Rating Group: Secular Coalition for America
2011 Congressional Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 80% |
| Earl Blumenauer | 80% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 80% | |||
| Bob Filner | 80% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 80% |
| Bobby Rush | 80% | |||
| Niki Tsongas | 80% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 75% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 75% |
| Gary Ackerman | 71% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 71% |
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 71% |
| Mike Honda | 71% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 71% |
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 71% |
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 71% |
| Pete Stark | 71% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 67% | |||
| John Barrow | 67% | |||
| Howard Berman | 67% | |||
| Tim Bishop | 67% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 67% | |||
| Bob Brady | 67% | |||
| Lois Capps | 67% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 67% | |||
| Dennis Cardoza | 67% | |||
| IN | U.S. House - 7 | André Carson | Democratic | 67% |
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 67% |
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 67% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 67% |
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 67% |
| Joe Crowley | 67% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 67% | |||
| Susan Davis | 67% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 67% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 67% |
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 67% |
| Norm Dicks | 67% | |||
| John Dingell | 67% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 67% |
| Anna Eshoo | 67% | |||
| Sam Farr | 67% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 67% |
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 67% |
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 67% |
| John Lewis | 67% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 67% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 67% |
| Jim McDermott | 67% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 67% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 67% | |
| George Miller | 67% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 67% |
| Bill Owens | 67% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 67% | |||
| Cedric Richmond | 67% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 67% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 67% |
| Kurt Schrader | 67% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 67% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 67% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 67% |
| Mel Watt | 67% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 24 | Frederica Wilson | Democratic | 67% |
| Jerry Costello | 60% | |||
| Raul Grijalva | 60% | |||
| Maurice Hinchey | 60% | |||
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 60% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 60% |
| John Olver | 60% | |||
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 60% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 60% |
| Jason Altmire | 57% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 57% |
| CA | Mayor - At-Large | Karen Bass | Democratic | 57% |
| Xavier Becerra | 57% | |||
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 57% |
| Bruce Braley | 57% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 57% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 57% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 57% | |||
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 57% |
| Ben Chandler III | 57% | |||
| David Cicilline | 57% | |||
| Hansen Clarke | 57% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 57% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 57% |
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 57% |
| Gerry Connolly | 57% | |||
| John Conyers, Jr. | 57% | |||
| Mark Critz | 57% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 57% |
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 57% |
| Ted Deutch | 57% | |||
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 57% | |||
| Donna Edwards | 57% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 57% |
| Eliot Engel | 57% | |||
| Barney Frank | 57% | |||
| Marcia Fudge | 57% |