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Rating Group: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence

1987-1999 Positions

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Issues: Guns

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State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Young 69%
Kent Conrad 68%
Julia Carson 67%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Byron Dorgan 64%
Henry Hyde 63%
Fred Upton 63%
Frank Wolf 63%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 62%
Marion Berry 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Kevin Brady 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Ron Kind 60%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 60%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
Chet Edwards 57%
James Ramstad 57%
Robert Clement 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 55%
Dan Miller 55%
Jeff Bingaman 53%
Dick Lugar 53%
John Warner 53%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Peter DeFazio 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
Patrick Leahy 47%
Deborah Pryce 45%
Michael Oxley 44%
Ralph Regula 44%
Ernest Hollings 42%
Judy Biggert 40%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
John Cooksey 40%
Baron Hill 40%
Anne Northup 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Donald Sherwood 40%
James Walsh 40%
Bart Gordon 38%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 38%
Ted Strickland 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Max Baucus 37%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 36%
Bart Stupak 36%
Karen Thurman 36%
Porter Goss 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
John Shadegg 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Gerald Weller 33%
Michael Bilirakis 31%
Elton Gallegly 31%
Nathan Deal 30%
John Breaux 29%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas Republican 29%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 27%
Tim Holden 27%
Dave Obey 27%
Nick Smith 27%
William Thomas 27%
Vern Ehlers 25%
James Kolbe 25%
Charles Stenholm 25%
James Nussle 21%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
Mark Green 20%
Robert Hayes 20%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 20%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Ken Lucas 20%
Mike McIntyre 20%
Ron Paul 20%
John Peterson 20%
Bob Riley 20%
Paul Ryan 20%
Jim Ryun 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Robert Schaffer 20%
John Shimkus 20%
Ronnie Shows 20%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 20%
State Office Name Party Rating
Bill Young 69%
Kent Conrad 68%
Julia Carson 67%
Thomas Davis III 67%
Byron Dorgan 64%
Henry Hyde 63%
Fred Upton 63%
Frank Wolf 63%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 62%
Marion Berry 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
Kevin Brady 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Vito Fossella, Jr. 60%
Jonas Frost III 60%
Ron Kind 60%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 60%
Ciro Rodriguez 60%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 60%
Chet Edwards 57%
James Ramstad 57%
Robert Clement 56%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 55%
Dan Miller 55%
Jeff Bingaman 53%
Dick Lugar 53%
John Warner 53%
Douglas Bereuter 50%
Peter DeFazio 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Sue Kelly 50%
Joe Scarborough 50%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 50%
James Merrill Jeffords 47%
Patrick Leahy 47%
Deborah Pryce 45%
Michael Oxley 44%
Ralph Regula 44%
Ernest Hollings 42%
Judy Biggert 40%
Mary Bono Mack 40%
Leonard Boswell 40%
John Cooksey 40%
Baron Hill 40%
Anne Northup 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
Donald Sherwood 40%
James Walsh 40%
Bart Gordon 38%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 38%
Ted Strickland 38%
W. Curtis Weldon 38%
Max Baucus 37%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 36%
Bart Stupak 36%
Karen Thurman 36%
Porter Goss 33%
Frank LoBiondo 33%
Frank Mascara 33%
John Shadegg 33%
Todd Tiahrt 33%
Gerald Weller 33%
Michael Bilirakis 31%
Elton Gallegly 31%
Nathan Deal 30%
John Breaux 29%
OK U.S. House - 3 Frank Lucas R 29%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 27%
Tim Holden 27%
Dave Obey 27%
Nick Smith 27%
William Thomas 27%
Vern Ehlers 25%
James Kolbe 25%
Charles Stenholm 25%
James Nussle 21%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 20%
Jo Ann Emerson 20%
Jim Gibbons 20%
Virgil Goode, Jr. 20%
Mark Green 20%
Robert Hayes 20%
Kenny Hulshof 20%
Asa Hutchinson 20%
William Lewis Jenkins 20%
Christopher John 20%
Nicholas Lampson 20%
Ken Lucas 20%
Mike McIntyre 20%
Ron Paul 20%
John Peterson 20%
Bob Riley 20%
Paul Ryan 20%
Jim Ryun 20%
Max Sandlin, Jr. 20%
Robert Schaffer 20%
John Shimkus 20%
Ronnie Shows 20%
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 20%
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