Rating Group: The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA)
2017-2018 Positions
Issues:
Immigration
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | U.S. House - 5 | Andy Biggs | Republican | 67% |
| IL | U.S. House - 12 | Mike Bost | Republican | 67% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Paul Cook | 67% | |
| Dan Donovan, Jr. | 67% | |||
| Louie Gohmert | 67% | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | Republican | 67% |
| Randy Hultgren | 67% | |||
| Pete King | 67% | |||
| Steve Knight | 67% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 5 | Bob Latta | Republican | 67% |
| Jason Lewis | 67% | |||
| Mia Love | 67% | |||
| Tom MacArthur | 67% | |||
| SD | Governor | Kristi Noem | Republican | 67% |
| Tom Reed II | 67% | |||
| Peter Roskam | 67% | |||
| Steve Russell | 67% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | Republican | 67% |
| Bill Shuster | 67% | |||
| Steve Chabot | 60% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | Republican | 60% |
| VA | State House - 56 | Tom Garrett, Jr. | Republican | 60% |
| Mark Meadows | 60% | |||
| Chris Stewart | 60% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 14 | Randy Weber, Sr. | Republican | 60% |
| Lee Zeldin | 60% | |||
| Ted Poe | 57% | |||
| Ted Yoho | 57% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | Republican | 50% |
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | Republican | 50% |
| Kevin Brady | 50% | |||
| Jim Bridenstine | 50% | |||
| Susan Brooks | 50% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | Republican | 50% |
| WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | Republican | 50% |
| Liz Cheney | 50% | |||
| Doug Collins | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ted Cruz | Republican | 50% |
| MT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Steve Daines | Republican | 50% |
| FL | Governor | Ron DeSantis | Republican | 50% |
| KS | U.S. House - 4 | Ron Estes | Republican | 50% |
| Blake Farenthold | 50% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 3 | Drew Ferguson | Republican | 50% |
| Mike Gallagher | 50% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | Republican | 50% |
| Karen Handel | 50% | |||
| Gregg Harper | 50% | |||
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | 50% | |||
| Trey Hollingsworth III | 50% | |||
| Evan Jenkins | 50% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 14 | Dave Joyce | Republican | 50% |
| Adam Kinzinger | 50% | |||
| John Kline | 50% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 16 | Darin LaHood | Republican | 50% |
| CO | U.S. House - 5 | Doug Lamborn | Republican | 50% |
| KS | U.S. Senate - Jr | Roger Marshall | Republican | 50% |
| KY | U.S. House - 4 | Thomas Massie | Republican | 50% |
| FL | U.S. House - 21 | Brian Mast | Republican | 50% |
| Kevin McCarthy | 50% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | Republican | 50% |
| David McKinley | 50% | |||
| Martha McSally | 50% | |||
| MI | U.S. House - 2 | John Moolenaar | Republican | 50% |
| KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | Republican | 50% |
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 50% | |||
| NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | Republican | 50% |
| MO | U.S. House - 8 | Jason Smith | Republican | 50% |
| Steve Stivers | 50% | |||
| Mac Thornberry | 50% | |||
| Pat Toomey | 50% | |||
| Greg Walden | 50% | |||
| Mimi Walters | 50% | |||
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | Republican | 50% |
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | Republican | 50% |
| AR | U.S. House - 3 | Steve Womack | Republican | 50% |
| MT | U.S. House - 1 | Ryan Zinke | Republican | 50% |
| FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | Republican | 40% |
| Steve King | 40% | |||
| IN | Attorney General | Todd Rokita | Republican | 40% |
| NY | U.S. House - 24 | Claudia Tenney | Republican | 40% |
| Francis Rooney | 38% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 36 | Brian Babin | Republican | 33% |
| MI | U.S. House - 1 | Jack Bergman | Republican | 33% |
| Mike Bishop | 33% | |||
| Rob Bishop | 33% | |||
| Rod Blum | 33% | |||
| NC | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ted Budd | Republican | 33% |
| TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | Republican | 33% |
| Bradley Byrne | 33% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | Republican | 33% |
| Jason Chaffetz | 33% | |||
| Chris Collins | 33% | |||
| Mike Conaway | 33% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tom Cotton | Republican | 33% |
| Rodney Davis | 33% | |||
| Sean Duffy | 33% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 2 | Neal Dunn | Republican | 33% |
| MN | U.S. House - 6 | Tom Emmer | Republican | 33% |
| TN | U.S. House - 3 | Chuck Fleischmann | Republican | 33% |
| LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | Republican | 33% |
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ | U.S. House - 5 | Andy Biggs | R | 67% |
| IL | U.S. House - 12 | Mike Bost | R | 67% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Paul Cook | 67% | |
| Dan Donovan, Jr. | 67% | |||
| Louie Gohmert | 67% | |||
| AZ | U.S. House - 9 | Paul Gosar | R | 67% |
| Randy Hultgren | 67% | |||
| Pete King | 67% | |||
| Steve Knight | 67% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 5 | Bob Latta | R | 67% |
| Jason Lewis | 67% | |||
| Mia Love | 67% | |||
| Tom MacArthur | 67% | |||
| SD | Governor | Kristi Noem | R | 67% |
| Tom Reed II | 67% | |||
| Peter Roskam | 67% | |||
| Steve Russell | 67% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 8 | Austin Scott | R | 67% |
| Bill Shuster | 67% | |||
| Steve Chabot | 60% | |||
| OK | U.S. House - 4 | Tom Cole | R | 60% |
| VA | State House - 56 | Tom Garrett, Jr. | R | 60% |
| Mark Meadows | 60% | |||
| Chris Stewart | 60% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 14 | Randy Weber, Sr. | R | 60% |
| Lee Zeldin | 60% | |||
| Ted Poe | 57% | |||
| Ted Yoho | 57% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 2 | Mark Amodei | R | 50% |
| AR | U.S. Senate - Sr | John Boozman | R | 50% |
| Kevin Brady | 50% | |||
| Jim Bridenstine | 50% | |||
| Susan Brooks | 50% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 16 | Vern Buchanan | R | 50% |
| WV | U.S. Senate - Jr | Shelley Capito | R | 50% |
| Liz Cheney | 50% | |||
| Doug Collins | 50% | |||
| TX | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ted Cruz | R | 50% |
| MT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Steve Daines | R | 50% |
| FL | Governor | Ron DeSantis | R | 50% |
| KS | U.S. House - 4 | Ron Estes | R | 50% |
| Blake Farenthold | 50% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 3 | Drew Ferguson | R | 50% |
| Mike Gallagher | 50% | |||
| KY | U.S. House - 2 | Brett Guthrie | R | 50% |
| Karen Handel | 50% | |||
| Gregg Harper | 50% | |||
| Jaime Herrera Beutler | 50% | |||
| Trey Hollingsworth III | 50% | |||
| Evan Jenkins | 50% | |||
| OH | U.S. House - 14 | Dave Joyce | R | 50% |
| Adam Kinzinger | 50% | |||
| John Kline | 50% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 16 | Darin LaHood | R | 50% |
| CO | U.S. House - 5 | Doug Lamborn | R | 50% |
| KS | U.S. Senate - Jr | Roger Marshall | R | 50% |
| KY | U.S. House - 4 | Thomas Massie | R | 50% |
| FL | U.S. House - 21 | Brian Mast | R | 50% |
| Kevin McCarthy | 50% | |||
| NC | U.S. House - 10 | Patrick McHenry | R | 50% |
| David McKinley | 50% | |||
| Martha McSally | 50% | |||
| MI | U.S. House - 2 | John Moolenaar | R | 50% |
| KY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Rand Paul | R | 50% |
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 50% | |||
| NE | U.S. House - 3 | Adrian Smith | R | 50% |
| MO | U.S. House - 8 | Jason Smith | R | 50% |
| Steve Stivers | 50% | |||
| Mac Thornberry | 50% | |||
| Pat Toomey | 50% | |||
| Greg Walden | 50% | |||
| Mimi Walters | 50% | |||
| MS | U.S. Senate - Sr | Roger Wicker | R | 50% |
| SC | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Wilson, Sr. | R | 50% |
| AR | U.S. House - 3 | Steve Womack | R | 50% |
| MT | U.S. House - 1 | Ryan Zinke | R | 50% |
| FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | R | 40% |
| Steve King | 40% | |||
| IN | Attorney General | Todd Rokita | R | 40% |
| NY | U.S. House - 24 | Claudia Tenney | R | 40% |
| Francis Rooney | 38% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 36 | Brian Babin | R | 33% |
| MI | U.S. House - 1 | Jack Bergman | R | 33% |
| Mike Bishop | 33% | |||
| Rob Bishop | 33% | |||
| Rod Blum | 33% | |||
| NC | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ted Budd | R | 33% |
| TX | U.S. House - 26 | Michael Burgess | R | 33% |
| Bradley Byrne | 33% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 41 | Ken Calvert | R | 33% |
| Jason Chaffetz | 33% | |||
| Chris Collins | 33% | |||
| Mike Conaway | 33% | |||
| AR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Tom Cotton | R | 33% |
| Rodney Davis | 33% | |||
| Sean Duffy | 33% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 2 | Neal Dunn | R | 33% |
| MN | U.S. House - 6 | Tom Emmer | R | 33% |
| TN | U.S. House - 3 | Chuck Fleischmann | R | 33% |
| LA | Treasurer | John Fleming, Jr. | R | 33% |