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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
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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
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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
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