Wednesday, Oct. 3 — The Lansing Association of Human Rights, an organization advocating for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality, released candidate ratings this week for the 2012 elections.
The ratings, which include national, state and local candidates, are based on a LAHR PAC questionnaire as well as telephone calls, the candidates’ voting records and public statements related to the LGBT community. Candidates who did not receive a rating are not listed here. (Spoiler alert: You’ll notice a correlation between positive and negative ratings and Democrats and Republicans. If no party affiliation is included, it means it is a non-partisan race.)
Along with the LAHR candidate ratings, Equality Michigan, a statewide LGBT advocacy group, released its list of endorsed candidates earlier this week.
LAHR candidate ratings
Extremely Positive
Brian McGrain (D) – Ingham County commissioner, district 10
Mark Meadows – 54B District Court
Todd Heywood – Lansing Community College Board of Trustees
Very Positive
Barack Obama / Joe Biden (D) — U.S. president / vice president
Debbie Stabenow (D) — U.S. Senate
Lance Enderle (D) — U.S. Congress 8th district
Tom Cochran (D) — State House 67th district
Andy Schor (D) — State House 68th district
Sam Singh (D) — State House 69th district
Rebecca Bahar-Cook (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 2
Sarah Anthony (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 3
Debbie DeLeon (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 4
Todd Tennis (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 5
Penelope Tsernoglou (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 8
Carol Koenig (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 9
Deb Nolan (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 12
Pat Lindemann (D) — Ingham County drain commissioner
Curtis Hertel Jr. (D) — Ingham County register of deeds
Eric Schertzing (D) — Ingham County treasurer
Joe Manzella — Lansing Community College Board of Trustees
John Roy Castillo — Lansing Community College Board of Trustees
Bridget M. McCormack — Michigan Supreme Court
Laura L. Baird — 30th Circuit Court
Mark Bernstein (D) — University of Michigan Board of Regents
Positive
Victor Celentino (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 1
Jim Dravenstatt-Moceri (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 6
Kara Hope (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 7
Diane Holman (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 11
Randy Schafer (R) — Ingham County commissioner, district 13
Barry Damon (R) — Ingham County clerk
Stuart Dunnings (D) — Ingham County prosecutor
Gene Wrigglesworth (D) — Ingham County sheriff
Jake Davison (R) — Ingham County treasurer
Michelle Fecteau (D) — State Board of Education
Joel Ferguson (D) — Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Sandra O'Brien (D) — Wayne State University Governors
Shelia Johnson — Michigan Supreme Court (partial term)
Ken Ross — 30th Circuit Court
Hugh B. Clark Jr. — 54A District Court
Andrea Larkin — 54B District Court
Mixed
Randy Mayville (R) — Ingham County commissioner, district 6
Timothy Grant (R) — Ingham County drain commissioner
Kate Mortensen (R) — Ingham County register of deeds
Clyde Smith (R) — Ingham County sheriff
Jim Jamo — 30th Circuit Court
Lawrence Hidalgo Jr. — Lansing Community College Board of Trustees
Negative
Phillip Hofmeister (R) — Ingham County commission, district 1
Melanie Foster (R) — Michigan State University Board of Trustees
Rhonda Fuller (R) — Ingham County commissioner, district 5
Vince Dragonetti (R) — Ingham County commissioner, district 7
Brian Mishler (R) — Ingham County commissioner, district 8
Donald Vickers (R) — Ingham County commissioner, district 14
Melanie Kurdys (R) — State Board of Education
Very Negative
Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan (R) — U.S. president / vice president
Pete Hoekstra (R) — U.S. Senator
Mike Rogers (R) — 8th congressional district
Stephen Markman — Michigan Supreme Court
Equality Michigan endorsements
Barack Obama (D) — U.S. president
Debbie Stabenow (D) — U.S. Senate
Lance Enderle (D) — U.S. Congress 8th district
Andy Schor (D) — State House 68th district
Sam Singh (D) — State House 69th district
Rebecca Bahar-Cook (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 2
Todd Tennis (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 5
Brian McGrain (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 10
Kara Hope (D) — Ingham County commissioner, district 7
Curtis Hertel Jr. (D) — Ingham County register of deeds
Julie Brixie (D) — Meridian Township treasurer
Shelia Johnson — Michigan Supreme Court
Connie Marie Kelley — Michigan Supreme Court
Bridget Mary McCormack — Michigan Supreme Court
Ken Ross — 30th Circuit Court
Mark Meadows — 54B District Court
Todd Heywood — Lansing Community College Board of Trustees
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