Rating Group: Sportsmen's and Animal Owners' Voting Alliance
2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kline | 85% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 85% |
| Kenny Marchant | 85% | |||
| Mark Meadows | 85% | |||
| John Mica | 85% | |||
| Candice Miller | 85% | |||
| Tim Murphy | 85% | |||
| Kristi Noem | 85% | |||
| Pete Olson | 85% | |||
| Collin Peterson | 85% | |||
| Mike Pompeo | 85% | |||
| Bill Posey | 85% | |||
| Tom Reed II | 85% | |||
| Dave Reichert | 85% | |||
| Reid Ribble | 85% | |||
| Tom Rice | 85% | |||
| Dennis Ross | 85% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | Marco Rubio | Republican | 85% |
| David Scott | 85% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 85% |
| Bill Shuster | 85% | |||
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 85% |
| Lamar Smith | 85% | |||
| Steve Southerland | 85% | |||
| Steve Stivers | 85% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 85% |
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 85% |
| Scott Tipton | 85% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 85% |
| CA | U.S. House - 22 | David Valadao | Republican | 85% |
| Jackie Walorski | 85% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 85% |
| TX | U.S. House - 14 | Randy Weber, Sr. | Republican | 85% |
| Brad Wenstrup | 85% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 25 | Roger Williams | Republican | 85% |
| Kevin Yoder | 85% | |||
| Ted Yoho | 85% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 80% |
| Steve Chabot | 80% | |||
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 80% |
| Trey Gowdy III | 80% | |||
| Ron Kind | 80% | |||
| Mark Sanford, Jr. | 80% | |||
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 80% |
| Xavier Becerra | 75% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 75% |
| Charlie Dent | 75% | |||
| John Dingell | 75% | |||
| Bill Enyart | 75% | |||
| IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 75% |
| Joe Heck, Jr. | 75% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 8 | Hakeem Jeffries | Democratic | 75% |
| Jack Kingston | 75% | |||
| Tom Latham | 75% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 75% | |||
| Buck McKeon | 75% | |||
| Bill Owens | 75% | |||
| Joe Pitts | 75% | |||
| Cedric Richmond | 75% | |||
| Mike Rogers | 75% | |||
| Fred Upton | 75% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 75% | |||
| MI | U.S. House - 5 | Tim Walberg | Republican | 75% |
| Ron Barber | 70% | |||
| Lou Barletta | 70% | |||
| WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 70% |
| Chris Gibson | 70% | |||
| Lindsey Graham | 70% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 70% |
| Gene Green | 70% | |||
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 70% | |||
| Mick Mulvaney | 70% | |||
| Aaron Schock | 70% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 70% |
| Keith Rothfus | 65% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 65% |
| Frank Wolf | 65% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 60% |
| PA | U.S. House - 10 | Scott Perry | Republican | 60% |
| Tom Petri | 60% | |||
| Peter Roskam | 60% | |||
| NH | Governor | Kelly Ayotte | Republican | 50% |
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 50% |
| CO | U.S. Senate - Sr | Michael Bennet | Democratic | 50% |
| Sherrod Brown | 50% | |||
| Cheri Bustos | 50% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 20 | Joaquin Castro | Democratic | 50% |
| CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 50% |
| Jim Cooper | 50% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 50% |
| Rodney Davis | 50% | |||
| Jeff Denham | 50% | |||
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 50% | |||
| Richard Hanna | 50% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 50% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 50% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 50% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 4 | Steven Horsford | Democratic | 50% |
| Timothy Johnson | 50% |