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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MN | U.S. House - 1 | Brad Finstad | Republican | 0 |
MN | U.S. House - 6 | Tom Emmer | Republican | 0 |
MN | U.S. House - 7 | Michelle Fischbach | Republican | 40 |
MN | State House - 16A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 33 |
MN | State House - 24B | Tina Liebling | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State House - 26A | Gene Pelowski, Jr. | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
MN | State House - 34B | Melissa Hortman | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State House - 38A | Michael Nelson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State House - 44B | Leon Lillie | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State House - 53B | Rick Hansen | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State House - 58B | Patrick Garofalo | Republican | 0 |
MN | State House - 61A | Frank Hornstein | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 12 | Torrey Westrom | Republican | 20 |
MN | State Senate - 29 | Bruce Anderson | Republican | 0 |
MN | State Senate - 35 | Jim Abeler II | Republican | 20 |
MN | State Senate - 37 | Warren Limmer | Republican | 20 |
MN | State Senate - 40 | John Marty | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 43 | Ann Rest | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 80 |
MN | State Senate - 46 | Ron Latz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 52 | Jim Carlson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 61 | Scott Dibble | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 64 | Erin Murphy | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 65 | Sandra Pappas | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | Secretary of State | Steve Simon | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | Justice of the Supreme Court - Seat 4 | Paul Thissen | Non-partisan | 100 |
MN | Mayor - At-Large | Kim Norton | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 83 |
MN | Public Utilities Commissioner | Katie Sieben | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | Commissioner - 1 | Ron Shimanski | 0 | |
MN | Commissioner - 3 | Michael Beard | 0 | |
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Joseph Atkins | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 100 |
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Tom Rukavina | 83 | |
MN | Commissioner - 6 | Mary Holberg | 0 | |
Ellen Anderson | 100 | |||
Sarah Anderson | 17 | |||
Tom Anzelc | 83 | |||
Thomas Bakk | 80 | |||
John Benson | 83 | |||
Linda Berglin | 100 | |||
John Berns | 17 | |||
Donald Betzold | 100 | |||
Karla Bigham | 100 | |||
David Bly | 100 | |||
Terri Bonoff | 80 | |||
Laura Brod | 0 | |||
Robin Brown | 83 | |||
Kathy Brynaert | 100 | |||
Mark Buesgens | 0 | |||
Julie Bunn | 83 | |||
Lyndon Carlson, Sr. | 100 | |||
Satveer Chaudhary | 100 | |||
Karen Clark | 100 | |||
Tarryl Clark | 100 | |||
Richard Cohen | 100 | |||
Tony Cornish | 17 | |||
Jim Davnie | 100 | |||
Richard Day | 0 | |||
Chris DeLaForest | 0 | |||
Matt Dean | 0 | |||
Randy Demmer | 0 | |||
Bob Dettmer | 0 | |||
David Dill | 83 | |||
Stephen Dille | 60 | |||
Denise Dittrich | 83 | |||
John Doll | 80 | |||
Willie Dominguez | 100 | |||
Al Doty | 83 | |||
Robert Eastlund | 0 | |||
Kent Eken | 83 | |||
Ron Erhardt | 60 | |||
Sondra Erickson | 0 | |||
Sharon Erickson Ropes | 100 | |||
Tim Faust | 100 | |||
Leo Foley | 100 | |||
Dennis Frederickson | 40 | |||
Patti Fritz | 100 |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MN | U.S. House - 1 | Brad Finstad | R | 0 |
MN | U.S. House - 6 | Tom Emmer | R | 0 |
MN | U.S. House - 7 | Michelle Fischbach | R | 40 |
MN | State House - 16A | Dean Urdahl | R | 33 |
MN | State House - 24B | Tina Liebling | DFL | 100 |
MN | State House - 26A | Gene Pelowski, Jr. | DFL | 80 |
MN | State House - 34B | Melissa Hortman | DFL | 100 |
MN | State House - 38A | Michael Nelson | DFL | 100 |
MN | State House - 44B | Leon Lillie | DFL | 100 |
MN | State House - 53B | Rick Hansen | DFL | 100 |
MN | State House - 58B | Patrick Garofalo | R | 0 |
MN | State House - 61A | Frank Hornstein | DFL | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 12 | Torrey Westrom | R | 20 |
MN | State Senate - 29 | Bruce Anderson | R | 0 |
MN | State Senate - 35 | Jim Abeler II | R | 20 |
MN | State Senate - 37 | Warren Limmer | R | 20 |
MN | State Senate - 40 | John Marty | DFL | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 43 | Ann Rest | DFL | 80 |
MN | State Senate - 46 | Ron Latz | DFL | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 52 | Jim Carlson | DFL | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 61 | Scott Dibble | DFL | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 64 | Erin Murphy | DFL | 100 |
MN | State Senate - 65 | Sandra Pappas | DFL | 100 |
MN | Secretary of State | Steve Simon | DFL | 100 |
MN | Justice of the Supreme Court - Seat 4 | Paul Thissen | Other | 100 |
MN | Mayor - At-Large | Kim Norton | DFL | 83 |
MN | Public Utilities Commissioner | Katie Sieben | DFL | 100 |
MN | Commissioner - 1 | Ron Shimanski | 0 | |
MN | Commissioner - 3 | Michael Beard | 0 | |
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Joseph Atkins | DFL | 100 |
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Tom Rukavina | 83 | |
MN | Commissioner - 6 | Mary Holberg | 0 | |
Ellen Anderson | 100 | |||
Sarah Anderson | 17 | |||
Tom Anzelc | 83 | |||
Thomas Bakk | 80 | |||
John Benson | 83 | |||
Linda Berglin | 100 | |||
John Berns | 17 | |||
Donald Betzold | 100 | |||
Karla Bigham | 100 | |||
David Bly | 100 | |||
Terri Bonoff | 80 | |||
Laura Brod | 0 | |||
Robin Brown | 83 | |||
Kathy Brynaert | 100 | |||
Mark Buesgens | 0 | |||
Julie Bunn | 83 | |||
Lyndon Carlson, Sr. | 100 | |||
Satveer Chaudhary | 100 | |||
Karen Clark | 100 | |||
Tarryl Clark | 100 | |||
Richard Cohen | 100 | |||
Tony Cornish | 17 | |||
Jim Davnie | 100 | |||
Richard Day | 0 | |||
Chris DeLaForest | 0 | |||
Matt Dean | 0 | |||
Randy Demmer | 0 | |||
Bob Dettmer | 0 | |||
David Dill | 83 | |||
Stephen Dille | 60 | |||
Denise Dittrich | 83 | |||
John Doll | 80 | |||
Willie Dominguez | 100 | |||
Al Doty | 83 | |||
Robert Eastlund | 0 | |||
Kent Eken | 83 | |||
Ron Erhardt | 60 | |||
Sondra Erickson | 0 | |||
Sharon Erickson Ropes | 100 | |||
Tim Faust | 100 | |||
Leo Foley | 100 | |||
Dennis Frederickson | 40 | |||
Patti Fritz | 100 |