Rating Group: American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleen Hanabusa | 90% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 90% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 90% | |||
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 90% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 90% |
| Joe Kennedy III | 90% | |||
| Derek Kilmer | 90% | |||
| Ron Kind | 90% | |||
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 90% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 90% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 90% |
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 90% |
| NM | Governor | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | 90% |
| Carolyn Maloney | 90% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House - 6 | Grace Meng | Democratic | 90% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 90% | |
| George Miller | 90% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 90% |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 90% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 90% | |||
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 90% |
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 90% |
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 90% |
| Charlie Rangel | 90% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 90% | |||
| Tim Ryan | 90% | |||
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 90% |
| José Serrano | 90% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 90% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 90% | |||
| Eric Swalwell | 90% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 90% |
| John Tierney | 90% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 90% |
| Niki Tsongas | 90% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 52 | Juan Vargas | Democratic | 90% |
| TX | U.S. House - 33 | Marc Veasey | Democratic | 90% |
| Filemon Vela, Jr. | 90% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 90% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 90% |
| Mark Begich | 88% | |||
| Barbara Boxer | 88% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 88% | |||
| ME | U.S. Senate - Jr | Angus King, Jr. | Independent | 88% |
| Claire McCaskill | 88% | |||
| Mark Pryor | 88% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Brian Schatz | Democratic | 88% |
| 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% |