Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
2015-2016 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley Byrne | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 5% |
| GA | U.S. House - 1 | Buddy Carter | Republican | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House - 31 | John Carter | Republican | 5% |
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 5% |
| Chris Collins | 5% | |||
| Doug Collins | 5% | |||
| Barbara Comstock | 5% | |||
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Paul Cook | 5% | |
| TX | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Cornyn | Republican | 5% |
| AR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tom Cotton | Republican | 5% |
| ND | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kevin Cramer | Republican | 5% |
| AR | U.S. House - 1 | Rick Crawford | Republican | 5% |
| Ander Crenshaw | 5% | |||
| John Culberson | 5% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 8 | Warren Davidson | Republican | 5% |
| Rodney Davis | 5% | |||
| FL | Governor | Ron DeSantis | Republican | 5% |
| Jeff Denham | 5% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 26 | Mario Diaz-Balart | Republican | 5% |
| Renee Ellmers | 5% | |||
| Stephen Fincher | 5% | |||
| NE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Deb Fischer | Republican | 5% |
| Mike Fitzpatrick | 5% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 3 | Chuck Fleischmann | Republican | 5% |
| Bill Flores | 5% | |||
| Randy Forbes | 5% | |||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 5% | |||
| Trent Franks | 5% | |||
| Louie Gohmert | 5% | |||
| Bob Goodlatte | 5% | |||
| Trey Gowdy III | 5% | |||
| SC | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lindsey Graham | Republican | 5% |
| TX | U.S. House - 12 | Kay Granger | Republican | 5% |
| Tom Graves, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Cresent Hardy | 5% | |||
| Vicky Hartzler | 5% | |||
| Joe Heck, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | 5% | |||
| AR | U.S. House - 2 | French Hill | Republican | 5% |
| George Holding | 5% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 9 | Richard Hudson, Jr. | Republican | 5% |
| MI | U.S. House - 4 | Bill Huizenga | Republican | 5% |
| Randy Hultgren | 5% | |||
| Duncan Hunter | 5% | |||
| Will Hurd | 5% | |||
| Jim Inhofe | 5% | |||
| Sam Johnson | 5% | |||
| Bill Johnson | 5% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 14 | Dave Joyce | Republican | 5% |
| PA | U.S. House - 16 | Mike Kelly, Jr. | Republican | 5% |
| Pete King | 5% | |||
| Steve King | 5% | |||
| Adam Kinzinger | 5% | |||
| John Kline | 5% | |||
| Steve Knight | 5% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 16 | Darin LaHood | Republican | 5% |
| Leonard Lance | 5% | |||
| Billy Long | 5% | |||
| Mia Love | 5% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 3 | Frank Lucas | Republican | 5% |
| MO | U.S. House - 3 | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Republican | 5% |
| Kenny Marchant | 5% | |||
| Tom Marino | 5% | |||
| Kevin McCarthy | 5% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 5% |
| David McKinley | 5% | |||
| Luke Messer | 5% | |||
| Candice Miller | 5% | |||
| Jeff Miller | 5% | |||
| MI | U.S. House - 2 | John Moolenaar | Republican | 5% |
| OK | U.S. Senate - Jr | Markwayne Mullin | Republican | 5% |
| Tim Murphy | 5% | |||
| Randy Neugebauer | 5% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 4 | Dan Newhouse | Republican | 5% |
| SD | Governor | Kristi Noem | Republican | 5% |
| Devin Nunes | 5% | |||
| Pete Olson | 5% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 6 | Gary Palmer | Republican | 5% |
| Erik Paulsen | 5% | |||
| Robert Pittenger | 5% | |||
| Joe Pitts | 5% | |||
| Mike Pompeo | 5% | |||
| Reid Ribble | 5% | |||
| Martha Roby | 5% | |||
| WA | U.S. House - 5 | Cathy Rodgers | Republican | 5% |
| KY | U.S. House - 5 | Hal Rogers | Republican | 5% |
| Tom Rooney | 5% | |||
| Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | 5% | |||
| Peter Roskam | 5% | |||
| Dennis Ross | 5% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 7 | David Rouzer | Republican | 5% |
| Ed Royce | 5% | |||
| FL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Marco Rubio | Republican | 5% |
| Steve Russell | 5% | |||
| Ben Sasse | 5% | |||
| LA | U.S. House - 1 | Steve Scalise | Republican | 5% |
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 5% |
| Jeff Sessions III | 5% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 17 | Pete Sessions | Republican | 5% |