Rating Group: Americans for Prosperity
2014 Lifetime Positions [2014-06-23]
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Deutch | 6% | |||
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 6% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 6% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 6% |
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 6% |
| VA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Kaine | Democratic | 6% |
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 6% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 6% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 6% | |
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 6% | |||
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 6% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 6% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 6% |
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 6% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 6% | |||
| David Scott | 6% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 6% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 6% |
| MA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Elizabeth Warren | Democratic | 6% |
| Mel Watt | 6% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 6% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 6% |
| Corrine Brown | 5% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 5% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 5% |
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Tom Harkin | 5% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 5% | |||
| Mike Honda | 5% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 5% |
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 5% |
| David Price | 5% | |||
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 5% |
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 5% |
| Debbie Stabenow | 5% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 5% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 5% |
| Ron Barber | 4% | |||
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 4% |
| Tom Carper | 4% | |||
| DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Coons | Democratic | 4% |
| Susan Davis | 4% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 1 | Suzan DelBene | Democratic | 4% |
| Donna Edwards | 4% | |||
| Sam Farr | 4% | |||
| John Kerry | 4% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 4% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 4% |
| Dan Maffei | 4% | |||
| Carolyn McCarthy | 4% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 4% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 4% |
| Carol Shea-Porter | 4% | |||
| Tom Udall | 4% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 3% |
| Bruce Braley | 3% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 3% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 3% |
| John Dingell | 3% | |||
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 3% |
| Dianne Feinstein | 3% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 3% |
| Eddie Johnson | 3% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 3% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 3% | |||
| Carl Levin | 3% | |||
| Barbara Mikulski | 3% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 3% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 3% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 3% |
| Mark Udall | 3% | |||
| Barbara Boxer | 2% | |||
| Sherrod Brown | 2% |