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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | D | F |
OR | State House - 57 | Greg Smith | R | A |
OR | State Senate - 27 | Tim Knopp | R | A+ |
OR | Commissioner - At-Large | Deborah Kafoury | F | |
OR | Commissioner - At-Large | Susan Morgan | R | A+ |
OR | Commissioner - At-Large | Tootie Smith | A | |
OR | Commissioner - At-Large | Cherryl Walker | R | A |
Jason Atkinson | A+ | |||
Victor Backlund | A+ | |||
Chris Beck | F | |||
Roger Beyer | A+ | |||
Alan Brown | B | |||
Kate Brown | F | |||
Ginny Burdick | F | |||
R. Thomas Butler | A+ | |||
Janet Carlson | A | |||
Margaret Carter | F | |||
Bev Clarno | C | |||
Betsy Close | A+ | |||
Ryan Deckert | F | |||
Richard Devlin | D | |||
Dan Doyle | A | |||
Ted Ferrioli | A+ | |||
Bill Fisher | A+ | |||
Dan Gardner | F | |||
Gary George | A+ | |||
Avel Louise Gordly | F | |||
Gary Hansen | D | |||
Steven Harper | A+ | |||
Mark Hass | F | |||
Cedric Lee Hayden | A+ | |||
Jim Hill | C | |||
Elaine Hopson | D | |||
Bob Jenson | A+ | |||
Al King | C | |||
Wayne Krieger | A | |||
Jeffrey Kropf | A+ | |||
Jerry Krummel | A+ | |||
Jeff Kruse | A+ | |||
Jan Lee | A | |||
Randy Leonard | D | |||
Kathy Lowe | D | |||
Kenneth Messerle | A+ | |||
John Minnis | A+ | |||
Karen Minnis | A+ | |||
William Morrisette | F | |||
David Nelson | A+ | |||
Donna Nelson | A | |||
Rob Patridge | A+ | |||
Diane Rosenbaum | F |