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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Scott Brown | 2575% | |||
Jen Benson | 100% | |||
Bill Bowles | 100% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk | Michael Brady | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Suffolk and Middlesex | Will Brownsberger | Democratic | 100% |
Jennifer Callahan | 100% | |||
Linda Campbell | 100% | |||
James Cantwell | 100% | |||
Tom Conroy | 100% | |||
Steven D'Amico | 100% | |||
Kenneth Donnelly | 100% | |||
James Dwyer | 100% | |||
Carolyn Dykema | 100% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | Democratic | 100% |
Elizabeth Malia | 100% | |||
Denise Provost | 100% | |||
Carl Sciortino, Jr. | 100% | |||
Frank Smizik | 100% | |||
Susan Tucker | 100% | |||
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | 92% | |||
MA | State House - Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | Democratic | 91% |
MA | State House - Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | Democratic | 91% |
Alice Wolf | 91% | |||
Byron Rushing | 90% | |||
Gloria Fox | 89% | |||
George Peterson, Jr. | 89% | |||
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Robert Hedlund, Jr. | 83% | |
Jay Kaufman | 83% | |||
Tim Toomey, Jr. | 83% | |||
Cory Atkins | 81% | |||
Marie St. Fleur | 78% | |||
Lori Ehrlich | 75% | |||
Peter Kocot | 75% | |||
Barbara L'Italien | 75% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | Democratic | 75% |
Eugene O'Flaherty | 75% | |||
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 75% |
Tom Sannicandro | 75% | |||
MA | State House - First Hampden | Todd Smola | Republican | 75% |
Ellen Story | 75% | |||
Lida Harkins | 73% | |||
Louis Kafka | 73% | |||
MA | State House - Sixth Norfolk | Bill Galvin | Democratic | 71% |
MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | Democratic | 67% |
Garrett Bradley | 67% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | Democratic | 67% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Scott Brown | 2575% | |||
Jen Benson | 100% | |||
Bill Bowles | 100% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Plymouth and Norfolk | Michael Brady | D | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Suffolk and Middlesex | Will Brownsberger | D | 100% |
Jennifer Callahan | 100% | |||
Linda Campbell | 100% | |||
James Cantwell | 100% | |||
Tom Conroy | 100% | |||
Steven D'Amico | 100% | |||
Kenneth Donnelly | 100% | |||
James Dwyer | 100% | |||
Carolyn Dykema | 100% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | D | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | D | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | D | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | D | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | D | 100% |
Elizabeth Malia | 100% | |||
Denise Provost | 100% | |||
Carl Sciortino, Jr. | 100% | |||
Frank Smizik | 100% | |||
Susan Tucker | 100% | |||
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | 92% | |||
MA | State House - Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | D | 91% |
MA | State House - Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | D | 91% |
Alice Wolf | 91% | |||
Byron Rushing | 90% | |||
Gloria Fox | 89% | |||
George Peterson, Jr. | 89% | |||
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Robert Hedlund, Jr. | 83% | |
Jay Kaufman | 83% | |||
Tim Toomey, Jr. | 83% | |||
Cory Atkins | 81% | |||
Marie St. Fleur | 78% | |||
Lori Ehrlich | 75% | |||
Peter Kocot | 75% | |||
Barbara L'Italien | 75% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | D | 75% |
Eugene O'Flaherty | 75% | |||
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | D | 75% |
Tom Sannicandro | 75% | |||
MA | State House - First Hampden | Todd Smola | R | 75% |
Ellen Story | 75% | |||
Lida Harkins | 73% | |||
Louis Kafka | 73% | |||
MA | State House - Sixth Norfolk | Bill Galvin | D | 71% |
MA | State House - First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | D | 67% |
Garrett Bradley | 67% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | D | 67% |