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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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MA | Mayor - At-Large | Paul Heroux | 100% | |
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Don Humason, Jr. | 100% | |
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Shaunna O'Connell | 100% | |
MA | State House - Second Middlesex | Jim Arciero | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Hampden | Brian Ashe | Democratic | 40% |
MA | State House - Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - First Bristol | Jay Barrows | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Worcester | Donald Berthiaume, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Hampden | Nicholas Boldyga | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | Democratic | 40% |
MA | State House - Eighth Plymouth | Angelo D'Emilia | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Plymouth | David DeCoste | Republican | 80% |
MA | State House - Twenty-Fifth Middlesex | Marjorie Decker | Democratic | 20% |
MA | State House - Sixth Worcester | Peter Durant | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - First Worcester | Kimberly Ferguson | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Seventh Worcester | Paul Frost | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | Democratic | 80% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Middlesex | Carmine Gentile | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Second Plymouth | Susan Gifford | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Fourth Bristol | Steven Howitt | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Suffolk | Dan Hunt | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Twentieth Middlesex | Brad Jones, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifteenth Worcester | Mary Keefe | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Twenty-Second Middlesex | Marc Lombardo | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Twenty-Eighth Middlesex | Joe McGonagle, Jr. | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Worcester | Joe McKenna | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Middlesex | Rady Mom | Democratic | 60% |
MA | State House - Ninth Worcester | David Muradian, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - First Plymouth | Mathew Muratore | Republican | 60% |
MA | State House - Tenth Worcester | Brian Murray | Democratic | 76% |
MA | State House - Third Berkshire | Smitty Pignatelli | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - Twelfth Hampden | Angelo Puppolo, Jr. | Democratic | 80% |
MA | State House - Second Suffolk | Dan Ryan | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State House - Eighth Bristol | Paul Schmid III | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - First Hampden | Todd Smola | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Tenth Bristol | William Straus | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Barnstable | David Vieira | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Franklin | Susannah Whipps | Independent | 100% |
MA | State House - Ninth Essex | Donald Wong | Republican | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Worcester | Jon Zlotnik | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Third Middlesex | Mike Barrett | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Worcester and Hampshire | Peter Durant | Republican | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Worcester and Norfolk | Ryan Fattman | Republican | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Fifth Middlesex | Jason Lewis | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | Democratic | 80% |
MA | State Senate - Second Worcester | Mike Moore | Democratic | 80% |
MA | State Senate - Plymouth and Norfolk | Patrick O'Connor | Republican | 80% |
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 80% |
MA | State Senate - First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | Democratic | 100% |
MA | State Senate - First Middlesex and Norfolk | Karen Spilka | Democratic | 0% |
MA | State Senate - First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | Republican | 100% |
MA | State Senate - First Hampden and Hampshire | John Velis | Democratic | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 5 | Katherine Clark | Democratic | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 6 | Seth Moulton | Democratic | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 0% |
Cory Atkins | 0% | |||
Linda Campbell | 40% | |||
Mike Capuano | 0% | |||
Sonia Chang-Diaz | 0% | |||
Dan Cullinane | 0% | |||
Josh Cutler | 80% | |||
Robert DeLeo | 0% | |||
Geoff Diehl | 100% | |||
Eileen Donoghue | 0% | |||
Shawn Dooley | 80% | |||
James Dwyer | 40% | |||
Lori Ehrlich | 0% | |||
Jennifer Flanagan | 100% | |||
Linda Forry | 0% | |||
Anne Gobi | 80% | |||
Sheila Harrington | 100% | |||
Bradford Hill | 100% | |||
Randy Hunt | 100% | |||
Jay Kaufman | 20% | |||
James Kelcourse | 100% | |||
Joe Kennedy III | 0% | |||
Peter Kocot | 100% | |||
Robert Koczera | 60% | |||
Stephen Kulik | 100% | |||
Kevin Kuros | 80% | |||
Barbara L'Italien | 20% | |||
Eric Lesser | 0% | |||
James Lyons, Jr. | 100% | |||
Elizabeth Malia | 0% | |||
James Miceli | 100% | |||
Leonard Mirra | 100% | |||
Harold Naughton, Jr. | 40% | |||
Keiko Orrall | 100% | |||
Elizabeth Poirier | 100% |
State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Paul Heroux | 100% | |
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Don Humason, Jr. | 100% | |
MA | Mayor - At-Large | Shaunna O'Connell | 100% | |
MA | State House - Second Middlesex | Jim Arciero | D | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Hampden | Brian Ashe | D | 40% |
MA | State House - Twelfth Middlesex | Ruth Balser | D | 0% |
MA | State House - First Bristol | Jay Barrows | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Worcester | Donald Berthiaume, Jr. | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Hampden | Nicholas Boldyga | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Second Norfolk | Tackey Chan | D | 40% |
MA | State House - Eighth Plymouth | Angelo D'Emilia | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifth Plymouth | David DeCoste | R | 80% |
MA | State House - Twenty-Fifth Middlesex | Marjorie Decker | D | 20% |
MA | State House - Sixth Worcester | Peter Durant | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Berkshire | Tricia Farley-Bouvier | D | 0% |
MA | State House - First Worcester | Kimberly Ferguson | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Seventh Worcester | Paul Frost | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | D | 80% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Middlesex | Carmine Gentile | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Second Plymouth | Susan Gifford | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Middlesex | Kate Hogan | D | 100% |
MA | State House - Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Fourth Bristol | Steven Howitt | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Thirteenth Suffolk | Dan Hunt | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Twentieth Middlesex | Brad Jones, Jr. | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Fifteenth Worcester | Mary Keefe | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Fifth Middlesex | David Linsky | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Twenty-Second Middlesex | Marc Lombardo | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Twenty-Eighth Middlesex | Joe McGonagle, Jr. | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Worcester | Joe McKenna | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Eighteenth Middlesex | Rady Mom | D | 60% |
MA | State House - Ninth Worcester | David Muradian, Jr. | R | 100% |
MA | State House - First Plymouth | Mathew Muratore | R | 60% |
MA | State House - Tenth Worcester | Brian Murray | D | 76% |
MA | State House - Third Berkshire | Smitty Pignatelli | D | 100% |
MA | State House - Twelfth Hampden | Angelo Puppolo, Jr. | D | 80% |
MA | State House - Second Suffolk | Dan Ryan | D | 0% |
MA | State House - Eighth Bristol | Paul Schmid III | D | 100% |
MA | State House - First Hampden | Todd Smola | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Tenth Bristol | William Straus | D | 100% |
MA | State House - Third Barnstable | David Vieira | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Franklin | Susannah Whipps | I | 100% |
MA | State House - Ninth Essex | Donald Wong | R | 100% |
MA | State House - Second Worcester | Jon Zlotnik | D | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Third Middlesex | Mike Barrett | D | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex and Norfolk | Cindy Creem | D | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Worcester and Hampshire | Peter Durant | R | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Middlesex and Worcester | Jamie Eldridge | D | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Worcester and Norfolk | Ryan Fattman | R | 100% |
MA | State Senate - Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | D | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Fifth Middlesex | Jason Lewis | D | 0% |
MA | State Senate - Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden | Paul Mark | D | 80% |
MA | State Senate - Second Worcester | Mike Moore | D | 80% |
MA | State Senate - Plymouth and Norfolk | Patrick O'Connor | R | 80% |
MA | State Senate - Third Bristol and Plymouth | Marc Pacheco | D | 80% |
MA | State Senate - First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | D | 100% |
MA | State Senate - First Middlesex and Norfolk | Karen Spilka | D | 0% |
MA | State Senate - First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | R | 100% |
MA | State Senate - First Hampden and Hampshire | John Velis | D | 100% |
MA | U.S. House - 5 | Katherine Clark | D | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 9 | Bill Keating | D | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | D | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 6 | Seth Moulton | D | 0% |
MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | D | 0% |
Cory Atkins | 0% | |||
Linda Campbell | 40% | |||
Mike Capuano | 0% | |||
Sonia Chang-Diaz | 0% | |||
Dan Cullinane | 0% | |||
Josh Cutler | 80% | |||
Robert DeLeo | 0% | |||
Geoff Diehl | 100% | |||
Eileen Donoghue | 0% | |||
Shawn Dooley | 80% | |||
James Dwyer | 40% | |||
Lori Ehrlich | 0% | |||
Jennifer Flanagan | 100% | |||
Linda Forry | 0% | |||
Anne Gobi | 80% | |||
Sheila Harrington | 100% | |||
Bradford Hill | 100% | |||
Randy Hunt | 100% | |||
Jay Kaufman | 20% | |||
James Kelcourse | 100% | |||
Joe Kennedy III | 0% | |||
Peter Kocot | 100% | |||
Robert Koczera | 60% | |||
Stephen Kulik | 100% | |||
Kevin Kuros | 80% | |||
Barbara L'Italien | 20% | |||
Eric Lesser | 0% | |||
James Lyons, Jr. | 100% | |||
Elizabeth Malia | 0% | |||
James Miceli | 100% | |||
Leonard Mirra | 100% | |||
Harold Naughton, Jr. | 40% | |||
Keiko Orrall | 100% | |||
Elizabeth Poirier | 100% |