Card image cap

Deb Fischer's Ratings and Endorsements

Office:

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.

100%
2012
70%
2024
70%
2024
33%
2023
33%
2023
71%
2023
71%
2023
100%
2022
100%
2022
92%
2021
92%
2021
50%
2020
50%
2020
62%
2019
62%
2019
63%
2018
63%
2018
87%
2017
87%
2017
64%
2016
64%
2016
87%
2015
87%
2015
77%
2014
77%
2014
68%
2013
68%
2013
95%
2015-2016
94%
2013-2014
84%
2022
81%
2021
51%
2020
66%
2019
54%
2018
82%
2017
67%
2016
82%
2015
74%
2013
82%
2023
74%
2022
95%
2022
72%
2021
69%
2021
74%
2020
72%
2020
62%
2019
72%
2019
73%
2018
63%
2018
75%
2017
77%
2017
74%
2016
75%
2016
75%
2015
76%
2015
75%
2014
76%
2014
74%
2013
74%
2013
arrow_upward