Rating Group: Food Policy Action
2011-2012 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 72% |
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 72% |
| Olympia Snowe | 72% | |||
| Charlie Bass | 71% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 71% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 71% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 71% |
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 71% |
| Charlie Dent | 71% | |||
| Bob Dold | 71% | |||
| Sam Farr | 71% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 71% |
| Jim Matheson | 71% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 71% | |||
| Kurt Schrader | 71% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 71% |
| Bruce Braley | 69% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 69% |
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 69% |
| Marcia Fudge | 69% | |||
| Richard Hanna | 69% | |||
| Cedric Richmond | 69% | |||
| Max Baucus | 67% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 67% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 67% | |||
| Thaddeus McCotter | 67% | |||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 64% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 64% | |||
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 64% |
| Ben Chandler III | 64% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 64% |
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | 64% | |||
| Larry Kissell | 64% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 64% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 64% |
| Erik Paulsen | 64% | |||
| Dave Reichert | 64% | |||
| Heath Shuler | 64% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 64% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 64% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 64% |
| Frank Wolf | 64% | |||
| Dennis Cardoza | 62% | |||
| Kay Hagan | 61% | |||
| Mark Pryor | 61% | |||
| Debbie Stabenow | 61% | |||
| John Barrow | 57% | |||
| Judy Biggert | 57% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 57% |
| Jerry Costello | 57% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 57% |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 57% | |||
| Michael Grimm | 57% | |||
| Tim Holden | 57% | |||
| Pete King | 57% | |||
| Mike McIntyre | 57% | |||
| Collin Peterson | 57% | |||
| Todd Platts | 57% | |||
| Bill Posey | 57% | |||
| Phil Roe | 57% | |||
| Mike Ross | 57% | |||
| David Scott | 57% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 57% |
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 56% |
| Ben Nelson | 56% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | Republican | 54% |
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 54% | |||
| Jason Altmire | 50% | |||
| Lou Barletta | 50% | |||
| Dan Boren | 50% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 50% |
| CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 50% |
| Mark Critz | 50% | |||
| Jeff Denham | 50% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 50% |
| Joe Donnelly, Sr. | 50% | |||
| David Dreier | 50% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 50% | |||
| Dean Heller | 50% | |||
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Leonard Lance | 50% | |||
| David McKinley | 50% | |||
| Pat Meehan | 50% | |||
| Cathy Rodgers | 50% | |||
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 50% | |||
| Fred Upton | 50% | |||
| Allen West | 50% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 50% |
| Todd Akin | 46% | |||
| Howard Coble | 46% | |||
| Geoff Davis | 46% | |||
| Joe Pitts | 46% | |||
| Rodney Alexander | 43% | |||
| Spencer Bachus | 43% | |||
| Larry Bucshon | 43% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 43% |
| WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 43% |
| AR | U.S. House - 1 | Rick Crawford | Republican | 43% |
| TN | U.S. House - 4 | Scott DesJarlais | Republican | 43% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Transportation | Sean Duffy | Republican | 43% |