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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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WA | State Senate - 4 | Mike Padden | Republican | 100% |
WA | State House - 7 Position 2 | Joel Kretz | Republican | 98% |
Matt Shea | 98% | |||
Val Stevens | 98% | |||
John Ahern | 96% | |||
Vincent Buys | 96% | |||
Jim Honeyford | 96% | |||
Dan Kristiansen | 96% | |||
Jason Overstreet | 96% | |||
WA | State House - 15 Position 1 | Bruce Chandler | Republican | 95% |
Janéa Holmquist Newbry | 95% | |||
Bob Morton | 95% | |||
Cary Condotta | 94% | |||
Bill Hinkle | 94% | |||
WA | State Senate - 7 | Shelly Short | Republican | 94% |
Mike Hewitt | 93% | |||
WA | State House - 20 Position 2 | Ed Orcutt | Republican | 93% |
Kirk Pearson | 93% | |||
WA | State Senate - 9 | Mark Schoesler | Republican | 93% |
Mark Hargrove | 92% | |||
WA | State House - 9 Position 2 | Joe Schmick | Republican | 92% |
WA | State Senate - 13 | Judy Warnick | Republican | 92% |
Joseph Zarelli | 92% | |||
Gary Alexander | 91% | |||
WA | Commissioner - 1 | Jerome Delvin | 91% | |
Barbara Bailey | 90% | |||
Richard DeBolt | 90% | |||
Brad Klippert | 90% | |||
Charles Ross | 90% | |||
Susan Fagan | 89% | |||
Terry Nealey | 89% | |||
David Taylor | 89% | |||
Linda Parlette | 88% | |||
WA | State House - 2 Position 2 | JT Wilcox | Republican | 88% |
Larry Crouse | 87% | |||
WA | State Senate - 2 | Jim McCune | Republican | 87% |
Michael Baumgartner | 86% | |||
Randi Becker | 85% | |||
WA | State Senate - 14 | Curtis King | Republican | 85% |
Dan Swecker | 84% | |||
Mike Armstrong | 83% | |||
Norm Johnson | 83% | |||
Pam Roach | 83% | |||
Timothy Sheldon | 83% | |||
Glenn Anderson | 82% | |||
Jay Rodne | 82% | |||
Doug Ericksen | 81% | |||
Norma Smith | 81% | |||
Michael Carrell | 80% | |||
Kevin Parker | 79% | |||
Jan Angel | 78% | |||
Larry Haler | 78% | |||
Cheryl Pflug | 78% | |||
Cathy Dahlquist | 75% | |||
WA | State House - 17 Position 2 | Paul Harris | Republican | 75% |
Hans Zeiger | 75% | |||
WA | State Senate - 18 | Ann Rivers | Republican | 74% |
Bruce Dammeier | 73% | |||
Donald Benton | 72% | |||
Katrina Asay | 71% | |||
Mike Hope | 70% | |||
Andy Hill | 65% | |||
Joe Fain | 61% | |||
Steve Litzow | 61% | |||
Maureen Walsh | 61% | |||
Jim Hargrove | 47% | |||
WA | State House - 49 Position 1 | Sharon Wylie | Democratic | 41% |
Rodney Tom | 34% | |||
Troy Kelley | 32% | |||
Brian Hatfield | 31% | |||
Tim Probst | 31% | |||
Christopher Hurst | 28% | |||
WA | State Senate - 23 | Drew Hansen | Democratic | 27% |
Mary Haugen | 27% | |||
WA | State House - 46 Position 1 | Gerry Pollet | Democratic | 27% |
WA | U.S. House - 6 | Derek Kilmer | Democratic | 26% |
Jim Kastama | 25% | |||
Paull Shin | 24% | |||
Fred Finn | 23% | |||
WA | Secretary of State | Steve Hobbs | Democratic | 23% |
John McCoy | 23% | |||
Mark Miloscia | 22% | |||
WA | State Senate - 43 | Jamie Pedersen | Democratic | 19% |
Reuven Carlyle | 18% | |||
Nick Harper | 18% | |||
Larry Seaquist | 18% | |||
Deb Eddy | 15% | |||
Tracey Eide | 15% | |||
Kristine Lytton | 14% | |||
WA | State Senate - 24 | Kevin Van De Wege | Democratic | 14% |
WA | State House - 34 Position 2 | Joe Fitzgibbon | Democratic | 13% |
WA | State Senate - 33 | Karen Keiser | Democratic | 13% |
WA | State House - 24 Position 2 | Steve Tharinger | Democratic | 13% |
Tami Green | 12% | |||
WA | State House - 45 Position 2 | Larry Springer | Democratic | 12% |
Brian Blake | 11% | |||
Ross Hunter | 11% | |||
Jeff Morris | 11% | |||
Margarita Prentice | 11% | |||
Kevin Ranker | 11% |