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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | State House - 24 | Tiffany Alston | Democratic | 100 |
| Curt Anderson | 100 | |||
| Sam Arora | 100 | |||
| Galen Clagett | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 46 | Luke Clippinger | Democratic | 100 |
| Bob Costa | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 19 | Bonnie Cullison | Democratic | 100 |
| Brian Frosh | 100 | |||
| Ana Sol Gutierrez | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 13 | Guy Guzzone | Democratic | 100 |
| Peter Hammen | 100 | |||
| James Hubbard | 100 | |||
| Tom Hucker | 100 | |||
| Verna Jones-Rodwell | 100 | |||
| Ariana Kelly | 100 | |||
| MD | Secretary of State | Susan Lee | Democratic | 100 |
| Roger Manno | 100 | |||
| Keiffer Mitchell, Jr. | 100 | |||
| Heather Mizeur | 100 | |||
| Dan Morhaim | 100 | |||
| Peter Murphy | 100 | |||
| Shirley Nathan-Pulliam | 100 | |||
| Shane Pendergrass | 100 | |||
| MD | State House - 21 | Joseline Peña-Melnyk | Democratic | 100 |
| Paul Pinsky | 100 | |||
| Victor Ramirez | 100 | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 8 | Jamie Raskin | Democratic | 100 |
| Kirill Reznik | 100 | |||
| Luiz Simmons | 100 | |||
| Ted Sophocleus | 100 | |||
| Geraldine Valentino-Smith | 100 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 18 | Jeff Waldstreicher | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 43 | Mary Washington | Democratic | 100 |
| MD | State Senate - 14 | Craig Zucker | Democratic | 100 |
| Liz Bobo | 88 | |||
| Steve Lafferty | 88 | |||
| Doyle Niemann | 88 | |||
| Shane Robinson | 88 | |||
| MD | State House - 28 | C. Wilson | Democratic | 88 |
| Al Carr, Jr. | 86 | |||
| Joan Conway | 86 | |||
| James Malone, Jr. | 86 | |||
| Karen Montgomery | 86 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 21 | James Rosapepe | Democratic | 86 |
| MD | State Senate - 46 | Bill Ferguson IV | Democratic | 83 |
| Steve Schuh | 83 | |||
| MD | Public Service Commissioner | Kumar Barve | Democratic | 80 |
| Eric Bromwell | 80 | |||
| MD | State House - 11B | Jon Cardin | Democratic | 80 |
| Jennie Forehand | 80 | |||
| Bill Frick | 80 | |||
| Sheila Hixson | 80 | |||
| Carolyn Howard | 80 | |||
| MD | Council Member - At-Large | Jolene Ivey | Democratic | 80 |
| Wade Kach | 80 | |||
| Eric Luedtke | 80 | |||
| Nathaniel Oaks | 80 | |||
| David Rudolph | 80 | |||
| Michael Summers | 80 | |||
| Shawn Tarrant | 80 | |||
| Frank Turner | 80 | |||
| MD | State House - 26 | Veronica Turner | Democratic | 80 |
| Robert Zirkin | 80 | |||
| Susan Aumann | 75 | |||
| John Bohanan, Jr. | 75 | |||
| James Brochin | 75 | |||
| Mike Busch | 75 | |||
| MD | State House - 40 | Frank Conaway, Jr. | Democratic | 75 |
| Norman Conway | 75 | |||
| MD | Treasurer | Dereck Davis | Democratic | 75 |
| Steven DeBoy, Sr. | 75 | |||
| Kathleen Dumais | 75 | |||
| Barbara Frush | 75 | |||
| Tawanna Gaines | 75 | |||
| Jim Gilchrist | 75 | |||
| Melony Griffith | 75 | |||
| Keith Haynes | 75 | |||
| MD | State House - 22 | Anne Healey | Democratic | 75 |
| MD | State Senate - 34 | Mary-Dulany James | Democratic | 75 |
| MD | State House - 10 | Adrienne Jones | Democratic | 75 |
| MD | State Senate - 39 | Nancy King | Democratic | 75 |
| Rich Madaleno, Jr. | 75 | |||
| Douglas Peters | 75 | |||
| James Proctor, Jr. | 75 | |||
| Barbara Robinson | 75 | |||
| Justin Ross | 75 | |||
| MD | State House - 11B | Dana Stein | Democratic | 75 |
| MD | State House - 26 | Kris Valderrama | Democratic | 75 |
| Joseph Vallario, Jr. | 75 | |||
| Jay Walker | 75 | |||
| MD | State Senate - 24 | Joanne Benson | Democratic | 71 |
| Roy Dyson | 71 | |||
| Cheryl Glenn | 71 | |||
| Delores Kelley | 71 | |||
| Ron Young | 71 | |||
| Charles Barkley | 67 | |||
| MD | State House - 21 | Ben Barnes | Democratic | 67 |
| MD | County Executive - At-Large | Aisha Braveboy | Democratic | 67 |
| MD | State Senate - 15 | Brian Feldman | Democratic | 67 |
| Sally Jameson | 67 |