Rating Group: Gun Owners of America (GOA)
2024 Candidate Positions
Issues:
Guns
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 1 | Brad Finstad | Republican | 85% |
| MN | U.S. House - 2 | Angie Craig | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 3 | Kelly Morrison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 5 | Ilhan Omar | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 6 | Tom Emmer | Republican | 85% |
| MN | U.S. House - 7 | Michelle Fischbach | Republican | 92% |
| MN | U.S. House - 8 | Peter Stauber | Republican | 85% |
| MO | U.S. House - 2 | Ann Wagner | Republican | 77% |
| MO | U.S. House - 3 | Bob Onder | Republican | 92% |
| MO | U.S. House - 4 | Mark Alford | Republican | 92% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 8% |
| MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 77% |
| MO | U.S. House - 7 | Eric Burlison | Republican | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House - 8 | Jason Smith | Republican | 85% |
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 38% |
| MS | U.S. House - 1 | Trent Kelly | Republican | 85% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 8% |
| MS | U.S. House - 3 | Michael Guest | Republican | 92% |
| MS | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Ezell | Republican | 85% |
| MT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Sheehy | Republican | 92% |
| MT | U.S. House - 1 | Ryan Zinke | Republican | 85% |
| MT | U.S. House - 2 | Troy Downing | Republican | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 1 | Don Davis | Democratic | 8% |
| NC | U.S. House - 2 | Deborah Ross | Democratic | 8% |
| NC | U.S. House - 3 | Greg Murphy | Republican | 85% |
| NC | U.S. House - 4 | Valerie Foushee | Democratic | 8% |
| NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 77% |
| NC | U.S. House - 6 | Addison McDowell | Republican | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 7 | David Rouzer | Republican | 77% |
| NC | U.S. House - 8 | Mark Harris | Republican | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 9 | Richard Hudson, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick Harrigan | Republican | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 11 | Chuck Edwards | Republican | 77% |
| NC | U.S. House - 12 | Alma Adams | Democratic | 8% |
| ND | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kevin Cramer | Republican | 77% |
| NE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Deb Fischer | Republican | 85% |
| NE | U.S. House - 1 | Mike Flood | Republican | 69% |
| NE | U.S. House - 2 | Donald Bacon | Republican | 77% |
| NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | Republican | 77% |
| NH | U.S. House - 1 | Chris Pappas | Democratic | 8% |
| NH | U.S. House - 2 | Maggie Goodlander | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate - Jr | Andy Kim | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 1 | Donald Norcross | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 2 | Jeff Van Drew | Republican | 85% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 23% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 5 | Joshua Gottheimer | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 7 | Tom Kean, Jr. | Republican | 38% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 8 | Rob Menendez | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 10 | LaMonica McIver | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 12 | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Democratic | 8% |
| NJ | Governor | Mikie Sherrill | Democratic | 8% |
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 8% |
| NM | U.S. House - 1 | Melanie Stansbury | Democratic | 8% |
| NM | U.S. House - 2 | Gabe Vasquez | Democratic | 8% |
| NM | U.S. House - 3 | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Democratic | 8% |
| NV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jacky Rosen | Democratic | 8% |
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 8% |
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | Republican | 77% |
| NV | U.S. House - 3 | Susie Lee | Democratic | 8% |
| NV | U.S. House - 4 | Steven Horsford | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 1 | Nicholas LaLota | Republican | 77% |
| NY | U.S. House - 2 | Andrew Garbarino | Republican | 69% |
| NY | U.S. House - 3 | Thomas Suozzi | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 4 | Laura Gillen | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 6 | Grace Meng | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 8 | Hakeem Jeffries | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 10 | Dan Goldman | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 11 | Nicole Malliotakis | Republican | 23% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 13 | Adriano Espaillat | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 14 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 15 | Ritchie Torres | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 16 | George Latimer | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 18 | Pat Ryan | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 19 | Josh Riley | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 21 | Elise Stefanik | Republican | 77% |
| NY | U.S. House - 23 | Nicholas Langworthy | Republican | 85% |
| NY | U.S. House - 24 | Claudia Tenney | Republican | 85% |
| NY | U.S. House - 25 | Joe Morelle | Democratic | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 1 | Greg Landsman | Democratic | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 2 | David Taylor | Republican | 92% |
| OH | U.S. House - 3 | Joyce Beatty | Democratic | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | Republican | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House - 5 | Bob Latta | Republican | 77% |
| OH | U.S. House - 7 | Max Miller | Republican | 77% |
| OH | U.S. House - 8 | Warren Davidson | Republican | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 23% |
| OH | U.S. House - 11 | Shontel Brown | Democratic | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 12 | Troy Balderson | Republican | 77% |
| OH | U.S. House - 13 | Emilia Sykes | Democratic | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 14 | Dave Joyce | Republican | 54% |
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | D | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 1 | Brad Finstad | R | 85% |
| MN | U.S. House - 2 | Angie Craig | DFL | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 3 | Kelly Morrison | DFL | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | DFL | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 5 | Ilhan Omar | DFL | 8% |
| MN | U.S. House - 6 | Tom Emmer | R | 85% |
| MN | U.S. House - 7 | Michelle Fischbach | R | 92% |
| MN | U.S. House - 8 | Peter Stauber | R | 85% |
| MO | U.S. House - 2 | Ann Wagner | R | 77% |
| MO | U.S. House - 3 | Bob Onder | R | 92% |
| MO | U.S. House - 4 | Mark Alford | R | 92% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | D | 8% |
| MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | R | 77% |
| MO | U.S. House - 7 | Eric Burlison | R | 100% |
| MO | U.S. House - 8 | Jason Smith | R | 85% |
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | R | 38% |
| MS | U.S. House - 1 | Trent Kelly | R | 85% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | D | 8% |
| MS | U.S. House - 3 | Michael Guest | R | 92% |
| MS | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Ezell | R | 85% |
| MT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Sheehy | R | 92% |
| MT | U.S. House - 1 | Ryan Zinke | R | 85% |
| MT | U.S. House - 2 | Troy Downing | R | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 1 | Don Davis | D | 8% |
| NC | U.S. House - 2 | Deborah Ross | D | 8% |
| NC | U.S. House - 3 | Greg Murphy | R | 85% |
| NC | U.S. House - 4 | Valerie Foushee | D | 8% |
| NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | R | 77% |
| NC | U.S. House - 6 | Addison McDowell | R | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 7 | David Rouzer | R | 77% |
| NC | U.S. House - 8 | Mark Harris | R | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 9 | Richard Hudson, Jr. | R | 100% |
| NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick Harrigan | R | 92% |
| NC | U.S. House - 11 | Chuck Edwards | R | 77% |
| NC | U.S. House - 12 | Alma Adams | D | 8% |
| ND | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kevin Cramer | R | 77% |
| NE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Deb Fischer | R | 85% |
| NE | U.S. House - 1 | Mike Flood | R | 69% |
| NE | U.S. House - 2 | Donald Bacon | R | 77% |
| NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | R | 77% |
| NH | U.S. House - 1 | Chris Pappas | D | 8% |
| NH | U.S. House - 2 | Maggie Goodlander | D | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. Senate - Jr | Andy Kim | D | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 1 | Donald Norcross | D | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 2 | Jeff Van Drew | R | 85% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | R | 23% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 5 | Joshua Gottheimer | D | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | D | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 7 | Tom Kean, Jr. | R | 38% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 8 | Rob Menendez | D | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 10 | LaMonica McIver | D | 8% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 12 | Bonnie Watson Coleman | D | 8% |
| NJ | Governor | Mikie Sherrill | D | 8% |
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | D | 8% |
| NM | U.S. House - 1 | Melanie Stansbury | D | 8% |
| NM | U.S. House - 2 | Gabe Vasquez | D | 8% |
| NM | U.S. House - 3 | Teresa Leger Fernandez | D | 8% |
| NV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jacky Rosen | D | 8% |
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | D | 8% |
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | R | 77% |
| NV | U.S. House - 3 | Susie Lee | D | 8% |
| NV | U.S. House - 4 | Steven Horsford | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 1 | Nicholas LaLota | R | 77% |
| NY | U.S. House - 2 | Andrew Garbarino | R | 69% |
| NY | U.S. House - 3 | Thomas Suozzi | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 4 | Laura Gillen | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 6 | Grace Meng | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 8 | Hakeem Jeffries | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 10 | Dan Goldman | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 11 | Nicole Malliotakis | R | 23% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 13 | Adriano Espaillat | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 14 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 15 | Ritchie Torres | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 16 | George Latimer | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 18 | Pat Ryan | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 19 | Josh Riley | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | D | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 21 | Elise Stefanik | R | 77% |
| NY | U.S. House - 23 | Nicholas Langworthy | R | 85% |
| NY | U.S. House - 24 | Claudia Tenney | R | 85% |
| NY | U.S. House - 25 | Joe Morelle | D | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 1 | Greg Landsman | D | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 2 | David Taylor | R | 92% |
| OH | U.S. House - 3 | Joyce Beatty | D | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Jordan | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House - 5 | Bob Latta | R | 77% |
| OH | U.S. House - 7 | Max Miller | R | 77% |
| OH | U.S. House - 8 | Warren Davidson | R | 100% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | D | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | R | 23% |
| OH | U.S. House - 11 | Shontel Brown | D | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 12 | Troy Balderson | R | 77% |
| OH | U.S. House - 13 | Emilia Sykes | D | 8% |
| OH | U.S. House - 14 | Dave Joyce | R | 54% |