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State Office Name Party Rating
Carolyn Krysiak 67%
Shane Pendergrass 67%
B. Daniel Riley 67%
Ted Sophocleus 67%
Jay Walker 67%
Ulysses Currie 63%
George Della, Jr. 63%
John Donoghue 63%
Norman Stone, Jr. 63%
Robert Zirkin 63%
Carolyn Howard 60%
Dan Morhaim 60%
MD State House - 11B Dana Stein Democratic 60%
MD State Senate - 32 Pam Beidle Democratic 57%
Al Carr, Jr. 57%
Jill Carter 57%
Kathleen Dumais 57%
Cheryl Glenn 57%
MD State Senate - 19 Benjamin Kramer Democratic 57%
Steve Lafferty 57%
James Malone, Jr. 57%
Todd Schuler 57%
MD State Senate - 15 Brian Feldman Democratic 56%
James Hubbard 56%
Brian McHale 56%
Nathaniel Oaks 56%
Kirill Reznik 56%
Shawn Tarrant 56%
MD State House - 26 Veronica Turner Democratic 56%
Michael Vaughn 56%
Charles Barkley 50%
MD Public Service Commissioner Kumar Barve Democratic 50%
John Bohanan, Jr. 50%
Talmadge Branch 50%
James Brochin 50%
Mike Busch 50%
Rudolph Cane 50%
MD State House - 11B Jon Cardin Democratic 50%
MD Treasurer Dereck Davis Democratic 50%
Nathaniel Exum 50%
Tawanna Gaines 50%
Jim Gilchrist 50%
Melony Griffith 50%
MD State Senate - 13 Guy Guzzone Democratic 50%
Peter Hammen 50%
Keith Haynes 50%
MD State House - 10 Adrienne Jones Democratic 50%
MD State House - 14 Anne Kaiser Democratic 50%
Edward Kasemeyer 50%
Maggie McIntosh 50%
Karen Montgomery 50%
MD U.S. House - 2 Johnny Olszewski, Jr. Democratic 50%
Douglas Peters 50%
James Proctor, Jr. 50%
Catherine Pugh 50%
James Robey 50%
Melvin Stukes 50%
Frank Turner 50%
Joseph Vallario, Jr. 50%
MD County Executive - At-Large Aisha Braveboy Democratic 44%
C. Sue Hecht 44%
P. Sue Kullen 44%
MD State House - 21 Joseline Peña-Melnyk Democratic 44%
Herman Taylor II 44%
Curt Anderson 43%
MD State House - 21 Ben Barnes Democratic 43%
Barbara Frush 43%
MD State House - 22 Anne Healey Democratic 43%
Thomas Miller, Jr. 43%
Doyle Niemann 43%
Victor Ramirez 43%
MD State House - 26 Kris Valderrama Democratic 43%
MD State Senate - 18 Jeff Waldstreicher Democratic 43%
Barbara Robinson 40%
Joan Conway 38%
State Office Name Party Rating
Carolyn Krysiak 67%
Shane Pendergrass 67%
B. Daniel Riley 67%
Ted Sophocleus 67%
Jay Walker 67%
Ulysses Currie 63%
George Della, Jr. 63%
John Donoghue 63%
Norman Stone, Jr. 63%
Robert Zirkin 63%
Carolyn Howard 60%
Dan Morhaim 60%
MD State House - 11B Dana Stein D 60%
MD State Senate - 32 Pam Beidle D 57%
Al Carr, Jr. 57%
Jill Carter 57%
Kathleen Dumais 57%
Cheryl Glenn 57%
MD State Senate - 19 Benjamin Kramer D 57%
Steve Lafferty 57%
James Malone, Jr. 57%
Todd Schuler 57%
MD State Senate - 15 Brian Feldman D 56%
James Hubbard 56%
Brian McHale 56%
Nathaniel Oaks 56%
Kirill Reznik 56%
Shawn Tarrant 56%
MD State House - 26 Veronica Turner D 56%
Michael Vaughn 56%
Charles Barkley 50%
MD Public Service Commissioner Kumar Barve D 50%
John Bohanan, Jr. 50%
Talmadge Branch 50%
James Brochin 50%
Mike Busch 50%
Rudolph Cane 50%
MD State House - 11B Jon Cardin D 50%
MD Treasurer Dereck Davis D 50%
Nathaniel Exum 50%
Tawanna Gaines 50%
Jim Gilchrist 50%
Melony Griffith 50%
MD State Senate - 13 Guy Guzzone D 50%
Peter Hammen 50%
Keith Haynes 50%
MD State House - 10 Adrienne Jones D 50%
MD State House - 14 Anne Kaiser D 50%
Edward Kasemeyer 50%
Maggie McIntosh 50%
Karen Montgomery 50%
MD U.S. House - 2 Johnny Olszewski, Jr. D 50%
Douglas Peters 50%
James Proctor, Jr. 50%
Catherine Pugh 50%
James Robey 50%
Melvin Stukes 50%
Frank Turner 50%
Joseph Vallario, Jr. 50%
MD County Executive - At-Large Aisha Braveboy D 44%
C. Sue Hecht 44%
P. Sue Kullen 44%
MD State House - 21 Joseline Peña-Melnyk D 44%
Herman Taylor II 44%
Curt Anderson 43%
MD State House - 21 Ben Barnes D 43%
Barbara Frush 43%
MD State House - 22 Anne Healey D 43%
Thomas Miller, Jr. 43%
Doyle Niemann 43%
Victor Ramirez 43%
MD State House - 26 Kris Valderrama D 43%
MD State Senate - 18 Jeff Waldstreicher D 43%
Barbara Robinson 40%
Joan Conway 38%
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