Rating Group: Competitive Enterprise Institute
2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Bridenstine | 75% | |||
| Paul Broun | 75% | |||
| Jason Chaffetz | 75% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 75% |
| Chris Collins | 75% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Doug Collins | Republican | 75% |
| Ander Crenshaw | 75% | |||
| John Culberson | 75% | |||
| MT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Steve Daines | Republican | 75% |
| Jeff Denham | 75% | |||
| Blake Farenthold | 75% | |||
| Randy Forbes | 75% | |||
| Jim Gerlach | 75% | |||
| Bob Gibbs | 75% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 6 | Sam Graves | Republican | 75% |
| KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 75% |
| Joe Heck, Jr. | 75% | |||
| Randy Hultgren | 75% | |||
| Duncan Hunter | 75% | |||
| Robert Hurt | 75% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 48 | Darrell Issa | Republican | 75% |
| Bill Johnson | 75% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 16 | Mike Kelly, Jr. | Republican | 75% |
| Steve King | 75% | |||
| Leonard Lance | 75% | |||
| OK | U.S. Senate - Sr | James Lankford | Republican | 75% |
| Tom Latham | 75% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 75% |
| OK | U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security | Markwayne Mullin | Republican | 75% |
| Steve Pearce | 75% | |||
| Bill Posey | 75% | |||
| Dave Reichert | 75% | |||
| Jim Renacci | 75% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 3 | Mike Rogers | Republican | 75% |
| Dana Rohrabacher | 75% | |||
| Jon Runyan | 75% | |||
| Aaron Schock | 75% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 75% |
| John Shimkus | 75% | |||
| Bill Shuster | 75% | |||
| Chris Stewart | 75% | |||
| Steve Stivers | 75% | |||
| Steve Stockman | 75% | |||
| Lee Terry | 75% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 15 | GT Thompson, Jr. | Republican | 75% |
| Pat Tiberi | 75% | |||
| Scott Tipton | 75% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 22 | David Valadao | Republican | 75% |
| ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 70% |
| Rob Portman | 70% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 67% |
| Ralph Hall | 67% | |||
| Lou Barletta | 50% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Paul Cook | 50% | |
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 50% |
| Charlie Dent | 50% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 50% |
| Jeff Fortenberry | 50% | |||
| Richard Hanna | 50% | |||
| David Jolly | 50% | |||
| Adam Kinzinger | 50% | |||
| Frank LoBiondo | 50% | |||
| Tom Marino | 50% | |||
| Tim Murphy | 50% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 50% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 50% |
| Lynn Westmoreland | 50% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 50% |
| Frank Wolf | 50% | |||
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 40% |
| WV | U.S. Senate - Sr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 33% |
| John Delaney | 33% | |||
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 33% | |||
| John Barrow | 25% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 6 | Ami Bera | Democratic | 25% |
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 25% |
| Gerry Connolly | 25% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 25% |
| Rodney Davis | 25% | |||
| Ted Deutch | 25% | |||
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 25% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 25% |
| Pete Gallego | 25% | |||
| Joe Garcia | 25% | |||
| Chris Gibson | 25% | |||
| Michael Grimm | 25% | |||
| WA | Lieutenant Governor | Denny Heck | Democratic | 25% |
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 25% |
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 25% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 14 | Dave Joyce | Republican | 25% |
| Derek Kilmer | 25% | |||
| Ron Kind | 25% | |||
| Pete King | 25% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 25% |
| Dan Maffei | 25% | |||
| Jim Matheson | 25% | |||
| Mike McIntyre | 25% | |||
| David McKinley | 25% | |||
| Pat Meehan | 25% | |||
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 25% |