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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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IA | State House - 34 | Ako Abdul-Samad | Democratic | 100% |
Chaz Allen | 100% | |||
Marti Anderson | 100% | |||
Bruce Bearinger | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 39 | Liz Bennett | Democratic | 100% |
Deborah Berry | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 15 | Tony Bisignano | Democratic | 100% |
Joseph Bolkcom | 100% | |||
Tod Bowman | 100% | |||
Chris Brase | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 61 | Timi Brown-Powers | Democratic | 100% |
Dennis Cohoon | 100% | |||
Thomas Courtney | 100% | |||
Jeff Danielson | 100% | |||
David Dawson | 100% | |||
Dick Dearden | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 31 | Bill Dotzler, Jr. | Democratic | 100% |
Nancy Dunkel | 100% | |||
Robert Dvorsky | 100% | |||
Abby Finkenauer | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 44 | John Forbes | Democratic | 100% |
IA | State House - 33 | Ruth Ann Gaines | Democratic | 100% |
Mary Gaskill | 100% | |||
Michael Gronstal | 100% | |||
Chris Hall | 100% | |||
Curt Hanson | 100% | |||
Rita Hart | 100% | |||
Lisa Heddens | 100% | |||
Rob Hogg | 100% | |||
Wally Horn | 100% | |||
Bruce Hunter | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 72 | Charles Isenhart | Democratic | 100% |
IA | State House - 86 | Dave Jacoby | Democratic | 100% |
IA | State Senate - 36 | Pam Jochum | Democratic | 100% |
Jerry Kearns | 100% | |||
Dan Kelley | 100% | |||
Kevin Kinney | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 75 | Bob Kressig | Democratic | 100% |
Vicki Lensing | 100% | |||
Jim Lykam | 100% | |||
Mary Mascher | 100% | |||
Liz Mathis | 100% | |||
Charlie McConkey | 100% | |||
IA | Supervisor - 1 | Matthew McCoy | Democratic | 100% |
IA | State House - 29 | Brian Meyer | Democratic | 100% |
Helen Miller | 100% | |||
Jo Oldson | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 39 | Rick Olson | Democratic | 100% |
Scott Ourth | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 18 | Janet Petersen | Democratic | 100% |
Todd Prichard | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 25 | Herman Quirmbach | Democratic | 100% |
Amanda Ragan | 100% | |||
Patti Ruff | 100% | |||
Kirsten Running-Marquardt | 100% | |||
Brian Schoenjahn | 100% | |||
Joe Seng | 100% | |||
Mark Smith | 100% | |||
Steve Sodders | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 80 | Art Staed | Democratic | 100% |
IA | State House - 59 | Sharon Steckman | Democratic | 100% |
Sally Stutsman | 100% | |||
Rich Taylor | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 40 | Todd Taylor | Democratic | 100% |
Phyllis Thede | 100% | |||
IA | State House - 49 | Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | Democratic | 100% |
Mary Jo Wilhelm | 100% | |||
IA | State Senate - 49 | Cindy Winckler | Democratic | 100% |
Mary Wolfe | 100% | |||
Chip Baltimore | 25% | |||
IA | State House - 82 | Bobby Kaufmann | Republican | 25% |
Dawn Pettengill | 25% | |||
Quentin Stanerson | 25% | |||
Rob Taylor | 25% | |||
Bill Anderson | 0% | |||
Robert Bacon | 0% | |||
Clel Baudler | 0% | |||
Terry Baxter | 0% | |||
Jerry Behn | 0% | |||
Rick Bertrand | 0% | |||
IA | State House - 11 | Brian Best | Republican | 0% |
Darrel Branhagen | 0% | |||
Michael Breitbach | 0% | |||
Josh Byrnes | 0% | |||
Gary Carlson | 0% | |||
Jake Chapman | 0% | |||
Mark Chelgren | 0% | |||
IA | State Senate - 8 | Mark Costello | Republican | 0% |
Peter Cownie | 0% | |||
IA | State House - 51 | Dave Deyoe | Republican | 0% |
Bill Dix | 0% | |||
Cecil Dolecheck | 0% | |||
Jack Drake | 0% | |||
IA | U.S. House - 4 | Randy Feenstra | Republican | 0% |
IA | State House - 53 | Dean Fisher | Republican | 0% |
Greg Forristall | 0% | |||
IA | State House - 24 | Joel Fry | Republican | 0% |
IA | State Senate - 11 | Julian Garrett | Republican | 0% |
Tedd Gassman | 0% | |||
IA | State House - 57 | Patrick Grassley | Republican | 0% |