Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)
2011 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Altmire | 20% | |||
| John Barrow | 20% | |||
| Joe Lieberman | 20% | |||
| Dan Lipinski | 20% | |||
| David Pryor | 20% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 17% |
| Jim Cooper | 16% | |||
| Mark Critz | 16% | |||
| Larry Kissell | 16% | |||
| Joe Manchin III | 15% | |||
| Bob Menendez | 15% | |||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 15% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 12% | |||
| Ben Chandler III | 12% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 12% |
| Peter DeFazio | 12% | |||
| Silvestre Reyes | 12% | |||
| Tim Ryan | 12% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 12% |
| Pete Visclosky | 12% | |||
| Jim Webb, Jr. | 11% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 10% |
| Mary Landrieu | 10% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 10% | |||
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 10% |
| Jon Tester | 10% | |||
| Pete Stark | 10% | |||
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 9% |
| Charlie Rangel | 9% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 8% |
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 8% |
| Kurt Schrader | 8% | |||
| Ed Towns | 8% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 8% |
| Corrine Brown | 8% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 8% | |||
| Hansen Clarke | 8% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 8% |
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 8% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| Bob Filner | 8% | |||
| Barney Frank | 8% | |||
| Marcia Fudge | 8% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 8% |
| Raul Grijalva | 8% | |||
| Ron Kind | 8% | |||
| Dennis Kucinich | 8% | |||
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 8% |
| John Lewis | 8% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 8% |
| Grace Napolitano | 8% | |||
| Bill Owens | 8% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 8% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 35 | Laura Richardson | Democratic | 8% |
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 8% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 8% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| Henry Waxman | 8% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 8% |
| Lynn Woolsey | 8% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 6% | |||
| Max Baucus | 5% | |||
| CO | U.S. Senate - Sr | Michael Bennet | Democratic | 5% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 5% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 5% |
| Tom Carper | 5% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 5% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 5% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 5% |
| Kay Hagan | 5% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 5% | |||
| Daniel Inouye | 5% | |||
| Timothy Johnson | 5% | |||
| John Kerry | 5% | |||
| Herb Kohl | 5% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 5% | |||
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 5% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 5% |
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 5% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 5% |
| Mark Udall | 5% | |||
| Tom Udall | 5% | |||
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 5% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 5% |
| Donald Payne | 5% | |||
| John Olver | 4% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 4% | |||
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 4% |
| John Dingell | 4% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 4% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 4% |
| Loretta Sanchez | 4% | |||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 4% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 4% |
| Xavier Becerra | 4% | |||
| Earl Blumenauer | 4% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 4% |