Rating Group: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
2013 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Slaughter | 75% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 75% |
| Jon Tester | 75% | |||
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | U.S. House - 6 | Ami Bera | Democratic | 67% |
| Bruce Braley | 67% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 26 | Julia Brownley | Democratic | 67% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 67% |
| Jim Cooper | 67% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 67% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 67% |
| Pete Gallego | 67% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 67% |
| Joe Garcia | 67% | |||
| Ron Kind | 67% | |||
| Leonard Lance | 67% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 67% | |||
| Sean Maloney | 67% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 67% |
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 67% |
| Patrick Murphy | 67% | |||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 67% | |||
| Rick Nolan | 67% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 67% |
| David Scott | 67% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 67% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 67% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 67% |
| John Yarmuth | 67% | |||
| Sam Farr | 60% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 2 | Robin Kelly | Democratic | 60% |
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 60% | |||
| Ron Barber | 50% | |||
| Mark Begich | 50% | |||
| Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 50% |
| Gene Green | 50% | |||
| Kay Hagan | 50% | |||
| Heidi Heitkamp | 50% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 50% | |||
| Frank LoBiondo | 50% | |||
| Jim Matheson | 50% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 50% | |||
| Mike McIntyre | 50% | |||
| Kurt Schrader | 50% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 50% |
| Kyrsten Sinema | 50% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 50% |
| Justin Amash | 40% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 40% |
| Richard Hanna | 40% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 40% |
| Mark Sanford, Jr. | 40% | |||
| Bill Young | 40% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 33% |
| John Barrow | 33% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | Republican | 33% |
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 33% |
| Kevin Brady | 33% | |||
| Jim Bridenstine | 33% | |||
| Paul Broun | 33% | |||
| Cheri Bustos | 33% | |||
| Steve Chabot | 33% | |||
| Thad Cochran | 33% | |||
| CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 33% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Doug Collins | Republican | 33% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Paul Cook | 33% | |
| AR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tom Cotton | Republican | 33% |
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 33% |
| John Culberson | 33% | |||
| FL | Governor | Ron DeSantis | Republican | 33% |
| Charlie Dent | 33% | |||
| Jeff Duncan | 33% | |||
| John Duncan, Jr. | 33% | |||
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 33% | |||
| LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 33% |
| Jeff Fortenberry | 33% | |||
| Trent Franks | 33% | |||
| Scott Garrett | 33% | |||
| Jim Gerlach | 33% | |||
| Chris Gibson | 33% | |||
| Phil Gingrey | 33% | |||
| Louie Gohmert | 33% | |||
| Bob Goodlatte | 33% | |||
| Trey Gowdy III | 33% | |||
| Tom Graves, Jr. | 33% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 33% |
| Joe Heck, Jr. | 33% | |||
| Jeb Hensarling | 33% | |||
| Tim Huelskamp | 33% | |||
| Robert Hurt | 33% | |||
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 33% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | Republican | 33% |
| Pete King | 33% | |||
| ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 33% |
| Doug Lamborn | 33% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 33% |
| Tom Marino | 33% |