Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)

2022 Positions

Issues: Conservative

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State Office Name Party Rating
Jake Corman III 80%
OK State House - 6 Rusty Cornwell Republican 80%
LA Public Service Commissioner - 2 Jean-Paul Coussan Republican 80%
Jon Cross 80%
Randal Crowder 80%
Dean Davis 80%
IN State Senate - 18 Stacey Donato Republican 80%
GA State House - 31 Emory Dunahoo, Jr. Republican 80%
MN U.S. House - 6 Tom Emmer Republican 80%
NM State Senate - 32 Candy Ezzell Republican 80%
Graham Filler 80%
Bob Gardner 80%
Garrett Gobble 80%
Timothy Goodwin 80%
Rodney Graham 80%
SD State House - 22 Lana Greenfield Republican 80%
Mary Griffin 80%
MD State House - 35A Mike Griffith Republican 80%
Mike Groene 80%
Stan Gustafson 80%
VT State House - Franklin-5 Lisa Hango Republican 80%
IN State House - 85 Dave Heine Republican 80%
AR U.S. House - 2 French Hill Republican 80%
Brett Hillyer 80%
LA State Senate - 13 Valarie Hodges Republican 80%
IN State Senate - 19 Travis Holdman Republican 80%
OH State House - 97 Adam Holmes Republican 80%
IN U.S. House - 9 Erin Houchin Republican 80%
KS State House - 98 Cyndi Howerton Republican 80%
NH State House - Cheshire 14 John Hunt Republican 80%
MD State House - 36 Jay Jacobs Republican 80%
UT State Senate - 3 John Johnson Republican 80%
Bronna Kahle 80%
John Kelly 80%
NH State House - Grafton 5 Rick Ladd, Jr. Republican 80%
PA State Senate - 35 Wayne Langerholc, Jr. Republican 80%
Colin Larson 80%
IN State Senate - 42 Jean Leising Republican 80%
Blaine Luetkemeyer 80%
Randy Lyness 80%
WV Commissioner - At-Large John Mandt, Jr. Republican 80%
OH State Senate - 13 Nathan Manning Republican 80%
Michael Maroney 80%
Ed Massey 80%
MI State Senate - 38 Ed McBroom Republican 80%
UT State Senate - 18 Dan McCay Republican 80%
NH State Senate - 3 Mark McConkey Republican 80%
IL State House - 109 Charlie Meier Republican 80%
IN U.S. House - 8 Mark Messmer Republican 80%
MD State House - 6 Ric Metzgar Republican 80%
ID State House - 6B Brandon Mitchell Republican 80%
Mark Moores 80%
ID State House - 10A Mike Moyle Republican 80%
Sharon Negele 80%
Bill Nelson 80%
Nelson, Jr. 80%
IN State House - 78 Tim O'Brien Republican 80%
Jack O'Malley 80%
VA State House - 44 Israel O'Quinn Republican 80%
CA State Senate - 19 Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh Republican 80%
LA State Senate - 1 Robert Owen Republican 80%
CO State Senate - 35 Rod Pelton Republican 80%
Greg Pence 80%
OH State House - 39 Phil Plummer Republican 80%
MO State House - 52 Bradley Pollitt Republican 80%
MO State House - 13 Sean Pouche Republican 80%
KS State House - 110 Ken Rahjes Republican 80%
KY State Senate - 36 Julie Raque Adams Republican 80%
Mike Regan 80%
CO State Senate - 7 Janice Rich Republican 80%
NH State House - Sullivan 3 Skip Rollins Republican 80%
Claire Rouillard 80%
Carrie Ruud 80%
Wayne Schmidt 80%
Mike Sexton 80%
NM State Senate - 1 Bill Sharer Republican 80%
Shawn Stevens 80%
Brian Stewart 80%
UT State Senate - 24 Keven Stratton Republican 80%
James Strickler 80%
GA State Senate - 13 Carden Summers Republican 80%
Margaret Sutton 80%
OH State House - 89 DJ Swearingen Republican 80%
KY State House - 53 James Tipton Republican 80%
NM State Senate - 34 Jim Townsend Republican 80%
LA State House - 79 Debbie Villio Republican 80%
Rodney Wakeman 80%
IN State Senate - 41 Greg Walker Republican 80%
TN State Senate - 26 Page Walley Republican 80%
MN State Senate - 12 Torrey Westrom Republican 80%
TN State House - 83 Mark White Republican 80%
Marli Wiese 80%
VA State House - 32 Bill Wiley Republican 80%
Larry Yarborough, Jr. 80%
NM State House - 63 Martin Zamora Republican 80%
IN State House - 11 Michael Aylesworth Republican 79%
IN State House - 44 Beau Baird Republican 79%
OH Director of the Department of Agriculture Brian Baldridge 79%
KY State House - 63 Kim Banta Republican 79%
John Barker 79%
State Office Name Party Rating
Jake Corman III 80%
OK State House - 6 Rusty Cornwell R 80%
LA Public Service Commissioner - 2 Jean-Paul Coussan R 80%
Jon Cross 80%
Randal Crowder 80%
Dean Davis 80%
IN State Senate - 18 Stacey Donato R 80%
GA State House - 31 Emory Dunahoo, Jr. R 80%
MN U.S. House - 6 Tom Emmer R 80%
NM State Senate - 32 Candy Ezzell R 80%
Graham Filler 80%
Bob Gardner 80%
Garrett Gobble 80%
Timothy Goodwin 80%
Rodney Graham 80%
SD State House - 22 Lana Greenfield R 80%
Mary Griffin 80%
MD State House - 35A Mike Griffith R 80%
Mike Groene 80%
Stan Gustafson 80%
VT State House - Franklin-5 Lisa Hango R 80%
IN State House - 85 Dave Heine R 80%
AR U.S. House - 2 French Hill R 80%
Brett Hillyer 80%
LA State Senate - 13 Valarie Hodges R 80%
IN State Senate - 19 Travis Holdman R 80%
OH State House - 97 Adam Holmes R 80%
IN U.S. House - 9 Erin Houchin R 80%
KS State House - 98 Cyndi Howerton R 80%
NH State House - Cheshire 14 John Hunt R 80%
MD State House - 36 Jay Jacobs R 80%
UT State Senate - 3 John Johnson R 80%
Bronna Kahle 80%
John Kelly 80%
NH State House - Grafton 5 Rick Ladd, Jr. R 80%
PA State Senate - 35 Wayne Langerholc, Jr. R 80%
Colin Larson 80%
IN State Senate - 42 Jean Leising R 80%
Blaine Luetkemeyer 80%
Randy Lyness 80%
WV Commissioner - At-Large John Mandt, Jr. R 80%
OH State Senate - 13 Nathan Manning R 80%
Michael Maroney 80%
Ed Massey 80%
MI State Senate - 38 Ed McBroom R 80%
UT State Senate - 18 Dan McCay R 80%
NH State Senate - 3 Mark McConkey R 80%
IL State House - 109 Charlie Meier R 80%
IN U.S. House - 8 Mark Messmer R 80%
MD State House - 6 Ric Metzgar R 80%
ID State House - 6B Brandon Mitchell R 80%
Mark Moores 80%
ID State House - 10A Mike Moyle R 80%
Sharon Negele 80%
Bill Nelson 80%
Nelson, Jr. 80%
IN State House - 78 Tim O'Brien R 80%
Jack O'Malley 80%
VA State House - 44 Israel O'Quinn R 80%
CA State Senate - 19 Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh R 80%
LA State Senate - 1 Robert Owen R 80%
CO State Senate - 35 Rod Pelton R 80%
Greg Pence 80%
OH State House - 39 Phil Plummer R 80%
MO State House - 52 Bradley Pollitt R 80%
MO State House - 13 Sean Pouche R 80%
KS State House - 110 Ken Rahjes R 80%
KY State Senate - 36 Julie Raque Adams R 80%
Mike Regan 80%
CO State Senate - 7 Janice Rich R 80%
NH State House - Sullivan 3 Skip Rollins R 80%
Claire Rouillard 80%
Carrie Ruud 80%
Wayne Schmidt 80%
Mike Sexton 80%
NM State Senate - 1 Bill Sharer R 80%
Shawn Stevens 80%
Brian Stewart 80%
UT State Senate - 24 Keven Stratton R 80%
James Strickler 80%
GA State Senate - 13 Carden Summers R 80%
Margaret Sutton 80%
OH State House - 89 DJ Swearingen R 80%
KY State House - 53 James Tipton R 80%
NM State Senate - 34 Jim Townsend R 80%
LA State House - 79 Debbie Villio R 80%
Rodney Wakeman 80%
IN State Senate - 41 Greg Walker R 80%
TN State Senate - 26 Page Walley R 80%
MN State Senate - 12 Torrey Westrom R 80%
TN State House - 83 Mark White R 80%
Marli Wiese 80%
VA State House - 32 Bill Wiley R 80%
Larry Yarborough, Jr. 80%
NM State House - 63 Martin Zamora R 80%
IN State House - 11 Michael Aylesworth R 79%
IN State House - 44 Beau Baird R 79%
OH Director of the Department of Agriculture Brian Baldridge 79%
KY State House - 63 Kim Banta R 79%
John Barker 79%
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