Rating Group: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
2012 Positions on Civil Rights
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louie Gohmert | 11% | |||
| Mark Kirk | 11% | |||
| ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 11% |
| Donald Young | 11% | |||
| Steve Austria | 10% | |||
| Lou Barletta | 10% | |||
| Roscoe Bartlett | 10% | |||
| Mary Bono Mack | 10% | |||
| Dan Burton | 10% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 10% |
| Chip Cravaack | 10% | |||
| AR | U.S. House - 1 | Rick Crawford | Republican | 10% |
| David Dreier | 10% | |||
| Jeff Flake | 10% | |||
| Randy Forbes | 10% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 10% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 10% |
| Scott Garrett | 10% | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 10% |
| AR | Attorney General | Tim Griffin | Republican | 10% |
| Tim Huelskamp | 10% | |||
| MI | U.S. House - 4 | Bill Huizenga | Republican | 10% |
| Sam Johnson | 10% | |||
| Pete King | 10% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 10 | Michael McCaul | Republican | 10% |
| CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 10% |
| David McKinley | 10% | |||
| Ted Poe | 10% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 10% |
| Dana Rohrabacher | 10% | |||
| Paul Ryan | 10% | |||
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 10% |
| Pat Tiberi | 10% | |||
| Fred Upton | 10% | |||
| Greg Walden | 10% | |||
| Joe Walsh | 10% | |||
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 10% |
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 10% |
| IN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Todd Young | Republican | 10% |
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | Republican | 8% |
| Bob Turner | 8% | |||
| Orrin Hatch | 7% | |||
| Todd Akin | 6% | |||
| Thomas Coburn | 6% | |||
| James DeMint | 6% | |||
| Lindsey Graham | 6% | |||
| Dean Heller | 6% | |||
| UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 6% |
| Jerry Lewis | 6% | |||
| Tom Marino | 6% | |||
| Patrick McHenry | 6% | |||
| Devin Nunes | 6% | |||
| KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 6% |
| Ben Quayle | 6% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | Marco Rubio | Republican | 6% |
| OH | State House - 62 | Jean Schmidt | Republican | 6% |
| Steve Stivers | 6% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 5% |
| Rick Berg | 5% | |||
| Brian Bilbray | 5% | |||
| Diane Black | 5% | |||
| Charles Boustany, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Mo Brooks | 5% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 5% |
| Larry Bucshon | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 5% |
| Dave Camp | 5% | |||
| Steve Chabot | 5% | |||
| Howard Coble | 5% | |||
| Ander Crenshaw | 5% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Transportation | Sean Duffy | Republican | 5% |
| Jeff Duncan | 5% | |||
| John Duncan, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Blake Farenthold | 5% | |||
| Stephen Fincher | 5% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 3 | Chuck Fleischmann | Republican | 5% |
| Trent Franks | 5% | |||
| Elton Gallegly | 5% | |||
| Trey Gowdy III | 5% | |||
| Tom Graves, Jr. | 5% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 9 | Morgan Griffith | Republican | 5% |
| Frank Guinta | 5% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 5% |
| Gregg Harper | 5% | |||
| Vicky Hartzler | 5% | |||
| Randy Hultgren | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 5% |
| Bill Johnson | 5% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 16 | Mike Kelly, Jr. | Republican | 5% |
| John Kline | 5% | |||
| Doug Lamborn | 5% | |||
| LA | Governor | Jeff Landry | Republican | 5% |
| Tom Latham | 5% | |||
| Billy Long | 5% | |||
| Blaine Luetkemeyer | 5% | |||
| Dan Lungren | 5% | |||
| Kenny Marchant | 5% | |||
| Buck McKeon | 5% | |||
| John Mica | 5% | |||
| Candice Miller | 5% |