Rating Group: California Park & Recreation Society

2002 Positions

Issues: Environment
State Office Name Party Rating
AL U.S. Senate-Sr Richard Shelby R 33%
AL U.S. Senate-Jr Jeff Sessions III R 33%
AZ U.S. Senate-Sr John McCain III R 33%
CA U.S. Senate-Sr Dianne Feinstein D 67%
CA U.S. Senate-Jr Barbara Boxer D 67%
DE U.S. Senate-Sr Tom Carper D 100%
FL U.S. Senate-Sr William Nelson, Sr. D 67%
IA U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Grassley R 33%
IA U.S. Senate-Jr Tom Harkin D 100%
ID U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Crapo R 33%
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 100%
KS U.S. Senate-Sr Pat Roberts R 33%
KS Governor Sam Brownback R 33%
KY U.S. Senate-Sr Mitch McConnell R 33%
LA U.S. Senate-Sr Mary Landrieu D 67%
MD U.S. Senate-Sr Barbara Mikulski D 67%
ME U.S. Senate-Sr Susan Collins R 67%
MI U.S. Senate-Sr Carl Levin D 100%
MI U.S. Senate-Jr Debbie Stabenow D 100%
MN Governor Mark Dayton DFL 100%
MS U.S. Senate-Sr Thad Cochran R 33%
MT U.S. Senate-Sr Max Baucus D 33%
NA Vice President Joe Biden, Jr. D 100%
NA U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Hagel R 33%
NA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry D 100%
NV U.S. Senate-Sr Harry Reid D 100%
NY U.S. Senate-Sr Chuck Schumer D 100%
OH Attorney General Michael DeWine R 33%
OK U.S. Senate-Sr Jim Inhofe R 33%
OR U.S. Senate-Sr Ron Wyden D 67%
RI U.S. Senate-Sr Jack Reed D 100%
RI Governor Linc Chafee I 67%
SD U.S. Senate-Sr Timothy Johnson D 100%
UT U.S. Senate-Sr Orrin Hatch R 33%
VT U.S. Senate-Sr Patrick Leahy D 100%
WA U.S. Senate-Sr Patty Murray D 67%
WA U.S. Senate-Jr Maria Cantwell D 33%
WV U.S. Senate-Sr Jay Rockefeller IV D 100%
WY U.S. Senate-Sr Mike Enzi R 0%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. Other 100%
Wayne Allard Other 33%
George Allen Other 33%
Evan Bayh Other 67%
Bob Bennett Other 33%
Jeff Bingaman Other 67%
Kit Bond Other 33%
Jim Bunning Other 33%
Conrad Burns Other 33%
Robert Byrd Other 100%
Hillary Clinton Other 100%
Kent Conrad Other 100%
Jon Corzine Other 100%
Larry Craig Other 33%
Chris Dodd Other 100%
Pete Domenici, Jr. Other 33%
Byron Dorgan Other 100%
John Ensign Other 67%
Russ Feingold Other 100%
William Frist Other 33%
Judd Gregg Other 67%
Kay Hutchison Other 33%
Daniel Inouye Other 67%
James Merrill Jeffords Other 67%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. Other 67%
Herb Kohl Other 100%
Jon Kyl Other 33%
Joe Lieberman Other 100%
Blanche Lincoln Other 67%
Trent Lott, Sr. Other 33%
Dick Lugar Other 67%
Ben Nelson Other 33%
Rick Santorum Other 67%
Paul Sarbanes Other 100%
Gordon Smith Other 33%
Olympia Snowe Other 67%
Arlen Specter Other 67%
Ted Stevens Other 67%
Craig Thomas Other 33%
George Voinovich Other 33%
John Warner Other 33%

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