Rating Group: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO

2001-2002 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
PA U.S. House-13 Allyson Schwartz D 85%
PA U.S. House-15 Charlie Dent R 77%
PA State House-8 Dick Stevenson R 71%
PA State House-9 Chris Sainato D 94%
PA State House-12 Daryl Metcalfe R 50%
PA State House-18 Gene DiGirolamo R 81%
PA State House-23 Dan Frankel D 75%
PA State House-25 Joseph Markosek D 88%
PA State House-26 Timothy Hennessey R 81%
PA State House-28 Mike Turzai R 50%
PA State House-32 Anthony DeLuca D 88%
PA State House-33 Frank Dermody D 94%
PA State House-34 Paul Costa D 94%
PA State House-36 Harry Readshaw III D 88%
PA State House-40 John Maher R 56%
PA State House-49 Peter Daley III D 87%
PA State House-53 Robert Godshall R 69%
PA State House-55 Joseph Petrarca D 93%
PA State House-58 R. Ted Harhai D 94%
PA State House-61 Catherine Harper R 63%
PA State House-66 Samuel Smith R 75%
PA State House-68 Matthew Baker R 69%
PA State House-73 Gary Haluska D 81%
PA State House-76 Michael Hanna, Sr. D 81%
PA State House-78 Dick Hess R 75%
PA State House-80 Jerry Stern R 75%
PA State House-93 Ron Miller R 63%
PA State House-94 Stanley Saylor R 60%
PA State House-96 P. Michael Sturla D 81%
PA State House-105 Ronald Marsico R 69%
PA State House-110 Tina Pickett R 69%
PA State House-111 Sandra Major R 69%
PA State House-120 Phyllis Mundy D 88%
PA State House-127 Thomas Caltagirone D 88%
PA State House-135 Steve Samuelson D 87%
PA State House-136 Robert Freeman D 88%
PA State House-144 Katharine Watson R 75%
PA State House-145 Paul Clymer R 69%
PA State House-158 Chris Ross R 56%
PA State House-159 Thaddeus Kirkland D 93%
PA State House-160 Steve Barrar R 63%
PA State House-163 Nicholas Micozzie R 81%
PA State House-165 William Adolph, Jr. R 75%
PA State House-166 Gregory Vitali D 81%
PA State House-171 Kerry Benninghoff R 50%
PA State House-173 Michael McGeehan D 88%
PA State House-176 Mario Scavello R 45%
PA State House-177 John Taylor R 75%
PA State House-180 Angel Cruz D 100%
PA State House-181 W. Thomas D 100%
PA State House-183 Julie Harhart R 69%
PA State House-184 William Keller D 87%
PA State House-188 James Roebuck, Jr. D 80%
PA State House-191 Ronald Waters D 100%
PA State House-192 Louise Williams Bishop D 100%
PA State House-198 Rosita Youngblood D 100%
PA State House-202 Mark Cohen D 94%
PA State House-203 Dwight Evans D 94%
PA State Senate-2 Christine Tartaglione D 100%
PA State Senate-3 Shirley Kitchen D 92%
PA State Senate-4 LeAnna Washington D 100%
PA State Senate-5 Mike Stack III D 77%
PA State Senate-6 Robert Tomlinson R 77%
PA State Senate-7 Vincent Hughes D 77%
PA State Senate-8 Anthony Williams D 100%
PA State Senate-9 Dominic Pileggi R 75%
PA State Senate-10 Charles McIlhinney, Jr. R 57%
PA State Senate-12 Stewart Greenleaf R 67%
PA State Senate-14 John Yudichak D 88%
PA State Senate-16 Patrick Browne R 75%
PA State Senate-18 Lisa Boscola D 77%
PA State Senate-21 Scott Hutchinson R 69%
PA State Senate-25 Joe Scarnati III R 83%
PA State Senate-26 Edwin Erickson R 75%
PA State Senate-27 John Gordner R 81%
PA State Senate-28 Michael Waugh R 77%
PA State Senate-29 Dave Argall R 75%
PA State Senate-31 Patricia Vance R 63%
PA State Senate-32 Richard Kasunic D 85%
PA State Senate-34 Jacob Doyle Corman III R 75%
PA State Senate-35 John Wozniak D 77%
PA State Senate-41 Donald White R 77%
PA State Senate-43 Jay Costa, Jr. D 77%
PA State Senate-46 Timothy Solobay D 94%
PA State Senate-50 Robert Robbins R 77%
PA Commissioner-At-Large Merle Phillips R 67%
PA Councilmember-At-Large Mario Civera, Jr. R 86%
Bob Allen Other 71%
Gibson Armstrong Other 77%
Gibson Armstrong Other 33%
Ellen Bard Other 80%
Bob Bastian Other 56%
Linda Bebko-Jones Other 88%
Fred Belardi Other 93%
Robert Belfanti, Jr. Other 94%
Jerry Birmelin Other 56%
Kevin Blaum Other 81%
David Brightbill Other 77%
Raymond Bunt, Jr. Other 71%
Alan Butkovitz Other 93%
Ronald Buxton Other 88%
Steven Cappelli Other 69%
James Casorio, Jr. Other 88%
Gaynor Cawley Other 94%
Jeff Coleman Other 69%
Joe Conti Other 77%
Roy Cornell Other 69%
Thomas Corrigan, Sr. Other 88%
Jeffrey Coy Other 81%
Thomas Creighton Other 63%
Lawrence Curry Other 94%
Mary Ann Dailey Other 79%
Craig Dally Other 73%
H. William DeWeese Other 94%
Michael Diven Other 88%
Robert Donatucci Other 87%
Todd Eachus Other 100%
Jane Earll Other 82%
Allan Egolf Other 47%
John Evans Other 63%
Russell Fairchild Other 69%
Brett Feese Other 75%
John Fichter Other 75%
Patrick Elvin Fleagle Other 63%
Robert Flick Other 69%
Teresa Forcier Other 44%
Vincent Fumo Other 85%
William Gabig Other 56%
Thomas Gannon Other 93%
Richard Geist Other 75%
Camille George Other 88%
Richard Grucela Other 88%
Michael Gruitza Other 94%
Jeffrey Earl Habay Other 81%
George Hasay Other 69%
Edward Helfrick Other 71%
Lynn Herman Other 75%
Arthur Hershey Other 67%
Michael Horsey Other 100%
Harold James Other 100%
Babette Josephs Other 87%
Robert Jubelirer Other 77%
George Kenney, Jr. Other 69%
Allen Kukovich Other 77%
Frank LaGrotta Other 92%
Susan Laughlin Other 69%
Gerald LaValle Other 77%
Marie Lederer Other 81%
Dennis Leh Other 63%
Charles Lemmond, Jr. Other 77%
Victor John Lescovitz Other 100%
David Levdansky Other 80%
Kelly Lewis Other 56%
Sean Logan Other 85%
Jim Lynch Other 69%
Beverly Mackereth Other 56%
Roger Madigan Other 77%
Stephen Maitland Other 56%
Kathy Manderino Other 88%
Jennifer Mann Other 80%
Keith McCall Other 88%
Eugene McGill Other 63%
Fred McIlhattan Other 44%
Mark Steven McNaughton Other 60%
Anthony Melio Other 94%
Robert Mellow Other 100%
Sheila Miller Other 63%
Harold Mowery Jr. Other 77%
Raphael Musto Other 92%
John Myers Other 100%
Jerry Nailor Other 56%
Steven Nickol Other 56%
Dennis O'Brien Other 88%
Frank Oliver, Sr. Other 88%
Michael O'Pake Other 77%
Jane Clare Orie Other 75%
John Pallone Other 88%
John Perzel Other 75%
Thomas Petrone Other 94%
Jeffrey Piccola Other 77%
John Pippy Other 75%
Frank Pistella Other 88%
Joseph Preston, Jr. Other 93%
Terry Punt Other 77%
Ronald Raymond Other 75%
James Rhoades Other 77%
William Rieger Other 85%
Lawrence Roberts Other 88%
Samuel Rohrer Other 44%
T.J. Rooney Other 94%
Carole Rubley Other 69%
Kenneth Ruffing Other 79%
Dante Santoni, Jr. Other 88%
Larry Sather Other 75%
Curt Schroder Other 56%
Thomas Scrimenti Other 93%
Paul Semmel Other 75%
James Shaner Other 87%
Bruce Smith Other 63%
Edward Staback Other 94%
Jess Stairs Other 81%
David Steil Other 63%
Stephen Stetler Other 81%
Thomas Stevenson Other 63%
J. Barry Stout Other 77%
Dan Surra Other 81%
Thomas Tangretti Other 78%
Elinor Taylor Other 63%
Robert Thompson Other 77%
Thomas Tigue Other 94%
Guy Travaglio, Jr. Other 94%
Michael Veon Other 88%
Jack Wagner Other 85%
Don Walko Other 88%
James Wansacz Other 88%
Noah Wenger Other 77%
Mary Jo White Other 77%
Constance Williams Other 64%
Jewell Williams Other 100%
Rod Wilt Other 56%
Edward Wojnaroski, Sr. Other 81%
Matthew Wright Other 69%
Thomas Yewcic Other 81%
Peter Zug Other 79%

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