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Kevin McCarthy'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.

75%
2014
94%
2009-2010
94%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
100%
2019-2020
100%
2017-2018
100%
2017-2018
100%
2015-2016
100%
2015-2016
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009
100%
2009
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
90%
2014
100%
2011
100%
2011
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
92%
2023
100%
2022
100%
2022
88%
2021
88%
2021
100%
2020
100%
2020
95%
2019
95%
2019
100%
2018
100%
2018
100%
2017
100%
2017
100%
2016
100%
2016
92%
2015
92%
2015
75%
2014
75%
2014
88%
2013-2014
88%
2013-2014
75%
2013
75%
2013
66%
2012
66%
2012
90%
2011
90%
2011
100%
2009-2010
100%
2009-2010
100%
2007-2008
100%
2007-2008
0%
2023
67%
2022
67%
2022
0%
2021
0%
2021
0%
2020
0%
2020
83%
2019
83%
2019
100%
2018
100%
2018
89%
2017
89%
2017
100%
2016
100%
2016
100%
2015
100%
2015
100%
2014
100%
2014
100%
2013
100%
2013
100%
2012
100%
2012
100%
2011
100%
2011
100%
2008
100%
2008
19%
2007
19%
2007
19%
2007
19%
2007
94%
2009
70%
2022
68%
2015
68%
2015
32%
2013
90%
2013
61%
2013
61%
2013
90%
2013
32%
2013
100%
2009
73%
2009
100%
2009
73%
2009
96%
2007
61%
2007
61%
2007
96%
2007
60%
2024
50%
2023-2024
50%
2023-2024
50%
2023-2024
50%
2023-2024
60%
2023
60%
2023
60%
2021-2022
60%
2021-2022
60%
2021-2022
60%
2021-2022
73%
2021-2022
73%
2021-2022
73%
2021-2022
73%
2021-2022
40%
2019-2020
40%
2019-2020
40%
2019-2020
40%
2019-2020
53%
2017-2018
53%
2017-2018
53%
2017-2018
53%
2017-2018
52%
2015-2016
52%
2015-2016
52%
2015-2016
52%
2015-2016
55%
2015
55%
2015
50%
2014
50%
2014
68%
2014
68%
2014
45%
2013-2014
45%
2013-2014
45%
2013-2014
45%
2013-2014
60%
2013
60%
2013
63%
2011-2012
63%
2011-2012
63%
2011-2012
63%
2011-2012
70%
2011
70%
2011
80%
2011
80%
2011
86%
2010
86%
2010
80%
2009-2010
80%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
80%
2009-2010
80%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
86%
2009-2010
89%
2009
90%
2009
89%
2009
90%
2009
89%
2009
89%
2009
67%
2007-2008
67%
2007-2008
67%
2007-2008
67%
2007-2008
60%
2007
60%
2007
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