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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Sam Arora | 100% | |||
MD | State House - 19 | Bonnie Cullison | Democratic | 100% |
MD | State House - 15 | David Fraser-Hidalgo | Democratic | 100% |
MD | State House - 10 | Adrienne Jones | Democratic | 100% |
Ariana Kelly | 100% | |||
Roger Manno | 100% | |||
MD | State Senate - 43 | Mary Washington | Democratic | 100% |
Brian Frosh | 99% | |||
Tom Hucker | 99% | |||
Paul Pinsky | 99% | |||
Liz Bobo | 98% | |||
Ana Sol Gutierrez | 98% | |||
Heather Mizeur | 98% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 8 | Jamie Raskin | Democratic | 98% |
MD | State House - 11B | Jon Cardin | Democratic | 97% |
Shane Robinson | 97% | |||
MD | State Senate - 21 | James Rosapepe | Democratic | 97% |
James Hubbard | 96% | |||
Dan Morhaim | 96% | |||
MD | State Senate - 18 | Jeff Waldstreicher | Democratic | 96% |
Bill Frick | 95% | |||
Karen Montgomery | 95% | |||
MD | State House - 39 | Kirill Reznik | Democratic | 95% |
Luiz Simmons | 95% | |||
Al Carr, Jr. | 94% | |||
Steve Lafferty | 94% | |||
MD | Secretary of State | Susan Lee | Democratic | 94% |
Doyle Niemann | 94% | |||
MD | State House - 21 | Joseline Pena-Melnyk | Democratic | 94% |
Victor Ramirez | 94% | |||
Frank Turner | 94% | |||
MD | State House - 46 | Luke Clippinger | Democratic | 93% |
Joan Conway | 93% | |||
MD | State Senate - 13 | Guy Guzzone | Democratic | 93% |
Rich Madaleno, Jr. | 93% | |||
Shane Pendergrass | 93% | |||
Barbara Robinson | 93% | |||
MD | State Senate - 14 | Craig Zucker | Democratic | 93% |
MD | State House - 21 | Ben Barnes | Democratic | 92% |
Kathleen Dumais | 92% | |||
MD | State Senate - 46 | Bill Ferguson IV | Democratic | 92% |
Melony Griffith | 92% | |||
Keith Haynes | 92% | |||
Peter Murphy | 92% | |||
MD | State House - 26 | Veronica Turner | Democratic | 92% |
Jim Gilchrist | 91% | |||
Carolyn Howard | 91% | |||
MD | State House - 14 | Anne Kaiser | Democratic | 91% |
Shirley Nathan-Pulliam | 91% | |||
MD | State House - 11B | Dana Stein | Democratic | 91% |
MD | Council Member - 5 | Jolene Ivey | Democratic | 90% |
Barbara Frush | 89% | |||
Sheila Hixson | 89% | |||
MD | State House - 23 | Marvin Holmes, Jr. | Democratic | 89% |
MD | State Senate - 19 | Benjamin Kramer | Democratic | 89% |
Eric Luedtke | 89% | |||
MD | Lieutenant Governor | Aruna Miller | Democratic | 89% |
Michael Summers | 89% | |||
Shawn Tarrant | 89% | |||
Charles Barkley | 88% | |||
MD | State Senate - 32 | Pam Beidle | Democratic | 88% |
James Brochin | 88% | |||
Lisa Gladden | 88% | |||
Keiffer Mitchell, Jr. | 88% | |||
John Olszewski, Jr. | 88% | |||
Melvin Stukes | 88% | |||
MD | State Senate - 22 | Alonzo Washington | Democratic | 88% |
MD | State House - 26 | Kris Valderrama | Democratic | 87% |
MD | State House - 17 | Kumar Barve | Democratic | 86% |
Galen Clagett | 86% | |||
Maggie McIntosh | 86% | |||
MD | State House - 41 | Samuel Rosenberg | Democratic | 86% |
Curt Anderson | 85% | |||
MD | State Senate - 24 | Joanne Benson | Democratic | 85% |
Verna Jones-Rodwell | 85% | |||
Ron Young | 85% | |||
Steven DeBoy, Sr. | 84% | |||
MD | State Senate - 15 | Brian Feldman | Democratic | 84% |
Cheryl Glenn | 84% | |||
Peter Hammen | 84% | |||
MD | State Senate - 39 | Nancy King | Democratic | 84% |
Douglas Peters | 84% | |||
Jay Walker | 84% | |||
Nina Harper | 83% | |||
Nathaniel Oaks | 83% | |||
James Proctor, Jr. | 83% | |||
Robert Zirkin | 83% | |||
MD | State Senate - 41 | Jill Carter | Democratic | 82% |
MD | Treasurer | Dereck Davis | Democratic | 82% |
Jennie Forehand | 82% | |||
Ted Sophocleus | 82% | |||
Talmadge Branch | 81% | |||
Mike Busch | 81% | |||
Delores Kelley | 81% | |||
Darren Swain | 81% | |||
Michael Vaughn | 81% | |||
Rudolph Cane | 80% | |||
MD | State House - 40 | Frank Conaway, Jr. | Democratic | 80% |
MD | State House - 28 | C. Wilson | Democratic | 78% |
Ulysses Currie | 77% |