Rating Group: Center for Freethought Equality

2019-2020 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
IL U.S. House - 6 Sean Casten Democratic 100%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House - 8 Raja Krishnamoorthi Democratic 94%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House - 10 Brad Schneider Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster Democratic 95%
IL U.S. House - 12 Mike Bost Republican 10%
IL U.S. House - 14 Lauren Underwood Democratic 91%
IL U.S. House - 16 Darin LaHood Republican 16%
IN U.S. House - 3 Jim Banks Republican 7%
IN U.S. House - 4 Jim Baird Republican 10%
IN U.S. House - 6 Greg Pence Republican 9%
IN U.S. House - 7 André Carson Democratic 94%
IN U.S. House - 8 Larry Bucshon Republican 12%
KS U.S. Senate - Jr Roger Marshall Republican 10%
KS U.S. House - 3 Sharice Davids Democratic 93%
KS U.S. House - 4 Ron Estes Republican 9%
KY U.S. House - 1 James Comer, Jr. Republican 10%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie Republican 10%
KY U.S. House - 4 Thomas Massie Republican 0%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers Republican 9%
KY U.S. House - 6 Andy Barr Republican 12%
LA U.S. House - 1 Steve Scalise Republican 9%
LA U.S. House - 3 Clay Higgins Republican 10%
LA U.S. House - 4 Mike Johnson Republican 0%
LA U.S. House - 6 Garret Graves Republican 10%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 91%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 96%
MA U.S. House - 3 Lori Trahan Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House - 5 Katherine Clark Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House - 6 Seth Moulton Democratic 94%
MA U.S. House - 7 Ayanna Pressley Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 95%
MA U.S. House - 9 Bill Keating Democratic 95%
MD U.S. House - 1 Andy Harris Republican 10%
MD U.S. House - 2 Dutch Ruppersberger Democratic 93%
MD U.S. House - 3 John Sarbanes Democratic 94%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 89%
MD U.S. House - 6 David Trone Democratic 94%
MD U.S. House - 7 Kweisi Mfume Democratic 62%
MD U.S. House - 8 Jamie Raskin Democratic 100%
MD Attorney General Anthony Brown Democratic 93%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree Democratic 95%
ME U.S. House - 2 Jared Golden Democratic 93%
MI U.S. House - 1 Jack Bergman Republican 10%
MI U.S. House - 2 John Moolenaar Republican 10%
MI U.S. House - 4 Bill Huizenga Republican 9%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg Republican 8%
MI U.S. House - 6 Debbie Dingell Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House - 7 Elissa Slotkin Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House - 8 Dan Kildee Democratic 100%
MI U.S. House - 11 Haley Stevens Democratic 94%
MI U.S. House - 12 Rashida Tlaib Democratic 100%
MN U.S. House - 2 Angie Craig Democratic/Farmer/Labor 94%
MN U.S. House - 3 Dean Phillips Democratic/Farmer/Labor 93%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic 95%
MN U.S. House - 5 Ilhan Omar Democratic/Farmer/Labor 95%
MN U.S. House - 6 Tom Emmer Republican 15%
MN U.S. House - 8 Peter Stauber Republican 10%
MO U.S. House - 2 Ann Wagner Republican 10%
MO U.S. House - 3 Blaine Luetkemeyer Republican 7%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 92%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves Republican 10%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith Republican 8%
MP U.S. House - Delegate Kilili Sablan Democratic 76%
MS U.S. House - 1 Trent Kelly Republican 10%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 94%
MS U.S. House - 3 Michael Guest Republican 8%
MT Governor Greg Gianforte Republican 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland 95%
NC U.S. Senate - Jr Ted Budd Republican 14%
NC U.S. House - 3 Greg Murphy Republican 14%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx Republican 10%
NC U.S. House - 7 David Rouzer Republican 9%
NC U.S. House - 8 Dan Bishop Republican 14%
NC U.S. House - 9 Richard Hudson, Jr. Republican 9%
NC U.S. House - 10 Patrick McHenry Republican 12%
NC U.S. House - 12 Alma Adams Democratic 93%
ND U.S. House - At-Large Kelly Armstrong Republican 10%
NE U.S. House - 2 Donald Bacon Republican 15%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith Republican 10%
NH U.S. House - 1 Chris Pappas Democratic 95%
NH U.S. House - 2 Annie Kuster Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House - 1 Donald Norcross Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House - 2 Jeff Van Drew Republican 74%
NJ U.S. House - 3 Andy Kim Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 26%
NJ U.S. House - 5 Joshua Gottheimer Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. Democratic 94%
NJ U.S. House - 11 Mikie Sherrill Democratic 92%
NJ U.S. House - 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman Democratic 95%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Luján, Jr. Democratic 94%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus Democratic 90%
NV U.S. House - 2 Mark Amodei Republican 11%
NV U.S. House - 3 Susie Lee Democratic 94%
NV U.S. House - 4 Steven Horsford Democratic 93%
NY U.S. House - 3 Thomas Suozzi Democratic 95%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 94%
State Office Name Party Rating
IL U.S. House - 6 Sean Casten D 100%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 94%
IL U.S. House - 8 Raja Krishnamoorthi D 94%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 95%
IL U.S. House - 10 Brad Schneider D 95%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster D 95%
IL U.S. House - 12 Mike Bost R 10%
IL U.S. House - 14 Lauren Underwood D 91%
IL U.S. House - 16 Darin LaHood R 16%
IN U.S. House - 3 Jim Banks R 7%
IN U.S. House - 4 Jim Baird R 10%
IN U.S. House - 6 Greg Pence R 9%
IN U.S. House - 7 André Carson D 94%
IN U.S. House - 8 Larry Bucshon R 12%
KS U.S. Senate - Jr Roger Marshall R 10%
KS U.S. House - 3 Sharice Davids D 93%
KS U.S. House - 4 Ron Estes R 9%
KY U.S. House - 1 James Comer, Jr. R 10%
KY U.S. House - 2 Brett Guthrie R 10%
KY U.S. House - 4 Thomas Massie R 0%
KY U.S. House - 5 Hal Rogers R 9%
KY U.S. House - 6 Andy Barr R 12%
LA U.S. House - 1 Steve Scalise R 9%
LA U.S. House - 3 Clay Higgins R 10%
LA U.S. House - 4 Mike Johnson R 0%
LA U.S. House - 6 Garret Graves R 10%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 91%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 96%
MA U.S. House - 3 Lori Trahan D 94%
MA U.S. House - 5 Katherine Clark D 95%
MA U.S. House - 6 Seth Moulton D 94%
MA U.S. House - 7 Ayanna Pressley D 95%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 95%
MA U.S. House - 9 Bill Keating D 95%
MD U.S. House - 1 Andy Harris R 10%
MD U.S. House - 2 Dutch Ruppersberger D 93%
MD U.S. House - 3 John Sarbanes D 94%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 89%
MD U.S. House - 6 David Trone D 94%
MD U.S. House - 7 Kweisi Mfume D 62%
MD U.S. House - 8 Jamie Raskin D 100%
MD Attorney General Anthony Brown D 93%
ME U.S. House - 1 Chellie Pingree D 95%
ME U.S. House - 2 Jared Golden D 93%
MI U.S. House - 1 Jack Bergman R 10%
MI U.S. House - 2 John Moolenaar R 10%
MI U.S. House - 4 Bill Huizenga R 9%
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg R 8%
MI U.S. House - 6 Debbie Dingell D 94%
MI U.S. House - 7 Elissa Slotkin D 94%
MI U.S. House - 8 Dan Kildee D 100%
MI U.S. House - 11 Haley Stevens D 94%
MI U.S. House - 12 Rashida Tlaib D 100%
MN U.S. House - 2 Angie Craig DFL 94%
MN U.S. House - 3 Dean Phillips DFL 93%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum D 95%
MN U.S. House - 5 Ilhan Omar DFL 95%
MN U.S. House - 6 Tom Emmer R 15%
MN U.S. House - 8 Peter Stauber R 10%
MO U.S. House - 2 Ann Wagner R 10%
MO U.S. House - 3 Blaine Luetkemeyer R 7%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 92%
MO U.S. House - 6 Sam Graves R 10%
MO U.S. House - 8 Jason Smith R 8%
MP U.S. House - Delegate Kilili Sablan D 76%
MS U.S. House - 1 Trent Kelly R 10%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 94%
MS U.S. House - 3 Michael Guest R 8%
MT Governor Greg Gianforte R 10%
NA U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge 93%
NA U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland 95%
NC U.S. Senate - Jr Ted Budd R 14%
NC U.S. House - 3 Greg Murphy R 14%
NC U.S. House - 5 Virginia Foxx R 10%
NC U.S. House - 7 David Rouzer R 9%
NC U.S. House - 8 Dan Bishop R 14%
NC U.S. House - 9 Richard Hudson, Jr. R 9%
NC U.S. House - 10 Patrick McHenry R 12%
NC U.S. House - 12 Alma Adams D 93%
ND U.S. House - At-Large Kelly Armstrong R 10%
NE U.S. House - 2 Donald Bacon R 15%
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith R 10%
NH U.S. House - 1 Chris Pappas D 95%
NH U.S. House - 2 Annie Kuster D 94%
NJ U.S. House - 1 Donald Norcross D 93%
NJ U.S. House - 2 Jeff Van Drew R 74%
NJ U.S. House - 3 Andy Kim D 94%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 26%
NJ U.S. House - 5 Joshua Gottheimer D 92%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 93%
NJ U.S. House - 9 Bill Pascrell, Jr. D 94%
NJ U.S. House - 11 Mikie Sherrill D 92%
NJ U.S. House - 12 Bonnie Watson Coleman D 95%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Ben Luján, Jr. D 94%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus D 90%
NV U.S. House - 2 Mark Amodei R 11%
NV U.S. House - 3 Susie Lee D 94%
NV U.S. House - 4 Steven Horsford D 93%
NY U.S. House - 3 Thomas Suozzi D 95%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 94%
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