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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | State House - 36 | Steven Arentz | Republican | 100 |
| Susan Aumann | 100 | |||
| Charles Barkley | 100 | |||
| MD | Public Service Commissioner | Kumar Barve | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 32 | Pam Beidle | Democratic | 100 |
| Wendell Beitzel | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 24 | Joanne Benson | Democratic | 100 |
| Liz Bobo | 100 | |||
| John Bohanan, Jr. | 100 | |||
| Talmadge Branch | 100 | |||
| Aisha Braveboy | 100 | |||
| Eric Bromwell | 100 | |||
| Emmett Burns, Jr. | 100 | |||
| Rudolph Cane | 100 | |||
| Al Carr, Jr. | 100 | |||
| Galen Clagett | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 46 | Luke Clippinger | Democratic | 100 |
| Joan Conway | 100 | |||
| Norman Conway | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 19 | Bonnie Cullison | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | Treasurer | Dereck Davis | Democratic | 100 |
| Steven DeBoy, Sr. | 100 | |||
| John Donoghue | 100 | |||
| George Edwards | 100 | |||
| Donald Elliott | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 15 | Brian Feldman | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 46 | Bill Ferguson IV | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State House - 15 | David Fraser-Hidalgo | Democratic | 100 |
| Bill Frick | 100 | |||
| Brian Frosh | 100 | |||
| Tawanna Gaines | 100 | |||
| Jim Gilchrist | 100 | |||
| Barry Glassman | 100 | |||
| Cheryl Glenn | 100 | |||
| Melony Griffith | 100 | |||
| Ana Sol Gutierrez | 100 | |||
| Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio | 100 | |||
| Peter Hammen | 100 | |||
| Nina Harper | 100 | |||
| Keith Haynes | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 36 | Stephen Hershey, Jr. | Republican | 100 |
| Sheila Hixson | 100 | |||
| Patrick Hogan | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 23 | Marvin Holmes, Jr. | Democratic | 100 |
| James Hubbard | 100 | |||
| Tom Hucker | 100 | |||
| Richard Impallaria | 100 | |||
| MD | Council Member - At-Large | Jolene Ivey | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 34 | Mary-Dulany James | Democratic | 100 |
| Sally Jameson | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 10 | Adrienne Jones | Democratic | 100 |
| Wade Kach | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 14 | Anne Kaiser | Democratic | 100 |
| Ariana Kelly | 100 | |||
| Katherine Ann Klausmeier | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 19 | Benjamin Kramer | Democratic | 100 |
| Steve Lafferty | 100 | |||
| MD | Secretary of State | Susan Lee | Democratic | 100 |
| Eric Luedtke | 100 | |||
| James Malone, Jr. | 100 | |||
| Brian McHale | 100 | |||
| Maggie McIntosh | 100 | |||
| Thomas Middleton | 100 | |||
| MD | Lieutenant Governor | Aruna Miller | Democratic | 100 |
| Joseph Minnick | 100 | |||
| Heather Mizeur | 100 | |||
| Karen Montgomery | 100 | |||
| Dan Morhaim | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 26 | C. Anthony Muse | Democratic | 100 |
| LeRoy Ellsworth Myers, Jr. | 100 | |||
| Shirley Nathan-Pulliam | 100 | |||
| Wayne Norman, Jr. | 100 | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 2 | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State House - 21 | Joseline Peña-Melnyk | Democratic | 100 |
| Paul Pinsky | 100 | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 8 | Jamie Raskin | Democratic | 100 |
| Kirill Reznik | 100 | |||
| Barbara Robinson | 100 | |||
| Shane Robinson | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 41 | Samuel Rosenberg | Democratic | 100 |
| David Rudolph | 100 | |||
| Ted Sophocleus | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 11B | Dana Stein | Democratic | 100 |
| Melvin Stukes | 100 | |||
| Michael Summers | 100 | |||
| Darren Swain | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 7A | Kathy Szeliga | Republican | 100 |
| Shawn Tarrant | 100 | |||
| Frank Turner | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 26 | Veronica Turner | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State House - 26 | Kris Valderrama | Democratic | 100 |
| Michael Vaughn | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 18 | Jeff Waldstreicher | Democratic | 100 |
| Jay Walker | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 22 | Alonzo Washington | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 43 | Mary Washington | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 14 | Craig Zucker | Democratic | 100 |
| John Astle | 94 | |||
| James Brochin | 94 | |||
| Roy Dyson | 94 |