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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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CA | State Senate - 39 | Toni Atkins | Democratic | 98% |
Isadore Hall III | 98% | |||
CA | Insurance Commissioner | Ricardo Lara | Democratic | 98% |
CA | State Assembly - 26 | Evan Low | Democratic | 98% |
Adrin Nazarian | 98% | |||
Fran Pavley | 98% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 53 | Freddie Rodriguez | Democratic | 98% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Luis Alejo | 97% | |
Jim Beall, Jr. | 97% | |||
Susan Bonilla | 97% | |||
Autumn Burke | 97% | |||
Edwin Chau | 97% | |||
David Chiu | 97% | |||
Kansen Chu | 97% | |||
CA | Council Member - 14 | Kevin De Leon | 97% | |
Cristina Garcia | 97% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 34 | Jimmy Gomez | Democratic | 97% |
Lorena Gonzalez | 97% | |||
Richard Gordon | 97% | |||
Roger Hernandez | 97% | |||
Robert Hertzberg | 97% | |||
Ben Hueso | 97% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 57 | Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Sr. | Democratic | 97% |
Mark Leno | 97% | |||
Connie Leyva | 97% | |||
Patty Lopez | 97% | |||
Jose Medina | 97% | |||
Tony Mendoza | 97% | |||
Mark Stone | 97% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Das Williams | 97% | |
CA | State Senate - 24 | Ben Allen | Democratic | 96% |
Richard Bloom | 96% | |||
CA | Attorney General | Rob Bonta | Democratic | 96% |
Cheryl Brown | 96% | |||
Ian Calderon | 96% | |||
Nora Campos | 96% | |||
Jim Cooper | 96% | |||
Tom Daly | 96% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 36 | Eduardo Garcia | Democratic | 96% |
CA | State Assembly - 65 | Mike Gipson | Democratic | 96% |
Ed Hernandez | 96% | |||
Gerald Hill | 96% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 41 | Chris Holden | Democratic | 96% |
CA | State Senate - 2 | Mike McGuire | Democratic | 96% |
CA | Supervisor - 2 | Holly Mitchell | 96% | |
Richard Pan | 96% | |||
Henry Perea | 96% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 62 | Anthony Rendon | Democratic | 96% |
Bob Wieckowski | 96% | |||
Lois Wolk | 96% | |||
Martin Block | 95% | |||
CA | State Senate - 5 | Susan Eggman | Democratic | 95% |
Loni Hancock | 95% | |||
Hannah-Beth Jackson | 95% | |||
Marc Levine | 95% | |||
Bill Monning | 95% | |||
Bill Quirk | 95% | |||
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas | 95% | |||
Rudy Salas, Jr. | 95% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 2 | Jim Wood | Democratic | 95% |
Matt Dababneh | 94% | |||
Jim Frazier | 94% | |||
Mike Gatto | 94% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 15 | Kevin Mullin | Democratic | 94% |
CA | State Assembly - 19 | Phil Ting | Democratic | 94% |
CA | State Senate - 3 | Bill Dodd | Democratic | 93% |
Carol Liu | 93% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 54 | Miguel Santiago | Democratic | 93% |
CA | Secretary of State | Shirley Weber | Democratic | 93% |
CA | State Assembly - 42 | Jacqui Irwin | Democratic | 92% |
CA | State Assembly - 6 | Kevin McCarty | Democratic | 92% |
CA | State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tony Thurmond | Non-partisan | 92% |
Cathleen Galgiani | 91% | |||
Patrick O'Donnell | 90% | |||
Ken Cooley | 89% | |||
Adam Gray | 89% | |||
CA | State Senate - 31 | Richard Roth | Democratic | 89% |
CA | State Senate - 7 | Steve Glazer | Democratic | 86% |
Eric Linder | 73% | |||
Anthony Cannella | 71% | |||
Katcho Achadjian | 67% | |||
Rocky Chavez | 67% | |||
Andy Vidak | 66% | |||
Pat Bates | 65% | |||
Robert Huff | 65% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 34 | Tom Lackey | Republican | 65% |
CA | State Assembly - 76 | Brian Maienschein | Democratic | 65% |
Jim Nielsen | 65% | |||
Ling-Ling Chang | 64% | |||
CA | State Senate - 21 | Scott Wilk | Republican | 63% |
CA | State Senate - 36 | Janet Nguyen | Republican | 62% |
Tom Berryhill | 61% | |||
Kristin Olsen | 61% | |||
CA | State Board of Equalization | Ted Gaines | Republican | 60% |
CA | U.S. House - 40 | Young Kim | Republican | 60% |
Marc Steinorth | 59% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 2 | Joel Anderson | 58% | |
Catharine Baker | 58% | |||
Jean Fuller | 58% | |||
Chad Mayes | 58% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
CA | State Senate - 39 | Toni Atkins | D | 98% |
Isadore Hall III | 98% | |||
CA | Insurance Commissioner | Ricardo Lara | D | 98% |
CA | State Assembly - 26 | Evan Low | D | 98% |
Adrin Nazarian | 98% | |||
Fran Pavley | 98% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 53 | Freddie Rodriguez | D | 98% |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Luis Alejo | 97% | |
Jim Beall, Jr. | 97% | |||
Susan Bonilla | 97% | |||
Autumn Burke | 97% | |||
Edwin Chau | 97% | |||
David Chiu | 97% | |||
Kansen Chu | 97% | |||
CA | Council Member - 14 | Kevin De Leon | 97% | |
Cristina Garcia | 97% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 34 | Jimmy Gomez | D | 97% |
Lorena Gonzalez | 97% | |||
Richard Gordon | 97% | |||
Roger Hernandez | 97% | |||
Robert Hertzberg | 97% | |||
Ben Hueso | 97% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 57 | Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Sr. | D | 97% |
Mark Leno | 97% | |||
Connie Leyva | 97% | |||
Patty Lopez | 97% | |||
Jose Medina | 97% | |||
Tony Mendoza | 97% | |||
Mark Stone | 97% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Das Williams | 97% | |
CA | State Senate - 24 | Ben Allen | D | 96% |
Richard Bloom | 96% | |||
CA | Attorney General | Rob Bonta | D | 96% |
Cheryl Brown | 96% | |||
Ian Calderon | 96% | |||
Nora Campos | 96% | |||
Jim Cooper | 96% | |||
Tom Daly | 96% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 36 | Eduardo Garcia | D | 96% |
CA | State Assembly - 65 | Mike Gipson | D | 96% |
Ed Hernandez | 96% | |||
Gerald Hill | 96% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 41 | Chris Holden | D | 96% |
CA | State Senate - 2 | Mike McGuire | D | 96% |
CA | Supervisor - 2 | Holly Mitchell | 96% | |
Richard Pan | 96% | |||
Henry Perea | 96% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 62 | Anthony Rendon | D | 96% |
Bob Wieckowski | 96% | |||
Lois Wolk | 96% | |||
Martin Block | 95% | |||
CA | State Senate - 5 | Susan Eggman | D | 95% |
Loni Hancock | 95% | |||
Hannah-Beth Jackson | 95% | |||
Marc Levine | 95% | |||
Bill Monning | 95% | |||
Bill Quirk | 95% | |||
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas | 95% | |||
Rudy Salas, Jr. | 95% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 2 | Jim Wood | D | 95% |
Matt Dababneh | 94% | |||
Jim Frazier | 94% | |||
Mike Gatto | 94% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 15 | Kevin Mullin | D | 94% |
CA | State Assembly - 19 | Phil Ting | D | 94% |
CA | State Senate - 3 | Bill Dodd | D | 93% |
Carol Liu | 93% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 54 | Miguel Santiago | D | 93% |
CA | Secretary of State | Shirley Weber | D | 93% |
CA | State Assembly - 42 | Jacqui Irwin | D | 92% |
CA | State Assembly - 6 | Kevin McCarty | D | 92% |
CA | State Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tony Thurmond | Other | 92% |
Cathleen Galgiani | 91% | |||
Patrick O'Donnell | 90% | |||
Ken Cooley | 89% | |||
Adam Gray | 89% | |||
CA | State Senate - 31 | Richard Roth | D | 89% |
CA | State Senate - 7 | Steve Glazer | D | 86% |
Eric Linder | 73% | |||
Anthony Cannella | 71% | |||
Katcho Achadjian | 67% | |||
Rocky Chavez | 67% | |||
Andy Vidak | 66% | |||
Pat Bates | 65% | |||
Robert Huff | 65% | |||
CA | State Assembly - 34 | Tom Lackey | R | 65% |
CA | State Assembly - 76 | Brian Maienschein | D | 65% |
Jim Nielsen | 65% | |||
Ling-Ling Chang | 64% | |||
CA | State Senate - 21 | Scott Wilk | R | 63% |
CA | State Senate - 36 | Janet Nguyen | R | 62% |
Tom Berryhill | 61% | |||
Kristin Olsen | 61% | |||
CA | State Board of Equalization | Ted Gaines | R | 60% |
CA | U.S. House - 40 | Young Kim | R | 60% |
Marc Steinorth | 59% | |||
CA | Supervisor - 2 | Joel Anderson | 58% | |
Catharine Baker | 58% | |||
Jean Fuller | 58% | |||
Chad Mayes | 58% |