Rating Group: Montana Stockgrowers Association

2005 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
MT U.S. Senate-Jr Jon Tester D 50%
MT State House-3 Jerry O'Neil R 90%
MT State House-96 Carolyn Squires D 40%
MT State Senate-2 Dee Brown R 80%
MT State Senate-4 Jon Sonju R 90%
MT State Senate-5 Verdell Jackson R 90%
MT State Senate-6 Janna Taylor R 100%
MT State Senate-9 Rick Ripley R 100%
MT State Senate-14 Llewelyn Jones R 100%
MT State Senate-15 Jim Peterson R 100%
MT State Senate-16 Jonathan Windy Boy D 10%
MT State Senate-23 Alan Olson R 100%
MT State Senate-26 Robyn Driscoll D 30%
MT State Senate-27 Elsie Arntzen R 90%
MT State Senate-28 Jeffrey Essmann R 80%
MT State Senate-32 Larry Jent D 30%
MT State Senate-34 Scott Sales R 89%
MT State Senate-36 Debby Barrett R 100%
MT State Senate-37 Jon Sesso D 40%
MT State Senate-38 Jim Keane D 60%
MT State Senate-40 Mary Caferro D 0%
MT State Senate-41 Christine Kaufmann D 10%
MT State Senate-42 Dave Lewis R 90%
MT State Senate-48 Tom Facey D 20%
MT State Senate-49 David Wanzenried D 30%
MT Justice of the Supreme Court-Seat 2 Mike Wheat Other 40%
MT Auditor Monica Lindeen D 60%
MT Public Service Commissioner-3 Roger Koopman R 89%
MT Public Service Commissioner-4 Bob Lake R 100%
Joan Andersen Other 100%
Keith Bales Other 100%
Joe Balyeat Other 90%
John Balyeat Other 100%
Gregory Barkus Other 90%
Arlene Becker Other 20%
Bob Bergren Other 60%
Norma Bixby Other 0%
Jerry Black Other 80%
Gary Branae Other 20%
Roy Brown Other 90%
John Brueggeman Other 90%
Edward Butcher Other 90%
Rosalie Buzzas Other 10%
Terrence Callahan Other 20%
Margarett Campbell Other 30%
Paul Clark Other 20%
John Cobb Other 78%
Vicki Cocchiarella Other 60%
Jill Cohenour Other 40%
Mike Cooney Other 50%
Brent Cromley Other 50%
Aubyn Curtiss Other 100%
Sue Dickenson Other 20%
Tim Dowell Other 10%
Emelie Kay Eaton Other 10%
Jon Ellingson Other 50%
Jim Elliott Other 70%
John Esp Other 80%
George Loren Everett Other 100%
Eve Franklin Other 30%
Kevin Furey Other 30%
David Gallik Other 10%
Steven Gallus Other 70%
Kathleen Galvin-Halcro Other 20%
Kelly Gebhardt Other 80%
Kim Gillan Other 50%
William Glaser Other 90%
George Golie Other 40%
Duane Grimes Other 90%
Wanda Grinde Other 0%
George Groesbeck Other 30%
Gail Gutsche Other 0%
Robin Hamilton Other 10%
Kenneth Hansen Other 60%
Dan Harrington Other 50%
Christopher Kirk Harris Other 0%
Ray Hawk Other 90%
Robert Hawks Other 40%
Ralph Heinert, Jr. Other 90%
Gordon Hendrick Other 80%
Teresa Henry Other 20%
Dennis Himmelberger Other 90%
Cynthia Hiner Other 50%
Hal Jacobson Other 10%
Joey Jayne Other 0%
Bill Jones Other 60%
Mike Jopek Other 0%
Carol Juneau Other 0%
Bob Keenan Other 100%
Sam Kitzenberg Other 60%
Harry Klock Other 100%
Richard Laible Other 80%
Carol Lambert Other 100%
Michael Lange Other 100%
Lane Larson Other 40%
Jesse Laslovich Other 50%
Ralph Lenhart Other 50%
Greg Lind Other 40%
Gary MacLaren Other 70%
Rick Maedje Other 80%
Bruce Malcolm Other 100%
Jeff Mangan Other 50%
Gary Matthews Other 80%
Dave McAlpin Other 20%
Daniel McGee Other 100%
Tom McGillvray Other 90%
Joe McKenney Other 90%
Walter McNutt Other 100%
Scott Mendenhall Other 90%
Mike Milburn Other 100%
Penny Armstrong Morgan Other 90%
Lynda Moss Other 20%
John Musgrove Other 40%
Mark Noennig Other 80%
Art Noonan Other 30%
Bernie Olson Other 90%
John Parker Other 20%
Gerald Pease Other 60%
Gary Perry Other 90%
Holly Raser Other 10%
Diane Rice Other 100%
Donald Roberts Other 90%
John Ross Other 100%
Glenn Roush Other 70%
Don Ryan Other 70%
Trudi Schmidt Other 40%
Jim Shockley Other 90%
John Sinrud Other 90%
Veronica Small-Eastman Other 29%
Frank Smith Other 70%
Wayne Stahl Other 90%
Corey Stapleton Other 90%
Donald Steinbeisser Other 100%
Ronald Stoker Other 100%
Robert Story, Jr. Other 90%
Bill Tash Other 100%
Kenneth Toole, Jr. Other 40%
Joseph Tropila Other 60%
Dan Villa Other 50%
Pat Wagman Other 90%
Karl Waitschies Other 100%
John Ward Other 100%
Bill Warden Other 80%
Dan Weinberg Other 50%
Jack Wells Other 80%
Carol Williams Other 40%
Bill Wilson Other 30%
Jeanne Windham Other 30%
Brady Wiseman Other 20%
John Witt Other 100%

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