The Municipal League has released ratings for candidates in the Bellevue  area for contested races in the Aug. 7 Primary election.

The Municipal League candidate ratings are based on four criteria–Involvement, Effectiveness, Character & Knowledge. The ratings are produced by citizen volunteers seeking to understand the potential a candidate has to be truly effective in the office they seek and to beneficially serve the community.

Political affiliation or the stance a candidate has on any particular issue are not considered as part of the League rating process.

Candidates aren’t rated against each other, nor are the ratings endorsements, the Muni League said.

More information is available online at www.munileague.org.

The possible ratings are:

Outstanding – Has made numerous outstanding contributions requiring skills related to the office, is a path-finding and respected leader, brings knowledge and creativity to issues facing the office.

Very Good – Makes significant contributions, is a skilled builder of consensus, inspires confidence in the way he/she would serve, is thorough and attentive to issues.

Good – Has been active and effective in many roles, is capable of moving people to productive action, has strong record of participation in problem solving, shows satisfactory commitment to tackling issues.

Adequate – Has a record of participation and interest, is effective on specific issues, has provoked questions about suitability as an office holder, will need significant time/energy to fill gaps in knowledge.

Not Qualified – Doesn’t appear engaged, has a record that casts doubt on ability to be productive, hasn’t demonstrated ability to deal with responsibilities of office, has narrow focus, inflexible attitude or is otherwise troubling.

Here are their results (note – i = incumbent):

41st Legislative District

State Senate

Maureen A Judge, Democrat, Good

Stephen Litzow (i), Republican, Very Good

State Rep. Position 1

Marcie Maxwell (i), Democrat, Good

Tim Eaves, Republican, Very Good

48th Legislative District

State Rep. Position 1

Ross Hunter (i), Democrat, Very Good

Bill Hirt, Republican, Not Qualified

State Rep. Position 2

Cyrus Habib, Democrat, Very Good

Hank Myers, Republican,    Very Good