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Dana Nessel OppScore Rating: -2.59

Dana Nessel is a Democrat Attorney General for Michigan and holds an OppScore of -2.59. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.

Dana Nessel is Michigan’s Democratic Attorney General, serving since January 2019 after winning election in 2018 and reelection in 2022. Raised in West Bloomfield, Michigan, she is the first openly LGBTQ person elected to statewide office in the state and built her pre-office career as a prosecutor and civil rights litigator who helped challenge Michigan’s same-sex marriage ban.

Dana Nessel rating summary

• Party: Democrat
• Office: Attorney General
• State: Michigan
• OppScore: -2.59 on a -5.00 to +5.00 scale
• Score basis: Record based, documented on 31 of 44 scored questions

What is on this profile

• Five Points of Opportunity score breakdown
• Voting record and legislative history
• Campaign finance and donor disclosures
• Dirt Alerts and accountability reporting
• Score trend over time

Primary sources

• Official website
• Ballotpedia profile

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