Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)
2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter DeFazio | 12% | |||
| Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 12% | |||
| Bill Enyart | 12% | |||
| Pete Gallego | 12% | |||
| Joe Garcia | 12% | |||
| Raul Grijalva | 12% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 12% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 12% |
| Kurt Schrader | 12% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 12% | |||
| Jon Tester | 12% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 12% | |||
| CA | Mayor - At-Large | Karen Bass | Democratic | 11% |
| John Lewis | 11% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 11% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 10% |
| John Walsh | 10% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 10% |
| Mark Begich | 9% | |||
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 9% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 9% | |||
| NM | Governor | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | 9% |
| Claire McCaskill | 9% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 9% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 9% |
| Xavier Becerra | 8% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| Earl Blumenauer | 8% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 8% |
| Corrine Brown | 8% | |||
| Cheri Bustos | 8% | |||
| Matt Cartwright | 8% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 8% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 20 | Joaquin Castro | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 8% |
| David Cicilline | 8% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 5 | Katherine Clark | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 8% |
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 8% |
| John Conyers, Jr. | 8% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 8% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 8% |
| Elijah Cummings | 8% | |||
| Tony Cárdenas | 8% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 8% |
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 8% |
| Ted Deutch | 8% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 8% |
| Donna Edwards | 8% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 8% |
| Eliot Engel | 8% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 8% | |||
| Elizabeth Esty | 8% | |||
| NA | Director of National Intelligence | Tulsi Gabbard | 8% | |
| CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 8% | |
| Brian Higgins | 8% | |||
| Mike Honda | 8% | |||
| Steve Israel | 8% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 8% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 8 | Hakeem Jeffries | Democratic | 8% |
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 8% |
| Joe Kennedy III | 8% | |||
| Ron Kind | 8% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 8% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 8% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 8% |
| Alan Lowenthal | 8% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 8% |
| Carolyn Maloney | 8% | |||
| Sean Maloney | 8% | |||
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 8% |
| Jim McDermott | 8% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 6 | Grace Meng | Democratic | 8% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 8% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 8% | |
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 8% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 8% |
| Grace Napolitano | 8% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 8% |
| Beto O'Rourke | 8% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 8% | |||
| Don Payne, Jr. | 8% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 8% |
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 8% |
| WI | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Pocan | Democratic | 8% |
| Mark Pryor | 8% | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 8% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 8% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 8% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 8% |
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 8% |
| José Serrano | 8% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 8% |
| Carol Shea-Porter | 8% | |||
| Kyrsten Sinema | 8% |