| State | Office | District | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA | U.S. House | 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House | 9 | Bill Keating | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Bristol | William Straus | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Bristol | Robert Koczera | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | Democratic | 33% |
| MA | State House | Third Essex | Brian Dempsey | Democratic | 33% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Essex | Robert Fennell | Democratic | 33% |
| MA | State House | First Franklin | Stephen Kulik | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Hampden | Thomas Petrolati | Democratic | 20% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Hampden | Joseph Wagner | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Hampden | Benjamin Swan, Sr. | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Third Hampshire | Ellen Story | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Fifteenth Middlesex | Jay Kaufman | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Sixteenth Middlesex | Thomas Golden, Jr. | Democratic | 33% |
| MA | State House | Nineteenth Middlesex | James Miceli | Democratic | 33% |
| MA | State House | Twentieth Middlesex | Bradley Jones, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Twenty-Sixth Middlesex | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | Democratic | 67% |
| MA | State House | Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Sixth Norfolk | William Galvin | Democratic | 67% |
| MA | State House | Eighth Norfolk | Louis Kafka | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Tenth Plymouth | Christine Canavan | Democratic | 33% |
| MA | State House | Seventh Suffolk | Gloria Fox | Democratic | 20% |
| MA | State House | Ninth Suffolk | Byron Rushing | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Fourteenth Suffolk | Angelo Scaccia | Democratic | 20% |
| MA | State House | Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Nineteenth Suffolk | Robert DeLeo | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State House | Ninth Worcester | George Peterson, Jr. | Republican | 100% |
| MA | State House | Twelfth Worcester | Harold Naughton, Jr. | Democratic | 33% |
| MA | State House | Seventeenth Worcester | John Binienda, Sr. | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State Senate | First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Third Essex | Thomas McGee | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State Senate | First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | Republican | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Hampden and Hampshire | Michael Knapik | Republican | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | Stan Rosenberg | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State Senate | Plymouth and Barnstable | Therese Murray | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | First Plymouth and Bristol | Marc Pacheco | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Second Plymouth and Bristol | Thomas Kennedy | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State Senate | Plymouth and Norfolk | Robert Hedlund, Jr. | Republican | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | First Worcester | Harriette Chandler | Democratic | 17% |
| MA | State Senate | Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | Stephen Brewer | Democratic | 50% |
| MA | State Senate | Worcester and Norfolk | Richard Moore | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | Councilmember | At-Large | Michael Cahill | No Party Affiliation | 17% |
| MA | Councilmember | At-Large | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | 17% | |
| Matthew Amorello | 50% | ||||
| Steven Angelo | 17% | ||||
| Robert Antonioni | 50% | ||||
| Valerie Barsom | 100% | ||||
| Michael Bellotti | 60% | ||||
| Robert Bernstein | 50% | ||||
| Frederick Berry | 50% | ||||
| Thomas Birmingham | 0% | ||||
| Daniel Bosley | 17% | ||||
| Marianne Brenton | 100% | ||||
| James Brett | 17% | ||||
| Arthur Broadhurst, Jr. | 67% | ||||
| John Businger | 17% | ||||
| Thomas Cahir | 17% | ||||
| Paul Caron | 17% | ||||
| Paul Casey | 67% | ||||
| Evelyn Chesky | 50% | ||||
| Vincent Paul Ciampa | 33% | ||||
| Edward Clancy, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Carol Cleven | 33% | ||||
| David Cohen | 17% | ||||
| James Colt | 100% | ||||
| Edward Connolly | 40% | ||||
| Gary Coon | 100% | ||||
| Samuel Corbitt | 100% | ||||
| Robert Correia | 33% | ||||
| Francis Cousins, Jr. | 67% | ||||
| Geraldine Creedon | 0% | ||||
| Michael Creedon | 50% | ||||
| Brian Cresta | 100% | ||||
| Donna Fournier Cuomo | 100% | ||||
| Walter DeFilippi | 100% | ||||
| Paul Demakis | 17% | ||||
| Salvatore DiMasi | 17% | ||||
| James DiPaola | 40% | ||||
| David Donnelly | 0% | ||||
| Carol Donovan | 17% | ||||
| Robert Durand | 50% | ||||
| Hasty Evans | 100% | ||||
| James Fagan | 20% | ||||
| Thomas Finneran | 17% | ||||
| Kevin Fitzgerald | 25% | ||||
| Charles Flaherty | 17% | ||||
| Nancy Flavin | 33% | ||||
| Barbara Gardner | 17% | ||||
| David Gately | 50% | ||||
| Ronald Gauch | 100% | ||||
| Anthony Philip Giglio | 67% | ||||
| Guy Glodis | 17% | ||||
| Emile Goguen | 33% | ||||
| Shirley Gomes | 100% | ||||
| Barbara Gray | 0% | ||||
| William Greene, Jr. | 25% | ||||
| Patrick Guerriero | 67% | ||||
| Cele Hahn | 67% | ||||
| Paul Haley | 17% | ||||
| Geoffrey Hall | 50% | ||||
| Robert Hargraves | 100% | ||||
| Lida Harkins | 17% | ||||
| Robert Havern III | 50% | ||||
| Robert Hawke | 100% | ||||
| Albert Herren | 25% | ||||
| Lucile Hicks | 50% | ||||
| Christopher Hodgkins | 17% | ||||
| Barbara Hyland | 100% | ||||
| Frank Hynes | 50% | ||||
| M. Paul Iannuccillo | 50% | ||||
| Cheryl Ann Jacques | 50% | ||||
| James Jajuga | 50% | ||||
| Rachel Kaprielian | 17% | ||||
| Daniel Keenan | 67% | ||||
| Shaun Kelly | 67% | ||||
| Sally Kerans | 20% | ||||
| John Klimm | 33% | ||||
| Paul Kollios | 40% | ||||
| Robert Kraus | 100% | ||||
| Paul Kujawski | 33% | ||||
| Patrick Landers III | 17% | ||||
| Harold Lane, Jr. | 25% | ||||
| Peter Larkin | 33% | ||||
| Daniel Leahy | 50% | ||||
| Brian Lees | 50% | ||||
| Edward LeLacheur | 50% | ||||
| John Lepper | 100% | ||||
| Jacqueline Lewis | 100% | ||||
| Maryanne Lewis | 33% | ||||
| John Locke | 83% | ||||
| David Magnani | 50% | ||||
| Anthony Mandile | 40% | ||||
| M. Joseph Manning | 33% | ||||
| Francis Marini | 100% | ||||
| J. James Marzilli, Jr. | 17% | ||||
| John McDonough | 17% | ||||
| Joseph McIntyre | 17% | ||||
| William McManus II | 50% | ||||
| Linda Melconian | 50% | ||||
| Joan Menard | 17% | ||||
| John Merrigan | 50% | ||||
| Michael Morrissey | 50% | ||||
| Dennis Murphy | 40% | ||||
| Mary Jeanette Murray | 83% | ||||
| William Nagle, Jr. | 20% | ||||
| Thomas Norton | 50% | ||||
| Janet O'Brien | 33% | ||||
| John O'Brien, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Shirley Owens-Hicks | 17% | ||||
| Steven Panagiotakos | 33% | ||||
| Marie Parente | 33% | ||||
| Anne Marie Paulsen | 0% | ||||
| Vincent Pedone | 17% | ||||
| David Peters | 100% | ||||
| Douglas Petersen | 20% | ||||
| Lois Pines | 50% | ||||
| Kevin Poirier | 100% | ||||
| John Quinn | 17% | ||||
| Henri S Rauschenbach | 100% | ||||
| William Reinstein | 40% | ||||
| Pamela Resor | 17% | ||||
| Charlotte Richie | 17% | ||||
| Mary Rogeness | 100% | ||||
| J. Michael Ruane | 17% | ||||
| Anthony Scibelli | 17% | ||||
| Emanuel Serra | 20% | ||||
| Charles Shannon, Jr. | 50% | ||||
| Mary Jane Simmons | 33% | ||||
| John Slattery | 17% | ||||
| Jo Ann Sprague | 100% | ||||
| Harriett Stanley | 67% | ||||
| John Stefanini | 17% | ||||
| Douglas Stoddart | 50% | ||||
| Joseph Sullivan | 17% | ||||
| Linda Teagan | 100% | ||||
| Edward Teague III | 100% | ||||
| Alvin Thompson | 25% | ||||
| Richard Tisei | 50% | ||||
| Stephen Tobin | 17% | ||||
| Steven Tolman | 20% | ||||
| Warren Tolman | 50% | ||||
| Robert Travaglini | 50% | ||||
| Philip Travis | 67% | ||||
| Eric Turkington | 17% | ||||
| Daniel Valianti | 17% | ||||
| Jim Vallee | 17% | ||||
| Anthony Verga | 33% | ||||
| Richard Voke | 17% | ||||
| Patricia Walrath | 50% | ||||
| Marian Walsh | 50% | ||||
| Robert Wetmore | 50% | ||||
| W. Paul White | 50% | ||||
| Ronald Whitney | 67% | ||||
| Dianne Wilkerson | 50% |
Special Interest Groups
Rating Group: Massachusetts National Federation of Independent Business
1996 Positions
Issues:
Business and Consumers
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.
