Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)

2017 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions

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
Annie Kuster 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
Dan Lipinski 90%
Dave Loebsack 90%
NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham Democratic 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. Democratic 90%
Donald McEachin 90%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House - 6 Grace Meng Democratic 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Tom O'Halleran 90%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House - 19 Jimmy Panetta Democratic 90%
Don Payne, Jr. 90%
Ed Perlmutter 90%
Kathleen Rice 90%
NV U.S. Senate - Jr Jacky Rosen Democratic 90%
Dutch Ruppersberger 90%
IL U.S. House - 10 Brad Schneider Democratic 90%
David Scott 90%
José Serrano 90%
AL U.S. House - 7 Terri Sewell Democratic 90%
Carol Shea-Porter 90%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires Democratic 90%
State Office Name Party Rating
Annie Kuster 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 90%
Dan Lipinski 90%
Dave Loebsack 90%
NM Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham D 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. D 90%
Donald McEachin 90%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney D 90%
NY U.S. House - 6 Grace Meng D 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 90%
Tom O'Halleran 90%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 90%
CA U.S. House - 19 Jimmy Panetta D 90%
Don Payne, Jr. 90%
Ed Perlmutter 90%
Kathleen Rice 90%
NV U.S. Senate - Jr Jacky Rosen D 90%
Dutch Ruppersberger 90%
IL U.S. House - 10 Brad Schneider D 90%
David Scott 90%
José Serrano 90%
AL U.S. House - 7 Terri Sewell D 90%
Carol Shea-Porter 90%
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires D 90%
arrow_upward