Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)

2020 Positions

Issues: Conservative

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State Office Name Party Rating
IA U.S. House - 4 Randy Feenstra Republican 90%
Juan Fernandez-Barquin 90%
Blake Filippi 90%
OH State Senate - 2 Theresa Gavarone Republican 90%
Tim Geitner 90%
MD State House - 6 Robin Grammer, Jr. Republican 90%
CA State Senate - 12 Shannon Grove Republican 90%
Douglas Gutwein 90%
MI State House - 42 Matt Hall Republican 90%
Chris Holbert 90%
Jay Hottinger 90%
Richard Impallaria 90%
FL State House - 100 Chip LaMarca Republican 90%
Isaac Latterell 90%
IN State House - 59 Ryan Lauer Republican 90%
FL State House - 54 Randall Maggard Republican 90%
SC State House - 38 Josiah Magnuson Republican 90%
SD State Senate - 28 Sam Marty Republican 90%
NJ State Assembly - 10 Gregory McGuckin Republican 90%
MI State House - 89 Luke Meerman Republican 90%
Warren Miller 90%
IN Director of the Department of Natural Resources Alan Morrison Republican 90%
RI State House - 28 George Nardone Republican 90%
Sharon Negele 90%
IN State House - 33 John Prescott Republican 90%
FL Commissioner - 5 Holly Raschein 90%
Anthony Rodriguez 90%
OH State Senate - 22 Mark Romanchuk Republican 90%
FL Representative - 5 David Santiago Republican 90%
Ben Sasse 90%
MO State Senate - 23 Adam Schnelting Republican 90%
ID State House - 2A Heather Scott Republican 90%
FL State House - 38 David Smith Republican 90%
AL Auditor Andrew Sorrell Republican 90%
Alicia Straub 90%
Scott Wiggam 90%
OH State Senate - 7 Steve Wilson Republican 90%
Ron Wright 90%
Bryan Zollinger 90%
Nancy Barto 89%
Amanda Batten 89%
Bill Brough 89%
Jesse Burris 89%
VA U.S. House - 6 Ben Cline Republican 89%
MO State Senate - 22 Mary Coleman Republican 89%
Page Cortez 89%
KS U.S. House - 4 Ron Estes Republican 89%
Raymond Garofalo, Jr. 89%
Terry Gestrin 89%
Bob Hackett 89%
OH State Senate - 5 Stephen Huffman Republican 89%
Trevor Jacobs 89%
IN State House - 83 Christopher Judy Republican 89%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta Republican 89%
Tom Lee 89%
AZ Supervisor - 4 Debbie Lesko Republican 89%
IN State House - 69 Jim Lucas Republican 89%
VA State Senate - 26 Ryan McDougle Republican 89%
Charles Poindexter 89%
GA Commissioner - 3 Ken Pullin Republican 89%
LA State Senate - 30 Mike Reese Republican 89%
Tom Rice 89%
Bret Roberts 89%
RI State House - 29 Sherry Roberts Republican 89%
TN U.S. House - 6 John Rose Republican 89%
TX U.S. House - 21 Chip Roy Republican 89%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 89%
Matt Shea 89%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith Republican 89%
Dean Tran 89%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg Republican 89%
AR U.S. House - 4 Bruce Westerman Republican 89%
TX U.S. House - 25 Roger Williams Republican 89%
LA State Senate - 25 Mark Abraham Republican 88%
FL Commissioner - 5 Thad Altman Republican 88%
LA State House - 51 Beryl Amedée Republican 88%
LA State House - 59 Tony Bacala Republican 88%
ID State House - 3A Vito Barbieri Republican 88%
WV State Senate - 3 Trenton Barnhart Republican 88%
MI U.S. House - 7 Tom Barrett Republican 88%
LA State House - 48 Beau Beaullieu IV Republican 88%
OH Trustee - At-Large John Becker Republican 88%
Jerry Behn 88%
Tom Bibby 88%
MI State House - 49 Ann Bollin Republican 88%
Michael Breitbach 88%
Waylon Brown 88%
Scott Cadle 88%
Ronnie Campbell 88%
LA State Senate - 33 Stewart Cathey, Jr. Republican 88%
Richard Champion 88%
LA State Senate - 28 Heather Cloud Republican 88%
ID State House - 13A Brent Crane Republican 88%
OK State House - 41 Denise Crosswhite Hader Republican 88%
Brian Dahle 88%
Martin Daniel 88%
Brian Daniels 88%
IA State Senate - 10 Dan Dawson Republican 88%
MA State House - Fifth Plymouth David DeCoste Republican 88%
Bruce DeGroot 88%
State Office Name Party Rating
IA U.S. House - 4 Randy Feenstra R 90%
Juan Fernandez-Barquin 90%
Blake Filippi 90%
OH State Senate - 2 Theresa Gavarone R 90%
Tim Geitner 90%
MD State House - 6 Robin Grammer, Jr. R 90%
CA State Senate - 12 Shannon Grove R 90%
Douglas Gutwein 90%
MI State House - 42 Matt Hall R 90%
Chris Holbert 90%
Jay Hottinger 90%
Richard Impallaria 90%
FL State House - 100 Chip LaMarca R 90%
Isaac Latterell 90%
IN State House - 59 Ryan Lauer R 90%
FL State House - 54 Randall Maggard R 90%
SC State House - 38 Josiah Magnuson R 90%
SD State Senate - 28 Sam Marty R 90%
NJ State Assembly - 10 Gregory McGuckin R 90%
MI State House - 89 Luke Meerman R 90%
Warren Miller 90%
IN Director of the Department of Natural Resources Alan Morrison R 90%
RI State House - 28 George Nardone R 90%
Sharon Negele 90%
IN State House - 33 John Prescott R 90%
FL Commissioner - 5 Holly Raschein 90%
Anthony Rodriguez 90%
OH State Senate - 22 Mark Romanchuk R 90%
FL Representative - 5 David Santiago R 90%
Ben Sasse 90%
MO State Senate - 23 Adam Schnelting R 90%
ID State House - 2A Heather Scott R 90%
FL State House - 38 David Smith R 90%
AL Auditor Andrew Sorrell R 90%
Alicia Straub 90%
Scott Wiggam 90%
OH State Senate - 7 Steve Wilson R 90%
Ron Wright 90%
Bryan Zollinger 90%
Nancy Barto 89%
Amanda Batten 89%
Bill Brough 89%
Jesse Burris 89%
VA U.S. House - 6 Ben Cline R 89%
MO State Senate - 22 Mary Coleman R 89%
Page Cortez 89%
KS U.S. House - 4 Ron Estes R 89%
Raymond Garofalo, Jr. 89%
Terry Gestrin 89%
Bob Hackett 89%
OH State Senate - 5 Stephen Huffman R 89%
Trevor Jacobs 89%
IN State House - 83 Christopher Judy R 89%
OH U.S. House - 5 Bob Latta R 89%
Tom Lee 89%
AZ Supervisor - 4 Debbie Lesko R 89%
IN State House - 69 Jim Lucas R 89%
VA State Senate - 26 Ryan McDougle R 89%
Charles Poindexter 89%
GA Commissioner - 3 Ken Pullin R 89%
LA State Senate - 30 Mike Reese R 89%
Tom Rice 89%
Bret Roberts 89%
RI State House - 29 Sherry Roberts R 89%
TN U.S. House - 6 John Rose R 89%
TX U.S. House - 21 Chip Roy R 89%
Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. 89%
Matt Shea 89%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith R 89%
Dean Tran 89%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg R 89%
AR U.S. House - 4 Bruce Westerman R 89%
TX U.S. House - 25 Roger Williams R 89%
LA State Senate - 25 Mark Abraham R 88%
FL Commissioner - 5 Thad Altman R 88%
LA State House - 51 Beryl Amedée R 88%
LA State House - 59 Tony Bacala R 88%
ID State House - 3A Vito Barbieri R 88%
WV State Senate - 3 Trenton Barnhart R 88%
MI U.S. House - 7 Tom Barrett R 88%
LA State House - 48 Beau Beaullieu IV R 88%
OH Trustee - At-Large John Becker R 88%
Jerry Behn 88%
Tom Bibby 88%
MI State House - 49 Ann Bollin R 88%
Michael Breitbach 88%
Waylon Brown 88%
Scott Cadle 88%
Ronnie Campbell 88%
LA State Senate - 33 Stewart Cathey, Jr. R 88%
Richard Champion 88%
LA State Senate - 28 Heather Cloud R 88%
ID State House - 13A Brent Crane R 88%
OK State House - 41 Denise Crosswhite Hader R 88%
Brian Dahle 88%
Martin Daniel 88%
Brian Daniels 88%
IA State Senate - 10 Dan Dawson R 88%
MA State House - Fifth Plymouth David DeCoste R 88%
Bruce DeGroot 88%
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