Rating Group: Progressive Punch
2013-2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VA | U.S. House - 9 | Morgan Griffith | Republican | 9% |
| Pat Meehan | 9% | |||
| Tom Petri | 9% | |||
| Tom Reed II | 9% | |||
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 9% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of State | Marco Rubio | Republican | 9% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 9% |
| CA | U.S. House - 22 | David Valadao | Republican | 9% |
| Frank Wolf | 9% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 8% |
| Jeff Denham | 8% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 8% |
| Louie Gohmert | 8% | |||
| Joe Heck, Jr. | 8% | |||
| Tim Huelskamp | 8% | |||
| Tom Latham | 8% | |||
| WY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Cynthia Lummis | Republican | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 8% |
| Bill Posey | 8% | |||
| Richard Shelby | 8% | |||
| Steve Stockman | 8% | |||
| Spencer Bachus | 7% | |||
| Dan Benishek | 7% | |||
| John Boehner | 7% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 7% |
| FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 7% |
| Dan Coats | 7% | |||
| CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 7% |
| ND | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kevin Cramer | Republican | 7% |
| Jeff Fortenberry | 7% | |||
| Gregg Harper | 7% | |||
| ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 7% |
| Buck McKeon | 7% | |||
| Mick Mulvaney | 7% | |||
| Scott Rigell | 7% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 7% |
| Tom Rooney | 7% | |||
| Matt Salmon | 7% | |||
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 7% | |||
| John Shimkus | 7% | |||
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 7% |
| Steve Stivers | 7% | |||
| Lee Terry | 7% | |||
| Lou Barletta | 6% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 6% |
| WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 6% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Paul Cook | 6% | |
| Ander Crenshaw | 6% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Transportation | Sean Duffy | Republican | 6% |
| AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 6% |
| Adam Kinzinger | 6% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 6% |
| Tom Marino | 6% | |||
| David McKinley | 6% | |||
| Kristi Noem | 6% | |||
| Erik Paulsen | 6% | |||
| Steve Pearce | 6% | |||
| Ted Poe | 6% | |||
| Trey Radel | 6% | |||
| Aaron Schock | 6% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 6% |
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 6% |
| Scott Tipton | 6% | |||
| Pat Toomey | 6% | |||
| Greg Walden | 6% | |||
| Ed Whitfield | 6% | |||
| Rob Woodall | 6% | |||
| Ted Yoho | 6% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 5% |
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | Republican | 5% |
| Kerry Bentivolio | 5% | |||
| Rob Bishop | 5% | |||
| Charles Boustany, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Jim Bridenstine | 5% | |||
| Mo Brooks | 5% | |||
| Michael Burgess | 5% | |||
| LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 5% |
| Jason Chaffetz | 5% | |||
| MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Steve Daines | Republican | 5% |
| NE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Deb Fischer | Republican | 5% |
| Randy Forbes | 5% | |||
| Phil Gingrey | 5% | |||
| Ralph Hall | 5% | |||
| Doc Hastings | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 5% |
| Kevin McCarthy | 5% | |||
| KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 5% |
| Mark Meadows | 5% | |||
| John Mica | 5% | |||
| Gary Miller | 5% | |||
| Jeff Miller | 5% | |||
| Rich Nugent | 5% | |||
| Devin Nunes | 5% | |||
| KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 5% |
| Martha Roby | 5% | |||
| Cathy Rodgers | 5% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 5% |
| Mike Rogers | 5% | |||
| Jeff Sessions III | 5% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 5% |