Rating Group: League of Conservation Voters
2012 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Carnahan | 91% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 91% |
| Hansen Clarke | 91% | |||
| Joe Crowley | 91% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 91% |
| Eliot Engel | 91% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 91% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 91% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 91% |
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 91% |
| Dale Kildee | 91% | |||
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 91% |
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 91% |
| Nita Lowey | 91% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 91% |
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 91% | |||
| John Olver | 91% | |||
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 91% |
| Bobby Rush | 91% | |||
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 91% |
| Mel Watt | 91% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 91% | |||
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 89% |
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 89% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 89% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 89% | |||
| Barney Frank | 89% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 89% |
| Brian Higgins | 89% | |||
| Dennis Kucinich | 89% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 89% |
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 89% |
| Carolyn McCarthy | 89% | |||
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 89% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 89% | |
| George Miller | 89% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 89% |
| Silvestre Reyes | 89% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 35 | Laura Richardson | Democratic | 89% |
| Allyson Schwartz | 89% | |||
| José Serrano | 89% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 89% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 89% |
| FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 89% |
| Rob Andrews | 86% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 86% |
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 86% |
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 86% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 86% | |||
| Marcia Fudge | 86% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 86% | |
| Eddie Johnson | 86% | |||
| Herb Kohl | 86% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 86% |
| Debbie Stabenow | 86% | |||
| Betty Sutton | 86% | |||
| Jon Tester | 86% | |||
| Niki Tsongas | 86% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 86% |
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 86% |
| CA | Mayor - At-Large | Karen Bass | Democratic | 83% |
| Bruce Braley | 83% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 83% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 83% |
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 83% |
| Norm Dicks | 83% | |||
| John Dingell | 83% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 83% |
| Charlie Gonzalez | 83% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 83% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 83% |
| Dan Lipinski | 83% | |||
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 83% |
| Ed Pastor | 83% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 83% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 83% | |||
| David Scott | 83% | |||
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 83% |
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 83% |
| Ron Barber | 81% | |||
| Howard Berman | 80% | |||
| Tim Bishop | 80% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 80% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 80% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 80% | |||
| Jay Inslee | 80% | |||
| Ron Kind | 80% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 80% | |||
| Tim Ryan | 80% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 80% | |||
| Kurt Schrader | 80% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 80% |
| Max Baucus | 79% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 79% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 79% | |||
| Kay Hagan | 79% | |||
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 77% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 77% |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 77% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 77% |