
Tom Saxhaug | 100% | |||
Bev Scalze | 100% | |||
Linda Scheid | 100% | |||
Anthony Sertich | 100% | |||
MN | Public Utilities Commissioner | Katie Sieben | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
MN | Secretary of State | Steve Simon | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Rod Skoe | 100% | |||
Wesley Skoglund | 100% | |||
Loren Solberg | 100% | |||
Dan Sparks | 100% | |||
LeRoy Stumpf | 100% | |||
Cy Thao | 100% | |||
MN | Justice of the Supreme Court - Seat 4 | Paul Thissen | Non-partisan | 100% |
Dave Tomassoni | 100% | |||
Jean Wagenius | 100% | |||
Neva Walker | 100% | |||
Andy Welti | 100% | |||
Charles Wiger | 100% | |||
Irv Anderson | 50% | |||
Ray Cox | 50% | |||
David Dill | 50% | |||
Kent Eken | 50% | |||
Bernard Lieder | 50% | |||
MN | State House - 44B | Leon Lillie | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 50% |
Nora Slawik | 50% | |||
MN | State Senate - 35 | Jim Abeler II | Republican | 0% |
MN | State Senate - 29 | Bruce Anderson | Republican | 0% |
Michele Bachmann | 0% | |||
MN | Commissioner - 3 | Michael Beard | 0% | |
William Belanger, Jr. | 0% | |||
Greg Blaine | 0% |