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State Office Name Party Rating
MA State House - Twelfth Norfolk John Rogers Democratic 67%
Stan Rosenberg 67%
MA State House - Tenth Norfolk Jeffrey Roy Democratic 67%
MA State Senate - Norfolk and Suffolk Mike Rush Democratic 67%
Byron Rushing 67%
Tom Sannicandro 67%
John Scibak 67%
MA State House - Seventh Bristol Alan Silvia Democratic 67%
Frank Smizik 67%
MA State House - First Hampden Todd Smola Republican 67%
Ellen Story 67%
Benjamin Swan, Sr. 67%
Cleon Turner 67%
Chris Walsh 67%
MA State House - Ninth Essex Donald Wong Republican 67%
MA State House - Second Middlesex Jim Arciero Democratic 50%
Matthew Beaton 50%
MA State House - Thirteenth Bristol Antonio Cabral Democratic 50%
Christine Canavan 50%
MA State House - Second Norfolk Tackey Chan Democratic 50%
MA State Senate - First Suffolk Nick Collins Democratic 50%
Tom Conroy 50%
Claire Cronin 50%
MA State House - Fifth Norfolk Mark Cusack Democratic 50%
Stephen DiNatale 50%
MA State House - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex Paul Donato, Sr. Democratic 50%
MA State Senate - Worcester and Hampshire Peter Durant Republican 50%
James Dwyer 50%
MA State Senate - Worcester and Norfolk Ryan Fattman Republican 50%
John Fernandes 50%
Ann-Margaret Ferrante 50%
MA State House - Sixth Hampden Mike Finn Democratic 50%
Gloria Fox 50%
MA State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex Colleen Garry Democratic 50%
Susan Gifford 50%
Anne Gobi 50%
Tom Golden, Jr. 50%
MA State House - Fourth Middlesex Danielle Gregoire Democratic 50%
Patricia Haddad 50%
Carlos Henriquez 50%
Bradford Hill 50%
MA State House - Sixth Suffolk Russell Holmes Democratic 50%
MA State House - Seventeenth Suffolk Kevin Honan Democratic 50%
MA State House - Fourth Bristol Steven Howitt Republican 50%
Louis Kafka 50%
Jay Kaufman 50%
Kevin Kuros 50%
MA State House - Tenth Middlesex John Lawn, Jr. Democratic 50%
MA State House - Thirteenth Worcester John Mahoney, Jr. Democratic 50%
MA State House - Ninth Bristol Christopher Markey Democratic 50%
James Miceli 50%
MA State House - Eighteenth Suffolk Michael Moran Democratic 50%
David Nangle 50%
Marc Pacheco 50%
Jerry Parisella 50%
George Peterson, Jr. 50%
Thomas Petrolati 50%
MA State House - Twelfth Hampden Angelo Puppolo, Jr. Democratic 50%
Dennis Rosa 50%
MA State House - Ninth Middlesex Thomas Stanley Democratic 50%
William Straus 50%
MA State Senate - First Essex and Middlesex Bruce Tarr Republican 50%
MA State House - Second Worcester Jon Zlotnik Democratic 50%
Vinny deMacedo 50%
John Binienda, Sr. 33%
Garrett Bradley 33%
MA State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk Michael Brady Democratic 33%
Linda Campbell 33%
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera 33%
Robert DeLeo 33%
Brian Dempsey 33%
MA Auditor Diana DiZoglio Democratic 33%
Robert Fennell 33%
MA State House - Sixth Norfolk Bill Galvin Democratic 33%
Sheila Harrington 33%
Robert Hedlund, Jr. 33%
James Lyons, Jr. 33%
MA State House - Third Norfolk Ronald Mariano Democratic 33%
MA State House - Third Suffolk Aaron Michlewitz Democratic 33%
MA State House - Fourth Norfolk James Murphy Democratic 33%
Kevin Murphy 33%
Harold Naughton, Jr. 33%
Eugene O'Flaherty 33%
Keiko Orrall 33%
Kathi-Anne Reinstein 33%
Richard Ross 33%
Angelo Scaccia 33%
Paul Schmid III 33%
Theodore Speliotis 33%
Jeffrey Sánchez 33%
James Timilty 33%
Walter Timilty 33%
MA State House - Third Barnstable David Vieira Republican 33%
Joseph Wagner 33%
Marty Walsh 33%
Steven Walsh 33%
Michael Costello 17%
MA Councilor - At-Large Sean Curran 17%
State Office Name Party Rating
MA State House - Twelfth Norfolk John Rogers D 67%
Stan Rosenberg 67%
MA State House - Tenth Norfolk Jeffrey Roy D 67%
MA State Senate - Norfolk and Suffolk Mike Rush D 67%
Byron Rushing 67%
Tom Sannicandro 67%
John Scibak 67%
MA State House - Seventh Bristol Alan Silvia D 67%
Frank Smizik 67%
MA State House - First Hampden Todd Smola R 67%
Ellen Story 67%
Benjamin Swan, Sr. 67%
Cleon Turner 67%
Chris Walsh 67%
MA State House - Ninth Essex Donald Wong R 67%
MA State House - Second Middlesex Jim Arciero D 50%
Matthew Beaton 50%
MA State House - Thirteenth Bristol Antonio Cabral D 50%
Christine Canavan 50%
MA State House - Second Norfolk Tackey Chan D 50%
MA State Senate - First Suffolk Nick Collins D 50%
Tom Conroy 50%
Claire Cronin 50%
MA State House - Fifth Norfolk Mark Cusack D 50%
Stephen DiNatale 50%
MA State House - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex Paul Donato, Sr. D 50%
MA State Senate - Worcester and Hampshire Peter Durant R 50%
James Dwyer 50%
MA State Senate - Worcester and Norfolk Ryan Fattman R 50%
John Fernandes 50%
Ann-Margaret Ferrante 50%
MA State House - Sixth Hampden Mike Finn D 50%
Gloria Fox 50%
MA State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex Colleen Garry D 50%
Susan Gifford 50%
Anne Gobi 50%
Tom Golden, Jr. 50%
MA State House - Fourth Middlesex Danielle Gregoire D 50%
Patricia Haddad 50%
Carlos Henriquez 50%
Bradford Hill 50%
MA State House - Sixth Suffolk Russell Holmes D 50%
MA State House - Seventeenth Suffolk Kevin Honan D 50%
MA State House - Fourth Bristol Steven Howitt R 50%
Louis Kafka 50%
Jay Kaufman 50%
Kevin Kuros 50%
MA State House - Tenth Middlesex John Lawn, Jr. D 50%
MA State House - Thirteenth Worcester John Mahoney, Jr. D 50%
MA State House - Ninth Bristol Christopher Markey D 50%
James Miceli 50%
MA State House - Eighteenth Suffolk Michael Moran D 50%
David Nangle 50%
Marc Pacheco 50%
Jerry Parisella 50%
George Peterson, Jr. 50%
Thomas Petrolati 50%
MA State House - Twelfth Hampden Angelo Puppolo, Jr. D 50%
Dennis Rosa 50%
MA State House - Ninth Middlesex Thomas Stanley D 50%
William Straus 50%
MA State Senate - First Essex and Middlesex Bruce Tarr R 50%
MA State House - Second Worcester Jon Zlotnik D 50%
Vinny deMacedo 50%
John Binienda, Sr. 33%
Garrett Bradley 33%
MA State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk Michael Brady D 33%
Linda Campbell 33%
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera 33%
Robert DeLeo 33%
Brian Dempsey 33%
MA Auditor Diana DiZoglio D 33%
Robert Fennell 33%
MA State House - Sixth Norfolk Bill Galvin D 33%
Sheila Harrington 33%
Robert Hedlund, Jr. 33%
James Lyons, Jr. 33%
MA State House - Third Norfolk Ronald Mariano D 33%
MA State House - Third Suffolk Aaron Michlewitz D 33%
MA State House - Fourth Norfolk James Murphy D 33%
Kevin Murphy 33%
Harold Naughton, Jr. 33%
Eugene O'Flaherty 33%
Keiko Orrall 33%
Kathi-Anne Reinstein 33%
Richard Ross 33%
Angelo Scaccia 33%
Paul Schmid III 33%
Theodore Speliotis 33%
Jeffrey Sánchez 33%
James Timilty 33%
Walter Timilty 33%
MA State House - Third Barnstable David Vieira R 33%
Joseph Wagner 33%
Marty Walsh 33%
Steven Walsh 33%
Michael Costello 17%
MA Councilor - At-Large Sean Curran 17%
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