How effective was Beverly Perdue in the legislature?
One measure is the biannual effectiveness ranking by the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research, which has been ranking legislators since 1977.
Of the five gubernatorial candidates, the lieutenant governor has the longest legislative resume, having served two terms in the state House and four terms in the state Senate.
In that time, her ranking shot from 70 in the House her freshman year to sixth most effective in the Senate in 1999, the year before she was elected lieutenant governor.
During her last three terms in the Senate, she was within the top six.
Her ranking was boosted by her role as co-chairwoman of the Senate's powerful Appropriations committee from 1995 to 2000.
Full results after the jump.
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Effectiveness rankings from a survey of legislators, lobbyists and reporters by the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research:
N.C. House of Representatives:
1987: 70 of 120 (tied with Rep. James Tyndall)
1989: 44 of 120
(Legislators: 46.4, Lobbyists: 55.3 Reporters: 43.8)
N.C. Senate:
1991: 20 of 50
(Legislators: 52.9, Lobbyists: 59.7, Reporters: 53.3)
1993: 12 of 49
1995: 6 of 49
1997: 5 of 50
1999: 6 of 50
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