Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)
2013 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 8% |
| Ted Deutch | 8% | |||
| John Dingell | 8% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 8% | |||
| Elizabeth Esty | 8% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 8% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 2 | Jared Huffman | Democratic | 8% |
| Timothy Johnson | 8% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 8% |
| Joe Kennedy III | 8% | |||
| Dan Kildee | 8% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 8% | |||
| Jim McDermott | 8% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 8% |
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 8% |
| Rick Nolan | 8% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 8% | |||
| Don Payne, Jr. | 8% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 8% |
| David Price | 8% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 8% |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 8% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 8% |
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 8% |
| Eric Swalwell | 8% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 8% |
| John Tierney | 8% | |||
| Mark Udall | 8% | |||
| Tom Udall | 8% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 8% |
| John Yarmuth | 8% | |||
| Mike Honda | 5% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 5% |
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 5% |
| Bobby Rush | 5% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 4% |
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 4% |
| Barbara Boxer | 4% | |||
| Sherrod Brown | 4% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 4% |
| Ben Cardin | 4% | |||
| Tom Carper | 4% | |||
| DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Coons | Democratic | 4% |
| Joe Crowley | 4% | |||
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 4% |
| Sam Farr | 4% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 4% | |||
| Al Franken | 4% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 4% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 4% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 4% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 4% |
| Patrick Leahy | 4% | |||
| Carl Levin | 4% | |||
| John Lewis | 4% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 4% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 4% | |||
| Bob Menendez | 4% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 4% |
| Barbara Mikulski | 4% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 4% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 4% |
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 4% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 4% |
| John Sarbanes | 4% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Brian Schatz | Democratic | 4% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 4% |
| Carol Shea-Porter | 4% | |||
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 4% |
| MA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | 4% |
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 4% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 4% |
| Bruce Braley | 0% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 0% |