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State Office Name Party Rating
Richard Alarcón 90
Patty Berg 90
Rudy Bermúdez 90
Gilbert Cedillo 90
Edward Chavez 90
Wesley Chesbro 90
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu Democratic 90
John Anthony Dutra 90
Martha Escutia 90
Liz Figueroa 90
Marco Antonio Firebaugh 90
Hannah-Beth Jackson 90
Betty Karnette 90
Christine Kehoe 90
CA State Senate - 17 John Laird Democratic 90
Lloyd Levine 90
CA State Board of Equalization Sally Lieber Democratic 90
Alan Lowenthal 90
Cindy Montañez 90
Eugene Mullin 90
Fabian Núñez 90
Sarah Reyes 90
Mark Ridley-Thomas 90
Simón Salinas 90
Nell Soto 90
Tom Torlakson 90
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas Democratic 90
Herb Wesson, Jr. 90
Patricia Wiggins 90
Lois Wolk 90
Leland Yee 90
Deirdre Alpert 86
John Burton 86
CA Supervisor - 3 Wilma Chan 86
Rebecca Cohn 86
Ellen Corbett 86
Manny Diaz 86
Mervyn Dymally 86
Dario Frommer 86
Loni Hancock 86
Jerome Horton 86
Sheila Kuehl 86
Mark Leno 86
Carol Liu 86
John Longville 86
George Nakano 86
Joseph Nation 86
Gloria Negrete McLeod 86
Deborah Ortiz 86
Don Perata 86
Jack Scott 86
CA Mayor - At-Large Darrell Steinberg No Party Affiliation 86
CA U.S. House - 46 Lou Correa Democratic 81
Denise Ducheny 81
Dean Florez 81
Jackie Goldberg 81
Michael Machado 81
Jenny Oropeza 81
Gloria Romero 81
Byron Sher 81
CA Supervisor - 5 Joe Simitian No Party Affiliation 81
Barbara Matthews 76
Nicole Parra 76
Fran Pavley 76
Jackie Speier 76
John Vasconcellos 76
Joseph Canciamilla 71
Kevin Murray 71
Debra Bowen 67
Charles Calderon 67
Joe Dunn 67
Abel Maldonado 67
Shirley Horton 57
Lynn Daucher 52
Bonnie Garcia 48
Paul Koretz 48
CA Supervisor - 5 Bruce McPherson 48
Keith Stuart Richman 48
CA Council Member Alan Nakanishi 43
Todd Spitzer 43
Pat Bates 38
Jeff Denham 38
Tom Harman 38
Guy Houston 38
Ken Maddox 38
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock Republican 38
Steve Samuelian 38
Mark Wyland 38
Samuel Aanestad 33
Gregory Aghazarian 33
Roy Ashburn 33
John Benoit 33
Russell Bogh 33
David Cogdill 33
Dave Cox 33
Robert Leslie 33
Bill Maze 33
Dennis Lee Mountjoy 33
Robert Pacheco 33
George Plescia 33
State Office Name Party Rating
Richard Alarcón 90
Patty Berg 90
Rudy Bermúdez 90
Gilbert Cedillo 90
Edward Chavez 90
Wesley Chesbro 90
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu D 90
John Anthony Dutra 90
Martha Escutia 90
Liz Figueroa 90
Marco Antonio Firebaugh 90
Hannah-Beth Jackson 90
Betty Karnette 90
Christine Kehoe 90
CA State Senate - 17 John Laird D 90
Lloyd Levine 90
CA State Board of Equalization Sally Lieber D 90
Alan Lowenthal 90
Cindy Montañez 90
Eugene Mullin 90
Fabian Núñez 90
Sarah Reyes 90
Mark Ridley-Thomas 90
Simón Salinas 90
Nell Soto 90
Tom Torlakson 90
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas D 90
Herb Wesson, Jr. 90
Patricia Wiggins 90
Lois Wolk 90
Leland Yee 90
Deirdre Alpert 86
John Burton 86
CA Supervisor - 3 Wilma Chan 86
Rebecca Cohn 86
Ellen Corbett 86
Manny Diaz 86
Mervyn Dymally 86
Dario Frommer 86
Loni Hancock 86
Jerome Horton 86
Sheila Kuehl 86
Mark Leno 86
Carol Liu 86
John Longville 86
George Nakano 86
Joseph Nation 86
Gloria Negrete McLeod 86
Deborah Ortiz 86
Don Perata 86
Jack Scott 86
CA Mayor - At-Large Darrell Steinberg N/A 86
CA U.S. House - 46 Lou Correa D 81
Denise Ducheny 81
Dean Florez 81
Jackie Goldberg 81
Michael Machado 81
Jenny Oropeza 81
Gloria Romero 81
Byron Sher 81
CA Supervisor - 5 Joe Simitian N/A 81
Barbara Matthews 76
Nicole Parra 76
Fran Pavley 76
Jackie Speier 76
John Vasconcellos 76
Joseph Canciamilla 71
Kevin Murray 71
Debra Bowen 67
Charles Calderon 67
Joe Dunn 67
Abel Maldonado 67
Shirley Horton 57
Lynn Daucher 52
Bonnie Garcia 48
Paul Koretz 48
CA Supervisor - 5 Bruce McPherson 48
Keith Stuart Richman 48
CA Council Member Alan Nakanishi 43
Todd Spitzer 43
Pat Bates 38
Jeff Denham 38
Tom Harman 38
Guy Houston 38
Ken Maddox 38
CA U.S. House - 5 Tom McClintock R 38
Steve Samuelian 38
Mark Wyland 38
Samuel Aanestad 33
Gregory Aghazarian 33
Roy Ashburn 33
John Benoit 33
Russell Bogh 33
David Cogdill 33
Dave Cox 33
Robert Leslie 33
Bill Maze 33
Dennis Lee Mountjoy 33
Robert Pacheco 33
George Plescia 33
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