Rating Group: Americans for Democratic Action (ADA)
2014 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 70% |
| WA | U.S. House - 2 | Rick Larsen | Democratic | 70% |
| NM | Governor | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Democratic | 70% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 70% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 70% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 70% |
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 70% |
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 70% |
| Bruce Braley | 65% | |||
| NA | Director of National Intelligence | Tulsi Gabbard | 65% | |
| Dan Lipinski | 65% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 65% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 65% |
| CA | U.S. House - 26 | Julia Brownley | Democratic | 60% |
| John Delaney | 60% | |||
| Colleen Hanabusa | 60% | |||
| Annie Kuster | 60% | |||
| Dan Maffei | 60% | |||
| Rick Nolan | 60% | |||
| MI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Gary Peters | Democratic | 60% |
| CA | U.S. House - 50 | Scott Peters | Democratic | 60% |
| Harry Reid | 60% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 25 | Raul Ruiz | Democratic | 60% |
| Dutch Ruppersberger | 60% | |||
| HI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Brian Schatz | Democratic | 60% |
| IL | U.S. House - 10 | Brad Schneider | Democratic | 60% |
| CA | U.S. House - 6 | Ami Bera | Democratic | 55% |
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 55% |
| Joe Garcia | 55% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 55% | |||
| Sean Maloney | 55% | |||
| Kurt Schrader | 55% | |||
| Allyson Schwartz | 55% | |||
| Filemon Vela, Jr. | 55% | |||
| Cheri Bustos | 50% | |||
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 50% | |||
| Patrick Murphy | 50% | |||
| Bill Owens | 50% | |||
| Ron Barber | 45% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 45% |
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 40% |
| Bill Enyart | 40% | |||
| Pete Gallego | 40% | |||
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 40% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 40% | |||
| Kyrsten Sinema | 40% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 35% |
| ME | U.S. Senate - Sr | Susan Collins | Republican | 35% |
| Chris Gibson | 30% | |||
| Carolyn McCarthy | 30% | |||
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 30% |
| Dean Heller | 25% | |||
| Mark Kirk | 25% | |||
| Frank LoBiondo | 25% | |||
| Jim Matheson | 25% | |||
| Rob Portman | 25% | |||
| John Barrow | 20% | |||
| John Duncan, Jr. | 20% | |||
| Matt Salmon | 20% | |||
| Mark Sanford, Jr. | 20% | |||
| Justin Amash | 15% | |||
| NH | Governor | Kelly Ayotte | Republican | 15% |
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 15% |
| Paul Broun | 15% | |||
| Michael Burgess | 15% | |||
| CO | Mayor - At-Large | Michael Coffman | Republican | 15% |
| Robert Corker | 15% | |||
| ID | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mike Crapo | Republican | 15% |
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 15% |
| Mike Enzi | 15% | |||
| Louie Gohmert | 15% | |||
| Orrin Hatch | 15% | |||
| Tim Huelskamp | 15% | |||
| Mike McIntyre | 15% | |||
| Bill Posey | 15% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 15% | |||
| ID | U.S. Senate - Jr | James Risch | Republican | 15% |
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 15% | |||
| Richard Shelby | 15% | |||
| Steve Stockman | 15% | |||
| Pat Toomey | 15% | |||
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 15% |
| Kerry Bentivolio | 10% | |||
| Richard Burr | 10% | |||
| John Campbell III | 10% | |||
| Dan Coats | 10% | |||
| Thad Cochran | 10% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ted Cruz | Republican | 10% |
| Jeff Duncan | 10% | |||
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 10% | |||
| Jeff Flake | 10% | |||
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 10% | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 10% |
| Lindsey Graham | 10% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 1 | Andy Harris | Republican | 10% |
| ND | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Hoeven | Republican | 10% |
| Johnny Isakson | 10% | |||
| Mike Johanns | 10% | |||
| ID | Attorney General | Raúl Labrador | Republican | 10% |
| Leonard Lance | 10% |