Arizona Conservative Coalition Republican Legislator Rankings

Legislative Actions as of 5/17/2013

Last Updated 5/21/2013

Grades can range from +100% (supports Republican principles) 0% (opposes Republican principles).

Ratings will be updated on a weekly basis.

Please refer to our FAQs section located after the strike all bills. It responds to some of the questions we have been getting regarding the grades assigned.

Rank for legislators with the same Grade is determined by bill sponsorship and votes cast. For example, a legislator with 3 committee votes would get a better rank than one with 2 committee votes if they have the same Grade.

Legislators are assigned to a Group based on their latest rating. Note that these have changed from last year.

Over 95 is a Reagan Republican.

Over 90 is a Pro-Freedom Republican.

Over 80 is a Republican.

Over 70 is a Big Government Republican.

Over 50 is a Progressive Republican.

50 or less is a RINO (Republican In Name Only).

All grades shown are cumulative grades as of the date indicated.

Senators

Notes:

1) Senators who left office during the calendar year who were rated on at least one floor vote:

2) Senators who were appointed during this calendar year:

N/A

3) There are no vacant Republican seats.

Representatives

Notes:

1) Representatives who left office during the calendar year who were rated on at least one floor vote:

2) Representatives who were appointed during this calendar year:

N/A

3) There are no vacant Republican seats.

Average Grades for each Party in each Body of the Legislature

If people tell you, “Political parties don’t mean anything,” show them this table!

Authorized Absences

The President of the Senate and Speaker of the House send members of their bodies to meetings, conferences, and other events to represent the Arizona Senate and House. If these members miss votes while they are away on such an assignment, we do not count any votes they miss. The table below shows absences we have accounted for. Their votes from the start to the end date-times are not counted in our evaluation. Dates are in M/D/Y format and the times are in military time (e.g., 15:00=3:00pm).

Point Reversals for those voting NO who move to reconsider a bill

Sometimes, when a bill is going to be defeated, someone in favor of the bill will vote NO in order to be able to make a motion to reconsider the bill. Only someone who votes NO is allowed to make that motion. That means the person making the motion to reconsider will have to vote NO on the bill even though wanting it to pass in order to be allowed to make the motion to reconsider. In those cases, we score the legislator as though the vote was YES instead of NO since we are trying to score legislators on how their votes affect the bills they vote on. In this special case, for only one legislator per vote taken, a NO vote will be scored as a YES vote since the legislator who is making the motion to reconsider is advancing the bill in this case by casting a NO vote when the bill is facing defeat. This allows the bill to be voted on at a later date when it has a better chance of success. The name of the legislator who makes the motion to reconsider is documented in the legislative record. Only that legislator will be allowed to have a point reversal for this type of situation.