Rating Group: California Public Interest Research Group
2009 Positions
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House-2 | Jared Huffman | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-8 | Paul Cook | R | 14% |
| CA | U.S. House-10 | Jeff Denham | R | 15% |
| CA | U.S. House-26 | Julia Brownley | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-35 | Gloria Negrete McLeod | D | 77% |
| CA | U.S. House-37 | Karen Bass | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-47 | Alan Lowenthal | D | 100% |
| CA | State Assembly-2 | Wesley Chesbro | D | 100% |
| CA | State Assembly-3 | Dan Logue | R | 21% |
| CA | State Assembly-4 | Mariko Yamada | D | 91% |
| CA | State Assembly-15 | Nancy Skinner | D | 93% |
| CA | State Assembly-16 | Joan Buchanan | D | 82% |
| CA | State Assembly-17 | Tom Ammiano | D | 100% |
| CA | State Assembly-26 | Connie Conway | R | 21% |
| CA | State Assembly-28 | Paul Fong | D | 100% |
| CA | State Assembly-42 | Brian Nestande | R | 14% |
| CA | State Assembly-45 | Bob Blumenfield | D | 100% |
| CA | State Assembly-48 | Roger Hernandez | D | 93% |
| CA | State Assembly-53 | John Pérez | D | 93% |
| CA | State Assembly-55 | Curt Hagman | R | 21% |
| CA | State Assembly-56 | V. Pérez | D | 86% |
| CA | State Assembly-64 | Isadore Hall III | D | 54% |
| CA | State Assembly-70 | Bonnie Lowenthal | D | 100% |
| CA | State Assembly-73 | Diane Harkey | R | 21% |
| CA | State Senate-1 | Ted Gaines | R | 29% |
| CA | State Senate-2 | Noreen Evans | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-3 | Lois Wolk | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-4 | Jim Nielsen | R | 29% |
| CA | State Senate-5 | Cathleen Galgiani | D | 71% |
| CA | State Senate-6 | Darrell Steinberg | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-7 | Mark DeSaulnier | D | 92% |
| CA | State Senate-8 | Leland Yee | D | 92% |
| CA | State Senate-9 | Loni Hancock | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-10 | Ellen Corbett | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-11 | Mark Leno | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-13 | Gerald Hill | D | 93% |
| CA | State Senate-14 | Thomas Berryhill | R | 21% |
| CA | State Senate-15 | James Beall, Jr. | D | 93% |
| CA | State Senate-17 | Bill Monning | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-18 | Jean Fuller | R | 29% |
| CA | State Senate-20 | Alex Padilla | D | 92% |
| CA | State Senate-21 | Stephen Knight | R | 14% |
| CA | State Senate-22 | Kevin de Leon | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-23 | Bill Emmerson | R | 21% |
| CA | State Senate-25 | Carol Liu | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-26 | Curren Price, Jr. | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-27 | Fran Pavley | D | 92% |
| CA | State Senate-28 | Ted Lieu | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-29 | Robert Huff | R | 15% |
| CA | State Senate-30 | Ron Calderon | D | 54% |
| CA | State Senate-32 | Norma Torres | D | 79% |
| CA | State Senate-34 | Lou Correa | D | 62% |
| CA | State Senate-35 | Roderick Wright | D | 62% |
| CA | State Senate-36 | Joel Anderson | R | 14% |
| CA | State Senate-37 | Mimi Walters | R | 15% |
| CA | State Senate-38 | Mark Wyland | R | 15% |
| CA | State Senate-39 | Martin Block | D | 100% |
| CA | Insurance Commissioner | Dave Jones | D | 100% |
| CA | Supervisor-4 | John Benoit | Other | 15% |
| CA | Council Member-2 | Paul Krekorian | D | 100% |
| CA | Council Member-7 | Felipe Fuentes | D | 86% |
| CA | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Torlakson | Other | 100% |
| CA | Councilmember-At-Large | David Cogdill | R | 15% |
| Samuel Aanestad | Other | 31% | ||
| Anthony Adams | Other | 14% | ||
| Elaine Alquist | Other | 100% | ||
| Juan Arambula | Other | 93% | ||
| Roy Ashburn | Other | 31% | ||
| Bill Berryhill | Other | 36% | ||
| Sam Blakeslee | Other | 14% | ||
| Anna Caballero | Other | 71% | ||
| Charles Calderon | Other | 79% | ||
| Amina Carter | Other | 86% | ||
| Gilbert Cedillo | Other | 92% | ||
| Joe Coto | Other | 93% | ||
| Dave Cox | Other | 23% | ||
| Mike Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Hector De La Torre | Other | 93% | ||
| Charles DeVore | Other | 14% | ||
| Denise Ducheny | Other | 83% | ||
| Robert Dutton | Other | 15% | ||
| Michael Duvall | Other | 14% | ||
| Mike Eng | Other | 86% | ||
| Mike Feuer | Other | 100% | ||
| Nathan Fletcher | Other | 29% | ||
| Dean Florez | Other | 100% | ||
| Warren Furutani | Other | 86% | ||
| Martin Garrick | Other | 21% | ||
| Danny Gilmore | Other | 36% | ||
| Tom Harman | Other | 17% | ||
| Mary Hayashi | Other | 100% | ||
| Dennis Hollingsworth | Other | 15% | ||
| Alyson Huber | Other | 57% | ||
| Kevin Jeffries | Other | 21% | ||
| Christine Kehoe | Other | 100% | ||
| Fiona Ma | Other | 93% | ||
| Abel Maldonado | Other | 54% | ||
| Tony Mendoza | Other | 86% | ||
| Jeff Miller | Other | 14% | ||
| Pedro Nava | Other | 100% | ||
| Roger Niello | Other | 29% | ||
| Jenny Oropeza | Other | 92% | ||
| Anthony Portantino, Jr. | Other | 93% | ||
| Gloria Romero | Other | 92% | ||
| George Runner, Jr. | Other | 15% | ||
| Ira Ruskin | Other | 100% | ||
| Mary Salas | Other | 100% | ||
| Lori Saldaña | Other | 100% | ||
| Jim Silva | Other | 21% | ||
| Saren Simitian | Other | 100% | ||
| Cameron Smyth | Other | 14% | ||
| Jose Solorio | Other | 64% | ||
| Tony Strickland | Other | 23% | ||
| Audra Strickland | Other | 21% | ||
| Sandré Swanson | Other | 100% | ||
| Alberto Torrico | Other | 93% | ||
| Van Tran | Other | 21% | ||
| Mike Villines | Other | 29% | ||
| Patricia Wiggins | Other | 100% |
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