Rating Group: Colorado Union of Taxpayers

2005 Positions

Issues: Budget, Spending and Taxes
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
CO U.S. House-5 Doug Lamborn R 83%
CO State Senate-12 Bill Cadman R 96%
CO State Senate-15 Kevin Lundberg R 88%
CO State Senate-20 Cheri Jahn D 4%
CO State Senate-22 Andy Kerr D 58%
CO State Senate-24 Lois Tochtrop D 8%
CO State Senate-25 Mary Hodge D 12%
CO State Senate-27 David Balmer R 79%
CO State Senate-28 Nancy Todd D 4%
CO State Senate-29 Morgan Carroll D 4%
CO State Senate-30 Ted Harvey R 78%
CO Insurance Commissioner James Riesberg D 0%
CO Council Member-At-Large Susan Shepherd D 4%
CO Council Member Susan Shepherd Other 4%
CO Commissioner-2 Steve Johnson Other 38%
Bob Bacon Other 0%
Debbie Benefield Other 8%
William Berens Other 32%
Alice Borodkin Other 12%
Bernie Buescher Other 0%
Dorothy Butcher Other 8%
Terrance Carroll Other 8%
Michael Cerbo Other 4%
Lauri Clapp Other 68%
Mark Alan Cloer Other 58%
Fran Coleman Other 8%
Bill Crane Other 76%
Kathleen Curry Other 4%
Richard Decker Other 68%
F. Jim Dyer Other 60%
Lewis Entz Other 33%
John Evans Other 67%
Joan Fitz-Gerald Other 0%
K. Jerry Frangas Other 4%
Rafael Lorenzo Gallegos Other 17%
Michael Garcia Other 16%
Kenneth Marshall Gordon Other 4%
Gwyn Green Other 13%
Peter Groff Other 13%
Daniel Grossman Other 4%
Bob Hagedorn Other 13%
Dale Hall Other 48%
Lynn Christian Hefley Other 70%
Diane Hoppe Other 46%
James Isgar Other 0%
Ed Jones Other 75%
Joel Judd Other 4%
Maryanne Keller Other 8%
James Kerr Other 58%
Kenneth Kester Other 18%
Keith King Other 84%
Matthew Knoedler Other 76%
Mark Larson Other 13%
Gary Lindstrom Other 8%
Larry Liston Other 54%
Alice Madden Other 0%
Rosemary Marshall Other 8%
Thomas Massey, Jr. Other 40%
Michael May Other 74%
Ronny May Other 75%
Bob McCluskey, Jr. Other 40%
Andrew McElhany Other 83%
Liane McFadyen Other 4%
Anne McGihon Other 4%
Wes McKinley Other 28%
Michael Merrifield Other 4%
Shawn Mitchell Other 63%
David Owen Other 52%
Angie Paccione Other 16%
Joshua Penry Other 64%
Tom Plant Other 0%
John Pommer Other 4%
Ann Ragsdale Other 20%
Andrew Romanoff Other 8%
Raymond Rose Other 61%
David Schultheis Other 92%
Brandon Shaffer Other 4%
Judy Solano Other 4%
John Soper Other 12%
Nancy Spence Other 52%
Debbie Stafford Other 52%
Joseph Stengel, Jr. Other 60%
James Sullivan Other 43%
Stephanie Takis Other 4%
Abel Tapia Other 8%
Jack Taylor Other 42%
Ronald Teck Other 44%
Ron Tupa Other 0%
Jennifer Veiga Other 4%
Valentin Vigil Other 4%
Paul Weissmann Other 24%
James Welker Other 80%
Albert White Other 29%
Tom Wiens Other 58%
Suzanne Williams Other 4%
Sue Windels Other 0%
Robert Witwer Other 68%

How to Interpret these Evaluations

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