Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
2012 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 90% |
| Grace Napolitano | 90% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 90% |
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 90% | |||
| Ed Pastor | 90% | |||
| David Price | 90% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 90% |
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 90% |
| Harry Reid | 90% | |||
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 90% | |||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 90% | |||
| Tim Ryan | 90% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 90% | |||
| John Sarbanes | 90% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 90% |
| Debbie Stabenow | 90% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 90% |
| Jon Tester | 90% | |||
| John Tierney | 90% | |||
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 90% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 90% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 90% |
| Mel Watt | 90% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 90% |
| John Yarmuth | 90% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 85% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tammy Baldwin | Democratic | 85% |
| Mark Begich | 85% | |||
| Earl Blumenauer | 85% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 85% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 85% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 85% | |||
| Susan Davis | 85% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 85% |
| Eliot Engel | 85% | |||
| Kay Hagan | 85% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 9 | Marcy Kaptur | Democratic | 85% |
| MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 85% |
| Ron Kind | 85% | |||
| Herb Kohl | 85% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 85% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 85% |
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 85% | |
| George Miller | 85% | |||
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 85% | |||
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 85% |
| CA | State Senate - 35 | Laura Richardson | Democratic | 85% |
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 85% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 85% |
| Pete Stark | 85% | |||
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 85% |
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 85% |
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 85% |
| Corrine Brown | 80% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 80% | |||
| Colleen Hanabusa | 80% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 80% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 80% |
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 80% |
| Steve Israel | 80% | |||
| Sheila Jackson Lee | 80% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 80% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 80% | |||
| Joe Lieberman | 80% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 80% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 80% |
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 80% |
| Claire McCaskill | 80% | |||
| Ben Nelson | 80% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 80% |
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 80% |
| Cedric Richmond | 80% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 80% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 80% |
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 80% |
| Betty Sutton | 80% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 80% | |||
| Howard Berman | 75% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 75% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 75% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 75% |
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 75% |
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 75% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Mazie Hirono | Democratic | 75% |
| Mary Landrieu | 75% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 75% |
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 75% |
| Kurt Schrader | 75% | |||
| Allyson Schwartz | 75% | |||
| David Scott | 75% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 70% |
| SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 70% |
| John Dingell | 70% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 70% | |||
| Joe Manchin III | 70% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 70% | |||
| Mark Pryor | 70% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 70% | |||
| Silvestre Reyes | 70% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 70% |