Rating Group: American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
2016 Lifetime Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 8% |
| Jeff Denham | 8% | |||
| Jeff Flake | 8% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 8% | |||
| David Perdue | 8% | |||
| Bill Posey | 8% | |||
| SD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mike Rounds | Republican | 8% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | Marco Rubio | Republican | 8% |
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 8% |
| Lamar Smith | 8% | |||
| NC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Thom Tillis | Republican | 8% |
| Greg Walden | 8% | |||
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 7% | |||
| Lindsey Graham | 7% | |||
| ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 7% |
| KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 7% |
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 7% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 12 | Mike Bost | Republican | 6% |
| Jim Bridenstine | 6% | |||
| Richard Burr | 6% | |||
| Carlos Curbelo | 6% | |||
| Joe Heck, Jr. | 6% | |||
| Tim Huelskamp | 6% | |||
| Duncan Hunter | 6% | |||
| Evan Jenkins | 6% | |||
| Adam Kinzinger | 6% | |||
| Martha McSally | 6% | |||
| Mark Meadows | 6% | |||
| Alex Mooney | 6% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 6 | Gary Palmer | Republican | 6% |
| Ted Poe | 6% | |||
| Bruce Poliquin | 6% | |||
| Tom Reed II | 6% | |||
| Pat Tiberi | 6% | |||
| Mark Walker | 6% | |||
| MT | U.S. House - 1 | Ryan Zinke | Republican | 6% |
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | Republican | 5% |
| Joe Barton | 5% | |||
| Charles Boustany, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Dave Brat | 5% | |||
| Curt Clawson | 5% | |||
| CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 5% |
| Ander Crenshaw | 5% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ted Cruz | Republican | 5% |
| Randy Forbes | 5% | |||
| Cory Gardner | 5% | |||
| Louie Gohmert | 5% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 5% |
| KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 5% |
| Jim Inhofe | 5% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 16 | Darin LaHood | Republican | 5% |
| UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 5% |
| Rob Portman | 5% | |||
| Phil Roe | 5% | |||
| Dana Rohrabacher | 5% | |||
| Bill Shuster | 5% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 5% |
| Lou Barletta | 4% | |||
| Rob Bishop | 4% | |||
| Mo Brooks | 4% | |||
| Michael Burgess | 4% | |||
| John Culberson | 4% | |||
| NE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Deb Fischer | Republican | 4% |
| Scott Garrett | 4% | |||
| Bob Goodlatte | 4% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 9 | Morgan Griffith | Republican | 4% |
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | 4% | |||
| Johnny Isakson | 4% | |||
| Tom Marino | 4% | |||
| Kevin McCarthy | 4% | |||
| John Mica | 4% | |||
| Mick Mulvaney | 4% | |||
| Pat Roberts | 4% | |||
| Cathy Rodgers | 4% | |||
| Peter Roskam | 4% | |||
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 4% |
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 4% |
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 3% |
| Roy Blunt | 3% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 3% |
| Steve Chabot | 3% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 3% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Doug Collins | Republican | 3% |
| TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 3% |
| ND | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kevin Cramer | Republican | 3% |
| ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 3% |
| MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Steve Daines | Republican | 3% |
| LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 3% |
| Gregg Harper | 3% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 3% |
| OK | U.S. Senate - Sr | James Lankford | Republican | 3% |
| OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 3% |
| Blaine Luetkemeyer | 3% | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cynthia Lummis | Republican | 3% |
| CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 3% |
| Erik Paulsen | 3% | |||
| Steve Pearce | 3% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 10 | Scott Perry | Republican | 3% |
| Tom Rooney | 3% | |||
| Keith Rothfus | 3% |