Pachyderm Coalition Report on
Special Session of the Arizona State Legislature
in January 2009.
General information about our scores:
The best score is +100% and the lowest score is -100%.
We label legislators based on their scores as follows:
|
Score (Percent)
|
Label
|
|
Over 90%
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Over 75%
|
Pro-Freedom Republican
|
|
Over 50%
|
Republican
|
|
Over 25%
|
Big Government Republican
|
|
Over 0%
|
Bi-Partisan Republican
|
|
0% or less
|
Republican in Name Only (RINO)
|
We added a new label and changed the scores required to be in the top 4 groups compared to last year.
Special Session Information
All of the budget bills were given equal weight. Because this was a special session, no points were given for bill sponsorship.
Also, there were committee votes that affects the rankings since senators and representatives who have committee votes in addition to floor votes get a higher ranking if there is a tie in percentages. This gave the Appropriations Committee members more opportunities to vote. When there were ties based on both percentage and number of votes, the highest rank of the group was given as the rank for all legislators in that group. Note that Appropriations Committee members have the highest ranks because they had the most voting opportunities and those voting “Republican” in all votes got a 100% rating. Other members who also had perfect voting records did not have as many voting opportunities, but they still did a great job.
In the House of Representatives, almost all Republicans voted with a perfect 100% rating and almost all Democrats voted with a perfectly imperfect -100% rating. Scores for Representative Jim Weiers were excluded because he was out of state when the special session was called and was unable to return to the legislature before the special session ended, so he was unable to cast votes on bills. All Republicans present for the special session are rated as Reagan Republicans for the special session.
In the Senate, the scores were not as uniform. Most Republican senators were rated as Reagan Republicans for the special session, but 3 got lower ratings. Democrats had mostly -100% ratings.
|
Senator
|
LD
|
Rank
|
Score (Percent)
|
Label
|
|
Jack W. Harper
|
4
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Steve Pierce
|
1
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Ron Gould
|
3
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Sylvia Allen
|
5
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Russell Pearce
|
18
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Al Melvin
|
26
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Barbara Leff
|
11
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
John Huppenthal
|
20
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Linda Gray
|
10
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Thayer Verschoor
|
22
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Jim Waring
|
7
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Chuck Gray
|
19
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
John Nelson
|
12
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Robert "Bob" Burns
|
9
|
7
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Pamela Gorman
|
6
|
15
|
90.5
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Jonathan Paton
|
30
|
16
|
80
|
Pro-Freedom Republican
|
|
Carolyn S. Allen
|
8
|
17
|
20
|
Bi-Partisan Republican
|
|
Jay Tibshraeny
|
21
|
17
|
20
|
Bi-Partisan Republican
|
|
Representative
|
LD
|
Rank
|
Score (Percent)
|
Label
|
|
Andy Biggs
|
22
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Rick Murphy
|
9
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Nancy McLain
|
3
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Steve Court
|
18
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Russell L. Jones
|
24
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
John Kavanagh
|
8
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Vic Williams
|
26
|
1
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Laurin Hendrix
|
22
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
John McComish
|
20
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Sam Crump
|
6
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Jerry Weiers
|
12
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Cecil P. Ash
|
18
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Bill Konopnicki
|
5
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Andrew M. Tobin
|
1
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
David W. Stevens
|
25
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Doris Goodale
|
3
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Frank Pratt
|
23
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Kirk Adams
|
19
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Frank Antenori
|
30
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Steven B. Yarbrough
|
21
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Nancy K. Barto
|
7
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Warde V. Nichols
|
21
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Doug Quelland
|
10
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Judy M. Burges
|
4
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Tom Boone
|
4
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Adam Driggs
|
11
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Michele Reagan
|
8
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Lucy Mason
|
1
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Carl Seel
|
6
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
David Gowan
|
30
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Ray Barnes
|
7
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Steve B. Montenegro
|
12
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Debbie Lesko
|
9
|
8
|
100
|
Reagan Republican
|
|
Rich Crandall
|
19
|
34
|
90.5
|
Reagan Republican
|
For the Senate, the Republican average is 89% and the Democrat average is (-97)%.
In the House, the Republican average is 99% and the Democrat average is (-97)%. (Only for members present for the special session)