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Rating Group: Montana Shooting Sports Association

2000 Positions on Gun Rights

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Issues: Guns

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State Office Name Party Rating
MT State House - 29 Edward Butcher Republican A
MT State House - 31 Frank Smith Democratic D
MT State Senate - 30 John Esp Republican B+
Darrel Adams A
Joan Andersen B+
Keith Bales A
Joe Balyeat A+
Debby Barrett B
Rodney Bitney A
Norma Bixby D
Sylvia Bookout-Reinicke A
Dee Brown B
Roy Brown A-
John Brueggeman A
Rosalie Buzzas C-
Eileen Carney B-
Gilda Clancy A
Edith Clark A
Paul Clark A
John Cobb C
Vicki Cocchiarella F
Aubyn Curtiss A+
Larry Cyr C
Bob Davies A+
Robert DePratu A-
Thomas Dell D
Bill Eggers D
Jim Elliott D
Ron Erickson F
Tom Facey B+
Stanley Fisher A
Gary Forrester A
Daniel Clint Fuchs A
Steven Gallus D
Kathleen Galvin-Halcro C-
Kim Gillan C
William Glaser A-
George Golie B+
Gail Gutsche D
Richard Haines A
Dan Harrington C
Donald Hedges A
Linda Holden A-
Joan Hurdle F
Verdell Jackson A
Hal Jacobson C+
Larry Jent A-
Royal Johnson C
Dave Kasten A-
Christine Kaufmann F
Jim Keane F
Sam Kitzenberg A-
Richard Laible A-
Jesse Laslovich B
Jeff Laszloffy A
Ralph Lenhart C-
Dave Lewis A-
Monica Lindeen B+
Dale Mahlum B-
Jeff Mangan D
Gay Ann Masolo A
Gary Matthews B+
Matt McCann D
Bea McCarthy B
Daniel McGee A
Joe McKenney A
Walter McNutt B
Doug Mood A
Linda Nelson B+
Mark Noennig C
Jerry O'Neil A
Alan Olson B+
Jeffrey Pattison A
Arthur Peterson B-
William Price D
Diane Rice A
N. Allen Rome A
Trudi Schmidt F
Clarice Schrumpf C
Debbie Bowman Shea F
Jim Shockley A
Elaine Sliter A+
Roger Somerville A
Mike Sprague A
Robert Story, Jr. A
Bill Tash A
Mike Taylor B
Fred Thomas A
William Thomas B
Joseph Tropila C-
Steve Vick A
Durward Waddill A
Karl Waitschies C-
Allan Walters A
David Wanzenried A
John Witt A
Cindy Younkin A
Tom Zook A-
State Office Name Party Rating
MT State House - 29 Edward Butcher R A
MT State House - 31 Frank Smith D D
MT State Senate - 30 John Esp R B+
Darrel Adams A
Joan Andersen B+
Keith Bales A
Joe Balyeat A+
Debby Barrett B
Rodney Bitney A
Norma Bixby D
Sylvia Bookout-Reinicke A
Dee Brown B
Roy Brown A-
John Brueggeman A
Rosalie Buzzas C-
Eileen Carney B-
Gilda Clancy A
Edith Clark A
Paul Clark A
John Cobb C
Vicki Cocchiarella F
Aubyn Curtiss A+
Larry Cyr C
Bob Davies A+
Robert DePratu A-
Thomas Dell D
Bill Eggers D
Jim Elliott D
Ron Erickson F
Tom Facey B+
Stanley Fisher A
Gary Forrester A
Daniel Clint Fuchs A
Steven Gallus D
Kathleen Galvin-Halcro C-
Kim Gillan C
William Glaser A-
George Golie B+
Gail Gutsche D
Richard Haines A
Dan Harrington C
Donald Hedges A
Linda Holden A-
Joan Hurdle F
Verdell Jackson A
Hal Jacobson C+
Larry Jent A-
Royal Johnson C
Dave Kasten A-
Christine Kaufmann F
Jim Keane F
Sam Kitzenberg A-
Richard Laible A-
Jesse Laslovich B
Jeff Laszloffy A
Ralph Lenhart C-
Dave Lewis A-
Monica Lindeen B+
Dale Mahlum B-
Jeff Mangan D
Gay Ann Masolo A
Gary Matthews B+
Matt McCann D
Bea McCarthy B
Daniel McGee A
Joe McKenney A
Walter McNutt B
Doug Mood A
Linda Nelson B+
Mark Noennig C
Jerry O'Neil A
Alan Olson B+
Jeffrey Pattison A
Arthur Peterson B-
William Price D
Diane Rice A
N. Allen Rome A
Trudi Schmidt F
Clarice Schrumpf C
Debbie Bowman Shea F
Jim Shockley A
Elaine Sliter A+
Roger Somerville A
Mike Sprague A
Robert Story, Jr. A
Bill Tash A
Mike Taylor B
Fred Thomas A
William Thomas B
Joseph Tropila C-
Steve Vick A
Durward Waddill A
Karl Waitschies C-
Allan Walters A
David Wanzenried A
John Witt A
Cindy Younkin A
Tom Zook A-
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