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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Kevin Aguiar | 50% | |||
Geraldo Alicea | 33% | |||
Willie Mae Allen | 0% | |||
Cory Atkins | 81% | |||
Demetrius Atsalis | 0% | |||
MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | Democratic | 67% |
Steven Baddour | 25% | |||
MA | State House - Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | Democratic | 91% |
MA | State House - First Bristol | Jay Barrows | Republican | 0% |
Carlo Basile | 0% | |||
Jen Benson | 100% | |||
Frederick Berry | 0% | |||
John Binienda, Sr. | 0% | |||
Daniel Bosley | 25% | |||
Bill Bowles | 100% | |||
Garrett Bradley | 67% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk | Michael Brady | Democratic | 100% |
Stephen Brewer | 29% | |||
Scott Brown | 2575% | |||
MA | State Senate - Suffolk and Middlesex | Will Brownsberger | Democratic | 100% |
Stephen Buoniconti | 0% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 44% |
Jennifer Callahan | 100% | |||
Tom Calter III | 0% | |||
Linda Campbell | 100% | |||
Christine Canavan | 36% | |||
Gale Candaras | 50% | |||
Stephen Canessa | 33% | |||
James Cantwell | 100% | |||
Harriette Chandler | 0% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 5 | Katherine Clark | Democratic | 50% |
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | 92% | |||
Tom Conroy | 100% | |||
Michael Costello | 50% | |||
Geraldine Creedon | 11% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | Democratic | 67% |
MA | Councilor - At-Large | Sean Curran | 50% | |
Steven D'Amico | 100% | |||
Robert DeLeo | 44% | |||
Brian Dempsey | 25% | |||
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Stephen DiNatale | 25% | |
MA | State House - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. | Democratic | 20% |
Christopher Donelan | 50% | |||
Kenneth Donnelly | 100% | |||
Benjamin Downing | 50% | |||
Joseph Driscoll, Jr. | 50% | |||
James Dwyer | 100% | |||
Carolyn Dykema | 100% | |||
Lori Ehrlich | 75% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | Democratic | 100% |