Rating Group: Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality
2006 Positions on Civil Rights & Equality
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House-1 | Doug LaMalfa | R | 7% |
| CA | U.S. House-4 | Tom McClintock | R | 7% |
| CA | U.S. House-10 | Jeff Denham | R | 33% |
| CA | U.S. House-14 | Jackie Speier | D | 93% |
| CA | U.S. House-23 | Kevin McCarthy | R | 7% |
| CA | U.S. House-27 | Judy Chu | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-35 | Gloria Negrete McLeod | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-37 | Karen Bass | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-47 | Alan Lowenthal | D | 87% |
| CA | U.S. House-51 | Juan Vargas | D | 100% |
| CA | State Assembly-2 | Wesley Chesbro | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-2 | Noreen Evans | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-3 | Lois Wolk | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-8 | Leland Yee | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-9 | Loni Hancock | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-11 | Mark Leno | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-23 | Bill Emmerson | R | 13% |
| CA | State Senate-25 | Carol Liu | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-27 | Fran Pavley | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-28 | Ted Lieu | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-29 | Robert Huff | R | 7% |
| CA | State Senate-30 | Ron Calderon | D | 93% |
| CA | State Senate-37 | Mimi Walters | R | 7% |
| CA | State Senate-38 | Mark Wyland | R | 0% |
| CA | Secretary of State | Debra Bowen | D | 100% |
| CA | Insurance Commissioner | Dave Jones | D | 100% |
| CA | Supervisor-2 | Mark Ridley-Thomas | D | 100% |
| CA | Supervisor-3 | Wilma Chan | D | 100% |
| CA | Supervisor-4 | John Benoit | Other | 7% |
| CA | Council Member-5 | Paul Koretz | D | 100% |
| CA | Council Member-At-Large | Joe Baca, Jr. | Other | 100% |
| CA | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Torlakson | Other | 100% |
| CA | Councilmember-At-Large | David Cogdill | R | 7% |
| CA | Mayor Pro Tempore-At-Large | Alan Nakanishi | Other | 20% |
| Samuel Aanestad | Other | 7% | ||
| Richard Ackerman | Other | 7% | ||
| Gregory Aghazarian | Other | 20% | ||
| Richard Alarcón | Other | 100% | ||
| Elaine Alquist | Other | 100% | ||
| Juan Arambula | Other | 93% | ||
| Roy Ashburn | Other | 7% | ||
| James Battin | Other | 13% | ||
| Patty Berg | Other | 100% | ||
| Rudy Bermúdez | Other | 100% | ||
| Sam Blakeslee | Other | 20% | ||
| Russell Bogh | Other | 7% | ||
| Joseph Canciamilla | Other | 87% | ||
| Gilbert Cedillo | Other | 87% | ||
| Edward Chavez | Other | 100% | ||
| Rebecca Cohn | Other | 93% | ||
| Joe Coto | Other | 100% | ||
| Dave Cox | Other | 7% | ||
| Lynn Daucher | Other | 33% | ||
| Hector De La Torre | Other | 100% | ||
| Charles DeVore | Other | 7% | ||
| Denise Ducheny | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Dunn | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Dutton | Other | 13% | ||
| Mervyn Dymally | Other | 100% | ||
| Martha Escutia | Other | 93% | ||
| Liz Figueroa | Other | 100% | ||
| Dean Florez | Other | 87% | ||
| Dario Frommer | Other | 93% | ||
| Bonnie Garcia | Other | 40% | ||
| Jackie Goldberg | Other | 100% | ||
| Tom Harman | Other | 15% | ||
| Raymond Haynes, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Dennis Hollingsworth | Other | 0% | ||
| Jerome Horton | Other | 100% | ||
| Shirley Horton | Other | 33% | ||
| Guy Houston | Other | 7% | ||
| Betty Karnette | Other | 100% | ||
| Richard Keene | Other | 7% | ||
| Christine Kehoe | Other | 100% | ||
| Johan Klehs | Other | 93% | ||
| Sheila Kuehl | Other | 100% | ||
| John Laird | Other | 100% | ||
| Jay La Suer | Other | 7% | ||
| Robert Leslie | Other | 7% | ||
| Lloyd Levine | Other | 100% | ||
| Sally Lieber | Other | 100% | ||
| Michael Machado | Other | 87% | ||
| Abel Maldonado | Other | 40% | ||
| Bob Margett | Other | 13% | ||
| Barbara Matthews | Other | 93% | ||
| Bill Maze | Other | 7% | ||
| Carole Migden | Other | 80% | ||
| Cindy Montañez | Other | 100% | ||
| William Phillip Morrow | Other | 0% | ||
| Dennis Lee Mountjoy | Other | 0% | ||
| Eugene Mullin | Other | 100% | ||
| Kevin Murray | Other | 87% | ||
| Joseph Nation | Other | 100% | ||
| Pedro Nava | Other | 100% | ||
| Roger Niello | Other | 7% | ||
| Fabian Núñez | Other | 100% | ||
| Jenny Oropeza | Other | 100% | ||
| Deborah Ortiz | Other | 87% | ||
| Nicole Parra | Other | 87% | ||
| Don Perata | Other | 73% | ||
| George Plescia | Other | 7% | ||
| Charles Poochigian | Other | 7% | ||
| Keith Stuart Richman | Other | 20% | ||
| Gloria Romero | Other | 100% | ||
| George Runner, Jr. | Other | 13% | ||
| Sharon Runner | Other | 7% | ||
| Ira Ruskin | Other | 100% | ||
| Lori Saldaña | Other | 100% | ||
| Simón Salinas | Other | 100% | ||
| Jack Scott | Other | 93% | ||
| Saren Simitian | Other | 100% | ||
| Nell Soto | Other | 93% | ||
| Todd Spitzer | Other | 20% | ||
| Audra Strickland | Other | 7% | ||
| Alberto Torrico | Other | 93% | ||
| Van Tran | Other | 27% | ||
| Thomas Umberg | Other | 93% | ||
| Mike Villines | Other | 7% | ||
| Edward Vincent | Other | 100% |
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