Rating Group: National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund

2010 Positions on Gun Rights

Issues: Guns
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
TX U.S. House-1 Louie Gohmert R A
TX U.S. House-2 Ted Poe R A
TX U.S. House-3 Sam Johnson R A
TX U.S. House-4 Ralph Hall R A
TX U.S. House-5 Jeb Hensarling R A
TX U.S. House-6 Joe Barton R A
TX U.S. House-7 John Culberson R A
TX U.S. House-8 Kevin Brady R A
TX U.S. House-9 Al Green D F
TX U.S. House-10 Michael McCaul R A
TX U.S. House-11 Mike Conaway R A
TX U.S. House-12 Kay Granger R A
TX U.S. House-13 Mac Thornberry R A
TX U.S. House-14 Randy Weber R A
TX U.S. House-15 Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. D C
TX U.S. House-17 Bill Flores R A
TX U.S. House-18 Sheila Jackson Lee D F
TX U.S. House-19 Randy Neugebauer R A
TX U.S. House-20 Joaquin Castro D C
TX U.S. House-21 Lamar Smith R A+
TX U.S. House-22 Pete Olson R A
TX U.S. House-23 Pete Gallego D A-
TX U.S. House-24 Kenny Marchant R A
TX U.S. House-26 Michael Burgess R A
TX U.S. House-27 Blake Farenthold R A-
TX U.S. House-28 Henry Cuellar D A
TX U.S. House-29 Gene Green D A
TX U.S. House-30 Eddie Johnson D F
TX U.S. House-31 John Carter R A
TX U.S. House-32 Pete Sessions R A+
TX U.S. House-33 Marc Veasey D B+
TX U.S. House-35 Lloyd Doggett D F
TX Governor Rick Perry R A+
TX Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst R A+
TX State House-1 George Lavender R A
TX State House-2 Dan Flynn R A+
TX State House-4 Lance Gooden R A
TX State House-5 Bryan Hughes R A
TX State House-7 David Simpson R A
TX State House-8 Byron Cook R A
TX State House-10 Jim Pitts R A
TX State House-13 Lois Kolkhorst R A
TX State House-16 Brandon Creighton R A
TX State House-17 Tim Kleinschmidt R A
TX State House-18 John Otto R A
TX State House-19 James White R A
TX State House-21 Allan Ritter R A
TX State House-22 Joe Deshotel D A
TX State House-23 Craig Eiland D A-
TX State House-25 Dennis Bonnen R A+
TX State House-28 John Zerwas R A
TX State House-30 Geanie Morrison R A
TX State House-31 Ryan Guillén D A
TX State House-32 Todd Hunter R A
TX State House-34 Abel Herrero D A
TX State House-37 René Oliveira D B-
TX State House-38 Eddie Lucio III D A
TX State House-39 Armando Martinez D A
TX State House-42 Richard Raymond D A
TX State House-45 Jason Isaac R B+
TX State House-46 Dawnna Dukes D F
TX State House-47 Paul Workman R A
TX State House-48 Donna Howard D C
TX State House-49 Elliott Naishtat D F
TX State House-50 Mark Strama D A
TX State House-51 Eddie Rodríguez D F
TX State House-52 Larry Gonzales R A
TX State House-53 Harvey Hilderbran R A
TX State House-54 Jimmie Don Aycock R A
TX State House-55 Ralph Sheffield R A
TX State House-56 Doc Anderson R A
TX State House-58 Rob Orr R A
TX State House-60 Jim Keffer R A
TX State House-61 Phil King R A+
TX State House-62 Larry Phillips R A+
TX State House-63 Tan Parker R A
TX State House-64 Myra Crownover R A
TX State House-66 Van Taylor R A
TX State House-71 Susan King R A
TX State House-72 Drew Darby R A
TX State House-73 Doug Miller R A
TX State House-78 Joe Moody D A
TX State House-79 Joe Pickett D A-
TX State House-80 Tracy King D A
TX State House-81 Tryon Lewis R A
TX State House-82 Thomas Craddick R A+
TX State House-83 Charles Perry R A
TX State House-84 John Frullo R A
TX State House-86 John Smithee R A
TX State House-87 Four Price IV R A
TX State House-89 Jodie Laubenberg R A
TX State House-90 Lon Burnam D F
TX State House-94 Diane Patrick R A
TX State House-96 Bill Zedler R A
TX State House-99 Charlie Geren R A
TX State House-101 Chris Turner D A-
TX State House-102 Stefani Carter R A
TX State House-103 Rafael Anchía D A-
TX State House-104 Roberto Alonzo D C
TX State House-105 Linda Harper-Brown R A
TX State House-107 Kenneth Sheets R A
TX State House-108 Daniel Branch R A-
TX State House-109 Helen Giddings D C
TX State House-111 Yvonne Davis D F
TX State House-112 Angie Chen Button R A
TX State House-113 Cindy Burkett R A
TX State House-116 Trey Martinez Fischer D B-
TX State House-118 Joe Farias D A
TX State House-120 Ruth Jones McClendon D C-
TX State House-121 Joe Straus R A
TX State House-122 Lyle Larson R A
TX State House-123 Michael Villarreal N/A A
TX State House-124 José Menéndez D A
TX State House-126 Patricia Harless R A
TX State House-127 Dan Huberty R A
TX State House-128 Wayne Smith R A
TX State House-129 John Davis R A
TX State House-130 Allen Fletcher R A
TX State House-131 Alma Allen D C+
TX State House-132 Bill Callegari R A
TX State House-133 Jim Murphy R A
TX State House-134 Sarah Davis R A
TX State House-135 Gary Elkins R A
TX State House-138 Dwayne Bohac R A
TX State House-139 Sylvester Turner D F
TX State House-141 Senfronia Thompson D C
TX State House-142 Harold Dutton, Jr. D C-
TX State House-143 Ana Hernandez Luna D D
TX State House-146 Borris Miles D F
TX State House-147 Garnet Coleman D F
TX State House-148 Jessica Farrar D F
TX State House-149 Hubert Vo D B
TX State House-150 Debbie Riddle R A+
TX State Senate-1 Kevin Eltife R A
TX State Senate-2 Bob Deuell R A+
TX State Senate-3 Robert Nichols R A
TX State Senate-5 Charles Schwertner R A
TX State Senate-7 Dan Patrick R A
TX State Senate-8 Ken Paxton, Jr. R A
TX State Senate-9 Kelly Hancock R A
TX State Senate-12 Jane Gray Nelson R A+
TX State Senate-13 Rodney Ellis D F
TX State Senate-14 Kirk Watson D B
TX State Senate-15 John Whitmire D A
TX State Senate-17 Joan Huffman R A
TX State Senate-18 Glenn Hegar, Jr. R A+
TX State Senate-19 Carlos Uresti D C+
TX State Senate-22 Brian Birdwell R A
TX State Senate-25 Donna Campbell R A
TX Attorney General Greg Abbott R A+
TX Commissioner of Agriculture Todd Staples R A
TX Commissioner of the General Land Office Jerry Patterson R A+
TX Comptroller of Public Accounts Susan Combs R A
Jose Aliseda Other A
Rodney Anderson Other A
Phillip Andrews Other A
Ted Ankrum Other B-
Marva Beck Other A
Leo Berman Other A+
Tom Berry Other A
Tim Besco Other B
Valinda Bolton Other C
Abel Bosquez Other B-
Dick Bowen Other A
Dick Bowen Other A
Stephen Broden Other A
Fred Brown Other A
Michael Bunch Other A
Erwin Cain Other A
Francisco Canseco Other A
Rebecca Cervera Other A
Warren Chisum Other A
Wayne Christian Other A
Joe Driver Other A+
Jim Dunnam Other B-
Neil Durrance Other A
Chet Edwards Other A
Rob Eissler Other A
Kirk England Other A
John Faulk, Sr. Other A
Kenneth Franks Other A
Stephen Frost Other A+
John Garza Other B-
Hank Gilbert Other A-
Veronica Gonzales Other B
Charlie Gonzalez Other F
Yvonne González Toureilles Other A
Richard Hackney Other A
Mike Hamilton Other A
Rick Hardcastle Other A
Will Ford Hartnett Other A
VaLinda Hathcox Other C
Joe Heflin Other A
Fernando Herrera Other A
Paula Hightower-Pierson Other A
Scott Hochberg Other B-
Michael Holdman Other A
Mark Homer Other A+
Chuck Hopson Other A+
Charlie Howard Other A
Jim Jackson Other A
Marilyn Jackson Other A
Pati Jacobs Other B
T.C. Kincaid, Jr. Other A
Edmund Kuempel Other A+
James Landtroop, Jr. Other A
Ken Legler Other A
David McQuade Leibowitz Other A-
Lanham Lyne Other A
John Mabry, Jr. Other B-
Jerry Madden Other A
Barbara Mallory Caraway Other D
Dee Margo Other A
Michael Mauldin Other A
Patrick McGuinness Other A
Jim McReynolds Other A
Lainey Melnick Other D
Robert Miklos Other A
Sid Miller Other A
Roy Morales Other A
Carol Morgan Other C
Steve Mueller Other A
Barbara Nash Other A
Brad Neal Other A
Dan Neil Other A
Jack O'Connor Other A
Steve Ogden Other B+
Solomon Ortiz, Jr. Other A
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. Other A
Ron Paul Other A-
Aaron Pena, Jr. Other A+
Gilbert Pena Other A-
Robert Pruett Other B-
Chente Quintanilla Other A
Barbara Ann Radnofsky Other A-
Silvestre Reyes Other B+
Ciro Rodriguez Other A-
Patrick Rose Other A+
Connie Scott Other A
Mary Serafine Other B
Florence Shapiro Other A
Kathleen Shaw Other C
Mark Shelton Other A
Todd Smith Other A
Burt Solomons Other A
Sylvia Spivey Other A
Larry Taylor Other A+
Kristi Thibaut Other A-
Raul Torres Other A
Clayton Trotter Other A
Vicki Truitt Other A
Bryan Underwood Other A
Allen Vaught Other A
Earl Wentworth Other A+
Bill White Other B
Gary Wilson, Jr. Other A-
Beverly Woolley Other A
Eddie Zamora, Jr. Other A

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.

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