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2006 Positions on Racial Justice

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State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 1 Doug LaMalfa Republican 20
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock Republican 10
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 36 Ted Lieu Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas Democratic 100
CA State Senate - 6 Roger Niello Republican 20
CA State Senate - 17 John Laird Democratic 100
CA State Senate - 34 Thomas Umberg Democratic 95
CA Mayor - 1 Karen Bass Democratic 100
CA Supervisor - 3 Wilma Chan 100
CA Supervisor - 5 Joe Baca, Jr. 100
CA Supervisor - 5 Joe Simitian No Party Affiliation 100
CA Council Member Alan Nakanishi 30
CA State Board of Equalization Sally Lieber Democratic 100
Samuel Aanestad 15
Richard Ackerman 10
Gregory Aghazarian 26
Richard Alarcón 100
Elaine Alquist 100
Juan Arambula 100
Roy Ashburn 10
James Battin 15
John Benoit 15
Patty Berg 100
Rudy Bermúdez 100
Sam Blakeslee 25
Russell Bogh 20
Debra Bowen 100
Ron Calderon 90
Joseph Canciamilla 80
Gilbert Cedillo 85
Edward Chavez 100
Wesley Chesbro 100
David Cogdill 15
Rebecca Cohn 95
Joe Coto 100
Dave Cox 15
Lynn Daucher 55
Hector De La Torre 100
Charles DeVore 20
Jeff Denham 40
Denise Ducheny 95
Joe Dunn 100
Robert Dutton 15
Mervyn Dymally 95
Bill Emmerson 25
Martha Escutia 100
Noreen Evans 100
Liz Figueroa 100
Dean Florez 90
Dario Frommer 100
Bonnie Garcia 53
Jackie Goldberg 100
Loni Hancock 100
Tom Harman 21
Ray Haynes, Jr. 6
Dennis Hollingsworth 10
Jerome Horton 100
Shirley Horton 45
Guy Houston 20
Robert Huff 20
Dave Jones 100
Betty Karnette 95
Richard Keene 20
Christine Kehoe 95
Johan Klehs 95
Paul Koretz 90
Sheila Kuehl 100
Jay La Suer 10
Mark Leno 100
Robert Leslie 15
Lloyd Levine 100
Carol Liu 100
Alan Lowenthal 95
Michael Machado 75
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 1 Doug LaMalfa R 20
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock R 10
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu D 100
CA U.S. House - 36 Ted Lieu D 100
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas D 100
CA State Senate - 6 Roger Niello R 20
CA State Senate - 17 John Laird D 100
CA State Senate - 34 Thomas Umberg D 95
CA Mayor - 1 Karen Bass D 100
CA Supervisor - 3 Wilma Chan 100
CA Supervisor - 5 Joe Baca, Jr. 100
CA Supervisor - 5 Joe Simitian N/A 100
CA Council Member Alan Nakanishi 30
CA State Board of Equalization Sally Lieber D 100
Samuel Aanestad 15
Richard Ackerman 10
Gregory Aghazarian 26
Richard Alarcón 100
Elaine Alquist 100
Juan Arambula 100
Roy Ashburn 10
James Battin 15
John Benoit 15
Patty Berg 100
Rudy Bermúdez 100
Sam Blakeslee 25
Russell Bogh 20
Debra Bowen 100
Ron Calderon 90
Joseph Canciamilla 80
Gilbert Cedillo 85
Edward Chavez 100
Wesley Chesbro 100
David Cogdill 15
Rebecca Cohn 95
Joe Coto 100
Dave Cox 15
Lynn Daucher 55
Hector De La Torre 100
Charles DeVore 20
Jeff Denham 40
Denise Ducheny 95
Joe Dunn 100
Robert Dutton 15
Mervyn Dymally 95
Bill Emmerson 25
Martha Escutia 100
Noreen Evans 100
Liz Figueroa 100
Dean Florez 90
Dario Frommer 100
Bonnie Garcia 53
Jackie Goldberg 100
Loni Hancock 100
Tom Harman 21
Ray Haynes, Jr. 6
Dennis Hollingsworth 10
Jerome Horton 100
Shirley Horton 45
Guy Houston 20
Robert Huff 20
Dave Jones 100
Betty Karnette 95
Richard Keene 20
Christine Kehoe 95
Johan Klehs 95
Paul Koretz 90
Sheila Kuehl 100
Jay La Suer 10
Mark Leno 100
Robert Leslie 15
Lloyd Levine 100
Carol Liu 100
Alan Lowenthal 95
Michael Machado 75
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