Rating Group: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
2012 Total Score
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcia Fudge | 95% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 95% |
| Charlie Gonzalez | 95% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 95% |
| Raul Grijalva | 95% | |||
| Colleen Hanabusa | 95% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 95% |
| Brian Higgins | 95% | |||
| Mike Honda | 95% | |||
| Eddie Johnson | 95% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 95% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 95% |
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 95% |
| Dale Kildee | 95% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 95% |
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 95% |
| Sandy Levin | 95% | |||
| John Lewis | 95% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 95% |
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 95% |
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 95% |
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 95% |
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 95% |
| Brad Miller | 95% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 95% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 95% |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 95% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 95% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 95% | |||
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 95% |
| David Price | 95% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 35 | Laura Richardson | Democratic | 95% |
| Cedric Richmond | 95% | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 95% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 95% | |||
| Tim Ryan | 95% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 95% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 95% | |||
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 95% |
| Kurt Schrader | 95% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 95% |
| Louise Slaughter | 95% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 95% |
| Niki Tsongas | 95% | |||
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 95% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 95% |
| Pete Visclosky | 95% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 95% |
| Mel Watt | 95% | |||
| Lynn Woolsey | 95% | |||
| Max Baucus | 94% | |||
| Mark Begich | 94% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 94% |
| Joe Lieberman | 94% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 94% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 94% | |||
| Jon Tester | 94% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 90% | |||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 90% | |||
| CA | Mayor - At-Large | Karen Bass | Democratic | 90% |
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 90% |
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 90% | |||
| Gerry Connolly | 90% | |||
| John Conyers, Jr. | 90% | |||
| Joe Crowley | 90% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 90% |
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 90% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 90% | |||
| Bob Filner | 90% | |||
| Gene Green | 90% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 90% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 90% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 90% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 90% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 90% |
| Steve Israel | 90% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 90% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 90% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 90% | |||
| Carolyn McCarthy | 90% | |||
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 90% |
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 90% |
| Steve Rothman | 90% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 90% | |||
| David Scott | 90% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 90% |
| José Serrano | 90% | |||
| Pete Stark | 90% | |||
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 90% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 90% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 90% |
| FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 90% |
| John Yarmuth | 90% | |||
| Ben Nelson | 89% | |||
| Jim Webb, Jr. | 89% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 85% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 85% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 85% |