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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MA | Mayor - At-Large | Thomas McGee | Democratic | 98% |
MA | State House - Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day | Democratic | 97% |
Stan Rosenberg | 97% | |||
Marty Walsh | 97% | |||
Kenneth Donnelly | 96% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | Democratic | 96% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 96% |
Dan Wolf | 96% | |||
MA | State Senate - Norfolk and Suffolk | Mike Rush | Democratic | 95% |
MA | State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk | Michael Brady | Democratic | 94% |
Christine Canavan | 94% | |||
Sonia Chang-Diaz | 94% | |||
Geraldine Creedon | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | Democratic | 94% |
David Sullivan | 94% | |||
Tim Toomey, Jr. | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Suffolk | Sal DiDomenico | Democratic | 93% |
MA | State House - Second Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier | Democratic | 93% |
Joyce Spiliotis | 92% | |||
MA | State House - Sixth Essex | Jerry Parisella | Democratic | 91% |
James Dwyer | 90% | |||
Lori Ehrlich | 90% | |||
Christopher Fallon | 90% | |||
Rhonda Nyman | 90% | |||
MA | Councilor - At-Large | Thomas Stanley | 90% | |
MA | State House - Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley | Democratic | 90% |
James Miceli | 89% | |||
Paul Brodeur | 88% | |||
MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | Democratic | 88% |
Ed Coppinger | 88% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Norfolk | Mark Cusack | Democratic | 88% |
Marcos Devers | 88% | |||
MA | State Senate - Norfolk and Plymouth | John Keenan | Democratic | 88% |
Thomas Kennedy | 88% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Worcester | John Mahoney, Jr. | Democratic | 88% |
Kevin Murphy | 88% | |||
Thomas Petrolati | 88% | |||
Kathi-Anne Reinstein | 88% | |||
Steven Walsh | 88% | |||
MA | State Senate - First Suffolk | Nick Collins | Democratic | 87% |
Robert Fennell | 87% | |||
Tom Golden, Jr. | 87% | |||
MA | State Senate - Fifth Middlesex | Jason Lewis | Democratic | 87% |
Ellen Story | 87% | |||
Alice Wolf | 87% | |||
Susan Fargo | 86% | |||
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 86% |
Carl Sciortino, Jr. | 86% | |||
Richard Moore | 85% | |||
Frank Smizik | 85% | |||
MA | State House - Tenth Bristol | William Straus | Democratic | 85% |
Denise Andrews | 84% | |||
MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | Democratic | 84% |
James Cantwell | 84% | |||
Gailanne Cariddi | 84% | |||
John Fresolo | 84% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Norfolk | Denise Garlick | Democratic | 84% |
MA | State House - Tenth Middlesex | John Lawn, Jr. | Democratic | 84% |
Eugene O'Flaherty | 84% | |||
Cleon Turner | 84% | |||
Elizabeth Malia | 83% | |||
Angelo Scaccia | 83% | |||
Martha Walz | 83% | |||
Tom Calter III | 82% | |||
Byron Rushing | 82% | |||
Anne Gobi | 81% | |||
Carlos Henriquez | 81% | |||
MA | State House - Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | Democratic | 81% |
Stephen Kulik | 81% | |||
Denise Provost | 81% | |||
John Scibak | 81% | |||
MA | State Senate - First Middlesex and Norfolk | Karen Spilka | Democratic | 81% |
Joseph Wagner | 81% | |||
Michael Costello | 80% | |||
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | Democratic | 80% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran | Democratic | 80% |
Charles Murphy | 80% | |||
David Torrisi | 80% | |||
Cory Atkins | 79% | |||
Robert Koczera | 79% | |||
Kevin Aguiar | 78% | |||
Carlo Basile | 78% | |||
Jen Benson | 78% | |||
John Binienda, Sr. | 78% | |||
Garrett Bradley | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 78% |
Robert DeLeo | 78% | |||
Brian Dempsey | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. | Democratic | 78% |
John Fernandes | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Democratic | 78% |
MA | State House - Sixth Hampden | Mike Finn | Democratic | 78% |
MA | State House - Sixth Norfolk | Bill Galvin | Democratic | 78% |
MA | State House - Fifth Bristol | Patricia Haddad | Democratic | 78% |
MA | State House - Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | Democratic | 78% |
Louis Kafka | 78% | |||
John Keenan, Jr. | 78% | |||
Peter Kocot | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | Democratic | 78% |
MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 78% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Thomas McGee | D | 98% |
MA | State House - Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day | D | 97% |
Stan Rosenberg | 97% | |||
Marty Walsh | 97% | |||
Kenneth Donnelly | 96% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | D | 96% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | D | 96% |
Dan Wolf | 96% | |||
MA | State Senate - Norfolk and Suffolk | Mike Rush | D | 95% |
MA | State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk | Michael Brady | D | 94% |
Christine Canavan | 94% | |||
Sonia Chang-Diaz | 94% | |||
Geraldine Creedon | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | D | 94% |
David Sullivan | 94% | |||
Tim Toomey, Jr. | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Suffolk | Sal DiDomenico | D | 93% |
MA | State House - Second Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier | D | 93% |
Joyce Spiliotis | 92% | |||
MA | State House - Sixth Essex | Jerry Parisella | D | 91% |
James Dwyer | 90% | |||
Lori Ehrlich | 90% | |||
Christopher Fallon | 90% | |||
Rhonda Nyman | 90% | |||
MA | Councilor - At-Large | Thomas Stanley | 90% | |
MA | State House - Ninth Middlesex | Thomas Stanley | D | 90% |
James Miceli | 89% | |||
Paul Brodeur | 88% | |||
MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | D | 88% |
Ed Coppinger | 88% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Norfolk | Mark Cusack | D | 88% |
Marcos Devers | 88% | |||
MA | State Senate - Norfolk and Plymouth | John Keenan | D | 88% |
Thomas Kennedy | 88% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Worcester | John Mahoney, Jr. | D | 88% |
Kevin Murphy | 88% | |||
Thomas Petrolati | 88% | |||
Kathi-Anne Reinstein | 88% | |||
Steven Walsh | 88% | |||
MA | State Senate - First Suffolk | Nick Collins | D | 87% |
Robert Fennell | 87% | |||
Tom Golden, Jr. | 87% | |||
MA | State Senate - Fifth Middlesex | Jason Lewis | D | 87% |
Ellen Story | 87% | |||
Alice Wolf | 87% | |||
Susan Fargo | 86% | |||
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | D | 86% |
Carl Sciortino, Jr. | 86% | |||
Richard Moore | 85% | |||
Frank Smizik | 85% | |||
MA | State House - Tenth Bristol | William Straus | D | 85% |
Denise Andrews | 84% | |||
MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | D | 84% |
James Cantwell | 84% | |||
Gailanne Cariddi | 84% | |||
John Fresolo | 84% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Norfolk | Denise Garlick | D | 84% |
MA | State House - Tenth Middlesex | John Lawn, Jr. | D | 84% |
Eugene O'Flaherty | 84% | |||
Cleon Turner | 84% | |||
Elizabeth Malia | 83% | |||
Angelo Scaccia | 83% | |||
Martha Walz | 83% | |||
Tom Calter III | 82% | |||
Byron Rushing | 82% | |||
Anne Gobi | 81% | |||
Carlos Henriquez | 81% | |||
MA | State House - Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | D | 81% |
Stephen Kulik | 81% | |||
Denise Provost | 81% | |||
John Scibak | 81% | |||
MA | State Senate - First Middlesex and Norfolk | Karen Spilka | D | 81% |
Joseph Wagner | 81% | |||
Michael Costello | 80% | |||
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | D | 80% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran | D | 80% |
Charles Murphy | 80% | |||
David Torrisi | 80% | |||
Cory Atkins | 79% | |||
Robert Koczera | 79% | |||
Kevin Aguiar | 78% | |||
Carlo Basile | 78% | |||
Jen Benson | 78% | |||
John Binienda, Sr. | 78% | |||
Garrett Bradley | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | D | 78% |
Robert DeLeo | 78% | |||
Brian Dempsey | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. | D | 78% |
John Fernandes | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | D | 78% |
MA | State House - Sixth Hampden | Mike Finn | D | 78% |
MA | State House - Sixth Norfolk | Bill Galvin | D | 78% |
MA | State House - Fifth Bristol | Patricia Haddad | D | 78% |
MA | State House - Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | D | 78% |
Louis Kafka | 78% | |||
John Keenan, Jr. | 78% | |||
Peter Kocot | 78% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | D | 78% |
MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | D | 78% |