Rating Group: Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California

2008 Positions

Issues: Abortion
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House-2 Jared Huffman D 100%
CA U.S. House-8 Paul Cook R 27%
CA U.S. House-26 Julia Brownley D 100%
CA U.S. House-35 Gloria Negrete McLeod D 82%
CA U.S. House-37 Karen Bass D 100%
CA U.S. House-47 Alan Lowenthal D 100%
CA State Senate-1 Ted Gaines R 18%
CA State Senate-2 Noreen Evans D 100%
CA State Senate-3 Lois Wolk D 100%
CA State Senate-5 Cathleen Galgiani D 91%
CA State Senate-6 Darrell Steinberg D 100%
CA State Senate-7 Mark DeSaulnier D 100%
CA State Senate-8 Leland Yee D 100%
CA State Senate-9 Loni Hancock D 100%
CA State Senate-10 Ellen Corbett D 100%
CA State Senate-11 Mark Leno D 100%
CA State Senate-14 Thomas Berryhill R 20%
CA State Senate-15 James Beall, Jr. D 100%
CA State Senate-18 Jean Fuller R 18%
CA State Senate-20 Alex Padilla D 100%
CA State Senate-22 Kevin de Leon D 100%
CA State Senate-23 Bill Emmerson R 18%
CA State Senate-24 Edward Hernandez D 100%
CA State Senate-26 Curren Price, Jr. D 100%
CA State Senate-28 Ted Lieu D 100%
CA State Senate-29 Robert Huff R 18%
CA State Senate-30 Ron Calderon D 100%
CA State Senate-34 Lou Correa D 73%
CA State Senate-36 Joel Anderson R 9%
CA State Senate-37 Mimi Walters R 18%
CA State Senate-38 Mark Wyland R 18%
CA Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones D 100%
CA Supervisor-4 John Benoit Other 18%
CA Council Member-2 Paul Krekorian D 100%
CA Council Member-7 Felipe Fuentes D 100%
CA Councilmember-At-Large David Cogdill R 18%
Samuel Aanestad Other 27%
Anthony Adams Other 18%
Elaine Alquist Other 100%
Juan Arambula Other 91%
Roy Ashburn Other 18%
Sam Blakeslee Other 27%
Anna Caballero Other 100%
Charles Calderon Other 89%
Amina Carter Other 91%
Gilbert Cedillo Other 100%
Joe Coto Other 100%
Dave Cox Other 18%
Mike Davis Other 100%
Hector De La Torre Other 100%
Charles DeVore Other 18%
Robert Dutton Other 18%
Michael Duvall Other 18%
Mike Eng Other 100%
Mike Feuer Other 100%
Dean Florez Other 80%
Warren Furutani Other 100%
Martin Garrick Other 18%
Tom Harman Other 18%
Mary Hayashi Other 100%
Dennis Hollingsworth Other 18%
Kevin Jeffries Other 18%
Christine Kehoe Other 100%
Fiona Ma Other 100%
Abel Maldonado Other 45%
Tony Mendoza Other 91%
Pedro Nava Other 100%
Roger Niello Other 18%
Jenny Oropeza Other 100%
Anthony Portantino, Jr. Other 100%
Gloria Romero Other 100%
George Runner, Jr. Other 20%
Ira Ruskin Other 100%
Mary Salas Other 100%
Lori Saldaña Other 100%
Jim Silva Other 18%
Saren Simitian Other 100%
Cameron Smyth Other 27%
Jose Solorio Other 91%
Audra Strickland Other 18%
Sandré Swanson Other 100%
Alberto Torrico Other 100%
Van Tran Other 27%
Mike Villines Other 9%
Patricia Wiggins Other 100%

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