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Mark Keam's Ratings and Endorsements on Issue: Business and Consumers

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.

16%
2011-2012
15%
2018
78%
2019
78%
2019
75%
2018
75%
2018
71%
2017
71%
2017
73%
2017
73%
2017
69%
2016
69%
2016
68%
2015
68%
2015
77%
2014-2015
77%
2014-2015
85%
2014
85%
2014
80%
2013
80%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2013
75%
2012
75%
2012
69%
2012
69%
2012
69%
2012
69%
2012
63%
2012
63%
2012
62%
2012
62%
2012
68
2010
68
2010
51
2010
51
2010
70%
2010
70%
2010
66
2010
66
2010
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