Rating Group: Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association
2011-2012 Positions
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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | U.S. House - 1 | Suzanne Bonamici | Democratic | 67% |
| Dennis Cardoza | 67% | |||
| Dean Heller | 67% | |||
| Kay Hutchison | 67% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 67% |
| Ben Nelson | 67% | |||
| Mark Pryor | 67% | |||
| NH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jeanne Shaheen | Democratic | 67% |
| Heath Shuler | 67% | |||
| Jon Tester | 67% | |||
| Ben Chandler III | 60% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 60% | |||
| Mark Critz | 60% | |||
| Tim Holden | 60% | |||
| Dave Loebsack | 60% | |||
| Bill Owens | 60% | |||
| Nick Rahall II | 60% | |||
| VA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Mark Warner | Democratic | 60% |
| Max Baucus | 50% | |||
| Mark Begich | 50% | |||
| CO | U.S. Senate - Sr | Michael Bennet | Democratic | 50% |
| Jeff Bingaman | 50% | |||
| CT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Richard Blumenthal | Democratic | 50% |
| Barbara Boxer | 50% | |||
| Sherrod Brown | 50% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Maria Cantwell | Democratic | 50% |
| Ben Cardin | 50% | |||
| Tom Carper | 50% | |||
| Bob Casey, Jr. | 50% | |||
| Kent Conrad | 50% | |||
| DE | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Coons | Democratic | 50% |
| Jerry Costello | 50% | |||
| Peter DeFazio | 50% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 50% | |||
| Al Franken | 50% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Jr | Kirsten Gillibrand | Democratic | 50% |
| NY | Governor | Kathy Hochul | Democratic | 50% |
| Jay Inslee | 50% | |||
| Timothy Johnson | 50% | |||
| John Kerry | 50% | |||
| Herb Kohl | 50% | |||
| Mary Landrieu | 50% | |||
| Claire McCaskill | 50% | |||
| Bob Menendez | 50% | |||
| OR | U.S. Senate - Jr | Jeff Merkley | Democratic | 50% |
| Bill Nelson, Sr. | 50% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Sr | Jack Reed | Democratic | 50% |
| Jay Rockefeller IV | 50% | |||
| Kurt Schrader | 50% | |||
| AL | U.S. House - 7 | Terri Sewell | Democratic | 50% |
| Debbie Stabenow | 50% | |||
| Mark Udall | 50% | |||
| Tom Udall | 50% | |||
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 50% |
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 50% |
| OR | U.S. Senate - Sr | Ron Wyden | Democratic | 50% |
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 44% | |||
| Brian Higgins | 44% | |||
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 40% |
| John Boehner | 40% | |||
| DE | Mayor - 1 | John Carney, Jr. | Democratic | 40% |
| Gerry Connolly | 40% | |||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 40% | |||
| Kay Hagan | 40% | |||
| Ron Kind | 40% | |||
| Patrick Leahy | 40% | |||
| Joe Lieberman | 40% | |||
| Dan Lipinski | 40% | |||
| Ed Perlmutter | 40% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 38% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 38% | |||
| Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 33% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 33% | |||
| IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 33% |
| Tom Harkin | 33% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 33% | |||
| Carl Levin | 33% | |||
| Barbara Mikulski | 33% | |||
| WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 33% |
| Harry Reid | 33% | |||
| CA | State Senate - 35 | Laura Richardson | Democratic | 33% |
| VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 33% |
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 33% |
| CA | U.S. House - 38 | Linda Sánchez | Democratic | 33% |
| Jim Webb, Jr. | 33% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 33% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 30% | |||
| Tim Bishop | 30% | |||
| G. K. Butterfield, Jr. | 30% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 30% |
| David Cicilline | 30% | |||
| TN | U.S. House - 9 | Steve Cohen | Democratic | 30% |
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 30% |
| Susan Davis | 30% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 9 | Al Green | Democratic | 30% |
| Gene Green | 30% | |||
| Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 30% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 30% |
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 30% |
| Steve Israel | 30% |