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State Office Name Party Rating
Mike Padden 90%
KS State Senate - 15 Virgil Peck, Jr. Republican 90%
Warren Petryk 90%
Jeffrey Pierce 90%
Cary Pigman 90%
David Reis 90%
IA State Senate - 29 Sandy Salmon Republican 90%
Mark Scheffel 90%
NJ State Senate - 39 Holly Schepisi Republican 90%
Ryan Smith 90%
Mary Souza 90%
Chris Sprowls 90%
VA State Senate - 7 Bill Stanley, Jr. Republican 90%
WI State Assembly - 4 David Steffen Republican 90%
VA State Senate - 25 Richard Stuart Republican 90%
Sam Thompson 90%
Holly Thompson Rehder 90%
Kelly Townsend 90%
KS State Senate - 12 Caryn Tyson Republican 90%
Warren Van Wyck 90%
Charles Van Zant 90%
WI State Assembly - 70 Nancy VanderMeer Republican 90%
Gary Viens 90%
NH State House - Rockingham 5 Michael Vose Republican 90%
ME State House - 82 Nathan Wadsworth Republican 90%
IN State Senate - 41 Greg Walker Republican 90%
PA State House - 69 Carl Walker Metzgar Republican 90%
Grant Wehrli 90%
Gail Whitsett 90%
MS State Senate - 52 Brice Wiggins Republican 90%
Scott Wilk 90%
David Wolkins 90%
John Wood 90%
Ronald Young 90%
Ralph Alvarado 89%
Richard Anderson 89%
Niraj Antani 89%
Thomas Apodaca 89%
Ryan Aument 89%
Marilyn Avila 89%
Herman Baertschiger, Jr. 89%
OH U.S. House - 12 Troy Balderson Republican 89%
Stan Bingham 89%
MO State Senate - 31 Rick Brattin, Jr. Republican 89%
MS Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown Republican 89%
Justin Burr 89%
Woody Burton 89%
MS State House - 104 Larry Byrd Republican 89%
MS State House - 1 Lester Carpenter Republican 89%
Terri Carver 89%
Bruce Chandler 89%
Amanda Chase 89%
J.R. Claeys 89%
Bill Cook 89%
Bob Cupp 89%
Brian Dansel 89%
Anthony DeVitis 89%
Mike Delph 89%
Jim Denning 89%
Mike Dudgeon 89%
Siobhan Dunnavant 89%
Judy Emmons 89%
PA State House - 137 Joe Emrick Republican 89%
Sondra Erickson 89%
Joe Farrer 89%
Ryan Ferns 89%
Erik Fresen 89%
Matt Gabler 89%
KY State Senate - 9 David Givens Republican 89%
James Hamper 89%
Tim Harman 89%
TN State House - 5 David Hawk Republican 89%
VA State Senate - 3 Chris Head Republican 89%
Jonathon Hill 89%
Gary Hilliard 89%
Gary Hopper 89%
Jay Hottinger 89%
Michael Hough 89%
Eric Householder 89%
WV State House - 87 Gary Howell Republican 89%
Robert Huff 89%
Sheri Jesiel 89%
Kris Jordan 89%
Robert Karnes 89%
PA State House - 89 Rob Kauffman Republican 89%
Alice Kerr 89%
OH State Senate - 10 Kyle Koehler Republican 89%
Kevin Kuros 89%
WV Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt Republican 89%
Scott Lingamfelter 89%
Ron Lollar 89%
FL State Board of Education MaryLynn Magar Republican 89%
Richard Malaby 89%
Jeff McClain 89%
OH State Senate - 1 Rob McColley Republican 89%
Patrick McDonough 89%
NC State Senate - 21 Tom McInnis Republican 89%
MA State House - Eighteenth Worcester Joe McKenna Republican 89%
Leonard Mirra 89%
John Moore 89%
State Office Name Party Rating
Mike Padden 90%
KS State Senate - 15 Virgil Peck, Jr. R 90%
Warren Petryk 90%
Jeffrey Pierce 90%
Cary Pigman 90%
David Reis 90%
IA State Senate - 29 Sandy Salmon R 90%
Mark Scheffel 90%
NJ State Senate - 39 Holly Schepisi R 90%
Ryan Smith 90%
Mary Souza 90%
Chris Sprowls 90%
VA State Senate - 7 Bill Stanley, Jr. R 90%
WI State Assembly - 4 David Steffen R 90%
VA State Senate - 25 Richard Stuart R 90%
Sam Thompson 90%
Holly Thompson Rehder 90%
Kelly Townsend 90%
KS State Senate - 12 Caryn Tyson R 90%
Warren Van Wyck 90%
Charles Van Zant 90%
WI State Assembly - 70 Nancy VanderMeer R 90%
Gary Viens 90%
NH State House - Rockingham 5 Michael Vose R 90%
ME State House - 82 Nathan Wadsworth R 90%
IN State Senate - 41 Greg Walker R 90%
PA State House - 69 Carl Walker Metzgar R 90%
Grant Wehrli 90%
Gail Whitsett 90%
MS State Senate - 52 Brice Wiggins R 90%
Scott Wilk 90%
David Wolkins 90%
John Wood 90%
Ronald Young 90%
Ralph Alvarado 89%
Richard Anderson 89%
Niraj Antani 89%
Thomas Apodaca 89%
Ryan Aument 89%
Marilyn Avila 89%
Herman Baertschiger, Jr. 89%
OH U.S. House - 12 Troy Balderson R 89%
Stan Bingham 89%
MO State Senate - 31 Rick Brattin, Jr. R 89%
MS Public Service Commissioner Chris Brown R 89%
Justin Burr 89%
Woody Burton 89%
MS State House - 104 Larry Byrd R 89%
MS State House - 1 Lester Carpenter R 89%
Terri Carver 89%
Bruce Chandler 89%
Amanda Chase 89%
J.R. Claeys 89%
Bill Cook 89%
Bob Cupp 89%
Brian Dansel 89%
Anthony DeVitis 89%
Mike Delph 89%
Jim Denning 89%
Mike Dudgeon 89%
Siobhan Dunnavant 89%
Judy Emmons 89%
PA State House - 137 Joe Emrick R 89%
Sondra Erickson 89%
Joe Farrer 89%
Ryan Ferns 89%
Erik Fresen 89%
Matt Gabler 89%
KY State Senate - 9 David Givens R 89%
James Hamper 89%
Tim Harman 89%
TN State House - 5 David Hawk R 89%
VA State Senate - 3 Chris Head R 89%
Jonathon Hill 89%
Gary Hilliard 89%
Gary Hopper 89%
Jay Hottinger 89%
Michael Hough 89%
Eric Householder 89%
WV State House - 87 Gary Howell R 89%
Robert Huff 89%
Sheri Jesiel 89%
Kris Jordan 89%
Robert Karnes 89%
PA State House - 89 Rob Kauffman R 89%
Alice Kerr 89%
OH State Senate - 10 Kyle Koehler R 89%
Kevin Kuros 89%
WV Commissioner of Agriculture Kent Leonhardt R 89%
Scott Lingamfelter 89%
Ron Lollar 89%
FL State Board of Education MaryLynn Magar R 89%
Richard Malaby 89%
Jeff McClain 89%
OH State Senate - 1 Rob McColley R 89%
Patrick McDonough 89%
NC State Senate - 21 Tom McInnis R 89%
MA State House - Eighteenth Worcester Joe McKenna R 89%
Leonard Mirra 89%
John Moore 89%
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