Rating Group: The Club for Growth
2011 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliot Engel | 11% | |||
| Bob Filner | 11% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 11% |
| Barbara Mikulski | 11% | |||
| George Miller | 11% | |||
| Bill Owens | 11% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 11% |
| Donald Payne | 11% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 11% |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 11% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 11% | |||
| Betty Sutton | 11% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 11% |
| John Tierney | 11% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 11% |
| Mel Watt | 11% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 10% |
| John Conyers, Jr. | 10% | |||
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 10% | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 10% | |||
| John Kerry | 10% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 10% | |||
| José Serrano | 10% | |||
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 10% |
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 10% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 10% |
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 9% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 9% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 9% |
| Elijah Cummings | 9% | |||
| Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 9% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 9% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 9% |
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 9% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 9% |
| Sandy Levin | 9% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 9% |
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 9% |
| Cedric Richmond | 9% | |||
| Heath Shuler | 9% | |||
| Debbie Stabenow | 9% | |||
| Mark Udall | 9% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 9% |
| John Yarmuth | 9% | |||
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 8% |
| Gene Green | 8% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 8% |
| Jay Inslee | 8% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 8% |
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 8% |
| John Sarbanes | 8% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 7% | |||
| Kay Hagan | 7% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 7% | |||
| Larry Kissell | 7% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 7% |
| Dave Loebsack | 7% | |||
| Harry Reid | 7% | |||
| Niki Tsongas | 7% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 7% |
| Barbara Boxer | 6% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 6% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 6% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 6% |
| Colleen Hanabusa | 6% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 6% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 6% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 6% | |||
| Brad Miller | 6% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 6% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 6% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 6% | |||
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 6% |
| Allyson Schwartz | 6% | |||
| Tom Udall | 6% | |||
| CA | Mayor - At-Large | Karen Bass | Democratic | 5% |
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 5% |
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 5% |
| Herb Kohl | 5% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 5% | |||
| Carl Levin | 5% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 5% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 5% | |||
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 5% |
| FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 5% |
| Rob Andrews | 4% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 4% | |||
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 4% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 4% |
| Al Franken | 4% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 4% |
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 4% |
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 4% |
| Steve Rothman | 4% | |||
| Ben Cardin | 3% | |||
| David Cicilline | 3% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 3% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 3% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 3% |