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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Joseph McIntyre | 80% | |||
William McManus II | 53% | |||
Linda Melconian | 69% | |||
Joan Menard | 100% | |||
John Merrigan | 77% | |||
James Miceli | 47% | |||
Richard Moore | 62% | |||
Michael Morrissey | 85% | |||
Charles Murphy | 50% | |||
Dennis Murphy | 56% | |||
Kevin Murphy | 58% | |||
Mary Jeanette Murray | 56% | |||
Therese Murray | 92% | |||
William Nagle, Jr. | 67% | |||
Harold Naughton, Jr. | 75% | |||
Thomas Norton | 62% | |||
Andrea Nuciforo, Jr. | 89% | |||
Janet O'Brien | 100% | |||
John O'Brien, Jr. | 69% | |||
Thomas O'Brien | 85% | |||
Eugene O'Flaherty | 58% | |||
Shirley Owens-Hicks | 100% | |||
Steven Panagiotakos | 89% | |||
Marie Parente | 69% | |||
Anne Marie Paulsen | 100% | |||
Vincent Pedone | 69% | |||
David Peters | 38% | |||
Douglas Petersen | 63% | |||
George Peterson, Jr. | 50% | |||
Thomas Petrolati | 56% | |||
Lois Pines | 92% | |||
Kevin Poirier | 25% | |||
Susan Pope | 54% | |||
Ruth Provost | 100% | |||
John Quinn | 60% | |||
Henri S Rauschenbach | 54% | |||
Pamela Resor | 94% | |||
Charlotte Richie | 79% | |||
Mary Rogeness | 56% | |||
Stan Rosenberg | 75% | |||
J. Michael Ruane | 42% | |||
Byron Rushing | 100% | |||
Angelo Scaccia | 57% | |||
Anthony Scibelli | 45% | |||
Emanuel Serra | 77% | |||
Charles Shannon, Jr. | 92% | |||
Mary Jane Simmons | 69% | |||
John Slattery | 100% | |||
Theodore Speliotis | 55% | |||
Jo Ann Sprague | 50% | |||
Harriett Stanley | 53% | |||
John Stasik | 100% | |||
MA | Councilor - At-Large | John Stefanini | 75% | |
Douglas Stoddart | 53% | |||
Ellen Story | 100% | |||
David Sullivan | 69% | |||
Joseph Sullivan | 63% | |||
Benjamin Swan, Sr. | 75% | |||
Kathleen Teahan | 77% | |||
Alvin Thompson | 69% | |||
Richard Tisei | 46% | |||
Stephen Tobin | 63% | |||
Steven Tolman | 100% | |||
Warren Tolman | 92% | |||
Tim Toomey, Jr. | 63% | |||
Robert Travaglini | 69% | |||
Philip Travis | 58% | |||
Eric Turkington | 79% | |||
David Tuttle | 38% | |||
Jim Vallee | 81% | |||
Anthony Verga | 94% | |||
Joseph Wagner | 69% | |||
Patricia Walrath | 69% | |||
Marian Walsh | 67% | |||
Marty Walsh | 73% | |||
Dianne Wilkerson | 92% | |||
Alice Wolf | 100% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 67% |
MA | State Senate - Second Essex and Middlesex | Barry Finegold | Democratic | 38% |
MA | State House - Sixth Norfolk | Bill Galvin | Democratic | 81% |
MA | State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | Democratic | 53% |
MA | State House - Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | Democratic | 69% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 94% |
MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 92% |
MA | State House - Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 62% |
MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 71% |
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Thomas McGee | Democratic | 87% |
MA | State Senate - Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | Democratic | 69% |
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 92% |
MA | State Senate - First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | Democratic | 50% |
MA | State House - Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | Democratic | 60% |
MA | State House - Tenth Bristol | William Straus | Democratic | 86% |
MA | State House - Seventh Worcester | Paul Frost | Republican | 54% |
MA | State House - Twentieth Middlesex | Brad Jones, Jr. | Republican | 50% |
MA | State Senate - First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | Republican | 69% |