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Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa

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State Office Name Party Rating
Minnette Frerichs Doderer 100%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 100%
Michael Moreland 100%
Dick Dearden 90%
Robert Dvorsky 90%
Michael Gronstal 90%
Johnie Hammond 90%
Mary Cameron Neuhauser 90%
William Bernau 88%
William Brand 88%
Cecelia Burnett 88%
Dennis Cohoon 88%
IA State Senate - 31 Bill Dotzler, Jr. Democratic 88%
Romaine Foege 88%
Rick Larkin 88%
Mary Mascher 88%
David Floyd Schrader 88%
Donald Shoultz 88%
Todd Taylor 88%
Wesley Whitead 88%
Bill Fink 80%
Jack Rife 80%
Elaine Szymoniak 80%
Paul Bell 75%
Steve Falck 75%
Ron Kinzer 75%
Richard Myers 75%
Steven Richardson 75%
Michael Connolly 70%
Polly Bukta 63%
Kathleen Chapman 63%
Frank Chiodo 63%
John Connors 63%
Wayne Ford 63%
Betty Grundberg 63%
Jack Holveck 63%
Pam Jochum 63%
Deo Koenigs 63%
Michael O'Brien 63%
Steven Warnstadt 63%
Keith William Weigel 63%
William Witt 63%
Patrick Deluhery 60%
William Palmer 60%
Michael Cormack 50%
James Drees 50%
Eugene Fraise 50%
Marcella Frevert 50%
Donald Gettings 50%
Wally Horn 50%
Geri Huser 50%
Libby Jacobs 50%
John Kibbie 50%
Keith Kreiman 50%
Mary Lundby 50%
Dennis May 50%
Dolores Mertz 50%
Janet Metcalf 50%
Pat Murphy 50%
Robert Osterhaus 50%
Rebecca Reynolds 50%
Paul Scherrman 50%
Roger Thomas 50%
Philip Wise 50%
Dennis Black 40%
Thomas Flynn 40%
Rod Halvorson 40%
Steven Hansen 40%
Stewart Iverson, Jr. 40%
Patty Judge 40%
IA Supervisor - 1 Matthew McCoy Democratic 40%
Thomas Vilsack 40%
Rich Arnold 38%
Donna Hammitt Barry 38%
Gary Blodgett 38%
Daniel Boddicker 38%
Effie Lee Boggess 38%
Clyde Edward Bradley 38%
Danny Carroll 38%
Michael Cataldo 38%
Ron Corbett 38%
Dwight Dinkla 38%
Bill Dix 38%
Cecil Dolecheck 38%
Jack Drake 38%
Teresa Garman 38%
Charles Gipp 38%
John Greig 38%
Sandy Greiner 38%
Don Gries 38%
Jim Hahn 38%
Brad Hansen 38%
David Heaton 38%
Danny Holmes 38%
Hubert Houser 38%
Daniel Huseman 38%
G. Willard Jenkins 38%
Ralph Klemme 38%
Joseph Kremer 38%
Charles Larson, Jr. 38%
State Office Name Party Rating
Minnette Frerichs Doderer 100%
Ed Fallon, Jr. 100%
Michael Moreland 100%
Dick Dearden 90%
Robert Dvorsky 90%
Michael Gronstal 90%
Johnie Hammond 90%
Mary Cameron Neuhauser 90%
William Bernau 88%
William Brand 88%
Cecelia Burnett 88%
Dennis Cohoon 88%
IA State Senate - 31 Bill Dotzler, Jr. D 88%
Romaine Foege 88%
Rick Larkin 88%
Mary Mascher 88%
David Floyd Schrader 88%
Donald Shoultz 88%
Todd Taylor 88%
Wesley Whitead 88%
Bill Fink 80%
Jack Rife 80%
Elaine Szymoniak 80%
Paul Bell 75%
Steve Falck 75%
Ron Kinzer 75%
Richard Myers 75%
Steven Richardson 75%
Michael Connolly 70%
Polly Bukta 63%
Kathleen Chapman 63%
Frank Chiodo 63%
John Connors 63%
Wayne Ford 63%
Betty Grundberg 63%
Jack Holveck 63%
Pam Jochum 63%
Deo Koenigs 63%
Michael O'Brien 63%
Steven Warnstadt 63%
Keith William Weigel 63%
William Witt 63%
Patrick Deluhery 60%
William Palmer 60%
Michael Cormack 50%
James Drees 50%
Eugene Fraise 50%
Marcella Frevert 50%
Donald Gettings 50%
Wally Horn 50%
Geri Huser 50%
Libby Jacobs 50%
John Kibbie 50%
Keith Kreiman 50%
Mary Lundby 50%
Dennis May 50%
Dolores Mertz 50%
Janet Metcalf 50%
Pat Murphy 50%
Robert Osterhaus 50%
Rebecca Reynolds 50%
Paul Scherrman 50%
Roger Thomas 50%
Philip Wise 50%
Dennis Black 40%
Thomas Flynn 40%
Rod Halvorson 40%
Steven Hansen 40%
Stewart Iverson, Jr. 40%
Patty Judge 40%
IA Supervisor - 1 Matthew McCoy D 40%
Thomas Vilsack 40%
Rich Arnold 38%
Donna Hammitt Barry 38%
Gary Blodgett 38%
Daniel Boddicker 38%
Effie Lee Boggess 38%
Clyde Edward Bradley 38%
Danny Carroll 38%
Michael Cataldo 38%
Ron Corbett 38%
Dwight Dinkla 38%
Bill Dix 38%
Cecil Dolecheck 38%
Jack Drake 38%
Teresa Garman 38%
Charles Gipp 38%
John Greig 38%
Sandy Greiner 38%
Don Gries 38%
Jim Hahn 38%
Brad Hansen 38%
David Heaton 38%
Danny Holmes 38%
Hubert Houser 38%
Daniel Huseman 38%
G. Willard Jenkins 38%
Ralph Klemme 38%
Joseph Kremer 38%
Charles Larson, Jr. 38%
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