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Rating Group: American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon

2001 Positions

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State Office Name Party Rating
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 67%
OR State House - 57 Greg Smith Republican 17%
OR State Senate - 27 Tim Knopp Republican 17%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Deborah Kafoury 100%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Susan Morgan Republican 17%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Tootie Smith 20%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Cherryl Walker Republican 50%
Robert Ackerman 60%
Jason Atkinson 20%
Victor Backlund 17%
Phil Barnhart 100%
Alan Bates 50%
Chris Beck 80%
Lee Beyer 80%
Roger Beyer 0%
Alan Brown 17%
Kate Brown 80%
Ginny Burdick 100%
R. Thomas Butler 17%
Janet Carlson 33%
Margaret Carter 80%
Susan Castillo 100%
Bev Clarno 20%
Betsy Close 0%
Tony Corcoran 60%
Peter Courtney 60%
Ryan Deckert 80%
Gene Derfler 20%
Richard Devlin 33%
Jackie Dingfelder 80%
Dan Doyle 17%
Joan Dukes 60%
Verne Duncan 60%
Ted Ferrioli 20%
Bill Fisher 20%
Dan Gardner 40%
William Garrard 50%
Gary George 20%
Avel Louise Gordly 40%
Lenn Hannon 25%
Gary Hansen 100%
Steven Harper 20%
Thomas Hartung 40%
Mark Hass 33%
Cedric Lee Hayden 17%
Jim Hill 50%
Elaine Hopson 33%
Bob Jenson 17%
Betsy Johnson 40%
Al King 33%
Wayne Krieger 17%
Jeffrey Kropf 17%
Jerry Krummel 17%
Jeff Kruse 17%
Jan Lee 20%
Randy Leonard 80%
Kathy Lowe 50%
Steve March 67%
Kenneth Messerle 40%
Rick Metsger 80%
Randy Miller 20%
John Minnis 20%
Karen Minnis 17%
Laurie Monnes Anderson 33%
William Morrisette 60%
David Nelson 20%
Donna Nelson 33%
Mary Nolan 100%
Rob Patridge 40%
Charlie Ringo 67%
Diane Rosenbaum 67%
Kurt Schrader 33%
Lane Shetterly 67%
Frank Shields 67%
Mark Simmons 17%
Patti Smith 17%
Bruce Starr 17%
Charles Starr 20%
Carolyn Tomei 60%
Clifford Trow 100%
Joanne Verger 33%
Vicki Walker 67%
Bernard Westlund II 20%
Max Williams 33%
Carl Wilson 33%
Jackie Winters 20%
Kelley Wirth 75%
William Witt 33%
Mae Yih 40%
Cliff Zauner 33%
State Office Name Party Rating
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley D 67%
OR State House - 57 Greg Smith R 17%
OR State Senate - 27 Tim Knopp R 17%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Deborah Kafoury 100%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Susan Morgan R 17%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Tootie Smith 20%
OR Commissioner - At-Large Cherryl Walker R 50%
Robert Ackerman 60%
Jason Atkinson 20%
Victor Backlund 17%
Phil Barnhart 100%
Alan Bates 50%
Chris Beck 80%
Lee Beyer 80%
Roger Beyer 0%
Alan Brown 17%
Kate Brown 80%
Ginny Burdick 100%
R. Thomas Butler 17%
Janet Carlson 33%
Margaret Carter 80%
Susan Castillo 100%
Bev Clarno 20%
Betsy Close 0%
Tony Corcoran 60%
Peter Courtney 60%
Ryan Deckert 80%
Gene Derfler 20%
Richard Devlin 33%
Jackie Dingfelder 80%
Dan Doyle 17%
Joan Dukes 60%
Verne Duncan 60%
Ted Ferrioli 20%
Bill Fisher 20%
Dan Gardner 40%
William Garrard 50%
Gary George 20%
Avel Louise Gordly 40%
Lenn Hannon 25%
Gary Hansen 100%
Steven Harper 20%
Thomas Hartung 40%
Mark Hass 33%
Cedric Lee Hayden 17%
Jim Hill 50%
Elaine Hopson 33%
Bob Jenson 17%
Betsy Johnson 40%
Al King 33%
Wayne Krieger 17%
Jeffrey Kropf 17%
Jerry Krummel 17%
Jeff Kruse 17%
Jan Lee 20%
Randy Leonard 80%
Kathy Lowe 50%
Steve March 67%
Kenneth Messerle 40%
Rick Metsger 80%
Randy Miller 20%
John Minnis 20%
Karen Minnis 17%
Laurie Monnes Anderson 33%
William Morrisette 60%
David Nelson 20%
Donna Nelson 33%
Mary Nolan 100%
Rob Patridge 40%
Charlie Ringo 67%
Diane Rosenbaum 67%
Kurt Schrader 33%
Lane Shetterly 67%
Frank Shields 67%
Mark Simmons 17%
Patti Smith 17%
Bruce Starr 17%
Charles Starr 20%
Carolyn Tomei 60%
Clifford Trow 100%
Joanne Verger 33%
Vicki Walker 67%
Bernard Westlund II 20%
Max Williams 33%
Carl Wilson 33%
Jackie Winters 20%
Kelley Wirth 75%
William Witt 33%
Mae Yih 40%
Cliff Zauner 33%
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