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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Ellen Corbett | 100 | |||
Hannah-Beth Jackson | 100 | |||
Mark Leno | 100 | |||
Jim Beall, Jr. | 99 | |||
Loni Hancock | 99 | |||
Tom Ammiano | 98 | |||
Bonnie Lowenthal | 98 | |||
Bill Monning | 98 | |||
Fran Pavley | 97 | |||
Noreen Evans | 96 | |||
Carol Liu | 95 | |||
CA | State Senate - 9 | Nancy Skinner | Democratic | 95 |
CA | Mayor - At-Large | Darrell Steinberg | No Party Affiliation | 95 |
Martin Block | 94 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 10 | Mark DeSaulnier | Democratic | 94 |
Roger Dickinson | 94 | |||
Mariko Yamada | 94 | |||
CA | Council Member - 3 | Bob Blumenfield | 93 | |
Nora Campos | 93 | |||
CA | Council Member - 14 | Kevin De Leon | 93 | |
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Das Williams | 93 | |
Paul Fong | 92 | |||
Lois Wolk | 92 | |||
Wesley Chesbro | 91 | |||
John Pérez | 91 | |||
Bob Wieckowski | 91 | |||
CA | Supervisor - 1 | Luis Alejo | 90 | |
CA | State Senate - 39 | Toni Atkins | Democratic | 89 |
Edwin Chau | 88 | |||
Cristina Garcia | 88 | |||
CA | State Assembly - 57 | Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Sr. | Democratic | 88 |
CA | State Senate - 31 | Richard Roth | Democratic | 88 |
Mark Stone | 88 | |||
CA | Insurance Commissioner | Ricardo Lara | Democratic | 87 |
CA | U.S. House - 36 | Ted Lieu | Democratic | 87 |
Richard Bloom | 86 | |||
CA | State Senate - 5 | Susan Eggman | Democratic | 86 |
Lorena Gonzalez | 86 | |||
Gerald Hill | 86 | |||
Adrin Nazarian | 86 | |||
CA | State Assembly - 19 | Phil Ting | Democratic | 86 |
CA | State Senate - 35 | Steven Bradford | Democratic | 85 |
Richard Gordon | 85 | |||
CA | Supervisor - 2 | Holly Mitchell | 85 | |
CA | Council Member - 9 | Curren Price, Jr. | 85 | |
Susan Bonilla | 84 | |||
Mike Gatto | 84 | |||
CA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Alex Padilla | Democratic | 83 |
Travis Allen | 82 | |||
Richard Pan | 82 | |||
Roger Hernandez | 81 | |||
Leland Yee | 81 | |||
CA | State Assembly - 41 | Chris Holden | Democratic | 80 |
Ben Hueso | 79 | |||
Manuel Pérez | 78 | |||
Ed Hernandez | 75 | |||
CA | State Assembly - 66 | Al Muratsuchi | Democratic | 75 |
CA | U.S. House - 35 | Norma Torres | Democratic | 75 |
Raul Bocanegra | 71 | |||
CA | Attorney General | Rob Bonta | Democratic | 71 |
Cheryl Brown | 71 | |||
Joan Buchanan | 71 | |||
Steve Fox | 71 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 34 | Jimmy Gomez | Democratic | 71 |
Isadore Hall III | 71 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 15 | Kevin Mullin | Democratic | 71 |
Bill Quirk | 71 | |||
CA | State Assembly - 67 | Sharon Quirk-Silva | Democratic | 71 |
CA | State Assembly - 62 | Anthony Rendon | Democratic | 71 |
CA | Secretary of State | Shirley Weber | Democratic | 71 |
Roderick Wright | 65 | |||
Ken Cooley | 63 | |||
Jim Frazier | 63 | |||
Adam Gray | 63 | |||
Marc Levine | 63 | |||
Jose Medina | 63 | |||
Rudy Salas, Jr. | 63 | |||
Henry Perea | 59 | |||
Ian Calderon | 57 | |||
Tom Daly | 57 | |||
Cathleen Galgiani | 57 | |||
CA | U.S. House - 46 | Lou Correa | Democratic | 53 |
Ron Calderon | 50 | |||
Frank Bigelow | 38 | |||
Rocky Chavez | 29 | |||
CA | State Senate - 1 | Brian Dahle | Republican | 29 |
Eric Linder | 29 | |||
Melissa Melendez | 29 | |||
CA | State Assembly - 8 | Jim Patterson | Republican | 29 |
CA | State Senate - 21 | Scott Wilk | Republican | 29 |
CA | State Assembly - 76 | Brian Maienschein | Democratic | 25 |
CA | State Assembly - 75 | Marie Waldron | Republican | 25 |
Anthony Cannella | 22 | |||
Mark Wyland | 22 | |||
Katcho Achadjian | 21 | |||
Andy Vidak | 20 | |||
Bill Emmerson | 19 | |||
Beth Gaines | 19 | |||
Jim Nielsen | 18 | |||
CA | Supervisor - 2 | Joel Anderson | 17 |