http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_effectiveness_ranking Comments for "Perdue's effectiveness ranking" en http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_effectiveness_ranking <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <img src="/sites/projects.newsobserver.com/files/bevperduehead_100.jpg" class="blog-icon" /> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"> <p>How effective was <a href="/dome/profiles/beverly_perdue">Beverly Perdue</a> in the legislature?</p><p>One measure is the biannual <a href="/faq/what_is_the_effectiveness_ranking">effectiveness ranking</a> by the <a href="http://www.nccppr.org/">N.C. Center for Public Policy Research</a>, which has been ranking legislators since 1977.</p><p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>During her last three terms in the Senate, she was within the top six. </p><p>Her ranking was boosted by her role as co-chairwoman of the Senate&#39;s powerful Appropriations committee from 1995 to 2000. </p><p>Full results after the jump. </p> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-readmore"> <a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_effectiveness_ranking"><img src="http://projects.newsobserver.com/sites/8830.newsobserver-drupal-projects.apps.prod.nandomedia.com/themes/nao/images/dome_read_more.gif" width="74" height="23" border="0" /></a></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments">&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_effectiveness_ranking#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (0)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/blogs/perdues_effectiveness_ranking#comment Appropriations Committee Beverly Perdue effectiveness ranking Governor &#039;08 Under the Dome Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:36:29 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 2658 at http://projects.newsobserver.com