Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)

2020 Positions

Issues: Conservative

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.


results per page:
State Office Name Party Rating
Brad Wenstrup 86%
Brady Williamson 86%
Ken Wilson 86%
MD State House - 2A William Wivell Republican 86%
FL State Senate - 4 Clay Yarborough Republican 86%
LA State House - 52 Jerome Zeringue Republican 86%
Ardian Zika 86%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 85%
MI State Senate - 18 Thomas Albert Republican 85%
Sue Allor 85%
Justin Amash 85%
Sonya Anderson 85%
NJ State Assembly - 39 Bob Auth Republican 85%
Dave Baker 85%
Kristin Baker 85%
Alonzo Baldonado 85%
NY State Assembly - 120 Will Barclay Republican 85%
NC State Senate - 11 Lisa Barnes Republican 85%
NC State House - 10 John Bell IV Republican 85%
Stuart Bishop 85%
NC State House - 86 Hugh Blackwell Republican 85%
NY State Assembly - 117 Ken Blankenbush Republican 85%
Jamie Boles, Jr. 85%
NY State Senate - 57 George Borrello Republican 85%
Kevin Brady 85%
KY Metro Councilmember - 22 Kevin Bratcher Republican 85%
KY State House - 3 Randall Bridges Republican 85%
NC State House - 22 William Brisson Republican 85%
MO State House - 162 Bob Bromley Republican 85%
Dana Bumgardner 85%
MI State Senate - 32 Jon Bumstead Republican 85%
Michael Burgess 85%
Marjorie Byrnes 85%
Benjamin Carpenter 85%
GA U.S. House - 1 Buddy Carter Republican 85%
Jerry Carter 85%
Bob Cherry 85%
MD State House - 4 Barrie Ciliberti Republican 85%
George Cleveland 85%
NA U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins Republican 85%
PA State House - 50 Bud Cook Republican 85%
NC State Senate - 50 Kevin Corbin Republican 85%
IA State Senate - 8 Mark Costello Republican 85%
IA Lieutenant Governor Chris Cournoyer Republican 85%
Jim Cox, Jr. 85%
KS State House - 8 Chris Croft Republican 85%
Paula Davis 85%
PA State House - 88 Sheryl Delozier Republican 85%
Sean Eberhart 85%
Torren Ecker 85%
LA State Senate - 6 Rick Edmonds Republican 85%
Roy Edwards 85%
WV State House - 38 Joe Ellington, Jr. Republican 85%
PA State House - 137 Joe Emrick Republican 85%
MS State House - 25 Dan Eubanks Republican 85%
John Faircloth, Jr. 85%
LA State House - 33 Les Farnum Republican 85%
Diana Farrington 85%
Drew Ferguson 85%
Joe Fischer 85%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 85%
John Fraley 85%
KY State House - 6 Chris Freeland Republican 85%
Bob Gibbs 85%
PA State House - 128 Mark Gillen Republican 85%
Andy Goodell 85%
NC State House - 1 Ed Goodwin Republican 85%
Holly Grange 85%
Mark Green 85%
MO State Senate - 15 David Gregory Republican 85%
WI U.S. House - 6 Glenn Grothman Republican 85%
IA State Senate - 28 Dennis Guth Republican 85%
NC State House - 87 Destin Hall Republican 85%
Bobby Hanig 85%
NE State Senate - 16 Ben Hansen Republican 85%
State Office Name Party Rating
Brad Wenstrup 86%
Brady Williamson 86%
Ken Wilson 86%
MD State House - 2A William Wivell R 86%
FL State Senate - 4 Clay Yarborough R 86%
LA State House - 52 Jerome Zeringue R 86%
Ardian Zika 86%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 85%
MI State Senate - 18 Thomas Albert R 85%
Sue Allor 85%
Justin Amash 85%
Sonya Anderson 85%
NJ State Assembly - 39 Bob Auth R 85%
Dave Baker 85%
Kristin Baker 85%
Alonzo Baldonado 85%
NY State Assembly - 120 Will Barclay R 85%
NC State Senate - 11 Lisa Barnes R 85%
NC State House - 10 John Bell IV R 85%
Stuart Bishop 85%
NC State House - 86 Hugh Blackwell R 85%
NY State Assembly - 117 Ken Blankenbush R 85%
Jamie Boles, Jr. 85%
NY State Senate - 57 George Borrello R 85%
Kevin Brady 85%
KY Metro Councilmember - 22 Kevin Bratcher R 85%
KY State House - 3 Randall Bridges R 85%
NC State House - 22 William Brisson R 85%
MO State House - 162 Bob Bromley R 85%
Dana Bumgardner 85%
MI State Senate - 32 Jon Bumstead R 85%
Michael Burgess 85%
Marjorie Byrnes 85%
Benjamin Carpenter 85%
GA U.S. House - 1 Buddy Carter R 85%
Jerry Carter 85%
Bob Cherry 85%
MD State House - 4 Barrie Ciliberti R 85%
George Cleveland 85%
NA U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins R 85%
PA State House - 50 Bud Cook R 85%
NC State Senate - 50 Kevin Corbin R 85%
IA State Senate - 8 Mark Costello R 85%
IA Lieutenant Governor Chris Cournoyer R 85%
Jim Cox, Jr. 85%
KS State House - 8 Chris Croft R 85%
Paula Davis 85%
PA State House - 88 Sheryl Delozier R 85%
Sean Eberhart 85%
Torren Ecker 85%
LA State Senate - 6 Rick Edmonds R 85%
Roy Edwards 85%
WV State House - 38 Joe Ellington, Jr. R 85%
PA State House - 137 Joe Emrick R 85%
MS State House - 25 Dan Eubanks R 85%
John Faircloth, Jr. 85%
LA State House - 33 Les Farnum R 85%
Diana Farrington 85%
Drew Ferguson 85%
Joe Fischer 85%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx R 85%
John Fraley 85%
KY State House - 6 Chris Freeland R 85%
Bob Gibbs 85%
PA State House - 128 Mark Gillen R 85%
Andy Goodell 85%
NC State House - 1 Ed Goodwin R 85%
Holly Grange 85%
Mark Green 85%
MO State Senate - 15 David Gregory R 85%
WI U.S. House - 6 Glenn Grothman R 85%
IA State Senate - 28 Dennis Guth R 85%
NC State House - 87 Destin Hall R 85%
Bobby Hanig 85%
NE State Senate - 16 Ben Hansen R 85%
arrow_upward