Rating Group: Gun Owners of America (GOA)
2013 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH | U.S. House - 2 | Brad Wenstrup | Republican | 90% |
| Lynn Westmoreland | 90% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 25 | Roger Williams | Republican | 90% |
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 90% |
| AR | U.S. House - 3 | Steve Womack | Republican | 90% |
| Rob Woodall | 90% | |||
| Kevin Yoder | 90% | |||
| Ted Yoho | 90% | |||
| IN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Todd Young | Republican | 90% |
| WY | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Barrasso | Republican | 80% |
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 80% |
| LA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bill Cassidy | Republican | 80% |
| NE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Deb Fischer | Republican | 80% |
| IA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Grassley | Republican | 80% |
| Randy Hultgren | 80% | |||
| Collin Peterson | 80% | |||
| Tom Rooney | 80% | |||
| SC | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tim Scott | Republican | 80% |
| Lamar Smith | 80% | |||
| Steve Stivers | 80% | |||
| SD | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Thune | Republican | 80% |
| Roy Blunt | 70% | |||
| WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 70% |
| Dan Coats | 70% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 70% |
| Charlie Dent | 70% | |||
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 70% | |||
| Jeff Flake | 70% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 70% | |||
| Jim Gerlach | 70% | |||
| Orrin Hatch | 70% | |||
| Dean Heller | 70% | |||
| Mike Johanns | 70% | |||
| WI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Johnson | Republican | 70% |
| Walter Jones, Jr. | 70% | |||
| Leonard Lance | 70% | |||
| KY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mitch McConnell, Jr. | Republican | 70% |
| Buck McKeon | 70% | |||
| Candice Miller | 70% | |||
| Bill Owens | 70% | |||
| Erik Paulsen | 70% | |||
| Tom Petri | 70% | |||
| Rob Portman | 70% | |||
| Dave Reichert | 70% | |||
| Scott Rigell | 70% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 70% |
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 70% | |||
| Jeff Sessions III | 70% | |||
| ID | U.S. House - 2 | Mike Simpson | Republican | 70% |
| OH | U.S. House - 10 | Mike Turner | Republican | 70% |
| Fred Upton | 70% | |||
| Greg Walden | 70% | |||
| Ed Whitfield | 70% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 1 | Rob Wittman | Republican | 70% |
| Donald Young | 70% | |||
| Rodney Frelinghuysen | 60% | |||
| Frank LoBiondo | 60% | |||
| Bill Young | 60% | |||
| Lamar Alexander | 50% | |||
| Kelly Ayotte | 50% | |||
| John Barrow | 50% | |||
| Richard Burr | 50% | |||
| Saxby Chambliss | 50% | |||
| Thomas Coburn | 50% | |||
| Robert Corker | 50% | |||
| SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 50% |
| ND | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Hoeven | Republican | 50% |
| NV | U.S. House - 4 | Steven Horsford | Democratic | 50% |
| Johnny Isakson | 50% | |||
| Ann Kirkpatrick | 50% | |||
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 50% |
| Gloria Negrete McLeod | 50% | |||
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 50% |
| Ron Kind | 40% | |||
| Jim Matheson | 40% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 40% | |||
| Mark Begich | 30% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 2 | Sanford Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | 30% |
| IL | U.S. House - 11 | Bill Foster | Democratic | 30% |
| Heidi Heitkamp | 30% | |||
| Mark Pryor | 30% | |||
| NJ | U.S. House - 4 | Chris Smith | Republican | 30% |
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 30% |
| Pat Toomey | 30% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 30% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 30% |
| Frank Wolf | 30% | |||
| Max Baucus | 20% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 20% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 20% |
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 20% |
| Peter DeFazio | 20% | |||
| John Dingell | 20% | |||
| Gene Green | 20% | |||
| John McCain III | 20% | |||
| ME | Councilor - Ward 3 | Mike Michaud | 20% | |
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 20% |
| Tim Ryan | 20% | |||
| Kurt Schrader | 20% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 20% |