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...AFL-CIO rates legislators (From Page 1) Salem (minus-26), and Bob Jenson of Pendleton (minus-43). The lowest ranking in the 60-member House went to Republican Wayne Scott of Canby with a minus-485. The Oregon AFL-CIO will provide a breakdown for individual lawmakers who ask how their scores were com- puted, but otherwise that information won’t be made public — just the final scores for each legislator. Because the new method is based on points, whereas the old was based on percentages, it will no longer be possible for lawmakers to speak of a “lifetime COPE rating” of a certain percent. But it will be plain enough who labor’s friends are, at least as rated by the state’s largest labor feder- ation. The new ratings will be considered along with the candidate question- naire when the Oregon AFL-CIO makes future endorsements. “It’s going to be very difficult to get an endorsement from us if you’re not a ‘Champion of Working Fami- lies,’ ” Chamberlain said. Sen. Ginny Burdick was a good ex- A F L -C I O H O U SE S C O RE S W ORKING F AMILY C HAMPIONS GOLD Rosenbaum, D — 815 Merkley, D — 725 Witt, D — 680 Schaufler, D — 675 Roblan, D — 660 Buckley, D — 650 Hunt, D — 650 Holvey, D — 625 Galizio, D — 615 Shields, D — 610 Greenlick, D — 600 Barnhart, D — 585 W ORKING F AMILY C HAMPIONS BRONZE MacPherson, D —437 Boone, D —391 Cowan, D —387 Lim, R: -15 Jenson, R: - 43 Garrard, R: -116 P. Smith, R: -123 Boquist, R: -168 G. Smith, R: -181 Q Berger R: -26 Bruun, R: -53 Girod, R: -118 Olson, R:-153 Nelson, R: -178 Burley, R: -191 W ORKING F AMILY C HAMPIONS SILVER Clem, D — 539 Barker, D — 530 Kotek, D — 525 Bonamici, D — 520 Riley, D — 520 Dingfelder, D — 510 C. Edwards, D — 510 Nathanson, D — 500 Gelser, D — 487 D. Edwards, D — 495 Beyer, D — 480 Tomei, D — 478 Nolan, D — 477 Cannon, D — 472 Read, D — 467 Komp, D — 454 Thatcher, R: -218 Esquivel, R: -221 Morgan, R: -233 Krieger, R: -248 Minnis, R: -248 Cameron, R: -251 Maurer, R: -263 Gilliam, R: -268 Gilman, R: -278 Dallum, R: -283 Krummel, R: -296 Whisnant, R: -321 Flores, R: -338 Butler, R: -346 Hanna, R: -456 Richardson, R: -460 Scott, R: - 485 Quest Investment Management, Inc. • Serving Multi-Employer Multi-Employer Serving Trusts for for Over Twenty Years Trusts Twenty Years } Cam Johnson Cam Johnson Adrian Hamilton Adrian Hamilton Doug Goebel Goebel Doug Garth Nisbet Greg Sherwood Greg Sherwood Monte Johnson Monte Johnson Bill Zenk Zenk Bill Pat Worley ample of how the new rating method- ology better captures who labor’s friends are, Chamberlain said. Two years ago, Burdick had a 100 percent COPE rating, based on her votes on bills. Burdick might have had a high rating this session too, if only votes had been counted; but in fact she was a vocal opponent of several high-pri- ority right-to-unionize bills, and helped to prevent them from getting a vote in the Senate. “This session I think people’s true colors came out,” Chamberlain said. “What we’re looking for is activist legislators. Our goal is to elect more working people to the Legislature so it’s not a retirees and rich person’s club.” “Not that we’re throwing rocks at A FL - C I O S E N AT E S C O RE S W ORKING F AMILY C HAMPIONS GOLD Prozanski, D — 445 Westlund, D — 445 Brown, D — 445 Walker, D — 445 Avakian, D — 445 Bates, D — 435 Monnes-Anderson, D — 434 Courtney, D — 419 W ORKING F AMILY C HAMPIONS SILVER Monroe, D — 380 Devlin, D — 360 Morrisette, D — 355 Gordly, D — 350 Carter, D — 349 Metsger, D — 302 W ORKING F AMILY C HAMPIONS BRONZE Deckert, D — 252 Johnson, D — 204 Verger, D: 147 Burdick, D: 144 Schrader, D: 122 Morse, R: -38 Nelson, R: -83 G. George, R: -128 Starr, R: -163 Atkinson, R: -166 Winters, R: -175 L. George, R: -208 Kruse, R: -236 Beyer, R: -251 Whitsett, R: -255 Ferrioli, R: -346 Roger G. Worthington, P.C. leads the fight to find a cure for Mesothelioma cancer caused by asbestos exposure Since 1989, we have been dedicated to helping asbestos cancer patients get justice in the courtrooms and help in the hospitals. 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