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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Ellen Anderson | 100% | |||
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Joseph Atkins | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Linda Berglin | 100% | |||
Connie Bernardy | 100% | |||
Donald Betzold | 100% | |||
Terri Bonoff | 100% | |||
Satveer Chaudhary | 100% | |||
Karen Clark | 100% | |||
Tarryl Clark | 100% | |||
Richard Cohen | 100% | |||
Jim Davnie | 100% | |||
MN | State Senate - 61 | Scott Dibble | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Matt Entenza | 100% | |||
Leo Foley | 100% | |||
Barbara Goodwin | 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% | |||
Mike Jaros | 100% | |||
Ruth Johnson | 100% | |||
Sheldon Johnson | 100% | |||
Phyllis Kahn | 100% | |||
Steve Kelley | 100% | |||
Margaret Kelliher | 100% | |||
MN | State Senate - 46 | Ron Latz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
John Lesch | 100% | |||
MN | State House - 24B | Tina Liebling | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
MN | State House - 44B | Leon Lillie | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Diane Loeffler | 100% | |||
Becky Lourey | 100% | |||
Carlos Mariani | 100% | |||
MN | State Senate - 40 | John Marty | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100% |
Frank Moe | 100% | |||
Mee Moua | 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% | |||
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% |
Wesley Skoglund | 100% | |||
Cy Thao | 100% | |||
MN | Justice of the Supreme Court - Seat 4 | Paul Thissen | Non-partisan | 100% |
Jean Wagenius | 100% | |||
Neva Walker | 100% | |||
Andy Welti | 100% | |||
Lyndon Carlson, Sr. | 94% | |||
Mindy Greiling | 94% | |||
Thomas Huntley | 94% | |||
Jim Metzen | 94% | |||
Loren Solberg | 94% | |||
Thomas Bakk | 93% | |||
Sharon Marko | 93% | |||
Joe Mullery | 90% | |||
Tim Mahoney | 89% | |||
Nora Slawik | 89% | |||
John Dorn | 87% | |||
Charles Wiger | 83% | |||
Steve Murphy | 81% | |||
Irv Anderson | 80% | |||
Dan Larson | 78% | |||
Dave Tomassoni | 75% | |||
Tom Saxhaug | 71% | |||
Dan Sparks | 71% | |||
Mary Murphy | 67% | |||
Bernard Lieder | 63% | |||
Keith Langseth | 56% | |||
Ann Lenczewski | 56% | |||
Rod Skoe | 56% | |||
Gary Kubly | 55% | |||
Sheila Kiscaden | 54% | |||
MN | State House - 26A | Gene Pelowski, Jr. | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 53% |
Denise Dittrich | 50% | |||
Larry Hosch | 50% | |||
Dean Elton Johnson | 50% | |||
Bev Scalze | 50% | |||
Al Juhnke | 45% | |||
Ron Erhardt | 44% | |||
Ray Cox | 43% | |||
Dallas Sams | 40% | |||
LeRoy Stumpf | 38% | |||
David Dill | 33% | |||
Paul Koering | 33% | |||
Doug Meslow | 33% |