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.
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Gard | 75% | |||
| Glenn Howard | 75% | |||
| Scott Mellinger | 75% | |||
| Patricia Miller | 75% | |||
| Gregory Dale Server | 75% | |||
| Connie Weigleb Sipes | 75% | |||
| W. Dale Sturtz | 75% | |||
| Pat Bauer | 67% | |||
| Ralph Donald Ayres | 60% | |||
| Robert Bischoff | 60% | |||
| John Day | 60% | |||
| Jerry Denbo | 60% | |||
| Cleo Duncan | 60% | |||
| Michael Dvorak | 60% | |||
| William Friend | 60% | |||
| Robert Hoffman | 60% | |||
| Thomas Kromkowski | 60% | |||
| Bruce Munson | 60% | |||
| John Ulmer | 60% | |||
| Peggy Welch | 60% | |||
| Dean Young | 60% | |||
| David Yount, Sr. | 60% | |||
| Lawrence Borst | 50% | |||
| Gary Dillon | 50% | |||
| John Gregory Frenz | 50% | |||
| Joseph Harrison | 50% | |||
| Robert Jackman | 50% | |||
| Tim Lanane | 50% | |||
| Sue Landske | 50% | |||
| Morris Mills | 50% | |||
| Vi Simpson | 50% | |||
| Samuel Smith, Jr. | 50% | |||
| P. Eric Turner | 50% | |||
| IN | Commissioner - 3 | John Waterman | R | 50% |
| Katie Wolf | 50% | |||
| Lawrence Buell, Sr. | 40% | |||
| Woody Burton | 40% | |||
| Bob Cherry | 40% | |||
| Gary Cook | 40% | |||
| L. Jack Lutz | 40% | |||
| Richard Mangus | 40% | |||
| Michael Ripley | 40% | |||
| William Ruppel | 40% | |||
| Tom Saunders | 40% | |||
| Brent Steele | 40% | |||
| Gerald Torr | 40% | |||
| Matthew Whetstone | 40% | |||
| IN | State Senate - 35 | Michael Young | R | 40% |
| John Gregg | 33% | |||
| Michael Murphy | 33% |