Rating Group: Lambda Letters Project-People of Color
2004 Positions
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House-1 | Doug LaMalfa | R | 8% |
| CA | U.S. House-4 | Tom McClintock | R | 29% |
| CA | U.S. House-10 | Jeff Denham | R | 6% |
| CA | U.S. House-14 | Jackie Speier | D | 94% |
| CA | U.S. House-23 | Kevin McCarthy | R | 11% |
| CA | U.S. House-27 | Judy Chu | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-35 | Gloria Negrete McLeod | D | 97% |
| CA | U.S. House-45 | John Campbell III | R | 3% |
| CA | U.S. House-47 | Alan Lowenthal | D | 100% |
| CA | U.S. House-51 | Juan Vargas | D | 97% |
| CA | State Assembly-2 | Wesley Chesbro | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-3 | Lois Wolk | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-6 | Darrell Steinberg | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-8 | Leland Yee | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-9 | Loni Hancock | D | 97% |
| CA | State Senate-10 | Ellen Corbett | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-11 | Mark Leno | D | 95% |
| CA | State Senate-19 | Hannah-Beth Jackson | D | 100% |
| CA | State Senate-25 | Carol Liu | D | 89% |
| CA | State Senate-27 | Fran Pavley | D | 95% |
| CA | State Senate-30 | Ron Calderon | D | 89% |
| CA | State Senate-34 | Lou Correa | D | 74% |
| CA | State Senate-38 | Mark Wyland | R | 8% |
| CA | Secretary of State | Debra Bowen | D | 88% |
| CA | Supervisor-2 | Mark Ridley-Thomas | D | 97% |
| CA | Supervisor-3 | Wilma Chan | D | 100% |
| CA | Supervisor-4 | John Benoit | Other | 11% |
| CA | Council Member-5 | Paul Koretz | D | 79% |
| CA | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Torlakson | Other | 100% |
| CA | Councilmember-At-Large | David Cogdill | R | 11% |
| CA | Mayor Pro Tempore-At-Large | Alan Nakanishi | Other | 29% |
| Samuel Aanestad | Other | 6% | ||
| Richard Ackerman | Other | 9% | ||
| Gregory Aghazarian | Other | 8% | ||
| Richard Alarcón | Other | 100% | ||
| Deirdre Alpert | Other | 97% | ||
| Roy Ashburn | Other | 15% | ||
| Patricia Bates | Other | 8% | ||
| James Battin | Other | 18% | ||
| Patty Berg | Other | 100% | ||
| Rudy Bermúdez | Other | 97% | ||
| Russell Bogh | Other | 5% | ||
| James Brulte | Other | 6% | ||
| John Burton | Other | 100% | ||
| Joseph Canciamilla | Other | 68% | ||
| Gilbert Cedillo | Other | 88% | ||
| Edward Chavez | Other | 95% | ||
| Rebecca Cohn | Other | 89% | ||
| Dave Cox | Other | 5% | ||
| Lynn Daucher | Other | 26% | ||
| Manny Diaz | Other | 100% | ||
| Denise Ducheny | Other | 94% | ||
| Joseph Dunn | Other | 91% | ||
| John Anthony Dutra | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Dutton | Other | 8% | ||
| Mervyn Dymally | Other | 100% | ||
| Martha Escutia | Other | 97% | ||
| Liz Figueroa | Other | 100% | ||
| Marco Antonio Firebaugh | Other | 97% | ||
| Dean Florez | Other | 74% | ||
| Dario Frommer | Other | 89% | ||
| Bonnie Garcia | Other | 63% | ||
| Jackie Goldberg | Other | 100% | ||
| Tom Harman | Other | 21% | ||
| Raymond Haynes, Jr. | Other | 5% | ||
| Dennis Hollingsworth | Other | 3% | ||
| Jerome Horton | Other | 95% | ||
| Shirley Horton | Other | 53% | ||
| Guy Houston | Other | 13% | ||
| Ross Johnson | Other | 29% | ||
| Betty Karnette | Other | 94% | ||
| Richard Keene | Other | 11% | ||
| Christine Kehoe | Other | 95% | ||
| Sheila Kuehl | Other | 97% | ||
| John Laird | Other | 100% | ||
| Jay La Suer | Other | 5% | ||
| Robert Leslie | Other | 13% | ||
| Lloyd Levine | Other | 100% | ||
| Sally Lieber | Other | 100% | ||
| John Longville | Other | 97% | ||
| Michael Machado | Other | 94% | ||
| Ken Maddox | Other | 34% | ||
| Abel Maldonado | Other | 55% | ||
| Bob Margett | Other | 21% | ||
| Barbara Matthews | Other | 68% | ||
| Bill Maze | Other | 18% | ||
| Bruce McPherson | Other | 32% | ||
| Cindy Montañez | Other | 97% | ||
| William Phillip Morrow | Other | 6% | ||
| Dennis Lee Mountjoy | Other | 5% | ||
| Eugene Mullin | Other | 92% | ||
| Kevin Murray | Other | 97% | ||
| George Nakano | Other | 95% | ||
| Joseph Nation | Other | 92% | ||
| Fabian Núñez | Other | 97% | ||
| Thomas Oller | Other | 24% | ||
| Jenny Oropeza | Other | 97% | ||
| Deborah Ortiz | Other | 100% | ||
| Robert Pacheco | Other | 16% | ||
| Nicole Parra | Other | 74% | ||
| Don Perata | Other | 97% | ||
| George Plescia | Other | 5% | ||
| Charles Poochigian | Other | 3% | ||
| Sarah Reyes | Other | 97% | ||
| Keith Stuart Richman | Other | 50% | ||
| Gloria Romero | Other | 97% | ||
| Sharon Runner | Other | 8% | ||
| Simón Salinas | Other | 100% | ||
| Steve Samuelian | Other | 8% | ||
| Jack Scott | Other | 97% | ||
| Byron Sher | Other | 82% | ||
| Saren Simitian | Other | 100% | ||
| Nell Soto | Other | 100% | ||
| Todd Spitzer | Other | 18% | ||
| Tony Strickland | Other | 5% | ||
| John Vasconcellos | Other | 97% | ||
| Edward Vincent | Other | 65% | ||
| Herb Wesson, Jr. | Other | 97% | ||
| Patricia Wiggins | Other | 100% |
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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