American Conservative Union will grade N.C. lawmakers

Members of Congress are used to regular rankings from the American Conservative Union.

Now, North Carolina state legislators will face the same scrutiny, as the Washington Times reports:

The American Conservative Union will begin awarding grades to state lawmakers in five 2012 general election battleground states this year, ACU Chairman Al Cardenas said.

The state report cards will represent the first expansion beyond Congress of ACU’s annual assessments of the voting records of lawmakers since the organization began issuing grades for U.S. House and Senate members in 1971.

The ACU chose Florida, Ohio, Nevada, Virginia and North Carolina to target for grading.

Political observers say any of these states could spell the difference between victory and defeat in the Electoral College for President Obama’s bid to win re-election.

HT: Paul Chesser