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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Loren Solberg | 94% | |||
Ellen Anderson | 93% | |||
MN | State Senate - 52 | Jim Carlson | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 93% |
Kevin Dahle | 93% | |||
Kent Eken | 93% | |||
Jeff Hayden | 93% | |||
John Lesch | 93% | |||
Carlos Mariani | 93% | |||
Jim Metzen | 93% | |||
Mee Moua | 93% | |||
MN | State Senate - 43 | Ann Rest | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 93% |
Tom Saxhaug | 93% | |||
Linda Scheid | 93% | |||
Kathy Sheran | 93% | |||
MN | Public Utilities Commissioner | Katie Sieben | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 93% |
Rod Skoe | 93% | |||
LeRoy Stumpf | 93% | |||
Marsha Swails | 93% | |||
MN | State Senate - 40 | John Marty | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 92% |
Patricia Torres Ray | 92% | |||
David Bly | 88% | |||
Julie Bunn | 88% | |||
Mindy Greiling | 88% | |||
Lyle Koenen | 88% | |||
Mike Obermueller | 88% | |||
Mary Otremba | 88% | |||
MN | State House - 26A | Gene Pelowski, Jr. | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 88% |
Jeanne Poppe | 88% | |||
Paul Rosenthal | 88% | |||
Maria Ruud | 88% | |||
Bev Scalze | 88% | |||
Cy Thao | 88% | |||
John Doll | 87% | |||
Steve Murphy | 87% | |||
Rick Olseen | 87% | |||
Sandy Rummel | 87% | |||
Dan Skogen | 87% | |||
Terri Bonoff | 86% | |||
Mary Olson | 86% | |||
Dan Sparks | 85% | |||
Dave Tomassoni | 85% | |||
Thomas Bakk | 83% | |||
Andrew Falk | 81% | |||
Gail Kulick Jackson | 81% | |||
MN | State House - 24B | Tina Liebling | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 81% |
MN | Mayor - At-Large | Kim Norton | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 81% |
Phillip Sterner | 81% | |||
Andy Welti | 81% | |||
Lisa Fobbe | 80% | |||
Larry Howes | 80% | |||
Ann Lynch | 80% | |||
Prettner Solon | 80% | |||
Kathy Saltzman | 80% | |||
MN | Justice of the Supreme Court - Seat 4 | Paul Thissen | Non-partisan | 80% |
Denise Dittrich | 75% | |||
Al Juhnke | 75% | |||
Kory Kath | 75% | |||
Steve Smith | 75% | |||
Sharon Erickson Ropes | 73% | |||
Tony Cornish | 67% | |||
Dennis Frederickson | 67% | |||
MN | Commissioner - 4 | Tom Rukavina | 67% | |
MN | State Senate - 35 | Jim Abeler II | Republican | 57% |
Stephen Dille | 57% | |||
Carol McFarlane | 56% | |||
Morrie Lanning | 53% | |||
Denny McNamara | 50% | |||
MN | State House - 16A | Dean Urdahl | Republican | 50% |
MN | U.S. House - 7 | Michelle Fischbach | Republican | 47% |
Gen Olson | 46% | |||
MN | State House - 12A | Paul Anderson | Republican | 44% |
Rod Hamilton | 44% | |||
Mark Murdock | 44% | |||
Bud Nornes | 44% | |||
MN | State House - 58B | Patrick Garofalo | Republican | 43% |