Here is how Orange County’s legislators stack up as rated by the various Sacramento interests groups.  A special thanks to Chuck DeVore for compiling these results and for being a conservative superstar.  Mimi, way to go!

California Chamber of Commerce Ratings – this is a basic measure of how pro-business a lawmaker is, defined here as against higher taxes and more regulations.  A higher percentage should be considered an indication of votes for free-enterprise.

State Assembly
R- Bob Huff: 100%
R- Chuck DeVore: 100%
R- Mimi Walters: 100%
R- Lynn Daucher: 92%
R- Todd Spitzer: 92%
R- Van Tran: 92%
R- Tom Harman: 91%
D- Tom Umberg: 33%
D- Rudy Bermudez: 17%

State Senate
R- Dick Ackerman: 93%
R- John Campbell: 93%
R- Bill Morrow: 93%
R- Bob Margett: 86%
D- Joe Dunn: 13%

Lambda Letters Project Ratings – this rating is from a very liberal social issues group with an emphasis on homosexual “rights.”  A high score means that the lawmaker is voting for the agenda of this liberal group.

State Assembly
R- Mimi Walters: 13%
R- Chuck DeVore: 18%
R- Bob Huff: 19%
R- Tom Harman: 22%
R- Todd Spitzer: 25%
R- Van Tran: 29%
R- Lynn Daucher: 34%
D- Tom Umberg: 95%
D- Rudy Bermudez: 98%

State Senate
R- John Campbell: 11%
R- Dick Ackerman: 13%
R- Bill Morrow: 22%
R- Bob Margett: 40%
D- Joe Dunn: 99%

California Farm Bureau Ratings – this rating purports to measure support for “family farms” – the Farm Bureau is generally pro-business, but sometimes urban vs. rural issues may cause a split between urban lawmakers and lawmakers from the farm regions of California.

State Assembly
R- Bob Huff: 100%
R- Chuck DeVore: 93%
R- Mimi Walters: 93%
R- Lynn Daucher: 93%
R- Todd Spitzer: 93%
R- Van Tran: 93%
R- Tom Harman: 87%
D- Tom Umberg: 33%
D- Rudy Bermudez: 13%

State Senate
R- Dick Ackerman: 100%
R- John Campbell: 100%
R- Bob Margett: 93%
R- Bill Morrow: 86%
D- Joe Dunn: 14%

More to come…

This entry was posted on Friday, November 18th, 2005 at 12:00 am and is filed under Blog Posts.