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Buddy Carter's Ratings and Endorsements

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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.

87%
2024
93%
2023
100%
2023
92%
2022
89%
2021-2022
89%
2021-2022
90%
2020
91%
2019-2020
91%
2019-2020
94%
2018
100%
2017-2018
100%
2017-2018
96%
2016
91%
2015-2016
91%
2015-2016
94%
2015
94%
2015
100%
2022
0%
2021
0%
2020
67%
2019
94%
2018
88%
2017
83%
2016
55%
2015
95%
2015-2016
70%
2022
76%
2021
84%
2020
81%
2019
64%
2018
83%
2017
77%
2016
79%
2015
71%
2023
80%
2022
97%
2022
77%
2021
92%
2021
75%
2020
61%
2020
90%
2019
77%
2019
68%
2018
74%
2018
85%
2017
76%
2017
72%
2016
68%
2016
76%
2015
76%
2015
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