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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Herman Baertschiger, Jr. | 96% | |||
OR | State Senate - 29 | Bill Hansell | Republican | 96% |
Jackie Winters | 96% | |||
Charles Thomsen | 95% | |||
Dallas Heard | 94% | |||
Gene Whisnant | 93% | |||
Doug Whitsett | 93% | |||
Bill Kennemer | 92% | |||
Mike Nearman | 91% | |||
Knute Buehler | 90% | |||
OR | State Senate - 9 | Fred Girod | Republican | 90% |
OR | State Senate - 11 | Kim Thatcher | Republican | 90% |
Jim Weidner | 90% | |||
Gail Whitsett | 90% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 2 | Cliff Bentz | Republican | 89% |
Mike McLane | 89% | |||
Jeff Kruse | 88% | |||
Greg Barreto | 86% | |||
OR | State Senate - 12 | Brian Boquist | Independent | 86% |
Ted Ferrioli | 86% | |||
OR | State Senate - 27 | Tim Knopp | Republican | 86% |
Alan Olsen | 86% | |||
John Huffman | 84% | |||
Andy Olson | 83% | |||
Bill Post | 83% | |||
Carl Wilson | 83% | |||
John Davis | 82% | |||
Jodi Hack | 82% | |||
OR | State Senate - 6 | Cedric Hayden | Republican | 82% |
Sal Esquivel | 81% | |||
Wayne Krieger | 81% | |||
Julie Parrish | 81% | |||
Duane Stark | 79% | |||
OR | State House - 57 | Greg Smith | Republican | 78% |
OR | Commissioner - 3 | Sherrie Sprenger | 77% | |
Mark Johnson | 73% | |||
Vic Gilliam | 68% | |||
Caddy McKeown | 62% | |||
Betsy Johnson | 56% | |||
Brian Clem | 55% | |||
Jeff Barker | 52% | |||
OR | State House - 10 | David Gomberg | Democratic | 50% |
Brad Witt | 50% | |||
OR | State House - 29 | Susan McLain | Democratic | 46% |
OR | State Senate - 22 | Lew Frederick | Democratic | 45% |
OR | U.S. House - 4 | Val Hoyle | Democratic, Working Families | 45% |
Betty Komp | 45% | |||
OR | Governor | Tina Kotek | Democratic | 45% |
OR | Treasurer | Tobias Read | Democratic | 45% |
Carla Piluso | 43% | |||
Jeff Reardon | 43% | |||
Jennifer Williamson | 43% | |||
OR | State Senate - 21 | Kathleen Taylor | Democratic | 42% |
Deborah Boone | 41% | |||
OR | State House - 27 | Ken Helm | Democratic | 41% |
Joe Gallegos | 40% | |||
OR | State House - 7 | John Lively | Democratic | 40% |
Rod Monroe | 40% | |||
Arnie Roblan | 40% | |||
Chris Edwards | 39% | |||
OR | State House - 16 | Dan Rayfield | Democratic | 39% |
Margaret Doherty | 38% | |||
OR | State House - 20 | Paul Evans | Democratic | 38% |
Mark Hass | 38% | |||
Ann Lininger | 38% | |||
Chuck Riley | 38% | |||
Peter Buckley | 37% | |||
OR | State House - 13 | Nancy Nathanson | Democratic | 37% |
OR | Commissioner - 3 | Jessica Vega Pederson | 37% | |
Barbara Smith Warner | 36% | |||
Richard Devlin | 35% | |||
Shemia Fagan | 35% | |||
OR | State Senate - 25 | Chris Gorsek | Democratic | 35% |
Mitch Greenlick | 35% | |||
Phil Barnhart | 33% | |||
OR | State Senate - 4 | Floyd Prozanski, Jr. | Democratic | 33% |
Peter Courtney | 31% | |||
William Shields | 30% | |||
Alan Bates | 29% | |||
Lee Beyer | 29% | |||
Alissa Keny-Guyer | 29% | |||
Laurie Monnes Anderson | 29% | |||
OR | State Senate - 17 | Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | Democratic | 29% |
Brent Barton | 28% | |||
OR | State Senate - 8 | Sara Gelser Blouin | Democratic | 28% |
OR | State Senate - 23 | Michael Dembrow | Democratic | 26% |
OR | State House - 8 | Paul Holvey | Democratic | 26% |
OR | State House - 42 | Rob Nosse | Democratic | 26% |
Ginny Burdick | 25% | |||
Diane Rosenbaum | 25% |