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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: Pennsylvania AFL-CIO

1997-1998 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office District Name Party Rating
Kevin Blaum 100%
Italo Cappabianca 100%
Andrew Carn 100%
Vincent Fumo 100%
PA State Senate 27 John Gordner Republican 100%
Michael Gruitza 100%
PA State House 73 Gary Haluska Democratic 100%
PA State Senate 32 Richard Kasunic Democratic 100%
PA State House 184 William Keller Democratic 100%
William Rieger 100%
Patrick Stapleton 100%
J. Barry Stout 100%
Frank Tulli, Jr. 100%
Terry Van Horne 100%
PA State Senate 4 LeAnna Washington Democratic 100%
PA State Senate 35 John Wozniak Democratic 100%
PA State House 192 Louise Williams Bishop Democratic 83%
Alan Butkovitz 83%
Ronald Buxton 83%
Gaynor Cawley 83%
Lawrence Curry 83%
H. William DeWeese 83%
Michael Horsey 83%
PA State House 159 Thaddeus Kirkland Democratic 83%
Marie Lederer 83%
Thomas Michlovic 83%
John Myers 83%
Timothy Pesci 83%
Edward Staback 83%
Stephen Stetler 83%
Dan Surra 83%
Leo Trich, Jr. 83%
Edward Wojnaroski, Sr. 83%
PA State House 198 Rosita Youngblood Democratic 83%
Robert Belfanti, Jr. 80%
Frank LaGrotta 80%
Benjamin Ramos 80%
T.J. Rooney 80%
Linda Bebko-Jones 75%
PA Commissioner At-Large Merle Phillips Republican 75%
Lawrence Roberts 75%
Thomas Scrimenti 75%
Joseph Battisto 67%
Albert Belan 67%
Fred Belardi 67%
Leonard Bodack 67%
Karl Boyes 67%
PA State House 127 Thomas Caltagirone Democratic 67%
James Casorio, Jr. 67%
Lita Indzel Cohen 67%
PA State House 202 Mark Cohen Democratic 67%
Nicholas Colafella 67%
PA State Senate 43 Jay Costa, Jr. Democratic 67%
PA State House 49 Peter Daley III Democratic 67%
PA State House 33 Frank Dermody Democratic 67%
Robert Donatucci 67%
Camille George 67%
PA State Senate 7 Vincent Hughes Democratic 67%
Harold James 67%
PA State Senate 3 Shirley Kitchen Democratic 67%
Allen Kukovich 67%
Susan Laughlin 67%
Gerald LaValle 67%
Victor John Lescovitz 67%
Edward Lucyk 67%
PA State House 25 Joseph Markosek Democratic 67%
Keith McCall 67%
PA State House 173 Michael McGeehan Democratic 67%
Anthony Melio 67%
Robert Mellow 67%
Sheila Miller 67%
Raphael Musto 67%
Dennis O'Brien 67%
Frank Oliver, Sr. 67%
PA State House 55 Joseph Petrarca Democratic 67%
Thomas Petrone 67%
Frank Pistella 67%
Todd Platts 67%
Joseph Preston, Jr. 67%
William Russell Robinson 67%
Dante Santoni, Jr. 67%
Paul Semmel 67%
James Shaner 67%
Bruce Smith 67%
Sara Steelman 67%
PA State Senate 2 Christine Tartaglione Democratic 67%
PA State House 181 W. Thomas Democratic 67%
Thomas Tigue 67%
Richard Tilghman 67%
PA State Senate 6 Robert Tomlinson Republican 67%
Guy Travaglio, Jr. 67%
Fred Trello 67%
PA State House 166 Gregory Vitali Democratic 67%
PA State Senate 8 Anthony Williams Democratic 67%
Constance Williams 67%
PA State House 171 Kerry Benninghoff Republican 60%
Thomas Corrigan, Sr. 60%
Ronald Raymond 60%
PA State House 188 James Roebuck, Jr. Democratic 60%
PA State House 165 William Adolph, Jr. Republican 50%
Bob Allen 50%
PA State Senate 29 Dave Argall Republican 50%
Thomas Armstrong 50%
John Barley 50%
Jerry Birmelin 50%
Raymond Bunt, Jr. 50%
J. Scot Chadwick 50%
PA Councilmember At-Large Mario Civera, Jr. Republican 50%
Roy Cornell 50%
PA State House 32 Anthony DeLuca Democratic 50%
Thomas Dempsey 50%
PA State House 18 Gene DiGirolamo Republican 50%
Thomas Druce 50%
Todd Eachus 50%
Howard Fargo 50%
John Fichter 50%
Patrick Elvin Fleagle 50%
Thomas Gannon 50%
Richard Geist 50%
Joseph Gladeck, Jr. 50%
PA State House 53 Robert Godshall Republican 50%
PA State House 76 Michael Hanna, Sr. Democratic 50%
PA State House 58 R. Ted Harhai Democratic 50%
PA State House 26 Timothy Hennessey Republican 50%
Arthur Hershey 50%
PA State House 78 Dick Hess Republican 50%
George Kenney, Jr. 50%
David Levdansky 50%
PA State House 111 Sandra Major Republican 50%
Kathy Manderino 50%
PA State House 105 Ronald Marsico Republican 50%
Eugene McGill 50%
Fred McIlhattan 50%
Mark Steven McNaughton 50%
PA State House 163 Nicholas Micozzie Republican 50%
PA State House 120 Phyllis Mundy Democratic 50%
Steven Nickol 50%
Michael O'Pake 50%
John Perzel 50%
PA State House 36 Harry Readshaw III Democratic 50%
Roy Reinard 50%
PA State House 158 Chris Ross Republican 50%
Matthew Ryan 50%
Larry Sather 50%
PA State House 94 Stanley Saylor Republican 50%
Jere Schuler 50%
Donald William Snyder 50%
Jess Stairs 50%
David Steil 50%
PA State House 96 P. Michael Sturla Democratic 50%
Thomas Tangretti 50%
Elinor Taylor 50%
PA State House 177 John Taylor Republican 50%
Katie True 50%
PA State Senate 31 Patricia Vance Republican 50%
Michael Veon 50%
Don Walko 50%
Rod Wilt 50%
Chris Wogan 50%
Matthew Wright 50%
Robert Flick 40%
Gibson Armstrong 33%
Ellen Bard 33%
PA State House 160 Steve Barrar Republican 33%
David Brightbill 33%
Daniel Clark 33%
PA State House 145 Paul Clymer Republican 33%
PA State Senate 34 Jacob Doyle Corman III Republican 33%
Jeffrey Coy 33%
Allan Egolf 33%
Russell Fairchild 33%
Jeffrey Earl Habay 33%
George Hasay 33%
Edward Helfrick 33%
Lynn Herman 33%
Edwin G Holl 33%
Kenneth Jadlowiec 33%
Babette Josephs 33%
Robert Jubelirer 33%
Ralph Kaiser 33%
Edward Krebs 33%
John Lawless 33%
Dennis Leh 33%
Charles Lemmond, Jr. 33%
F. Joseph Loeper 33%
Jim Lynch 33%
Roger Madigan 33%
Albert Masland 33%
David Mayernik 33%
Harold Mowery Jr. 33%
Jerry Nailor 33%
Jane Clare Orie 33%
Jeffrey Piccola 33%
John Pippy 33%
Terry Punt 33%
James Rhoades 33%
PA State Senate 50 Robert Robbins Republican 33%
Samuel Rohrer 33%
Carole Rubley 33%
PA State House 9 Chris Sainato Democratic 33%
Frank Salvatore 33%
Curt Schroder 33%
PA U.S. House 13 Allyson Schwartz Democratic 33%
PA State House 66 Samuel Smith Republican 33%
PA State House 80 Jerry Stern Republican 33%
Thomas Stevenson 33%
Jere Strittmatter 33%
Robert Thompson 33%
Jack Wagner 33%
Noah Wenger 33%
Mary Jo White 33%
Thomas Yewcic 33%
Leroy Zimmerman 33%
Peter Zug 33%
PA State House 203 Dwight Evans Democratic 20%
PA State House 68 Matthew Baker Republican 17%
PA State Senate 16 Patrick Browne Republican 17%
Craig Dally 17%
Brett Feese 17%
Frank Gigliotti 17%
PA State House 183 Julie Harhart Republican 17%
PA State Senate 21 Scott Hutchinson Republican 17%
Stephen Maitland 17%
Frank Serafini 17%
Tracy Seyfert 17%
Clarence Bell 0%
Joe Conti 0%
Jane Earll 0%
PA U.S. House 6 Jim Gerlach Republican 0%
PA State Senate 12 Stewart Greenleaf Republican 0%
Melissa Hart 0%
PA State House 40 John Maher Republican 0%
PA State Senate 10 Charles McIlhinney, Jr. Republican 0%
PA U.S. House 18 Tim Murphy Republican 0%
William Slocum 0%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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