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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saqib Ali | 100 | |||
| Curt Anderson | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 21 | Ben Barnes | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 32 | Pam Beidle | Democratic | 100 |
| Liz Bobo | 100 | |||
| Mike Busch | 100 | |||
| Rudolph Cane | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 11B | Jon Cardin | Democratic | 100 |
| Jill Carter | 100 | |||
| Virginia Clagett | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 40 | Frank Conaway, Jr. | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | Treasurer | Dereck Davis | Democratic | 100 |
| Kathleen Dumais | 100 | |||
| Jennie Forehand | 100 | |||
| Brian Frosh | 100 | |||
| Barbara Frush | 100 | |||
| Lisa Gladden | 100 | |||
| Cheryl Glenn | 100 | |||
| Peter Hammen | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 22 | Anne Healey | Democratic | 100 |
| Sheila Hixson | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 23 | Marvin Holmes, Jr. | Democratic | 100 |
| James Hubbard | 100 | |||
| Tom Hucker | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 19 | Benjamin Kramer | Democratic | 100 |
| P. Sue Kullen | 100 | |||
| Steve Lafferty | 100 | |||
| Jane Lawton | 100 | |||
| MD | Secretary of State | Susan Lee | Democratic | 100 |
| Gerron Levi | 100 | |||
| James Malone, Jr. | 100 | |||
| Maggie McIntosh | 100 | |||
| Karen Montgomery | 100 | |||
| Dan Morhaim | 100 | |||
| Shirley Nathan-Pulliam | 100 | |||
| Paul Pinsky | 100 | |||
| Victor Ramirez | 100 | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 8 | Jamie Raskin | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State House - 41 | Samuel Rosenberg | Democratic | 100 |
| Justin Ross | 100 | |||
| David Rudolph | 100 | |||
| Luiz Simmons | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 11B | Dana Stein | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State House - 26 | Kris Valderrama | Democratic | 100 |
| Joseph Vallario, Jr. | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 18 | Jeff Waldstreicher | Democratic | 100 |
| Gwendolyn Britt | 89 | |||
| Roy Dyson | 89 | |||
| Mike Lenett | 89 | |||
| Catherine Pugh | 89 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 21 | James Rosapepe | Democratic | 89 |
| MD | County Executive - At-Large | Aisha Braveboy | Democratic | 88 |
| MD | State Senate - 15 | Brian Feldman | Democratic | 88 |
| Hattie Harrison | 88 | |||
| C. Sue Hecht | 88 | |||
| Sally Jameson | 88 | |||
| Ruth Kirk | 88 | |||
| Carolyn Krysiak | 88 | |||
| Roger Manno | 88 | |||
| Herman Taylor II | 88 | |||
| Michael Vaughn | 88 | |||
| Charles Barkley | 86 | |||
| MD | Public Service Commissioner | Kumar Barve | Democratic | 86 |
| John Bohanan, Jr. | 86 | |||
| William Bronrott | 86 | |||
| Steven DeBoy, Sr. | 86 | |||
| Ann Marie Doory | 86 | |||
| Jim Gilchrist | 86 | |||
| Melony Griffith | 86 | |||
| Ana Sol Gutierrez | 86 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 13 | Guy Guzzone | Democratic | 86 |
| Keith Haynes | 86 | |||
| MD | Council Member - At-Large | Jolene Ivey | Democratic | 86 |
| MD | State House - 10 | Adrienne Jones | Democratic | 86 |
| Verna Jones-Rodwell | 86 |