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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MA | State House - Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | Democratic | 100% |
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | 100% | |||
MA | State House - Second Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier | Democratic | 100% |
Gloria Fox | 100% | |||
Byron Rushing | 100% | |||
Sonia Chang-Diaz | 97% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | Democratic | 97% |
Marcos Devers | 95% | |||
Susan Fargo | 95% | |||
Jon Hecht | 95% | |||
Frank Smizik | 95% | |||
Denise Andrews | 94% | |||
Linda Forry | 94% | |||
Carlos Henriquez | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 94% |
Alice Wolf | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Suffolk and Middlesex | Will Brownsberger | Democratic | 91% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | Democratic | 89% |
MA | State House - Sixth Suffolk | Russell Holmes | Democratic | 89% |
Elizabeth Malia | 89% | |||
Denise Provost | 89% | |||
Carl Sciortino, Jr. | 89% | |||
Jeffrey Sánchez | 89% | |||
Dan Wolf | 89% | |||
Kenneth Donnelly | 86% | |||
MA | State House - Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | Democratic | 84% |
Benjamin Swan, Sr. | 84% | |||
MA | State House - Twenty-Third Middlesex | Sean Garballey | Democratic | 83% |
Tom Conroy | 82% | |||
Carolyn Dykema | 79% | |||
Cleon Turner | 79% | |||
Marty Walsh | 79% | |||
Martha Walz | 79% | |||
Benjamin Downing | 78% | |||
Tom Sannicandro | 78% | |||
Christopher Speranzo | 77% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Suffolk | Sal DiDomenico | Democratic | 76% |
MA | State House - Third Berkshire | Smitty Pignatelli | Democratic | 76% |
Geraldo Alicea | 75% | |||
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Thomas McGee | Democratic | 75% |
Jen Benson | 74% | |||
John Keenan, Jr. | 74% | |||
MA | State Senate - Fifth Middlesex | Jason Lewis | Democratic | 74% |
MA | State House - Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day | Democratic | 74% |
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 74% |
MA | State House - Fourth Barnstable | Sarah Peake | Democratic | 74% |
Tim Toomey, Jr. | 74% | |||
Jay Kaufman | 73% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | Democratic | 73% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Norfolk | Denise Garlick | Democratic | 72% |
Tim Madden | 72% | |||
MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 72% |
MA | State House - Fourteenth Norfolk | Alice Peisch | Democratic | 72% |
Stan Rosenberg | 72% | |||
Ellen Story | 72% | |||
Kevin Aguiar | 71% | |||
Richard Moore | 71% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 5 | Katherine Clark | Democratic | 70% |
MA | State Senate - Norfolk and Plymouth | John Keenan | Democratic | 70% |
MA | State Senate - First Middlesex and Norfolk | Karen Spilka | Democratic | 70% |
Eileen Donoghue | 69% | |||
Paul Brodeur | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 68% |
Gailanne Cariddi | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | Democratic | 68% |
Michael Costello | 68% | |||
Robert DeLeo | 68% | |||
Brian Dempsey | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Sixth Hampden | Mike Finn | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Sixth Norfolk | Bill Galvin | Democratic | 68% |
Anne Gobi | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Bristol | Patricia Haddad | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | Democratic | 68% |
Louis Kafka | 68% | |||
Peter Kocot | 68% | |||
Stephen Kulik | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Worcester | John Mahoney, Jr. | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Eleventh Norfolk | Paul McMurtry | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Third Suffolk | Aaron Michlewitz | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran | Democratic | 68% |
MA | State House - Fourth Norfolk | James Murphy | Democratic | 68% |
Eugene O'Flaherty | 68% | |||
Kathi-Anne Reinstein | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | Democratic | 68% |
Angelo Scaccia | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Eighth Bristol | Paul Schmid III | Democratic | 68% |
John Scibak | 68% | |||
David Sullivan | 68% | |||
Steven Walsh | 68% | |||
Cory Atkins | 67% | |||
Carlo Basile | 67% | |||
MA | State House - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. | Democratic | 67% |
John Hart, Jr. | 67% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | Democratic | 67% |
Therese Murray | 67% | |||
MA | State House - Tenth Bristol | William Straus | Democratic | 67% |
James Welch | 65% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MA | State House - Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | D | 100% |
Cheryl Coakley-Rivera | 100% | |||
MA | State House - Second Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier | D | 100% |
Gloria Fox | 100% | |||
Byron Rushing | 100% | |||
Sonia Chang-Diaz | 97% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | D | 97% |
Marcos Devers | 95% | |||
Susan Fargo | 95% | |||
Jon Hecht | 95% | |||
Frank Smizik | 95% | |||
Denise Andrews | 94% | |||
Linda Forry | 94% | |||
Carlos Henriquez | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | D | 94% |
Alice Wolf | 94% | |||
MA | State Senate - Suffolk and Middlesex | Will Brownsberger | D | 91% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | D | 89% |
MA | State House - Sixth Suffolk | Russell Holmes | D | 89% |
Elizabeth Malia | 89% | |||
Denise Provost | 89% | |||
Carl Sciortino, Jr. | 89% | |||
Jeffrey Sánchez | 89% | |||
Dan Wolf | 89% | |||
Kenneth Donnelly | 86% | |||
MA | State House - Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | D | 84% |
Benjamin Swan, Sr. | 84% | |||
MA | State House - Twenty-Third Middlesex | Sean Garballey | D | 83% |
Tom Conroy | 82% | |||
Carolyn Dykema | 79% | |||
Cleon Turner | 79% | |||
Marty Walsh | 79% | |||
Martha Walz | 79% | |||
Benjamin Downing | 78% | |||
Tom Sannicandro | 78% | |||
Christopher Speranzo | 77% | |||
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Suffolk | Sal DiDomenico | D | 76% |
MA | State House - Third Berkshire | Smitty Pignatelli | D | 76% |
Geraldo Alicea | 75% | |||
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Thomas McGee | D | 75% |
Jen Benson | 74% | |||
John Keenan, Jr. | 74% | |||
MA | State Senate - Fifth Middlesex | Jason Lewis | D | 74% |
MA | State House - Fourteenth Worcester | James O'Day | D | 74% |
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | D | 74% |
MA | State House - Fourth Barnstable | Sarah Peake | D | 74% |
Tim Toomey, Jr. | 74% | |||
Jay Kaufman | 73% | |||
MA | State Senate - Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | D | 73% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Norfolk | Denise Garlick | D | 72% |
Tim Madden | 72% | |||
MA | State House - Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | D | 72% |
MA | State House - Fourteenth Norfolk | Alice Peisch | D | 72% |
Stan Rosenberg | 72% | |||
Ellen Story | 72% | |||
Kevin Aguiar | 71% | |||
Richard Moore | 71% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 5 | Katherine Clark | D | 70% |
MA | State Senate - Norfolk and Plymouth | John Keenan | D | 70% |
MA | State Senate - First Middlesex and Norfolk | Karen Spilka | D | 70% |
Eileen Donoghue | 69% | |||
Paul Brodeur | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | D | 68% |
Gailanne Cariddi | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | D | 68% |
Michael Costello | 68% | |||
Robert DeLeo | 68% | |||
Brian Dempsey | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Essex | Ann-Margaret Ferrante | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Sixth Hampden | Mike Finn | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Sixth Norfolk | Bill Galvin | D | 68% |
Anne Gobi | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Bristol | Patricia Haddad | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | D | 68% |
Louis Kafka | 68% | |||
Peter Kocot | 68% | |||
Stephen Kulik | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Thirteenth Worcester | John Mahoney, Jr. | D | 68% |
MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Eleventh Norfolk | Paul McMurtry | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Third Suffolk | Aaron Michlewitz | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Suffolk | Michael Moran | D | 68% |
MA | State House - Fourth Norfolk | James Murphy | D | 68% |
Eugene O'Flaherty | 68% | |||
Kathi-Anne Reinstein | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | D | 68% |
Angelo Scaccia | 68% | |||
MA | State House - Eighth Bristol | Paul Schmid III | D | 68% |
John Scibak | 68% | |||
David Sullivan | 68% | |||
Steven Walsh | 68% | |||
Cory Atkins | 67% | |||
Carlo Basile | 67% | |||
MA | State House - Thirty-Fifth Middlesex | Paul Donato, Sr. | D | 67% |
John Hart, Jr. | 67% | |||
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | D | 67% |
Therese Murray | 67% | |||
MA | State House - Tenth Bristol | William Straus | D | 67% |
James Welch | 65% |