Rating Group: National Federation of Independent Business - Massachusetts
2009-2010 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Knapik | 92% | |||
| MA | State Senate - First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | Republican | 92% |
| Richard Tisei | 92% | |||
| Jay Barrows | 88% | |||
| Lewis Evangelidis | 88% | |||
| MA | State House - Seventh Worcester | Paul Frost | Republican | 88% |
| Susan Gifford | 88% | |||
| Bradford Hill | 88% | |||
| Don Humason, Jr. | 88% | |||
| MA | State House - Twentieth Middlesex | Brad Jones, Jr. | Republican | 88% |
| Jeff Perry | 88% | |||
| George Peterson, Jr. | 88% | |||
| Elizabeth Poirier | 88% | |||
| Karyn Polito | 88% | |||
| MA | State House - First Hampden | Todd Smola | Republican | 88% |
| Daniel Webster | 88% | |||
| Vinny deMacedo | 88% | |||
| Robert Hedlund, Jr. | 77% | |||
| MA | State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | Democratic | 75% |
| William Greene, Jr. | 75% | |||
| Robert Hargraves | 75% | |||
| James Miceli | 75% | |||
| Walter Timilty | 75% | |||
| Steven Baddour | 69% | |||
| Tom Calter III | 63% | |||
| Linda Campbell | 63% | |||
| Joseph Driscoll, Jr. | 63% | |||
| Christopher Fallon | 63% | |||
| John Fresolo | 63% | |||
| Robert Koczera | 63% | |||
| Paul Kujawski | 63% | |||
| MA | State House - Eleventh Norfolk | Paul McMurtry | Democratic | 63% |
| MA | State Senate - First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | Democratic | 63% |
| Dennis Rosa | 63% | |||
| MA | State Senate - Norfolk and Suffolk | Mike Rush | Democratic | 63% |
| Rosemary Sandlin | 63% | |||
| Harriett Stanley | 63% | |||
| MA | State House - Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley | Democratic | 63% |
| David Sullivan | 63% | |||
| David Torrisi | 63% | |||
| James Timilty | 62% | |||
| MA | Councilor - At-Large | Sean Curran | 57% | |
| Robert Rice | 57% | |||
| MA | State House - Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | Democratic | 57% |
| Stat Smith | 57% | |||
| Richard Moore | 54% | |||
| Susan Tucker | 54% | |||
| Kevin Aguiar | 50% | |||
| Willie Mae Allen | 50% | |||
| MA | State House - Second Middlesex | Jim Arciero | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House - Second Hampden | Brian Ashe | Democratic | 50% |
| Demetrius Atsalis | 50% | |||
| MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | Democratic | 50% |
| Carlo Basile | 50% | |||
| John Binienda, Sr. | 50% | |||
| MA | State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk | Michael Brady | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 50% |
| Jennifer Callahan | 50% | |||
| Christine Canavan | 50% | |||
| James Cantwell | 50% | |||
| Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | 50% | |||
| Geraldine Creedon | 50% | |||
| Robert DeLeo | 50% | |||
| Brian Dempsey | 50% | |||
| Stephen DiNatale | 50% | |||
| Lori Ehrlich | 50% | |||
| James Fagan | 50% | |||
| Robert Fennell | 50% | |||
| Ann-Margaret Ferrante | 50% | |||
| David Flynn | 50% | |||
| Anne Gobi | 50% | |||
| Tom Golden, Jr. | 50% | |||
| MA | State House - Fourth Middlesex | Danielle Gregoire | Democratic | 50% |
| Patricia Haddad | 50% | |||
| Lida Harkins | 50% | |||
| Louis Kafka | 50% | |||
| John Keenan, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Peter Kocot | 50% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House - Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran | Democratic | 50% |
| Michael Morrissey | 50% | |||
| Charles Murphy | 50% | |||
| MA | State House - Fourth Norfolk | James Murphy | Democratic | 50% |
| Kevin Murphy | 50% | |||
| David Nangle | 50% | |||
| Harold Naughton, Jr. | 50% | |||
| MA | State House - Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House - Twelfth Hampden | Angelo Puppolo, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| Kathi-Anne Reinstein | 50% | |||
| Theodore Speliotis | 50% | |||
| Joyce Spiliotis | 50% | |||
| Stephen Tobin | 50% | |||
| Stephen Buoniconti | 46% | |||
| Jennifer Flanagan | 46% | |||
| MA | State Senate - Second Worcester | Mike Moore | Democratic | 46% |
| Marc Pacheco | 46% | |||
| Steven Panagiotakos | 45% | |||
| Linda Forry | 43% | |||
| Tim Madden | 43% | |||
| MA | State House - Third Suffolk | Aaron Michlewitz | Democratic | 43% |