Utah Legislative Ratings

2011 Conservative Liberal Index

2011-04-28T23:50:00.000-07:00

The Conservative - Liberal Index

"by their Fruits shall ye know them"

The Compiled 2011 Voting Ratings for the Utah Legislature continue to indicate there is still a philosophical difference between Republicans and Democrats. (Now if only more voters could understand nationally, we might not have an umpteen trillion dollar debt.)

For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as favoring LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights. The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.

The Most Conservative Award for 2010 House goes to Rep. Carl Wimmer at 90.9 with Honorable Mention to Representatives Mike Morley, Merlynn Newbold, Chris Herrod, Keith Grover, Ken Sumsion, and Greg Hughes.

Conservative Leader positions in the Senate were juggled again for the top three with Sen.Margaret Dayton Mark Madsen and Howard Stephenson again achieving top billing.

The Most Liberal Award goes to newcomer Rep. Briscoe, (10.3), the most liberal rating attained in the seven ears of this report; and Senator Ross Romero, (24.3) again retained his liberal dominance of the Senate.

Tightening the standards this year, we can count 40 Conservatives (above CLI 70), 14 Liberals (below 30) and 21 Mugwumps, firmly balanced on the fence in the middle in the House. With the Senate exhibiting some strange machination this year, they still attained 18 Conservatives, 4 Liberals and 7 Mugwumps. (Perhaps consideration of the CLI weighting is needed.)

This year, in the Mugwump category Reps. Edwards, McIff, Bird, Menlove, Duckworth, Hendrickson and Watkins appear to be considering swapping parties, or perhaps they should all just admit to their liberal status.
Education ratings showed the biggest disparities in the ratings, with Parents for Choice being a virtual mirror of Utah Education Association, with Democrats supporting UEA at 94% and the GOP opting for PCE with 87 in the House and the Senate D's going 86 for UEA and R's at 96 to PCE.

The Deseret News missed or is late with its "effective legislator" based on passing the highest percentage of bills, and the SL Tribune attempted to copy this blog idea. Basically, they used the same ratings, but somehow achieved different answers. The Trib rating is shown but was not used in the composite CLI Index.

Rating groups used in the index:

GrsRts = GrassRoots claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."
UEA = Utah Education Association declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."
UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."
UFIRE =Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement Illegal immigration issues
PCE = Parents for Choice in Education "dedicated to ensuring every child has equal access to a quality education by empowering parents, increasing choice, and promoting innovative solutions to Utah’s educational challenges."
SIERRA = Sierra Club "activists dedicated to preserving and enjoying the land and quality of life in Utah and the West."

NRA for 2010 were reported at http://www.votesmart.com/

Each group has different criteria for their ratings, based on votes that the group consider favor or oppose "their" particular issues. Please refer to the individual websites for bills considered and rating considerations which were used. (The quotes above from the websites, may have changed as some organization often redefine themselves based on their perception of current public 'need.')

Our apologies for any inadvertent errors that may have occurred in copying numbers, there were a lot of them (numbers, not errors).

2011 Utah Senate CLI Ratings

2011-04-28T23:00:00.000-07:00

	Dist	Senator		CLI	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra	PCE	NRA	SLTrib
		REPUBLICANS	City	2011	Life	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2010	2011
R	15	Dayton	Orem	84.8	82	81	18	92	A	29	100	A+	81.2
R	13	Madsen	Eagle Mtn	84.5	78	93	17	91	B	33	100		86.8
R	11	Stephenson, H	Draper	81.4	75	75	16	92	D	29	100	A+	84.4
R	23	Liljenquist	Bountiful	80.7	63	83	31	92	B+	20	100		83.2
R	12	Thatcher	W Valley	80.4	87	87	25	77	A-	33	91	A	81.2
R	21	Stevenson, J*	Layton	80.3	72	75	19	92	D	29	100	B+	83.8
R	10	Buttars	W Jordan	79.9	62	73	23	91	D	17	100		84.2
R	29	Urquhart	St George	79.7	66	73	20	77	A	29	100		80.2
R	22	Adams	Layton	79.2	61	73	25	92	D+	20	100	A	84.0
R	9	Neiderhauser	Sandy	78.1	65	76	22	92	F	17	100	A	85.8
R	20	Jenkins	Plain City	76.5	70	67	25	82	D	29	100		68.0
R	18	Reid *	Ogden	75.7	71	71	20	85	F	29	100	B	81.4
R	14	Valentine	Orem	74.9	57	69	19	92	F	29	100		82.6
R	16	Bramble	Provo	74.4	62	87	38	89	F	20	100		83.6
R	24	Okerlund	Monroe	73.9	69	76	35	85	D	29	91		77.6
R	27	Hinkins	Orangeville	71.2	72	80	47	67	A	29	86		70.0
R	17	Knudson	Brigham	70.5	43	75	38	69	D+	17	91	A+	67.8
R	6	Waddoups	Taylorsville	70.0	61	76	31	77	F	29	91		78.6
R	19	Christensen	N Ogden	68.8	59	69	44	77	D	29	91		72.8
R	28	Stowell	Parowan	67.7	66	70	38	80	F	33	88		73.4
R	26	VanTassell	Vernal	64.4	55	69	50	69	D+	29	80	A	60.8
R	25	Hillyard	Logan	58.4	44	53	44	77	F	40	80		57.2
				75.2	65.5	75.0	29.3	83.5	D	27.2	95.0

		DEMOCRATS
D	8	Morgan	Ctnwd Hgts	38.4	33	53	76	50	D	67	45		42.0
D	5	Mayne	W Valley	36.7	40	50	88	46	D+	67	50	A	48.2
D	3	Davis	SLC	33.6	21	24	76	46	F	57	55	B-	38.4
D	2	McAdams*	SLC	29.8	31	33	92	46	F	71	56	C	34.4
D	4	Jones	Holladay	29.6	23	44	87	58	F	83	50	D-	44.6
D	1	Robles	SLC	26.4	29	36	93	42	F	71	40		38.8
D	7	Romero	SLC	24.8	25	35	88	38	F	86	45	D-	37.8
				31.4	28.9	39.3	85.7	46.6	F	71.7	49.1

2011 Utah House CLI Ratings

2011-04-27T12:11:00.000-07:00

		Representative		CLI	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra	PCE	NRA	SLTrib
		REPUBLICANS	City	2011	Life	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2010	2011
R	52	Wimmer	Herriman	90.9	89	95	17	100	A+	25	100	A+	90.6
R	66	Morley	Sp Fork	89.5	91	94	21	91	B+	14	100	A	73.6
R	50	Newbold	S Jordan	87.2	74	89	25	90	A	14	100	A+	84.0
R	62	Herrod	Provo	86.3	80	89	25	91	A+	29	100	A	85.2
R	61	Grover	Provo	85.8	74	79	18	100	A	25	100	A+	87.2
R	56	Sumsion	Lehi	85.7	83	89	32	78	A	13	100	A	69.8
R	51	Hughes	Draper	85.7	75	79	20	88	A	17	100	A	74.8
R	27	Dougall	Highland	85.7	76	88	13	82	D+	14	100	A	88.6
R	14	Oda	Clearfield	84.8	78	89	19	90	B+	38	100	A+	84.4
R	74	Clark, D	Santa Clara	84.1	60	84	18	100	A	38	100	A	85.6
R	47	Ivory *	W Jordan	83.5	83	83	31	91	A	29	100	A	82.8
R	57	Richardson *	P Grove	82.9	84	84	29	91	D+	13	100	na	70.6
R	17	Fisher, Julie	FruitHeights	81.7	63	93	24	91	C+	43	100	A	79.8
R	75	Ipson	St George	81.6	71	84	25	82	A	43	100	A	74.2
R	15	Wilson *	Kaysville	81.2	72	72	20	100	C	25	100	A-	81.8
R	60	Daw	Orem	81.1	72	82	27	90	C-	25	100	A+	78.8
R	32	Cox *	W Valley	81.1	79	79	31	91	A	25	91	na	84.0
R	19	Nielson *	Bountiful	80.9	84	84	39	73	A	29	100	A	77.8
R	71	Last	St George	80.8	59	82	31	90	B	25	100	A	84.0
R	67	Painter	Nephi	79.7	66	78	31	89	C+	25	100	A	80.4
R	43	Harper	W Jordan	79.5	68	79	29	90	C-	13	90	A	72.6
R	73	Noel	Kanab	78.9	66	79	27	82	B-	38	100	A	67.2
R	64	Lockhart	Provo	78.3	80	81	29	75	D+	33	100	A+	75.2
R	55	Mathis	Naples	78.3	64	84	39	75	A	25	90	A	79.4
R	45	Eliason *	Sandy	78.3	72	72	30	82	B+	38	100	na	77.2
R	41	Kiser	Sandy	78.0	65	79	25	91	D-	29	100	A	79.6
R	59	Peterson, V *	Orem	77.9	74	74	29	100	D-	25	100	D	67.6
R	48	Christensen *	Draper	77.2	68	78	28	80	D-	25	100	A	73.6
R	6	Galvez	W Haven	77.1	79	79	35	82	C	25	91	A-	74.8
R	8	Froerer	Huntsville	76.8	62	68	29	91	D-	14	100	A	71.2
R	18	Barrus	Centerville	76.8	61	79	31	82	C+	29	91	A	74.2
R	38	Hutchings	Kearns	75.6	57	67	38	80	D-	0	100	A-	81.8
R	4	Butterfield *	Logan	74.8	65	65	29	89	D-	25	100	na	80.0
R	63	Sanpei *	Provo	74.5	74	74	41	82	C	25	91	na	78.0
R	65	Gibson, F	Mapleton	73.7	80	84	56	73	A	29	82	A	74.4
R	13	Ray	Clearfield	72.9	56	63	50	78	A	0	80	A+	76.4
R	7	Wilcox	Ogden	72.4	77	74	38	73	C	29	82	A+	63.2
R	34	Anderson	Taylorsville	71.9	68	74	19	73	F	14	100	A-	81.0
R	68	Wright	Holden	71.7	79	76	31	90	F	14	100	A	75.2
R	58	Sandstrom	Orem	71.3	77	89	60	64	A+	29	70	A+	58.2
R	9	Peterson, J *	Ogden	68.5	83	83	40	73	F	29	100	A	77.4
R	10	Pitcher *	Ogden	67.6	68	68	50	82	C	38	82	B+	72.4
R	5	Webb	Logan	65.9	51	61	33	82	F	14	100	A	79.2
R	11	Dee	WashTerr	64.7	52	75	54	56	D+	25	73	A	70.4
R	54	Powell	Heber	64.6	60	68	55	64	D-	25	82	B+	58.4
R	3	Draxler	N Logan	64.4	48	50	33	67	D-	25	80	B+	71.8
R	49	Brown, D *	Sandy	64.0	67	67	38	82	F	38	100	A	74.6
R	16	Handy *	Layton	63.4	53	53	50	73	D	25	82	A-	70.2
R	72	Vickers	CedarCity	62.3	60	63	53	73	D-	29	73	B+	70.8
R	39	Dunnigan	Taylorsville	59.7	56	68	69	73	A	38	55	A	80.6
R	12	Greenwood	Roy	55.7	62	58	65	55	A	38	45	A	62.0
R	53	Brown, M	Coalville	53.7	51	60	67	56	F	40	63	A	61.8
R	2	Perry *	Perry	52.4	61	61	76	45	D-	25	55	A-	61.0
R	21	Sagers *	Tooele	46.9	53	53	86	45	D+	29	44	na	53.0
R	20	Edwards	N SaltLake	42.3	53	42	95	45	D-	25	45	C	42.4
R	70	McIff	Richfield	40.3	40	41	78	45	F	17	55	C	45.4
R	42	Bird	W Jordan	39.2	51	53	100	36	D-	14	20	A	53.0
R	1	Menlove	Garland	31.7	41	44	94	27	F	25	36	A-	51.0
		Average		72.4	67.5	73.8	40.1	76.7	D	25.3	87.2

		DEMOCRATS
D	22	Duckworth	Magna	40.0	36	44	94	36	D	25	36	A-	50.2
D	33	Hendrickson	W Valley	38.3	38	32	88	36	D-	25	36	A-	51.0
D	69	Watkins	Price	32.2	32	32	100	40	D-	38	27	A	32.2
D	31	Wiley	W Valley	23.9	24	32	93	36	F	63	36	A-	29.6
D	46	Poulson	CtnwdHgts	22.1	38	28	95	36	F	75	36	C	38.8
D	28	King	SLC	21.1	21	17	100	30	D-	88	27	C	17.2
D	35	Wheatley	Murray	19.9	21	11	94	45	F	63	36	B-	39.8
D	37	Moss	Holladay	18.7	15	11	95	36	F	63	36	D	25.0
D	30	Biskupski	SLC	18.4	20	11	87	36	F	86	40	D-	17.4
D	24	Chavez-Houck	SLC	17.9	16	11	94	27	D	100	18	D-	16.0
D	26	Litvack	SLC	16.7	16	0	88	40	F	88	45	C-	21.8
D	23	Seelig	SLC	14.7	22	11	93	36	F	86	27	B-	25.0
D	44	Cosgrove	Murray	14.4	21	21	89	18	F	100	27	B-	28.2
D	36	Arent	Millcreek	14.3	18	6	94	40	F	100	40	C-	19.4
D	29	Fisher, Janice	W Valley	14.3	30	22	100	30	F	86	20	C-	17.2
D	40	Hemingway	Holladay	14.0	22	11	94	22	F	83	27	C-	31.2
D	25	Briscoe *	SLC	10.3	16	16	100	36	F	100	18	na	21.4
		Average		20.6	23.9	18.6	94.0	33.8	F	74.6	31.3

2010 Conservative Liberal Index

2010-04-21T11:08:00.000-07:00

The Conservative - Liberal Index

"by their Fruits shall ye know them"

The Compiled 2010 Voting Ratings for the Utah Legislature continue to indicate there is more than a "dime's worth" of difference between Republicans and Democrats. (perhaps a dollar, with inflation)

For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as favoring LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights. The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.

The Most Conservative Award for 2010 House goes to Rep. Mike Morley at 82.5 with Honorable Mention to Representatives Merlynn Newbold, Steve Sandstrom, Craig Frank, Carl Wimmer, Chris Herrod, Ken Sumsion, Keith Grover, Francis Gibson, and Brad Daw.

Conservative Leader positions in the Senate were juggled for the top three with Sen. Howard Stephenson (86.6) wresting top billing from Sen. Margaret Dayton, (85.2), and Mark Madsen, (82.2).

The Most Liberal Award goes to Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck, (16.4), with several Democrats vying for that coveted title; and Senator Ross Romero, (20.9) retains his liberal dominance of the Senate.

This year, ALL Republicans achieved a CLI Higher than ALL Democrats, except Reps. Allen and Mascaro who were edged out by Reps. Gowans and Hendricskson

All told, we can count 62 Conservatives (above CLI 60), 26 Liberals (below 40) and 16 Mugwumps, firmly balanced on the fence in the middle. (2009 had 49/29/25). The Year of the Tea Party seems to be solidifying the philosophic divide (towards the RIGHT side) and tipping the mugwumps away from the middle.

Education ratings showed the biggest disparities in the ratings, with Parents for Choice being a virtual mirror of Utah Education Association, however the UEA lost its 2009 unanimity among the Democrats dropping to a mere 90% support. The GOP exhibited much more of that desired 'diversity' in their education votes.

Equality Utah, which focuses on "gay" rights, failed to post any rating so far this year, so was removed from the report.

The Deseret News returned with its "effective legislator" based on passing the highest percentage of bills. Their rating is included for comic relief (and not used in the composite CLI Index).

We considered changing the Index name to Conservative Progressive Index (CPI), in deference to the Liberal propensity to redefine and adopt a more 'friendly' appearance to continue their quest toward 'change.'

We once again have used the ruse of carrying out our 'significant' number to one decimal place to create the apearance of accuracy of determination of the results. The numbers are guaranteed, in the words of the pollsters, to be accurate to about + or - 4.5% (+ or -) and NOT based on the confusing questions asked of 454 people.

Rating groups used in the index:

GrsRts = GrassRoots claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."
UEA = Utah Education Association declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."
UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."
UFIRE =Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement Illegal immigration issues
PCE = Parents for Choice in Education "dedicated to ensuring every child has equal access to a quality education by empowering parents, increasing choice, and promoting innovative solutions to Utah’s educational challenges."
SIERRA = Sierra Club "activists dedicated to preserving and enjoying the land and quality of life in Utah and the West."

These Ratings were NOT used in CLIndex:
DNews = Deseret News appears to promote that the more laws, the better.

Each group has different criteria for their ratings, based on votes that the group consider favor or oppose "their" particular issues. Please refer to the individual websites for bills considered and rating considerations which were used. (The quotes above from the websites, may have changed as some organization often redefine themselves based on their perception of current public 'need.')

CLI 2010 Senate Voting Rating Index

2010-04-21T10:47:00.000-07:00

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CLI 2010 House Voting Rating Index

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2009-09-16T22:07:00.000-07:00

The Conservative - Liberal Index

"by their Fruits shall ye know them"

Once again, the 2009 Voting Records of the Utah Legislature indicate there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as favoring LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights. The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.

The Most Conservative Award for 2009 House goes to Rep. Lockhart at 82.5 with Honorable Mention to Representatives Dougall, 82.2, Frank, 80.8, Herrod, 80.7, Morley, 80.3, Grover, 80.0, Hughes, 79.8, Sumsion, 79.7, Daw, 78.6, and Mathis, 78.5.

Conservative Leader in the Senate was Senator Dayton, 84.9, for the THIRD consecutive year - she again edged out Senators Madsen, 82.3 and Stephenson, 80.5 at the top of the Senate list.

The Most Liberal Award goes to Rep. Chavez-Houck, 13.0, with several Democrats vying for that coveted title; and Senator Romero, 23.3 retains his liberal dominance of the Senate.

This year, ALL Democrats achieved a CLI lower than ALL Republicans, except one. Sen. Mayne, 46.5 showed a higher conservative rating than Rep. McIff, 42.0, the most liberal Republican, and Reps Holdaway and Bird (but they did manage to edge out the most conservative Democrat Representative (Hendrickson, 35.9)

All told, we can count 49 Conservatives (above CLI 60), 29 Liberals (below 40) and 25 Mugwumps, firmly balanced on the fence in the middle. (2008 had 42/29/33). Some might declare that a balanced, moderate group, others might yearn for stronger principles.

Education ratings showed the biggest disparities in the ratings with Parents for Choice being a virtual mirror of Utah Education Association. In an interesting anomaly, ALL of the Democrats in the House voted 100% correct according to the UEA. The GOP exhibited much more diversity in their education votes.

There were some changes in 2009 of groups "rating" our Utah legislators. Equality Utah, which focuses on "gay" rights, only rated some committee members. PCE posted some ratings as mentioned above and the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) published at belated report from the previous year.

The Deseret News returned with its "effective legislator" based on passing the highest percentage of bills. Their rating is included for comic relief.

Rating groups used in the index:

GrsRts = GrassRoots claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."

UEA = Utah Education Association declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."

UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."

UFIRE =Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement Illegal immigration issues

PCE = Parents for Choice in Education "dedicated to ensuring every child has equal access to a quality education by empowering parents, increasing choice, and promoting innovative solutions to Utah’s educational challenges."

SIERRA = Sierra Club "activists dedicated to preserving and enjoying the land and quality of life in Utah and the West. "

NFIB = National Federation of Independent Business Reports the "Voting Record on Small Business Issues."

These Ratings were NOT used in CLIndex:

Eqlty = Equality Utah mission: "To secure equal rights and protections for LGBT Utahns and their families."

DNews = Deseret News appears to promote that the more laws, the better.

Each group has different criteria for their ratings, based on votes that the group consider favor or oppose "their" particular issues. Please refer to the individual websites for bills considered and rating considerations which were used.

	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra	PCE
	Life	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	CLI
HOUSE
REPUBLICAN	60	69	60	84	69	36	74	65
DEMOCRAT	28	30	100	46	46	81	23	25
SENATE
REPUBLICAN	59	67	40	96	59	53	81	69
DEMOCRAT	26	38	86	68	53	70	38	36

Utah House CLI 2009

2009-09-15T11:31:00.000-07:00

The Conservative Liberal Index rating for the Utah House in 2009.


Representative			GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra	PCE	NFIB	2009	DNEWs	Eqlty
REPUBLICANS			Life	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2008	CLI		2009
Lockhart	64	R	79	74	36	100	75	25	100	100	82.5	100
Dougall	27	R	73	88	30	100	75	38	100	100	82.2	50
Frank	57	R	81	71	40	94	75	25	100	100	80.8	25
Herrod	62	R	75	83	36	94	90	38	100	100	80.7	63
Morley	66	R	89	94	57	100	85	25	90	100	80.3	100	0
Grover	61	R	68	89	36	94	85	38	100	100	80.0	75	0
Hughes	51	R	74	79	30	94	90	25	82	100	79.8	50
Sumsion	56	R	77	95	42	88	85	38	100	90	79.7	63
Daw	60	R	67	74	30	94	80	43	100	100	78.6	100	0
Mathis	55	R	57	83	40	93	85	14	90	100	78.5	83
Newbold	50	R	71	83	36	94	80	25	82	100	78.0	78
Noel	73	R	62	83	36	94	85	43	100	100	77.9	77
Wimmer	52	R	85	94	42	81	85	50	82	90	74.4	53
Barrus	18	R	59	63	36	88	75	43	100	100	74.1	43
Oda	14	R	77	76	60	93	80	25	80	100	73.0	64
Painter	67	R	63	76	40	93	85	43	80	100	72.5	83	0
Harper	43	R	67	69	40	94	80	29	70	100	72.4	69
Garn	16	R	67	72	40	100	58	25	60	100	71.1	100	0
Wilcox*	7	R	78	78	64	82	62	14	80	na	71.0	100
Gibson, F*	65	R	67	67	55	82	85	29	90	na	71.0	100	0
Clark, S	63	R	53	61	45	88	0	29	100	100	69.7	50
Aagard	15	R	62	71	55	94	75	38	80	100	69.3	80
Hutchings	38	R	53	59	60	77	80	0	80	100	69.2	44	0
Clark, D	74	R	57	60	45	86	0	29	90	89	67.6	100
Fowlke	59	R	52	69	50	94	58	38	80	80	67.3	75	0
Sandstrom	58	R	68	82	73	81	90	38	80	89	66.3	58	0
Gibson, K	6	R	53	78	50	75	60	14	60	100	65.8	100
Ray	13	R	52	67	55	93	75	38	70	100	65.4	55	0
Winn	68	R	58	68	55	80	60	43	80	100	64.9	100
Last	71	R	55	71	50	88	75	38	55	100	63.5	80
Froerer	8	R	59	65	64	82	65	50	80	90	62.3	60	0
Greenwood	12	R	66	83	75	82	85	38	60	100	62.0	57
Dee	11	R	48	59	60	75	80	25	64	100	61.4	83
Webb	5	R	45	63	60	81	65	38	70	100	60.7	75	0
Kiser	41	R	63	61	73	77	80	43	70	100	60.0	100	0
Ipson*	75	R	63	63	67	82	75	43	64	na	59.8	100	0
Wallis*	10	R	63	63	64	82	65	43	60	na	59.1	100
Dunnigan	39	R	51	68	70	75	62	25	60	89	58.8	86	0
Ferry	2	R	55	71	80	75	60	29	60	88	57.0	50
Mascaro	47	R	44	67	91	81	58	29	70	90	55.7	0
Powell*	54	R	58	58	75	77	75	63	73	na	55.0	33	0
Brown	53	R	44	61	80	77	60	29	60	88	54.7	67
Fisher, Julie	17	R	54	63	82	82	75	50	60	100	54.7	91
Draxler	3	R	44	50	83	77	60	50	80	100	54.2	50
Bigelow	32	R	54	42	75	82	62	14	30	90	52.5	87
Vickers*	72	R	56	56	82	77	80	43	50	na	51.7	67	0
Hunsaker	4	R	46	58	91	65	60	38	50	100	47.9	80
Menlove	1	R	37	59	91	71	60	50	60	90	47.5	73	0
Edwards*	20	R	58	58	77	69	60	75	55	na	47.2	50
Allen	19	R	36	61	82	69	60	63	60	78	46.8	57	0
Bird	42	R	48	63	91	53	75	57	50	90	44.6	80	0
Holdaway	34	R	40	56	92	71	58	38	36	50	43.4	43
McIff	70	R	37	38	90	65	0	50	60	100	42.0	43	0
Average			59.8	69.1	59.6	83.7	68.9	36.3	74.4	95.2	65.0	70.8	0.0
DEMOCRATS
Hendrickson	33	D	37	33	100	50	60	25	20	89	35.9	50
Duckworth	22	D	34	28	100	47	0	29	30	70	32.5	100	100
Gowans	21	D	38	17	100	41	60	38	20	88	31.3	100
Seegmiller*	49	D	56	56	100	47	65	100	30	na	30.3	33
Fisher, Janice	29	D	31	50	100	59	55	88	30	60	29.8	50
Litvack	26	D	17	22	100	59	55	71	40	70	29.7	33
Beck*	48	D	29	53	100	53	65	88	30	na	28.7	0
Poulson*	46	D	50	50	100	47	65	88	18	na	28.2	100
Cosgrove	44	D	21	39	100	53	55	100	40	78	27.0	50
Hemingway	40	D	25	33	100	47	55	88	30	67	25.7	33
Watkins*	69	D	28	28	100	41	60	50	10	na	25.7	40
King*	28	D	28	28	100	53	55	88	30	na	25.5	20	100
Seelig	23	D	25	33	100	44	60	100	30	70	23.8	50
Riesen	36	D	16	17	100	53	60	88	30	60	23.8	0	100
Moss	37	D	16	28	100	47	60	88	27	70	23.6	20
Wiley	31	D	22	33	100	40	60	100	30	67	22.7	0
Wheatley	35	D	22	21	100	41	60	86	9	70	19.7	67	100
Hansen	9	D	27	25	100	38	0	75	10	78	19.5	0	100
Black*	45	D	26	26	100	41	60	100	9	na	17.5	0
Johnson, C	25	D	19	16	100	38	0	100	20	70	15.5	40	100
Biskupski	30	D	21	17	100	35	0	88	10	78	15.5	33	100
Chavez-Houck	24	D	17	11	100	41	0	100	10	60	13.0	25
Average			27.5	30.2	100.0	46.1	45.9	80.8	23.3	71.6	24.8	38.4	100.0

Utah Senate CLI 2009

2009-09-15T09:09:00.000-07:00

The Conservative Liberal Index rating for the Utah Senate in 2009.



Senator	Dist		GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra	PCE	NFIB		DNews	Eqlty
REPUBLICANS			Life	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2008	CLI		2009
Dayton	15	R	81	86	25	100	95	38	100	90	84.9	90
Madsen	13	R	74	85	12	100	85	50	91	89	82.3	46	0
Stephenson	11	R	74	77	18	100	0	33	100	90	80.5	50
Waddoups	6	R	59	86	30	100	80	50	100	90	78.2	60	0
Jenkins	20	R	69	68	25	100	80	50	91	89	77.1	85
Buttars	10	R	58	65	12	100	40	33	82	100	76.8	33	0
Bramble	16	R	59	65	20	100	80	40	82	100	76.3	71
Neiderhauser	9	R	59	68	30	100	80	60	100	100	75.3	88
Killpack	21	R	55	70	22	100	40	43	91	100	75.2	100
Valentine	14	R	55	67	17	91	40	43	73	89	70.8	80
Urquhart**	29	R	64	64	44	100	90	67	91	100	70.6	89
Christensen	19	R	55	67	44	100	40	43	82	100	68.9	60
Stowell	28	R	62	68	50	100	70	71	82	90	66.0	92
Liljenquist*	23	R	50	50	44	94	40	43	82	na	64.8	75
Okerlund*	24	R	59	59	60	94	40	63	82	na	60.8	50
Greiner	18	R	58	71	78	94	90	63	64	80	57.7	83
Knudson	17	R	39	62	44	92	40	67	64	90	57.6	75
Bell	22	R	45	50	67	93	40	63	73	100	55.6	91	0
Hillyard	25	R	44	63	56	92	40	71	64	80	55.3	86
VanTassell	26	R	49	52	67	94	40	57	55	100	53.9	60
Hinkins*	27	R	71	71	78	75	90	63	45	na	52.5	80
			59.0	67.3	40.1	96.1	59.0	52.9	80.7	88.3	68.6	73.5	0.0
DEMOCRATS
Mayne	5	D	38	55	80	75	80	57	45	70	46.5	63
Jones	4	D	20	43	80	75	0	50	45	63	39.6	83
Goodfellow	12	D	22	42	91	75	60	63	36	100	37.9	50
Davis	3	D	21	33	89	75	70	63	36	67	36.9	29
Robles*	1	D	32	32	80	57	70	75	45	na	36.8	14
McCoy	2	D	19	27	80	63	70	88	45	78	34.4	20	100
Morgan**	8	D	31	41	92	65	70	88	36	80	33.8	0
Romero	7	D	23	27	100	56	0	75	18	80	23.3	20	100
			25.8	37.5	86.5	67.6	52.5	69.9	38.3	76.9	36.1	34.9	100.0

2008 CLI Summary

2008-05-23T17:23:00.000-07:00

The Conservative - Liberal Index

"by their Fruits shall ye know them"

Once again, the 2008 Voting Records of the Utah Legislature indicate there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as in favor of LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights. The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.

The Most Conservative Award for the FOURTH consecutive year goes to Rep. Morley at 83.8; with Honorable Mention to Representatives Tilton, Wimmer, Oda, Donnelson, Sumsion, Frank, Herrod, Dougall, and Hughes.

Leader in the Senate was Senator Dayton for the SECOND year - she edged out Senators Madsen and Stephenson (again) at the top of the Senate list.

The Most Liberal Award goes to Rep. Moss, with several Democrats vying for that coveted title; and Senator Romero winning the Senate.

This year, ALL Republicans but one achieved a CLI higher than ALL Democrats. This year, the highest Democrat (Duckworth) had a higher CLI than the lowest ranking Republicans (McIff)

All told, we might count 42 Conservatives (above 60), 29 Liberals (below 40) and 33 Mugwumps, firmly balanced on the fence. (2007 had 45/32/27 and 2006 showed 41/31/33) Some might declare that a balanced, moderate group, others might yearn for stronger principles.

There was, again, a minor change in 2008 of groups "rating" our Utah legislators. The "Gay" rights ratings used previously has disappeared, but replaced by Equality Utah which focuses on the same issue, but must be more "moderate" (or successful).

The UAR (realtors) have so many legislative members, they may have decided they didn't need to rate them for the last couple years.

The Deseret News may has dropped its "effective legislator" based on passing the most bills. They continued a grading report based on attendance, which doesn't show much as must legislators voted (attended) over 90% of the time.

Rating groups used:

GrsRts = GrassRoots ( http://www.utahgrassroots.com/ ) claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."

UEA = Utah Education Association ( http://www.utea.org/ ) declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."

Eqlty = Equality Utah mission: "To secure equal rights and protections for LGBT Utahns and their families."

UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."

UFIRE =Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement Illegal immigration issues

SIERRA = Sierra Club "activists dedicated to preserving and enjoying the land and quality of life in Utah and the West. "

	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	Eqlty	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra
	Life	2008	2008	2007	2008	2008	2008	CLI
HOUSE
REPUBLICAN	57	54	56	60	81	80	59	62
DEMOCRAT	23	26	97	92	53	16	89	24
SENATE
REPUBLICAN	49	50	44	38	80	67	62	53
DEMOCRAT	21	28	95	75	57	41	85	24

Utah House CLI 2008

2008-05-23T16:33:00.000-07:00

The Conservative Liberal Index rating for the Utah House in 2008.

Representative			GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	Eqlty	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra
REPUBLICANS			Life	2008	2008	2007	2008	2008	2008	CLI
Morley	66	R	88	74	14	50	93	90	25	83.8
Tilton	65	R	85	81	11	33	86	90	33	83.4
Wimmer	52	R	82	86	22	67	92	90	25	80.8
Oda	14	R	77	77	27	50	93	90	33	79.4
Donnelson	7	R	79	73	27	67	87	100	38	77.8
Sumsion	56	R	70	65	31	67	93	90	29	75.5
Frank	57	R	83	77	36	67	86	85	29	75.3
Herrod	62	R	71	67	33	50	79	100	50	73.3
Dougall	27	R	70	64	36	67	93	90	57	72.3
Hughes	51	R	73	67	33	67	86	90	57	71.8
Lockhart	64	R	80	60	27	50	77	85	67	70.8
Painter	67	R	60	53	37	50	85	78	25	69.6
Daw	60	R	66	50	36	50	85	85	50	69.6
Noel	73	R	59	60	36	67	80	90	43	68.0
Urquhart	75	R	64	60	33	59	83	85	67	67.9
Sandstrom	58	R	63	59	60	50	77	100	33	67.8
Newbold	50	R	70	53	38	67	85	90	75	67.5
Grover	61	R	58	57	55	50	87	90	50	67.0
Harper	43	R	67	70	50	67	85	90	75	66.4
Kiser	41	R	63	62	55	67	87	90	57	66.3
Bigelow	32	R	54	65	44	50	82	90	71	65.8
Anderson	48	R	54	55	36	67	87	90	75	65.8
Walker	45	R	51	47	43	67	93	85	60	65.4
Curtis	49	R	53	50	44	50	91	78	67	65.0
Garn	16	R	66	53	45	67	75	90	57	64.7
Ray	13	R	49	55	50	67	86	85	57	63.1
Aagard	15	R	61	59	73	67	87	90	63	62.2
Fisher, Julie	17	R	52	60	73	50	87	90	63	62.2
Clark, D	74	R	57	55	50	50	86	70	71	62.2
Dee	11	R	46	60	60	50	80	90	75	60.6
Last	71	R	53	57	64	67	79	90	63	60.2
Hutchings	38	R	52	60	70	67	80	90	57	60.0
Barrus	18	R	58	59	82	67	86	90	63	59.9
Mathis	55	R	52	44	80	67	80	90	25	59.7
Clark, S	63	R	52	45	40	50	69	80	71	59.6
Gibson	6	R	47	30	57	67	79	85	38	59.3
Froerer	8	R	57	62	70	50	80	80	75	59.3
Winn	68	R	47	47	56	59	83	80	83	58.0
Greenwood	12	R	50	50	64	59	69	85	50	57.5
Snow, G	54	R	58	52	73	50	80	70	75	56.4
Neuenschwander	20	R	50	52	82	67	80	90	71	55.8
Webb	5	R	39	41	50	40	73	65	75	54.4
Ferry	2	R	54	33	60	67	67	70	63	52.7
Draxler	3	R	41	50	55	67	69	70	86	51.3
Bird	42	R	42	43	100	67	80	90	71	50.8
Bowman	72	R	35	22	80	50	86	60	59	50.1
Dunnigan	39	R	48	41	100	67	73	80	63	48.8
Mascaro	47	R	41	32	89	50	73	70	71	47.8
Hunsaker	4	R	43	41	82	67	64	62	75	44.8
Allen	19	R	35	45	91	67	64	70	75	43.6
Menlove	1	R	33	27	73	83	67	60	63	43.5
Holdaway	34	R	39	25	93	50	67	62	71	43.4
Fowlke	59	R	48	38	67	50	73	0	71	41.5
Brown	53	R	36	30	90	67	64	60	71	41.3
McIff	70	R	36	40	91	67	86	0	83	36.5
Average			56.7	53.5	55.9	59.6	80.8	80.1	59.0	61.6
DEMOCRATS
Duckworth	22	D	34	26	87	83	60	60	86	37.6
Morgan	46	D	30	50	100	83	53	80	100	37.2
Hansen	9	D	27	25	91	83	85	0	63	33.8
Gowans	21	D	39	30	79	67	62	0	63	33.8
King	69	D	23	19	90	100	57	60	75	33.4
Wheatley	35	D	22	24	92	100	43	60	75	29.8
Hendrickson	33	D	37	70	90	83	46	0	63	29.7
Riesen	36	D	15	14	100	83	47	60	100	26.8
Shurtliff	10	D	22	29	100	83	60	0	83	23.9
Cosgrove	44	D	17	14	100	83	60	0	86	21.6
Hemingway	40	D	22	27	100	100	60	0	100	20.9
Wiley	31	D	19	18	100	100	53	0	88	18.9
Chavez-Houck	24	D	23	23	100	91	47	0	100	18.3
Johnson, C	25	D	20	24	100	100	47	0	88	18.1
Seelig	23	D	22	27	100	100	47	0	100	17.7
Fisher, Janice	29	D	26	19	100	100	47	0	100	17.7
Biskupski	30	D	21	26	100	100	47	0	100	17.4
McGee	28	D	15	15	100	100	47	0	100	15.5
Litvack	26	D	16	18	100	100	43	0	100	14.9
Moss	37	D	15	18	100	100	43	0	100	14.8
Average			23.3	25.8	96.5	92.0	52.7	16.0	88.5	24.1

Utah Senate CLI 2008

2008-05-23T15:17:00.000-07:00

The Conservative Liberal Index rating for the Utah Senate in 2008.

Senator	Dist		GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	Eqlty	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra
REPUBLICANS			Life	2008	2008	2007	2008	2008	2008	CLI
Dayton	15	R	81	70	11	50	94	85	14	81.0
Madsen	13	R	71	74	22	50	100	80	20	76.2
Stephenson	11	R	74	74	30	50	100	60	50	68.2
Hickman	29	R	57	56	40	25	91	85	50	67.6
Peterson	24	R	70	61	45	50	93	80	43	67.1
Jenkins	20	R	69	60	44	25	93	60	57	64.1
Neiderhauser	9	R	54	50	44	25	94	80	60	63.9
Bramble	16	R	58	58	30	50	93	80	80	63.7
Stowell	28	R	58	61	44	50	88	80	57	63.0
Waddoups	6	R	57	60	44	50	94	85	71	62.9
Valentine	14	R	55	50	43	25	85	80	67	62.7
Killpack	21	R	52	55	50	50	87	80	67	58.9
Buttars	10	R	56	55	57	25	91	60	50	58.9
Eastman	23	R	47	55	44	50	87	80	71	58.7
Walker	8	R	48	47	50	50	94	80	67	58.0
Knudsen	17	R	37	47	44	50	81	80	71	55.3
Hillyard	25	R	43	50	50	25	81	80	100	55.2
Bell	22	R	44	56	56	50	88	80	80	55.0
Greiner	18	R	51	53	78	50	79	80	86	50.2
VanTassell	26	R	47	53	87	50	93	60	83	45.3
Christensen	19	R	51	44	50	50	58	30	83	43.1
			49.0	49.8	44.3	38.1	79.5	66.7	61.6	53.4
DEMOCRATS
Dmitrich	27	D	26	45	100	50	50	60	83	33.4
Goodfellow	12	D	21	47	100	75	75	60	86	32.3
Jones	4	D	17	20	78	75	69	60	100	31.2
Mayne	5	D	20	20	100	75	56	60	57	30.4
Fife	1	D	21	25	78	75	50	0	71	21.5
McCoy	2	D	17	30	100	75	57	0	100	14.6
Davis	3	D	20	15	100	75	43	0	83	14.0
Romero	7	D	22	20	100	100	56	0	100	12.0
			20.5	27.8	94.5	75.0	57.0	41.7	85.0	23.7

Conservative Liberal Index 2007

2007-05-05T14:15:00.000-07:00

The Conservative - Liberal Index

"by their Fruits shall ye know them"

Once again, the 2007 Voting Records of the Utah Legislature indicate there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as in favor of LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights. The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.

The Most Conservative Award for the THIRD consecutive year goes to Rep. Morley at 87.1; with Honorable Mention to Representatives Tilton, Frank, Dougall, Lockhart, Donnelson, Wimmer, Herrod, Oda, and Newbold.

Leader in the Senate was Senator Dayton (moving from the House); she edged out Senators Stephenson and Madsen at the top of the Senate list. (All were above 75)

The Most Liberal Award goes to Rep. Becker, with several Democrats vying for that coveted title; with Senator McCoy winning the Senate.

In past years, ALL Republicans had achieved a CLI higher than ALL Democrats. This year, the two highest Democrat (Gowans and Hendrickson) had a higher CLI's than theTWO lowest ranking Republicans (Allen and McIff)

All told, we might count 45 Conservatives (above 60), 32 Liberals (below 40) and 27 Mugwumps. (2006 showed 41/31/33) Some might declare that a balanced, moderate group, others might yearn for stronger principles.

There was, again, a change in 2007 of groups "rating" our Utah legislators. The UAR (realtors) have so many legislative members, they may have decided they didn't need to rate them for the last couple years. Accountability Utah seems to be no longer accountable.

The Deseret News may have (thankfully) dropped its "effective legislator" based on passing the most bills. They did however adopt a (somewhat) less inane grading report based on attendance.

Votes were finally taken in the House, allowing UFIRE to offer a rating, for that body, on illegal alien coddling issues. (Credit being given for trying). The Sierra Club analysis of voting also demonstrates the philosophical differences and was also added to the CLI.

Rating groups used:

GrsRts = GrassRoots ( http://www.utahgrassroots.com/ ) claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."

UEA = Utah Education Association ( http://www.utea.org/ ) declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."

Gay = Gay Rights ( www.actwin.com/eatonohio/gay ) grades on the basis of hate crimes, same-sex marriage and "gay rights."

UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association (http://www.utahtaxpayers.org/ ) deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."

UFIRE =Utahns for Immigration Reform and Enforcement (http://www.ufire.net/) Illegal immigration issues

SIERRA = Sierra Club (http://www.utah.sierraclub.org/) "activists dedicated to preserving and enjoying the land and quality of life in Utah and the West. "

	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra
	Life	2007	2006	2007	2007	2007	2007	CLI
HOUSE
REPUBLICAN	58	53	54	11	76	79	49	62
DEMOCRAT	22	23	88	65	58	42	74	27
SENATE
REPUBLICAN	56	55	33	28	86		47	63
DEMOCRAT	20	24	87	70	70		64	26

Utah Senate CLI 2007

2007-05-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

The Conservative Liberal Index rating for the Utah Senate in 2007. (An asterisk * denotes first year of service, UEA ratings were estimated for those without prior experience)

Senator			GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	Sierra
REPUBLICANS	Dist		Life	2007	2006	2007	2007	2007	CLI
Dayton *	15	R	81	76	30	0	100	43	81.3
Stephenson	11	R	74	72	29	0	100	33	79.5
Madsen	13	R	70	65	25	0	93	43	76.7
Peterson	24	R	72	60	33	0	94	43	74.7
Neiderhauser *	9	R	57	57	30	0	88	50	69.8
Jenkins	20	R	71	71	25	40	77	43	69.1
Stowell *	28	R	55	55	30	0	82	43	68.9
Greiner *	18	R	50	50	30	0	75	43	66.1
Bramble	16	R	58	53	27	40	86	33	62.9
Waddoups	6	R	57	52	23	40	88	43	62.7
Buttars	10	R	57	59	29	40	79	43	62.3
VanTassell *	26	R	43	43	30	0	65	43	62.2
Christensen	19	R	55	55	27	40	88	43	61.9
Hickman	29	R	57	59	42	40	73	43	59.3
Killpack	21	R	51	53	33	40	87	40	59.4
Valentine	14	R	55	50	30	40	80	67	58.2
Walker	8	R	48	50	31	60	88	43	54.3
Bell	22	R	41	47	43	40	94	43	53.8
Eastman	23	R	46	47	62	40	86	50	50.3
Knudsen	17	R	36	48	55	60	82	100	41.7
Hillyard	25	R	42	33	36	60	92	50	48.1
Average			56	55	33	28	86	47	63.0
DEMOCRATS
Mayne	5	D	28	32	85	70	88	57	31.6
Dmitrich	27	D	25	35	77	80	65	43	30.4
Jones *	4	D	16	21	93	40	65	71	28.1
Goodfellow	12	D	19	24	80	70	65	57	27.1
Davis	3	D	20	19	85	80	69	43	24.5
Fife	1	D	20	24	85	80	65	57	24.3
Romero *	7	D	23	20	93	70	77	86	23.6
McCoy	2	D	12	15	100	70	63	100	16.4
Average			20	24	87	70	70	64	25.8

Utah House CLI 2007

2007-05-05T13:15:00.000-07:00

Representative			GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	UFIRE	Sierra
REPUBLICANS			Life	2007	2006	2007	2007	2007	2007	CLI
Morley	66	R	91	90	27	0	100	90	50	87.1
Tilton	65	R	86	91	33	0	100	90	38	85.6
Frank	57	R	84	83	47	0	94	90	38	80.6
Dougall	27	R	73	77	26	0	88	90	50	79.6
Lockhart	64	R	82	76	36	0	77	90	43	79.5
Donnelson	7	R	80	75	43	0	100	100	50	79.1
Wimmer *	52	R	77	77	40	0	100	90	50	78.7
Herrod *	62	R	75	75	40	0	80	100	38	77.9
Oda	14	R	77	77	47	0	94	90	38	77.8
Newbold	50	R	72	64	25	0	87	90	38	77.8
Hughes	51	R	75	61	28	0	80	90	38	76.9
Sumsion *	56	R	74	74	40	0	81	90	63	75.4
Daw	60	R	71	71	43	0	82	90	38	75.1
Harper	43	R	67	65	38	0	100	90	50	74.3
Sandstrom *	58	R	67	67	40	0	88	100	75	72.6
Garn *	16	R	68	64	40	0	75	90	50	72.4
Painter	67	R	63	55	47	0	100	90	38	70.5
Urquhart	75	R	65	65	50	0	82	90	50	70.4
Noel	73	R	58	57	40	0	82	90	43	69.5
Grover *	61	R	59	59	40	0	75	80	50	68.6
Anderson *	48	R	54	54	40	0	82	90	50	67.5
Barrus	18	R	58	58	47	0	88	75	50	67.4
Wheeler	68	R	63	52	43	0	85	60	50	67.1
Curtis	49	R	53	64	36	0	53	90	67	67.0
Aagard	15	R	61	63	73	0	88	90	38	65.9
Walker	45	R	52	43	43	0	87	90	57	64.3
Mathis	55	R	54	46	53	0	65	90	38	63.3
Hutchings	38	R	51	52	64	0	75	90	50	61.4
Neuenschwander *	20	R	48	48	60	0	87	85	50	61.1
Clark, D	74	R	57	41	47	0	82	58	75	60.9
Froerer *	8	R	50	50	60	0	81	78	55	60.9
Kiser	41	R	64	61	50	40	77	90	63	60.8
Gibson	6	R	52	48	66	0	75	78	38	60.6
Last	71	R	53	58	64	40	88	90	38	57.1
Bird *	42	R	42	42	60	0	59	70	43	56.3
Ray	13	R	48	33	71	0	64	90	38	55.9
Snow, G	54	R	58	26	67	0	56	60	33	55.8
Brown *	53	R	42	42	60	0	53	58	38	55.4
Clark, S	63	R	53	41	43	40	67	75	43	55.3
Dee	11	R	43	35	71	0	80	75	43	54.8
Ferry	2	R	56	54	58	40	59	58	50	53.7
Dunnigan	39	R	50	39	87	0	53	90	57	52.6
Draxler *	3	R	33	33	60	0	77	60	63	51.6
Fowlke	59	R	52	48	46	40	71	0	50	50.9
Fisher, Julie	17	R	49	48	71	40	77	90	63	50.7
Wyatt	5	R	49	38	57	40	87	58	63	50.1
Buxton	12	R	42	41	86	0	67	70	71	49.9
Hunsaker	4	R	44	33	86	0	59	58	50	49.0
Bigelow	32	R	53	42	85	40	53	90	67	46.2
Holdaway	34	R	40	23	76	40	77	60	57	41.3
Mascaro	47	R	43	33	93	40	60	58	38	40.8
Bowman	72	R	36	11	67	40	63	58	43	39.6
Menlove	1	R	34	25	86	40	59	75	38	39.3
Allen	19	R	34	29	86	40	56	60	50	38.2
McIff *	70	R	33	33	60	80	53	58	38	36.5
Average			58	53	54	11	76	79	49	62
DEMOCRATS
Gowans	21	D	40	43	78	60	59	58	25	41.7
Hendrickson	33	D	35	43	83	60	50	58	33	38.4
Morgan	46	D	28	25	80	40	69	70	67	37.4
Hemingway *	40	D	17	17	80	40	50	58	86	30.1
Fisher, Janice	29	D	29	32	79	60	73	58	88	33.6
Riesen *	36	D	17	17	80	40	47	58	88	29.8
Hansen	9	D	27	38	86	70	67	58	43	33.5
Duckworth	22	D	35	48	93	70	53	65	50	35.2
Johnson, C *	25	D	17	17	80	60	63	58	100	26.3
Seelig *	23	D	17	17	80	80	53	58	86	22.8
Wiley	31	D	19	22	93	70	56	58	63	25.3
Shurtliff	10	D	21	18	90	70	53	58	67	25.1
Wheatley	35	D	21	14	93	60	59	0	71	22.2
Cosgrove	44	D	18	21	93	60	53	58	88	24.9
King	69	D	23	22	93	80	53	0	71	20.1
Biskupski	30	D	20	22	92	80	63	0	88	19.1
McGee	28	D	14	13	100	70	59	58	100	18.9
Moss	37	D	15	13	95	70	56	0	75	17.8
Litvack	26	D	16	17	93	80	69	0	100	16.6
Becker	24	D	16	8	100	80	53	0	100	12.6
Average			22	23	88	65	58	42	74	27

Presidential Aspirant Voting Records

2006-12-08T21:24:00.000-08:00

With the field of Potential Presidential candidates for 2008 now being formulated here's a composite of the voting records from two diverse "interest group" categories, as reported by Project Vote Smart

(A VERY rough estimate = Average of first 10 ratings in either category.)

Republicans:

Sen John McCain votes 70% "conservative" 26% "liberal"
Sen Sam Brownback votes 80% "conservative" 6% "liberal"
Gov Mitt Romney not rated
Rep Duncan Hunter votes 49% "conservative" 5% "liberal"

Democrats:

Sen Barack Obama votes 23% "conservative" 97% "liberal" (If he gets the nod from the Demos would that be an Obamanomination)
Sen Hillary Clinton votes 19% "conservative" 96% "liberal"
Sen Evan Bayh votes 30% "conservative" 91% "liberal"

For comparison:

Rep Ron Paul votes 88% "conservative" 32% "liberal" (That last number is a little surprising)

Sen John Kyl (AZ) votes 88% "conservative" 4% "liberal"

Rep Nancy Pelosi votes 22% "conservative" 98% "liberal"

Sen Orrin Hatch votes 66% "conservative" 7% "liberal"

Rep Jim Matheson votes 45% "conservative" 70% "liberal"

Sen Ted Kennedy votes 13% "conservative" 98% "liberal"

Rep Tom Tancredo votes 85% "conservative" 7% "liberal"

Sen Joe Biden votes 16% "conservative" 90% "liberal"

Sen Joe Lieberman votes 22% "conservative" 86% "liberal"

Conservative Liberal Index 2006

2006-05-09T10:08:00.000-07:00

The Conservative - Liberal Index

"by their Fruits shall ye know them"

2006 Voting records of the Utah Legislature indicate once again there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats.

For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as in favor of LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights.

Individually, ALL Republicans achieved a CLI higher than ALL Democrats. The Most Conservative Award for the second consecutive year goes to Rep. Morley at 85.1; with Honorable Mention to Representatives Dayton, Tilton, Hughes, Lockhart, Frank, Newbold and Donnelson and Senators Stephenson and Madsen at the top of the Senate list. (All were above 75)

The Most Liberal Award goes to Rep. Litvack at 17.5, with several Democrats vying for the position.

All told, we might count 41 Conservatives (above 60), 31 Liberals (below 40) and 33 Mugwumps. (2005 showed 47/27/30) Some might declare that a balanced, moderate group, others might yearn for stronger principles.

There was a change in 2006 of groups "rating" our Utah legislators. Voice for Moderation ratings were not available online. The Deseret News "effective legislator" was added as a replacement, but NOT used as a viable determinant in the CLI rating. The idea of the most effective legislator being the one passing the most bills goes against the grain of logic of limited government.

Rating groups used:

GrsRts = GrassRoots ( www.utahgrassroots.com ) claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."

UEA = Utah Education Association ( www.utea.org ) declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."

Gay = Gay Rights ( www.actwin.com/eatonohio/gay ) grades on the basis of hate crimes, same-sex marriage and "gay rights."

UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association (www.utahtaxpayers.org ) deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."

DNews=Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com/photos/0326bigxgr.pdf) "Effective Legislator" NOT used in ratings, presented as information only.

UAR = Utah Association of Realtors (www.utahrealtors.com ) reports on issues dealing with real estate on property issues. Ratings used were from 2002 (or estimated) as 2003 is not yet available on the website.

AccUT = Accountability Utah (www.accountabilityutah.com ) "promotes government that is restrained, fair, open, and representative; an economy based on free market principles; and strong individuals and families."

Each have different criteria for their ratings, based on votes that those groups consider favor or oppose "their" particular issues. Please refer to the individual websites for bills considered and rating considerations which were used.

The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of those various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.

	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	Dnews	UAR	AccUT	CLI
	Life	2006	2005	2006	2006	2006	2004	life 2005
HOUSE
Republicans	60	47	49	11	83	53	67	-38	62
Democrats	23	18	95	73	47	18	56	-61	23
SENATE
Republicans	55	49	40	35	93	60	88	-53	59
Democrats	20	13	79	79	68	40	55	-67	24

2006 Utah Senate Conservative Liberal Index

2006-05-09T09:26:00.000-07:00

				GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	Gay	UTA	Dnews	UAR	AccUT	CLI
	Senator	Dist		Life	2006	2005	2006	2006	2006	2004	life2005
	REPUBLICANS
80	Stephenson	11	R	74	75	20	0	100	80	84	-21	75.0
	Madsen *	13	R	72	75	30	0	100	24	?	-64	76.1
	Peterson *	24	R	74	61	44	0	100	75	100	-57	73.0
70	Jenkins	20	R	71	75	44	40	100	45	100	-31	68.2
	Hatch	28	R	65	47	50	0	91	67	100	-40	67.0
	Thomas	18	R	49	50	45	0	100	72	84	-55	63.6
	Hickman	29	R	56	21	0	40	91	25	100	-38	61.8
60	Buttars	10	R	56	64	44	40	83	22	100	-52	60.7
	Mansell	9	R	48	54	29	40	89	90	100	-57	59.8
	Bramble	16	R	59	47	44	40	92	69	100	-60	58.6
	Valentine	14	R	55	44	44	40	92	0	100	-48	57.4
	Waddoups	6	R	57	47	50	40	92	68	100	-48	57.3
55	Killpack	21	R	51	47	38	40	92	72	84	-57	56.8
	Hellewell	15	R	58	44	56	40	92	48	100	-57	55.6
	Bell	22	R	40	44	33	40	85	53	100	-62	48.6
	Christensen *	19	R	56	53	56	40	92	50	?	-64	53.7
	Eastman	23	R	46	35	40	40	82	74	100	-57	53.3
	Hillyard	25	R	43	38	33	60	100	80	100	-62	51.6
50	Walker	8	R	47	53	56	60	100	80	100	-57	51.3
45	Evans, B	26	R	38	27	43	60	91	81	88	-57	45.3
	Knudsen	17	R	35	22	44	70	92	77	100	-64	42.1
	average			54.8	48.7	40.1	34.8	93.1	59.6	87.6	-52.8	59.1
	DEMOCRATS
30	Dmitrich	27	D	24	17	75	80	77	59	100	-64	29.8
	Mayne	5	D	28	6	67	80	69	39	71	-55	28.2
	Davis	3	D	21	17	75	80	77	27	80	-69	27.7
25	Goodfellow	12	D	18	6	56	80	77	60	63	-67	27.4
	Hale	7	D	19	24	100	80	58	40	63	-62	21.8
20	Fife *	1	D	19	11	78	80	69	0	?	-79	21.0
	McCoy *	2	D	11	11	78	70	62	0	?	-71	20.6
15	Arent	4	D	20	11	100	80	58	92	63	-67	19.4
	average			20.0	12.9	78.6	78.8	68.4	39.6	55.0	-66.8	24.2

2006 Utah House Conservative Liberal Index

2006-05-09T09:00:00.000-07:00

SCALE	REPUBLICANS			GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	DNews	UAR	AccUT
	Representative			Life	2006	2005	2006	2006	2006	2004	life2005	CLI
85	Morley	66	R	91	81	31	0	100	64	78	40	85.1
	Dayton	61	R	82	70	29	0	100	33	100	9	81.6
80	Tilton *	65	R	84	78	31	0	100	13	?	-43	80.4
	Hughes	51	R	78	70	38	0	100	45	100	8	78.9
	Lockhart	64	R	83	58	33	0	93	65	100	11	78.5
	Frank	57	R	84	60	31	0	100	30	78	0	78.2
	Newbold	50	R	73	67	31	0	100	67	100	-14	77.7
75	Donnelson	7	R	81	69	46	0	93	11	78	1	75.9
	Ure	53	R	75	59	38	0	83	54	100	-24	74.0
	Dougall	27	R	70	61	36	0	100	45	78	-17	73.4
	Alexander	62	R	78	50	36	0	77	64	100	-22	73.1
	Oda *	14	R	78	60	46	0	100	62	?	-50	71.9
70	Ferrin	58	R	77	67	31	40	100	36	100	-22	70.9
	Harper	43	R	67	55	38	0	93	62	78	-14	70.8
	Urquhart	75	R	64	39	23	0	83	50	100	-36	69.9
	Painter *	67	R	68	55	38	0	100	50	?	-50	69.9
	Barrus	18	R	58	58	31	0	93	67	78	-41	69.6
	Daw *	60	R	71	50	38	0	82	29	?	-57	68.2
	Noel	73	R	59	58	54	0	93	27	100	-29	67.3
	Kiser	41	R	65	44	33	0	64	38	78	-23	67.1
65	Christensen	48	R	66	45	50	0	77	44	78	-7	65.7
	Wheeler *	68	R	68	50	46	0	93	67	?	-86	65.6
	Curtis	49	R	52	47	40	0	91	0	100	-43	65.5
	Clark, D	74	R	59	35	38	0	92	60	100	-46	65.4
	Snow, G	54	R	63	56	50	0	67	86	?	-26	64.9
	Ferry	2	R	57	40	42	0	87	83	100	-41	64.9
	Walker *	45	R	56	40	31	0	93	44	?	-57	64.4
	Hutchings	38	R	64	50	62	0	86	19	78	-36	63.5
	Adams	16	R	55	29	42	0	92	77	100	-38	62.8
	Buttars	3	R	66	59	45	40	79	60	100	-37	62.3
	Mathis *	55	R	59	50	54	0	93	60	?	-71	62.1
60	Last	71	R	51	42	54	0	93	45	100	-36	62.1
	Aagard	15	R	61	55	67	0	67	90	78	-24	61.9
	Johnson, B	70	R	64	50	36	40	69	75	100	-34	61.3
	Buxton	12	R	43	32	42	0	80	45	100	-44	59.4
	Gibson *	6	R	55	50	69	0	85	64	?	-50	58.2
	Dunnigan	39	R	54	47	73	0	73	89	78	-26	57.9
	Wallace	42	R	53	35	31	40	87	44	100	-53	57.2
	Clark, S	63	R	56	35	38	40	79	54	100	-38	56.6
55	Fisher *	17	R	50	33	54	0	87	50	?	-86	55.4
	Ray *	13	R	54	37	60	0	73	38	?	-79	55.4
	Hardy	20	R	39	22	54	0	73	78	100	-36	54.1
	Dee	11	R	46	22	69	0	85	79	100	-39	53.7
	Cox, D	56	R	53	50	62	40	56	27	100	-36	52.8
	Hunsaker *	4	R	50	40	69	0	60	71	?	-71	52.5
	Mascaro	47	R	45	26	37	40	69	0	100	-43	51.5
50	Wyatt *	5	R	46	33	33	40	93	50	?	-100	50.5
	Bowman	72	R	38	44	69	40	86	25	100	-48	48.1
	Fowlke *	59	R	54	50	77	40	80	47	?	-57	47.8
45	Murray	8	R	44	39	69	40	67	73	100	-38	47.8
	Bigelow	32	R	54	35	85	40	75	100	78	-44	46.8
	Menlove *	1	R	40	32	85	0	64	80	?	-100	44.3
	Lawrence	36	R	38	32	67	40	60	88	78	-56	42.9
40	Hogue	52	R	46	21	77	40	60	12	78	-39	41.5
	Allen	19	R	34	21	77	40	67	57	78	-58	38.4
	Holdaway	34	R	42	18	85	40	47	50	78	-34	37.8
	Average			60.0	46.6	49.1	11.4	82.8	52.6	66.9	-38.0	62.2

	Representative			GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	Dnews	UAR	AccUT
	DEMOCRATS			Life	2006	2005	2006	2006	2006	2004	life2005	CLI
35	Morgan	46	D	28	28	85	40	50	23	56	-75	33.7
	Hendrickson	33	D	35	25	100	60	47	25	100	-36	32.1
	Gowans	21	D	39	20	100	70	50	33	89	-36	29.8
	Duckworth	22	D	34	26	100	80	60	0	78	-31	27.9
30	Shurtliff	10	D	22	22	93	70	53	23	67	-58	25.4
	Romero *	25	D	24	20	92	70	67	23	?	-43	24.4
	Fisher	29	D	26	26	100	80	53	0	67	-75	23.4
	Hansen	9	D	26	26	100	80	36	7	67	-41	23.4
	Wheatley *	35	D	25	30	100	70	53	0	?	-71	23.2
25	King	69	D	23	11	92	80	36	25	94	-48	22.8
	Bourdeaux	23	D	21	5	86	80	43	0	67	-66	20.5
	Wiley *	31	D	18	20	92	70	47	33	?	-77	20.3
	Jones	40	D	15	5	90	70	50	17	67	-78	20.2
	Cosgrove *	44	D	17	15	92	70	47	23	?	-71	19.2
20	Biskupski	30	D	20	10	100	80	50	38	67	-63	19.1
	Spackman - Moss	37	D	15	20	100	80	47	23	67	-81	19.0
	McGee	28	D	15	10	92	80	43	33	67	-78	18.4
	Becker	24	D	17	17	92	80	31	0	39	-61	18.3
	Litvack	26	D	15	5	92	80	36	21	67	-64	17.5
	Average			22.9	17.9	94.6	73.2	47.3	18.3	55.7	-60.7	22.8

Is there a difference between Parties?

2005-07-24T23:25:00.000-07:00

Judging from the composite Conservative Liberal Index, it appears the answer is clearly - YES!!!

The Conservative - Liberal Index

"by their Fruits shall ye know them"

There are now several groups "rating" our Utah legislators. They each have different criteria for their ratings, based on votes that those groups consider favor or oppose "their" particular issues. The Conservative - Liberal Index (CLI) is a compiled aggregate of those various ratings to determine who is "truly" Conservative or "really" Liberal.

For simplicity, Conservatives may be defined as in favor of LIMITED Government and PROTECTION of INDIVIDUAL rights and Liberals as in favor of ACTIVIST Government and PROVISION of GROUP rights. There may indeed be "a dime's work of difference" between the parties - well, maybe a nickel's.

Individually, ALL Republicans achieved a CLI higher than ALL Democrats. The Most Conservative Award goes to Rep. Morley at 88.4; the Most Liberal Award to Sen. Arent at 17.0.

All told, we might count 47 Conservatives (above 60), 27 Liberals (below 40) and 30 Mugwumps. Some might declare that a balanced, moderate group, others might yearn for stronger principles.

Please refer to the individual websites for bills considered and further rating considerations which were used.

	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	V4M	UAR	AccUT	CLI
	Life	2005	2005	2005	2005	2003	2003	life 04
HOUSE
REPUBLICAN	65	69	49	3	78	39	67	-7	65
DEMOCRAT	23	22	95	59	45	56	56	-45	26
SENATE
REPUBLICAN	55	61	40	22	90	45	88	-38	62
DEMOCRAT	20	20	79	73	41	59	55	-45	26

2005 Utah Legislative Ratings

2005-07-23T23:11:00.000-07:00

Rating groups used in this report were:

GrsRts = GrassRoots www.utahgrassroots.com claims: "Grass Roots is committed to the Principles of Limited Government, the State and U.S. Constitutions, Representative Government, Participatory Democracy, a Free Market Economy, Separation of Powers, and Family."

UEA = Utah Education Association www.utea.org declares their "mission is to advance the cause of public education by promoting quality teaching and learning and advocating effectively for the rights and interests of its members."

Gay = Gay Rights www.actwin.com/eatonohio/gay grades on the basis of hate crimes, same-sex marriage and "gay rights."

UTA = Utah Taxpayers Association www.utahtaxpayers.org deals mainly with tax issues and "is a non-profit, non-partisan association working for greater efficiency and effectiveness in government."

V4Mod = Voice for Moderation www.voiceformoderation.com "We promote and support the election of mainstream Republican candidates and attempt to influence legislation that is in keeping with the goals and values of the majority of the people of Utah."

UAR = Utah Association of Realtors www.utahrealtors.com reports on issues dealing with real estate on property issues.

AccUT = Accountability Utah www.accountabilityutah.com "promotes government that is restrained, fair, open, and representative; an economy based on free market principles; and strong individuals and families."

CLI = Conservative - Liberal Index: A weighted average of the above groups.

2005 Utah Senate Vote Ratings

2005-07-22T23:41:00.000-07:00

				GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	Gay	UTA	V4Mod	UAR	AccUT	CLI
	Senator	Dist	Party	Life	2005	2005	2005	2005	2003	2004	life2004
REPUBLICANS
75	Stephenson	11	R	74	67	20	0	100	40	84	-4	75.3
	Peterson *	24	R	76	80	44	0	89	50	100	-3	73.3
	Hickman	29	R	59	71	0	10	60	40	100	-39	72.6
70	Jenkins	20	R	71	75	44	10	89	53	100	-14	69.7
	Madsen *	13	R	70	70	30	0	89	?	?	?	69.3
	Hatch	28	R	66	72	50	0	88	40	100	-29	67.6
65	Bramble	16	R	61	72	44	10	100	47	100	-50	66.4
	Valentine	14	R	56	61	44	10	100	40	100	-39	63.7
	Killpack	21	R	52	60	38	10	89	47	84	-43	61.2
	Buttars	10	R	55	56	44	10	100	47	100	-61	61.2
	Mansell	9	R	47	67	29	40	86	53	100	-57	61.1
60	Hellewell	15	R	60	63	56	10	100	60	100	-54	60.9
	Waddoups	6	R	58	59	50	40	88	33	100	-39	60.3
	Eastman	23	R	47	63	40	40	88	53	100	-50	58.5
	Hillyard	25	R	44	47	33	40	78	33	100	-46	56.7
	Christensen *	19	R	58	58	56	40	100	?	?	?	56.5
55	Thomas	18	R	48	50	45	0	89	67	84	-43	56.1
	Bell	22	R	39	50	33	40	75	53	100	-54	54.1
	Walker	8	R	46	63	56	70	100	53	100	-57	53.6
50	Evans, B	26	R	39	22	43	10	100	73	88	-50	48.2
	Knudsen	17	R	37	47	44	70	78	67	100	-61	47.8
	average			55.4	60.6	40.1	21.9	89.8	45.2	87.6	-37.8	61.6
DEMOCRATS
	Dmitrich	27	D	24	30	75	80	67	73	100	-57	33.1
	Mayne	5	D	29	28	67	80	44	73	71	-46	32.5
30	Allen, R	12	D	19	25	56	80	63	80	63	-57	31.4
	Fife *	1	D	21	20	78	80	56	?	?	?	29.1
	McCoy *	2	D	11	11	78	0	22	?	?	?	27.7
25	Davis	3	D	21	15	75	80	13	73	80	-68	24.0
	Hale	7	D	18	15	100	80	33	93	63	-64	17.2
15	Arent	4	D	20	15	100	100	33	80	63	-71	17.0
	average			20.4	19.9	78.6	72.5	41.4	59.0	55.0	-45.4	28.0

2005 Utah House Vote Ratings

2005-07-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

SCALE	REPUBLICANS	DIST	Party	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	V4Mod	UAR	AccUT	CLI
	Representative			Life	2005	2005	2005	2005	2003	2003	life2004	ave
	Morley	66	R	94	100	31	0	91	36	78	75	88.4
85	Frank	57	R	95	95	31	0	91	36	78	29	84.6
	Dayton	61	R	83	95	29	0	90	36	100	35	83.4
	Lockhart	64	R	86	95	33	0	90	43	100	37	83.0
80	Hughes	51	R	81	85	38	0	100	43	100	34	79.3
	Ferrin	58	R	79	84	31	10	100	57	100	3	77.3
	Oda *	14	R	95	95	46	0	82	?	?	?	77.3
	Alexander	62	R	80	86	36	0	90	57	100	-4	76.7
	Tilton *	65	R	86	86	31	0	91	?	?	?	76.7
	Donnelson	7	R	83	90	46	0	91	43	78	19	76.6
	Daw *	60	R	90	90	38	0	82	?	?	?	76.5
75	Newbold	50	R	74	76	31	0	90	50	100	-3	74.6
	Dougall	27	R	79	79	36	0	100	71	78	-4	73.3
	Ure	53	R	76	79	38	0	91	71	100	3	73.2
	Wheeler *	68	R	85	85	46	0	91	?	?	?	73.2
	Wyatt *	5	R	78	78	33	0	100	?	?	?	73.1
	Kiser	41	R	70	80	33	0	91	50	78	1	72.7
	Urquhart	75	R	69	70	23	0	80	57	100	-22	71.9
	Painter *	67	R	80	80	38	0	82	?	?	?	71.9
70	Harper	43	R	68	79	38	0	73	43	78	8	70.5
	Christensen	48	R	73	85	50	0	82	57	78	8	70.3
	Walker *?	45	R	71	71	31	10	91	?	?	?	69.0
	Adams	16	R	62	78	42	0	90	57	100	-25	68.4
	Buttars	3	R	66	81	45	10	90	64	100	-26	68.3
	Johnson, B	70	R	65	71	36	10	91	71	100	-19	67.7
	Ferry	2	R	59	83	42	0	70	64	100	-29	66.7
	Clark	74	R	64	59	38	0	73	50	100	-7	65.9
65	Clark, S	63	R	60	55	38	10	91	36	100	-22	65.0
	Curtis	49	R	52	63	40	0	100	43	100	-33	64.5
	Wallace	42	R	57	60	31	10	80	50	100	-37	64.4
	Snow, G	54	R	63	75	50	0	78	?	?	-11	63.3
	Mathis *?	55	R	67	67	54	0	73	?	?	?	62.0
	Barrus	18	R	58	52	31	0	82	64	78	-26	61.9
	Noel	73	R	59	60	54	0	82	57	100	-7	61.7
60	Fisher *	17	R	65	65	54	0	55	?	?	?	59.9
	Cox, D	56	R	54	60	62	10	50	6	100	-26	58.7
	Aagard	15	R	62	62	67	0	73	50	78	-10	58.6
	Mascaro	47	R	49	50	37	10	70	50	100	-33	58.6
	Last	71	R	54	62	54	0	55	57	100	-22	58.5
	Ray *?	13	R	62	61	60	0	60	?	?	?	57.4
	Buxton	12	R	46	50	42	0	60	50	100	-33	56.8
	Dunnigan	39	R	58	64	73	0	67	57	78	-3	56.1
	Gibson *	6	R	60	60	69	0	73	?	?	?	55.7
	Hunsaker *	4	R	60	60	69	0	64	?	?	?	55.1
55	Hardy	20	R	44	48	54	0	73	50	100	-15	54.9
	Hutchings	38	R	49	60	62	0	82	71	78	-22	54.5
	Dee	11	R	52	50	69	0	64	57	100	-15	53.4
	Fowlke *	59	R	57	57	77	0	64	?	?	?	52.1
	Hogue	52	R	49	70	77	10	60	64	78	-30	51.6
50	Murray	8	R	44	48	69	10	55	57	100	-15	49.6
	Bigelow	32	R	56	50	85	10	64	64	78	-30	48.1
	Bowman	72	R	37	45	69	10	60	57	100	-37	46.7
	Menlove *			48	48	85	0	55	?	?	?	45.7
45	Holdaway	34	R	45	48	85	10	55	64	78	-11	44.8
	Lawrence	36	R	40	38	67	0	50	86	78	-33	43.2
	Allen	19	R	36	45	77	10	64	64	78	-44	42.9
	Average			64.9	69.1	49.1	2.5	77.5	39.5	66.9	-7.2	64.6

scale	Representative	Dist	Party	GrsRts	GrsRts	UEA	GAY	UTA	V4Mod	UAR	AccUT	CLI
	DEMOCRATS			Life	2005	2005	2005	2005	2003	2003	life2004	ave
35	Morgan	46	D	29	35	85	10	64	71	56	-70	34.7
	Gowans	21	D	41	37	100	80	55	57	89	-30	34.5
	Romero *	25	D	29	29	92	0	36	?	?	?	34.2
	Hendrickson	33	D	35	20	100	70	56	43	100	-18	32.3
30	Cosgrove *	44	D	19	19	92	0	45	?	?	?	30.1
	Duckworth	22	D	34	24	100	80	55	57	78	-10	29.9
	Wheatley *	35	D	20	20	100	0	45	?	?	?	29.0
	Wiley *	31	D	15	16	92	0	27	?	?	?	27.3
	Bourdeaux	23	D	23	33	86	80	45	79	67	-75	26.6
25	King	69	D	24	10	92	80	36	50	94	-37	25.4
	Hansen	9	D	26	24	100	80	55	71	67	-36	25.3
	Shurtliff	10	D	22	19	93	70	36	79	67	-51	23.0
	Jones	40	D	16	17	90	70	50	71	67	-85	21.9
	Litvack	26	D	17	24	92	80	36	86	67	-71	21.0
20	Goodfellow	29	D	19	20	100	80	40	71	67	-77	20.2
	Biskupski	30	D	22	14	100	80	50	86	67	-63	20.0
	McGee	28	D	16	24	92	100	55	93	67	-85	19.8
	Becker	24	D	17	14	92	80	27	71	39	-56	18.1
	Spackman - Moss	37	D	15	19	100	80	36	79	67	-85	17.9
	Average			23.1	22.0	94.6	58.9	44.7	56.0	55.7	-44.7	25.8