Rating Group: Grass Roots

2009 Positions

Issues: Conservative
State Office Name Party Rating
UT Lieutenant Governor Gregory Bell R 50%
UT State House-1 Ronda Menlove R 59%
UT State House-3 Jack Draxler R 50%
UT State House-5 Curt Webb R 63%
UT State House-7 Ryan Wilcox R 78%
UT State House-8 Gage Froerer R 65%
UT State House-11 Brad Dee R 59%
UT State House-12 Richard Greenwood R 83%
UT State House-13 Paul Ray R 67%
UT State House-14 Curtis Oda R 76%
UT State House-18 Roger Barrus R 63%
UT State House-20 Becky Edwards R 58%
UT State House-22 Sue Duckworth D 28%
UT State House-23 Jennifer Seelig D 33%
UT State House-24 Rebecca Chavez-Houck D 11%
UT State House-28 Brian King D 28%
UT State House-30 Janice Fisher D 50%
UT State House-31 Larry Wiley D 33%
UT State House-35 Mark Wheatley D 21%
UT State House-38 Eric Hutchings R 59%
UT State House-39 Jim Dunnigan R 68%
UT State House-40 Lynn Hemingway D 33%
UT State House-42 Jim Bird R 63%
UT State House-44 Tim Cosgrove D 39%
UT State House-46 Marie Poulson D 50%
UT State House-51 Gregory Hughes R 79%
UT State House-53 Melvin Brown R 61%
UT State House-54 Kraig Powell R 58%
UT State House-55 John Mathis R 83%
UT State House-61 Keith Grover R 89%
UT State House-64 Becky Lockhart R 74%
UT State House-65 Francis Gibson R 67%
UT State House-70 Kay McIff R 38%
UT State House-71 Brad Last R 71%
UT State House-73 Michael Noel R 83%
UT State House-75 Don Ipson R 63%
UT State Senate-1 Luz Robles D 32%
UT State Senate-3 Gene Davis D 33%
UT State Senate-4 Patricia Jones D 43%
UT State Senate-5 Karen Mayne D 55%
UT State Senate-6 Wayne Harper R 69%
UT State Senate-9 Wayne Niederhauser R 68%
UT State Senate-11 Howard Stephenson R 77%
UT State Senate-13 Mark Madsen R 85%
UT State Senate-14 John Valentine R 67%
UT State Senate-15 Margaret Dayton R 86%
UT State Senate-16 Curt Bramble R 65%
UT State Senate-17 Peter Knudson R 62%
UT State Senate-19 Allen Christensen R 67%
UT State Senate-20 Scott Jenkins R 68%
UT State Senate-24 Ralph Okerlund R 59%
UT State Senate-25 Lyle Hillyard R 63%
UT State Senate-26 Kevin Van Tassell R 52%
UT State Senate-27 David Hinkins R 71%
UT State Senate-28 Evan Vickers R 56%
UT State Senate-29 Stephen Urquhart R 64%
UT Auditor John Dougall R 88%
UT Commissioner-At-Large Kerry Gibson R 78%
Doug Aagard Other 71%
Sheryl Allen Other 61%
Trisha Beck Other 53%
Ron Bigelow Other 42%
Jackie Biskupski Other 17%
Laura Black Other 26%
D. Chris Buttars Other 65%
David Clark Other 60%
Stephen Clark Other 61%
Brad Daw Other 74%
Ben Ferry Other 71%
Julie Fisher Other 63%
Lorie Fowlke Other 69%
Craig Frank Other 71%
Kevin Garn Other 72%
Brent Goodfellow Other 42%
James Gowans Other 17%
Jon Greiner Other 71%
Neil Hansen Other 25%
Neal Hendrickson Other 33%
Christopher Herrod Other 83%
Kory Holdaway Other 56%
Fred Hunsaker Other 58%
Christine Johnson Other 16%
Sheldon Killpack Other 70%
Todd Kiser Other 61%
Dan Liljenquist Other 50%
David Litvack Other 22%
Steven Mascaro Other 67%
Scott McCoy Other 27%
Karen Morgan Other 41%
Michael Morley Other 94%
Carol Moss Other 28%
Merlynn Newbold Other 83%
Patrick Painter Other 76%
Phil Riesen Other 17%
Ross Romero Other 27%
Stephen Sandstrom Other 82%
F. Jay Seegmiller Other 56%
Dennis Stowell Other 68%
Kenneth Sumsion Other 95%
Michael Waddoups Other 86%
Brent Wallis Other 63%
Chris Watkins Other 28%
Carl Wimmer Other 94%
Bradley Winn Other 68%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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