Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)
2017 Positions (State Legislature)
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Sullivan | 5% | |||
| Kathy Swanson | 5% | |||
| Mike Sylvester | 5% | |||
| Gael Tarleton | 5% | |||
| Todd Taylor | 5% | |||
| WA | State House - 24 Position 2 | Steve Tharinger | Democratic | 5% |
| Phyllis Thede | 5% | |||
| NH | State House - Strafford 11 | Janet Wall | Democratic | 5% |
| IA | State House - 49 | Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democratic | 5% |
| IA | State Senate - 49 | Cindy Winckler | Democratic | 5% |
| WA | State House - 49 Position 1 | Sharon Wylie | Democratic | 5% |
| CA | State Senate - 24 | Ben Allen | Democratic | 4% |
| Jim Beall, Jr. | 4% | |||
| CA | State Assembly - 23 | Marc Berman | Democratic | 4% |
| Richard Bloom | 4% | |||
| Lydia Blume | 4% | |||
| Joseph Bolkcom | 4% | |||
| CA | Attorney General | Rob Bonta | Democratic | 4% |
| Steven Bradford | 4% | |||
| Ian Calderon | 4% | |||
| Edwin Chau | 4% | |||
| David Chiu | 4% | |||
| Kansen Chu | 4% | |||
| Janice Cooper | 4% | |||
| ME | State Senate - 23 | Mattie Daughtry | Democratic | 4% |
| Susan Eggman | 4% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 30 | Laura Friedman | Democratic | 4% |
| Cathleen Galgiani | 4% | |||
| Cristina Garcia | 4% | |||
| Sara Gideon | 4% | |||
| Geoffrey Gratwick | 4% | |||
| Scott Hamann | 4% | |||
| Gerald Hill | 4% | |||
| Chris Holden | 4% | |||
| Hannah-Beth Jackson | 4% | |||
| CA | State Assembly - 25 | Ash Kalra | Democratic | 4% |
| Connie Leyva | 4% | |||
| Nate Libby | 4% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 21 | Monique Limón | Democratic | 4% |
| Jay McCreight | 4% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 2 | Mike McGuire | Democratic | 4% |
| Andrew McLean | 4% | |||
| Tony Mendoza | 4% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 2 | Holly Mitchell | 4% | |
| Kimberly Monaghan | 4% | |||
| Bill Monning | 4% | |||
| ME | State House - 117 | Matt Moonen | Democratic | 4% |
| CA | U.S. House - 15 | Kevin Mullin | Democratic | 4% |
| CA | State Assembly - 66 | Al Muratsuchi | Democratic | 4% |
| MD | State Senate - 26 | C. Anthony Muse | Democratic | 4% |
| CA | Council Member - 2 | Adrin Nazarian | Democratic | 4% |
| Patrick O'Donnell | 4% | |||
| Nathaniel Oaks | 4% | |||
| IA | State Senate - 18 | Janet Petersen | Democratic | 4% |
| Anthony Rendon | 4% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 29 | Eloise Reyes | Democratic | 4% |
| Sebastian Ridley-Thomas | 4% | |||
| Deane Rykerson | 4% | |||
| Heather Sanborn | 4% | |||
| Diane Sands | 4% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 27 | Henry Stern | Democratic | 4% |
| CA | State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tony Thurmond | Non-partisan | 4% |
| Phil Ting | 4% | |||
| Ryan Tipping | 4% | |||
| Eloise Vitelli | 4% | |||
| Charlotte Warren | 4% | |||
| Bob Wieckowski | 4% | |||
| Jim Wood | 4% | |||
| Bilal Ali | 3% | |||
| Curt Anderson | 3% | |||
| Angela Angel | 3% | |||
| Vanessa Atterbeary | 3% | |||
| Charles Barkley | 3% | |||
| MD | State House - 21 | Ben Barnes | Democratic | 3% |
| Darryl Barnes | 3% | |||
| Erek Barron | 3% | |||
| MD | Public Service Commissioner | Kumar Barve | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | State Senate - 24 | Joanne Benson | Democratic | 3% |
| Talmadge Branch | 3% | |||
| MD | State Senate - 10 | Ben Brooks, Sr. | Democratic | 3% |
| Mike Busch | 3% | |||
| Al Carr, Jr. | 3% | |||
| MD | State House - 46 | Luke Clippinger | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | State House - 40 | Frank Conaway, Jr. | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | State House - 19 | Bonnie Cullison | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | Treasurer | Dereck Davis | Democratic | 3% |
| Kathleen Dumais | 3% | |||
| MD | State House - 44A | Eric Ebersole | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | State House - 47A | Diana Fennell | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | State House - 15 | David Fraser-Hidalgo | Democratic | 3% |
| Barbara Frush | 3% | |||
| Tawanna Gaines | 3% | |||
| Angela Gibson | 3% | |||
| Jim Gilchrist | 3% | |||
| Cheryl Glenn | 3% | |||
| Ana Sol Gutierrez | 3% | |||
| MD | State Senate - 40 | Antonio Hayes | Democratic | 3% |
| Keith Haynes | 3% | |||
| MD | State House - 22 | Anne Healey | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | State Senate - 11 | Shelly Hettleman | Democratic | 3% |