Rating Group: Secular Coalition for America
2013 Congressional Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Tester | 85% | |||
| Niki Tsongas | 85% | |||
| Mark Udall | 85% | |||
| Tom Udall | 85% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 85% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 85% |
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 85% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 85% |
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 85% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 85% |
| John Dingell | 82% | |||
| Donna Edwards | 82% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 4 | Steven Horsford | Democratic | 82% |
| IL | U.S. House - 2 | Robin Kelly | Democratic | 82% |
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 82% |
| Mel Watt | 82% | |||
| Donna Christensen | 81% | |||
| Earl Blumenauer | 80% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 9 | Yvette Clarke | Democratic | 80% |
| Eddie Johnson | 80% | |||
| WI | U.S. House - 4 | Gwen Moore | Democratic | 80% |
| Charlie Rangel | 80% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 78% | |||
| Lois Capps | 75% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 75% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 75% | |||
| Lacy Clay, Jr. | 75% | |||
| Thomas Coburn | 75% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 75% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 22 | Lois Frankel | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | Supervisor - 4 | Janice Hahn | 75% | |
| Jim Langevin | 75% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 75% |
| John Lewis | 75% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 75% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 75% | |||
| ME | U.S. House - 1 | Chellie Pingree | Democratic | 75% |
| David Price | 75% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 75% |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 75% | |||
| Allyson Schwartz | 75% | |||
| José Serrano | 75% | |||
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 75% |
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 75% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 75% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 71% |
| Mary Landrieu | 71% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 71% | |||
| Ron Barber | 70% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 3 | Joyce Beatty | Democratic | 70% |
| CA | U.S. House - 6 | Ami Bera | Democratic | 70% |
| Bob Brady | 70% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 70% | |||
| Corrine Brown | 70% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 26 | Julia Brownley | Democratic | 70% |
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 70% | |||
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 70% |
| Matt Cartwright | 70% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 70% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 70% |
| Gerry Connolly | 70% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 70% |
| Joe Crowley | 70% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 70% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 1 | Suzan DelBene | Democratic | 70% |
| John Delaney | 70% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 70% |
| Mike Doyle, Jr. | 70% | |||
| Eliot Engel | 70% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 70% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 70% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 70% |
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 70% |
| Luis Gutiérrez | 70% | |||
| Colleen Hanabusa | 70% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 70% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 70% |
| Steve Israel | 70% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 70% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 8 | Hakeem Jeffries | Democratic | 70% |
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 70% |
| Dan Kildee | 70% | |||
| Ron Kind | 70% | |||
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 70% | |||
| Annie Kuster | 70% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 70% |
| Sandy Levin | 70% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 70% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 70% | |||
| NM | Governor | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | 70% |
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 70% |
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 70% |
| Sean Maloney | 70% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 70% |
| NY | U.S. House - 6 | Grace Meng | Democratic | 70% |
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | 70% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 6 | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Democratic | 70% |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 70% | |||
| Cedric Richmond | 70% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 70% |