Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | Mayor - At-Large | Karen Bass | Democratic | 80% |
| Earl Blumenauer | 80% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 80% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 80% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 1 | Suzan DelBene | Democratic | 80% |
| WA | Lieutenant Governor | Denny Heck | Democratic | 80% |
| Mike Honda | 80% | |||
| John Lewis | 80% | |||
| Dan Lipinski | 80% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 80% |
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 80% | |||
| Rick Nolan | 80% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 80% | |||
| Cedric Richmond | 80% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 80% | |||
| David Scott | 80% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 80% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80% |
| Harry Reid | 75% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 75% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 26 | Julia Brownley | Democratic | 70% |
| Cheri Bustos | 70% | |||
| Bill Enyart | 70% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 70% |
| Joe Garcia | 70% | |||
| Annie Kuster | 70% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 70% | |||
| Dan Maffei | 70% | |||
| Sean Maloney | 70% | |||
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | 70% | |||
| Bill Owens | 70% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 70% |
| CA | U.S. House - 25 | Raul Ruiz | Democratic | 70% |
| Kurt Schrader | 70% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 63% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 6 | Ami Bera | Democratic | 60% |
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 60% |
| Carolyn McCarthy | 60% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 50 | Scott Peters | Democratic | 60% |
| IL | U.S. House - 10 | Brad Schneider | Democratic | 60% |
| Allyson Schwartz | 60% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 50% |
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 50% |
| John Delaney | 50% | |||
| Pete Gallego | 50% | |||
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 50% | |||
| Ron Barber | 40% | |||
| Jim Matheson | 40% | |||
| Mike McIntyre | 40% | |||
| Patrick Murphy | 40% | |||
| Collin Peterson | 40% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 40% | |||
| Kyrsten Sinema | 40% | |||
| Mark Kirk | 38% | |||
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 38% |
| John Barrow | 30% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 30% |
| Chris Gibson | 30% | |||
| Frank LoBiondo | 30% | |||
| David McKinley | 30% | |||
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 30% | |||
| NH | Governor | Kelly Ayotte | Republican | 25% |
| Robert Corker | 25% | |||
| Dean Heller | 25% | |||
| Rob Portman | 25% | |||
| Lou Barletta | 20% | |||
| Paul Broun | 20% | |||
| WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 20% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Paul Cook | 20% | |
| Rodney Davis | 20% | |||
| Jeff Denham | 20% | |||
| Charlie Dent | 20% | |||
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 20% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 20% | |||
| Michael Grimm | 20% | |||
| Ralph Hall | 20% | |||
| Richard Hanna | 20% | |||
| David Jolly | 20% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 14 | Dave Joyce | Republican | 20% |
| Pete King | 20% | |||
| Adam Kinzinger | 20% | |||
| Tom Marino | 20% | |||
| Pat Meehan | 20% | |||
| Tim Murphy | 20% | |||
| Tom Reed II | 20% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 20% |
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 20% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 20% |
| CA | U.S. House - 22 | David Valadao | Republican | 20% |
| Lynn Westmoreland | 20% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 20% |
| Frank Wolf | 20% | |||
| Donald Young | 20% | |||
| Lamar Alexander | 13% | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 13% |
| Roy Blunt | 13% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 13% |
| Richard Burr | 13% |