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State Office Name Party Rating
Richard Alarcón 100
Elaine Alquist 100
Juan Arambula 100
CA Council Member - At-Large Joe Baca, Jr. 100
CA Mayor - At-Large Karen Bass Democratic 100
Patty Berg 100
Rudy Bermúdez 100
Gilbert Cedillo 100
Wilma Chan 100
Edward Chavez 100
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu Democratic 100
Joe Coto 100
Joe Dunn 100
Mervyn Dymally 100
Martha Escutia 100
Noreen Evans 100
Liz Figueroa 100
Dario Frommer 100
Jackie Goldberg 100
Loni Hancock 100
Jerome Horton 100
Dave Jones 100
Christine Kehoe 100
Johan Klehs 100
Sheila Kuehl 100
CA State Senate - 17 John Laird Democratic 100
Mark Leno 100
Lloyd Levine 100
CA State Board of Equalization Sally Lieber Democratic 100
Carol Liu 100
Alan Lowenthal 100
Carole Migden 100
Cindy Montañez 100
Joseph Nation 100
Gloria Negrete McLeod 100
Fabian Núñez 100
Deborah Ortiz 100
Nicole Parra 100
Fran Pavley 100
Mark Ridley-Thomas 100
Gloria Romero 100
Ira Ruskin 100
Lori Saldaña 100
Simón Salinas 100
Joe Simitian 100
Tom Torlakson 100
Alberto Torrico 100
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas Democratic 100
Edward Vincent 100
Lois Wolk 100
Leland Yee 100
Ron Calderon 96
Wesley Chesbro 96
Rebecca Cohn 96
Hector De La Torre 96
Denise Ducheny 96
Betty Karnette 96
Paul Koretz 96
Eugene Mullin 96
Pedro Nava 96
Jack Scott 96
Nell Soto 96
CA State Senate - 34 Thomas Umberg Democratic 96
CA U.S. House - 36 Ted Lieu Democratic 93
Barbara Matthews 93
Jenny Oropeza 93
Debra Bowen 92
Dean Florez 92
Kevin Murray 92
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 92
Don Perata 88
Joseph Canciamilla 86
Lynn Daucher 86
Bonnie Garcia 75
Shirley Horton 71
Michael Machado 71
Van Tran 57
Abel Maldonado 54
Jeff Denham 46
CA Council Member Alan Nakanishi 46
Keith Stuart Richman 43
Tom Harman 33
Gregory Aghazarian 32
Roy Ashburn 29
Bill Emmerson 29
Todd Spitzer 29
Sam Blakeslee 25
Bob Margett 25
Charles Poochigian 25
George Runner, Jr. 25
David Cogdill 21
Robert Huff 21
William Phillip Morrow 21
Guy Houston 18
Mike Villines 18
Samuel Aanestad 17
James Battin 17
Dave Cox 17
Robert Dutton 17
John Benoit 14
State Office Name Party Rating
Richard Alarcón 100
Elaine Alquist 100
Juan Arambula 100
CA Council Member - At-Large Joe Baca, Jr. 100
CA Mayor - At-Large Karen Bass D 100
Patty Berg 100
Rudy Bermúdez 100
Gilbert Cedillo 100
Wilma Chan 100
Edward Chavez 100
CA U.S. House - 28 Judy Chu D 100
Joe Coto 100
Joe Dunn 100
Mervyn Dymally 100
Martha Escutia 100
Noreen Evans 100
Liz Figueroa 100
Dario Frommer 100
Jackie Goldberg 100
Loni Hancock 100
Jerome Horton 100
Dave Jones 100
Christine Kehoe 100
Johan Klehs 100
Sheila Kuehl 100
CA State Senate - 17 John Laird D 100
Mark Leno 100
Lloyd Levine 100
CA State Board of Equalization Sally Lieber D 100
Carol Liu 100
Alan Lowenthal 100
Carole Migden 100
Cindy Montañez 100
Joseph Nation 100
Gloria Negrete McLeod 100
Fabian Núñez 100
Deborah Ortiz 100
Nicole Parra 100
Fran Pavley 100
Mark Ridley-Thomas 100
Gloria Romero 100
Ira Ruskin 100
Lori Saldaña 100
Simón Salinas 100
Joe Simitian 100
Tom Torlakson 100
Alberto Torrico 100
CA U.S. House - 52 Juan Vargas D 100
Edward Vincent 100
Lois Wolk 100
Leland Yee 100
Ron Calderon 96
Wesley Chesbro 96
Rebecca Cohn 96
Hector De La Torre 96
Denise Ducheny 96
Betty Karnette 96
Paul Koretz 96
Eugene Mullin 96
Pedro Nava 96
Jack Scott 96
Nell Soto 96
CA State Senate - 34 Thomas Umberg D 96
CA U.S. House - 36 Ted Lieu D 93
Barbara Matthews 93
Jenny Oropeza 93
Debra Bowen 92
Dean Florez 92
Kevin Murray 92
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 92
Don Perata 88
Joseph Canciamilla 86
Lynn Daucher 86
Bonnie Garcia 75
Shirley Horton 71
Michael Machado 71
Van Tran 57
Abel Maldonado 54
Jeff Denham 46
CA Council Member Alan Nakanishi 46
Keith Stuart Richman 43
Tom Harman 33
Gregory Aghazarian 32
Roy Ashburn 29
Bill Emmerson 29
Todd Spitzer 29
Sam Blakeslee 25
Bob Margett 25
Charles Poochigian 25
George Runner, Jr. 25
David Cogdill 21
Robert Huff 21
William Phillip Morrow 21
Guy Houston 18
Mike Villines 18
Samuel Aanestad 17
James Battin 17
Dave Cox 17
Robert Dutton 17
John Benoit 14
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