The short version.
Same bill set for sitting legislators. Affordability, housing, and property tax count more. A low score is a vote record, not a character judgment. November cards use a published concern set. Neither tool is an endorsement.
Legislative scorecards
- Sitting members are scored on the same 2025–26 tracked bill set.
- Affordability, housing, and property-tax items are weighted more heavily than the rest of the package.
- The current package also includes public-safety and education items. That mix is why Republicans on this set cluster near +9 / 9 and Democrats near –5 / 9.
- A split score — affordability separate from public safety — is the next version of the card. This page will say so until that version ships.
- A low score means the member voted against the tracked package. It is not a judgment of fitness for office.
- Full footnotes live on each individual card at candidate-scorecard.php.
Sheriff performance review
The sheriff card is a separate performance review on a 100-point scale. Do not compare 73 / 100 with +9 / 9. Categories and weights are listed on rogers.php.
November voter-guide cards
- Each race card marks the two names on the November line against a published concern set.
- Green ✓ = matches that set on the public record we used. Red ✗ = does not. Gray — = no recorded vote and no published plank. We do not invent a mark.
- Both candidates may earn ✓ on the same row.
- These cards are not endorsements and are not a sample ballot. Confirm contests at the State Board of Elections.
Sources we will use
Official roll calls, session laws, county budget adoptions, candidate filings, dated campaign sites, and contemporaneous local reporting. If a campaign has a primary document we missed, use corrections.php.
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