Rating Group: FreedomWorks
2013 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 33% |
| Mel Watt | 33% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 30% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 30% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 30% |
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 30% |
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 30% |
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 30% |
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 30% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 30% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 30% |
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 30% | |||
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 30% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 30% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 30% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 30% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 30% |
| Xavier Becerra | 29% | |||
| Earl Blumenauer | 29% | |||
| OR | U.S. House - 1 | Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | 29% |
| Matt Cartwright | 29% | |||
| David Cicilline | 29% | |||
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 29% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 29% | |||
| Joe Crowley | 29% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 29% | |||
| Donna Edwards | 29% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 29% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 22 | Lois Frankel | Democratic | 29% |
| Alan Grayson | 29% | |||
| Colleen Hanabusa | 29% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 29% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 2 | Jared Huffman | Democratic | 29% |
| NY | U.S. House - 8 | Hakeem Jeffries | Democratic | 29% |
| Dan Kildee | 29% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 29% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 29% |
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 29% |
| Carolyn Maloney | 29% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 29% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 29% |
| Jim McDermott | 29% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 29% |
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 29% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 29% |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 29% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 29% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 29% |
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 29% |
| José Serrano | 29% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 29% |
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 29% |
| Eric Swalwell | 29% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 29% |
| John Yarmuth | 29% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 3 | Joyce Beatty | Democratic | 25% |
| Corrine Brown | 25% | |||
| John Campbell III | 25% | |||
| Lois Capps | 25% | |||
| Tony Cárdenas | 25% | |||
| John Dingell | 25% | |||
| Joe Garcia | 25% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 25% | |||
| Mike Honda | 25% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 25% |
| John Lewis | 25% | |||
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | 25% | |||
| Rick Nolan | 25% | |||
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 25% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 25% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 25% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 25% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 25% | |||
| Allyson Schwartz | 25% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 25% | |||
| Kyrsten Sinema | 25% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 25% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 25% |
| Rob Andrews | 24% | |||
| Gerry Connolly | 24% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 24% | |||
| Ted Deutch | 24% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 24% |
| Eliot Engel | 24% | |||
| Bill Enyart | 24% | |||
| NA | Director of National Intelligence | Tulsi Gabbard | 24% | |
| Pete Gallego | 24% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 24% | |
| Eddie Johnson | 24% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 24% |
| Joe Kennedy III | 24% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 24% |
| Nita Lowey | 24% | |||
| Dan Maffei | 24% | |||
| Sean Maloney | 24% | |||
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 24% | |
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 24% |
| Don Payne, Jr. | 24% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 24% |
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 24% |