Rating Group: Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce

2010 Positions

State Office Name Party Rating
WI U.S. House-2 Mark Pocan D 12%
WI State Assembly-1 Garey Bies R 87%
WI State Assembly-3 Alvin Ott R 62%
WI State Assembly-6 Gary Tauchen R 87%
WI State Assembly-9 Josh Zepnick D 37%
WI State Assembly-10 Sandra Pasch D 12%
WI State Assembly-12 Frederick Kessler D 14%
WI State Assembly-16 Leon Young D 25%
WI State Assembly-19 Jon Richards D 12%
WI State Assembly-20 Christine Sinicki D 12%
WI State Assembly-21 Mark Honadel R 100%
WI State Assembly-22 Don Pridemore R 100%
WI State Assembly-23 Jim Ott R 100%
WI State Assembly-24 Dan Knodl R 87%
WI State Assembly-27 Steven Kestell R 100%
WI State Assembly-29 John Murtha R 100%
WI State Assembly-33 Stephen Nass R 100%
WI State Assembly-36 Jeffrey Mursau R 87%
WI State Assembly-38 Joel Kleefisch R 87%
WI State Assembly-40 Kevin Petersen R 100%
WI State Assembly-41 Joan Ballweg R 100%
WI State Assembly-42 Keith Ripp R 62%
WI State Assembly-43 Andy Jorgensen D 12%
WI State Assembly-46 Gary Hebl D 12%
WI State Assembly-50 Ed Brooks R 100%
WI State Assembly-54 Gordon Hintz D 12%
WI State Assembly-55 Dean Kaufert R 62%
WI State Assembly-57 Penny Bernard Schaber D 12%
WI State Assembly-58 Pat Strachota R 87%
WI State Assembly-59 Daniel LeMahieu R 87%
WI State Assembly-61 Samantha Kerkman R 100%
WI State Assembly-63 Robin Vos R 87%
WI State Assembly-64 Peter Barca D 12%
WI State Assembly-66 Cory Mason D 12%
WI State Assembly-69 Scott Suder R 100%
WI State Assembly-70 Amy Vruwink D 12%
WI State Assembly-73 Nick Milroy D 12%
WI State Assembly-77 Terese Berceau D 12%
WI State Assembly-80 Sondy Pope-Roberts D 12%
WI State Assembly-81 Fred Clark D 12%
WI State Assembly-82 Jeffrey Stone R 100%
WI State Assembly-87 Mary Williams R 75%
WI State Assembly-89 John Nygren R 100%
WI State Assembly-92 Chris Danou D 12%
WI State Assembly-96 Lee Nerison R 75%
WI State Assembly-97 Bill Kramer R 87%
WI State Senate-2 Robert Cowles R 100%
WI State Senate-3 Timothy Carpenter D 40%
WI State Senate-4 Lena Taylor D 60%
WI State Senate-5 Leah Vukmir R 100%
WI State Senate-8 Alberta Darling R 75%
WI State Senate-9 Joseph Leibham R 100%
WI State Senate-10 Sheila Harsdorf R 100%
WI State Senate-11 Neal Kedzie R 100%
WI State Senate-13 Scott Fitzgerald R 100%
WI State Senate-14 Luther Olsen R 100%
WI State Senate-16 Mark Miller D 40%
WI State Senate-17 Dale Schultz R 100%
WI State Senate-19 Michael Ellis R 100%
WI State Senate-20 Glenn Grothman R 80%
WI State Senate-21 John Lehman D 40%
WI State Senate-22 Robert Wirch D 40%
WI State Senate-24 Julie Lassa D 60%
WI State Senate-25 Robert Jauch D 40%
WI State Senate-26 Fred Risser D 40%
WI State Senate-27 Jon Erpenbach D 60%
WI State Senate-28 Mary Lazich R 100%
WI State Senate-29 Jerry Petrowski R 100%
WI State Senate-30 Dave Hansen D 60%
WI State Senate-31 Kathleen Vinehout D 60%
WI State Senate-32 Jennifer Shilling D 12%
WI Public Service Commission Chair Phil Montgomery Other 100%
WI Secretary of Transportation Mark Gottlieb R 100%
Chuck Benedict Other 12%
Spencer Black Other 12%
G. Spencer Coggs Other 40%
Pedro Colon Other 25%
David Cullen Other 12%
Brett Davis Other 100%
Russell Decker Other 60%
Kristen Dexter Other 12%
Jason Fields Other 12%
Jeff Fitzgerald Other 100%
Donald Friske Other 85%
Phil Garthwaite Other 12%
Tamara Grigsby Other 12%
Scott Gunderson Other 100%
Mark Gundrum Other 100%
Steve Hilgenberg Other 12%
Kim Hixson Other 12%
Jim Holperin Other 60%
Randy Hopper Other 100%
Ann Hraychuck Other 12%
Mary Hubler Other 12%
Michael Huebsch Other 100%
Theodore Kanavas Other 100%
Dan Kapanke Other 80%
Pat Kreitlow Other 60%
Margaret Krusick Other 12%
Alan Lasee Other 100%
Thomas Lothian Other 75%
Dan Meyer Other 87%
Louis Molepske, Jr. Other 12%
Tom Nelson Other 12%
Scott Newcomer Other 87%
Joseph Parisi Other 12%
Jeffrey Plale Other 60%
Mark Radcliffe Other 25%
Kitty Rhoades Other 100%
Judith Robson Other 40%
Roger Roth, Jr. Other 87%
Kelda Roys Other 12%
Marlin Schneider Other 12%
Donna Seidel Other 12%
Mike Sheridan Other 12%
Gary Sherman Other 12%
Jeffrey Smith Other 12%
James Soletski Other 12%
Richard Spanbauer Other 60%
Tony Staskunas Other 12%
John Steinbrink Other 25%
Jim Sullivan Other 60%
Barbara Toles Other 12%
John Townsend Other 87%
Robert Turner Other 12%
Terry Van Akkeren Other 12%
Karl Van Roy Other 87%
Annette Williams Other 33%
Jeffrey Wood Other 25%
Robert Ziegelbauer Other 85%
Ted Zigmunt Other 12%
Rich Zipperer Other 100%

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