Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
2011 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 15% |
| Dick Lugar | 15% | |||
| John McCain III | 15% | |||
| Thaddeus McCotter | 15% | |||
| Pat Meehan | 15% | |||
| Austin Murphy | 15% | |||
| KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 15% |
| Tom Petri | 15% | |||
| Rob Portman | 15% | |||
| David Rivera | 15% | |||
| Pat Roberts | 15% | |||
| Paul Ryan | 15% | |||
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 15% |
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 15% |
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 15% |
| AL | U.S. House - 4 | Robert Aderholt | Republican | 10% |
| NH | Governor | Kelly Ayotte | Republican | 10% |
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 10% |
| Sonny Bono | 10% | |||
| Richard Burr | 10% | |||
| Jason Chaffetz | 10% | |||
| Dan Coats | 10% | |||
| Howard Coble | 10% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 10% |
| ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 10% |
| Chip Cravaack | 10% | |||
| James DeMint | 10% | |||
| Charlie Dent | 10% | |||
| Mike Enzi | 10% | |||
| Blake Farenthold | 10% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 10% |
| Orrin Hatch | 10% | |||
| Nan Hayworth | 10% | |||
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | 10% | |||
| Duncan Hunter | 10% | |||
| PA | U.S. House - 16 | Mike Kelly, Jr. | Republican | 10% |
| Jon Kyl | 10% | |||
| Tom Latham | 10% | |||
| UT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Lee | Republican | 10% |
| Connie Mack IV | 10% | |||
| Don Manzullo | 10% | |||
| Kenny Marchant | 10% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 5 | Tom McClintock | Republican | 10% |
| KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 10% |
| Candice Miller | 10% | |||
| KS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jerry Moran | Republican | 10% |
| Scott Rigell | 10% | |||
| ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 10% |
| Phil Roe | 10% | |||
| Peter Roskam | 10% | |||
| Aaron Schock | 10% | |||
| E.G. Shuster | 10% | |||
| Steve Stivers | 10% | |||
| Pat Tiberi | 10% | |||
| Pat Toomey | 10% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 10% |
| Greg Walden | 10% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 11 | Daniel Webster | Republican | 10% |
| Sandy Adams | 5% | |||
| Rodney Alexander | 5% | |||
| Steve Austria | 5% | |||
| Joe Barton | 5% | |||
| Diane Black | 5% | |||
| Jo Bonner, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Mo Brooks | 5% | |||
| Paul Broun | 5% | |||
| Larry Bucshon | 5% | |||
| Michael Burgess | 5% | |||
| Dave Camp | 5% | |||
| Thomas Coburn | 5% | |||
| CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 5% |
| Ander Crenshaw | 5% | |||
| John Culberson | 5% | |||
| Geoff Davis | 5% | |||
| David Dreier | 5% | |||
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Transportation | Sean Duffy | Republican | 5% |
| Jeff Duncan | 5% | |||
| Renee Ellmers | 5% | |||
| Randy Forbes | 5% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 5 | Virginia Foxx | Republican | 5% |
| Louie Gohmert | 5% | |||
| Trey Gowdy III | 5% | |||
| IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 5% |
| Tom Graves, Jr. | 5% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 5% |
| Gregg Harper | 5% | |||
| Vicky Hartzler | 5% | |||
| Robert Hurt | 5% | |||
| Jim Inhofe | 5% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 5% |
| Bill Johnson | 5% | |||
| Jack Kingston | 5% | |||
| John Kline | 5% | |||
| LA | Governor | Jeff Landry | Republican | 5% |
| Tom Marino | 5% | |||
| Patrick McHenry | 5% | |||
| Mick Mulvaney | 5% | |||
| Sue Myrick | 5% | |||
| Steve Pearce | 5% | |||
| Todd Platts | 5% |