Rating Group: American Conservative Union (ACU)
2010 Lifetime Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Kagen | 6% | |||
| Patrick Murphy | 6% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 6% |
| Lois Capps | 6% | |||
| Eddie Johnson | 6% | |||
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 6% |
| TX | U.S. House - 18 | Sheila Jackson Lee | Democratic | 6% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 6% |
| Patrick Leahy | 6% | |||
| Barbara Mikulski | 6% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 6% |
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ben Cardin | Democratic | 5% |
| Howard Berman | 5% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 5% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 1 | John Larson | Democratic | 5% |
| John Kerry | 5% | |||
| Louise Slaughter | 5% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 32 | Brad Sherman | Democratic | 5% |
| OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 5% |
| Susan Davis | 5% | |||
| John Conyers, Jr. | 5% | |||
| Anthony Weiner | 5% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 5% | |||
| Luis Gutiérrez | 4% | |||
| Tom Udall | 4% | |||
| Henry Waxman | 4% | |||
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 4% | |||
| Bob Filner | 4% | |||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 4% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 4% | |||
| George Miller | 4% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 16 | Anna Eshoo | Democratic | 4% |
| Maurice Hinchey | 4% | |||
| Nita Lowey | 4% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 18 | Zoe Lofgren | Democratic | 4% |
| Barney Frank | 4% | |||
| Brad Miller | 4% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 4% | |||
| Donna Edwards | 4% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 4% |
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 4% |
| Allyson Schwartz | 4% | |||
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 4% |
| Ed Towns | 4% | |||
| Pete Stark | 4% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 4% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 4% |
| Mike Capuano | 4% | |||
| Bill Delahunt | 4% | |||
| Lynn Woolsey | 4% | |||
| Charlie Rangel | 4% | |||
| Elijah Cummings | 3% | |||
| MO | U.S. House - 5 | Emanuel Cleaver II | Democratic | 3% |
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 3% |
| Ed Pastor | 3% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 43 | Maxine Waters | Democratic | 3% |
| Sam Farr | 3% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 3% |
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 3% |
| Mel Watt | 3% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 3% | |||
| John Tierney | 3% | |||
| Donald Payne | 3% | |||
| Carol Shea-Porter | 3% | |||
| VT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Peter Welch | Democratic | 3% |
| NY | U.S. House - 7 | Nydia Velázquez | Democratic | 3% |
| NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 3% | |
| CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 3% |
| Barbara Boxer | 3% | |||
| Mike Honda | 3% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 3% |
| José Serrano | 3% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 31 | Grace Napolitano | Democratic | 3% |
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 3% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 3% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 3% |
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 3% |
| Lucille Roybal-Allard | 3% | |||
| Tim Bishop | 3% | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 7 | Raul Grijalva | Democratic | 3% |
| MD | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 3% |
| Jim McDermott | 2% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 2% |
| Diane Watson | 2% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 2% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 2% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic | 2% |
| John Lewis | 2% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 2% |
| VA | U.S. House - 11 | Gerry Connolly | Democratic | 2% |
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 2% |
| Alan Grayson | 2% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 2% |
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 2% |
| Mary Jo Kilroy | 2% | |||
| Dan Maffei | 2% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 2% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 2% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 2% |
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 2% |