Taxpayers League releases Legislative Scorecard

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota released its legislative scorecard today and it features four "best friends of the taxpayer." The are GOP Reps. Bruce Anderson, Mark Buesgens and Steve Drazkowski and GOP Sen. Ray Vandeveer.

Buesgens is campaign manager for Republican Tom Emmer's gubernatorial campaign. Emmer didn't score as well as Buesgens on the list. Emmer received an 87 percent rating with the group because he missed two scored votes. Emmer does have a lifetime rating of 91 percent with the group.

DFL House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, who is running for governor, received a zero rating with the group in 2010. Her lifetime rating is 10 percent.

Most Republicans scored high in the ratings but there were a few who received poor marks. GOP Sen. Steve Dille, who is retiring, received a 17% rating. GOP Reps. Jim Abeler and Larry Howes both received 40 percent ratings.

The DFLers who received the highest marks were Sen. John Doll (42 percent) and Reps. Julie Bunn and Phil Sterner (40 percent).

You can read the full scorecard here.

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