Rating Group: Minnesota Family Council-Minnesota Family Institute
2003-2005 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MN | Commissioner of Revenue | Paul Marquart | DFL | 89% |
| Mike McGinn | 89% | |||
| Peter Nelson | 89% | |||
| Thomas Neuville | 89% | |||
| Bud Nornes | 89% | |||
| Dennis Ozment | 89% | |||
| Patricia Pariseau | 89% | |||
| Erik Paulsen | 89% | |||
| Maxine Penas | 89% | |||
| Duke Powell | 89% | |||
| Madelyn Reiter | 89% | |||
| Claire Robling | 89% | |||
| Julie Rosen | 89% | |||
| Connie Ruth | 89% | |||
| Daniel Severson | 89% | |||
| Steve Smith | 89% | |||
| Judy Soderstrom | 89% | |||
| Steven Sviggum | 89% | |||
| Barbara Sykora | 89% | |||
| Dean Urdahl | 89% | |||
| Lynn Wardlow | 89% | |||
| Betsy Wergin | 89% | |||
| Andrew Westerberg | 89% | |||
| MN | State Senate - 12 | Torrey Westrom | R | 89% |
| Tim Wilkin | 89% | |||
| Kurt Zellers | 89% | |||
| Richard Day | 88% | |||
| Chris DeLaForest | 88% | |||
| Mark Olson | 88% | |||
| Carrie Ruud | 88% | |||
| Dean Simpson | 88% | |||
| Debbie Johnson | 86% | |||
| MN | State Senate - 35 | Jim Abeler II | R | 78% |
| Al Juhnke | 78% | |||
| Denny McNamara | 78% | |||
| Gene Pelowski, Jr. | 78% | |||
| Char Samuelson | 78% | |||
| Paul Koering | 75% | |||
| Doug Meslow | 75% | |||
| Aaron Peterson | 75% | |||
| Stephen Dille | 71% | |||
| Mary Murphy | 71% | |||
| Julianne Ortman | 71% | |||
| Kathy Tingelstad | 71% | |||
| David Dill | 67% | |||
| Patti Fritz | 67% | |||
| Patrick Garofalo | 67% | |||
| Larry Hosch | 67% | |||
| Bernard Lieder | 67% | |||
| Geoff Michel | 67% |