Rating Group: West Virginia AFL-CIO

2008 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
WV Governor Earl Tomblin D 100%
WV State House-1 Randy Swartzmiller D 100%
WV State House-5 David Pethtel D 67%
WV State House-6 William Romine R 33%
WV State House-7 Lynwood Ireland R 33%
WV State House-8 Bill Anderson, Jr. R 33%
WV State House-10 Tom Azinger R 33%
WV State House-10 John Ellem R 67%
WV State House-10 Dan Poling D 100%
WV State House-11 Robert Ashley R 25%
WV State House-13 Brady Paxton D 100%
WV State House-15 Troy Andes R 0%
WV State House-16 Kevin Craig D 67%
WV State House-16 Carol Miller R 67%
WV State House-17 Douglas Reynolds D 100%
WV State House-17 Dale Stephens D 100%
WV State House-18 Kelli Sobonya R 67%
WV State House-19 Don Perdue D 100%
WV State House-19 Rick Thompson D 100%
WV State House-21 Harry White D 100%
WV State House-26 Clifton Moore D 100%
WV State House-29 Ricky Moye D 100%
WV State House-30 Linda Sumner R 25%
WV State House-32 David Perry D 67%
WV State House-32 John Pino D 25%
WV State House-32 Margaret Staggers D 75%
WV State House-34 Brent Boggs D 100%
WV State House-36 Nancy Guthrie D 100%
WV State House-36 Danny Wells D 100%
WV State House-38 Patrick Lane R 25%
WV State House-39 Ronald Walters, Sr. R 50%
WV State House-40 Tim Armstead R 33%
WV State House-42 Ray Canterbury, Jr. R 75%
WV State House-43 William Hartman D 33%
WV State House-45 William Hamilton R 67%
WV State House-47 Mary Poling D 100%
WV State House-48 Ronald Fragale D 100%
WV State House-48 Richard Iaquinta D 100%
WV State House-48 Timothy Miley D 100%
WV State House-50 Mike Caputo D 100%
WV State House-50 Linda Longstreth D 100%
WV State House-50 Tim Manchin D 100%
WV State House-51 Barbara Fleischauer D 100%
WV State House-51 Charlene Marshall D 100%
WV State House-52 Larry Williams D 67%
WV State House-54 Allen Evans R 33%
WV State House-57 Ruth Rowan R 75%
WV State House-58 Daryl Cowles R 33%
WV State House-62 John Overington R 33%
WV State Senate-1 H. Jack Yost, Jr. D 100%
WV State Senate-2 Larry Edgell D 100%
WV State Senate-2 Jeffrey Kessler D 100%
WV State Senate-3 Donna Boley R 0%
WV State Senate-4 Mitchell Carmichael R 0%
WV State Senate-4 William Hall R 0%
WV State Senate-5 Evan Jenkins D 100%
WV State Senate-5 Robert Plymale D 100%
WV State Senate-6 H. Truman Chafin D 100%
WV State Senate-7 Ron Stollings D 50%
WV State Senate-8 Erik Wells D 50%
WV State Senate-9 Michael Green D 100%
WV State Senate-11 Clark Barnes R 0%
WV State Senate-12 Samuel Cann, Sr. D 25%
WV State Senate-13 Robert Beach D 100%
WV State Senate-13 Roman Prezioso, Jr. D 100%
WV State Senate-14 Dave Sypolt R 0%
WV State Senate-15 Craig Blair R 33%
WV State Senate-16 John Unger II D 100%
WV State Senate-17 Brooks McCabe, Jr. D 100%
WV State Senate-17 Corey Palumbo D 67%
WV Commissioner of Agriculture Walter Helmick D 100%
WV Mayor-At-Large Andy McKenzie R 100%
WV Commissioner-At-Large Timothy Ennis D 67%
Sam Argento Other 100%
Billy Bailey, Jr. Other 100%
Larry Barker Other 100%
Larry Border Other 25%
Edwin Bowman Other 100%
Bonnie Brown Other 100%
Dwight Richard Browning Other 33%
Mike Burdiss Other 100%
Thomas Campbell Other 50%
Donald Caruth Other 0%
Gerald Crosier Other 67%
Frank Deem Other 0%
Joe DeLong Other 100%
John Doyle Other 67%
Walter Duke Other 67%
Jeff Eldridge Other 100%
Ted Ellis Other 100%
Karen Facemyer Other 100%
John Fanning Other 100%
Daniel Foster Other 100%
Eustace Frederick Other 50%
Louis Gall, Jr. Other 100%
Jesse Guills, Jr. Other 0%
Bobbie Hatfield Other 100%
Dave Higgins Other 67%
Lidella Hrutkay Other 100%
Jon Hunter Other 100%
Talmadge Hutchins Other 67%
Mel Kessler Other 100%
Orphy Klempa Other 100%
Kerry Steven Kominar Other 33%
Marshall Long Other 50%
Shirley Love Other 100%
Virginia Mahan Other 100%
Dale Martin Other 100%
Harold Michael Other 33%
Jonathan Miller Other 0%
Joseph Minard Other 50%
James Morgan Other 100%
Mike Oliverio II Other 100%
Mike Porter, Sr. Other 33%
Bill Proudfoot Other 100%
Ralph Rodighiero Other 100%
Robert Schadler Other 67%
Patti Schoen Other 33%
Stan Shaver Other 67%
Alex Shook Other 100%
Sharon Spencer Other 100%
Victor Sprouse Other 0%
Douglas Stalnaker Other 50%
William Stemple Other 100%
Robert Tabb Other 67%
Joe Talbott Other 100%
Jeff Tansill Other 33%
Kenneth Tucker Other 100%
Scott Varner Other 67%
Carrie Webster Other 100%
Randy White Other 100%
Locke Wysong Other 75%
John Yoder Other 0%

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