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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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NJ | U.S. House - 2 | Jeff Van Drew | Republican | 63 |
NJ | U.S. House - 7 | Tom Kean, Jr. | Republican | 67 |
NJ | U.S. House - 12 | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Assembly - 6 | Lou Greenwald | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Assembly - 6 | Pamela Lampitt | Democratic | 50 |
NJ | State Assembly - 7 | Herb Conaway, Jr. | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Assembly - 9 | Brian Rumpf | Republican | 88 |
NJ | State Assembly - 30 | Sean Kean | Republican | 88 |
NJ | State Assembly - 36 | Gary Schaer | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Senate - 3 | John Burzichelli | Democratic | 50 |
NJ | State Senate - 4 | Paul Moriarty | Democratic | 63 |
NJ | State Senate - 5 | Nilsa Cruz-Perez | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Senate - 10 | Jim Holzapfel | Republican | 88 |
NJ | State Senate - 14 | Linda Greenstein | Democratic | 57 |
NJ | State Senate - 15 | Shirley Turner | Democratic | 17 |
NJ | State Senate - 17 | Bob Smith | Democratic | 0 |
NJ | State Senate - 18 | Patrick Diegnan, Jr. | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Senate - 19 | Joseph Vitale | Democratic | 0 |
NJ | State Senate - 20 | Joe Cryan | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Senate - 21 | Jon Bramnick | Republican | 88 |
NJ | State Senate - 22 | Nicholas Scutari | Democratic | 0 |
NJ | State Senate - 26 | Joseph Pennacchio | Republican | 88 |
NJ | State Senate - 27 | John McKeon | Democratic | 25 |
NJ | State Senate - 30 | Robert Singer | Republican | 67 |
NJ | State Senate - 32 | Nicholas Sacco | Democratic | 0 |
NJ | State Senate - 33 | Brian Stack | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Senate - 35 | Nelida Pou | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | State Senate - 36 | Paul Sarlo | Democratic | 17 |
NJ | State Senate - 37 | Gordon Johnson | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Dave Mayer | 63 | |
NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Brian Stack | 38 | |
NJ | Mayor | Reed Gusciora | 43 | |
NJ | Mayor | Joseph Vas | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | Public Utilities Commissioner | Robert Gordon | Democratic | 38 |
NJ | Secretary of Agriculture | Douglas Fisher | Democratic | 57 |
NJ | Commissioner - At-Large | Joan Voss | 38 | |
John Adler | 0 | |||
Nelson Albano | 71 | |||
Diane Allen | 67 | |||
Nicholas Asselta | 50 | |||
Martha Bark | 80 | |||
Peter Barnes III | 38 | |||
Bill Baroni | 75 | |||
Christopher Bateman | 100 | |||
Jennifer Beck | 88 | |||
Pete Biondi | 88 | |||
Francis Blee | 63 | |||
Francis Bodine | 86 | |||
Wayne Bryant | 0 | |||
Anthony Bucco | 83 | |||
Barbara Buono | 0 | |||
Wilfredo Caraballo | 38 | |||
Gerald Cardinale | 100 | |||
Michael Carroll | 71 | |||
Larry Chatzidakis | 60 | |||
Upendra Chivukula | 38 | |||
Andrew Ciesla | 83 | |||
Richard Codey | 0 | |||
Neil Cohen | 38 | |||
Joseph Coniglio | 0 | |||
Jack Conners | 38 | |||
Christopher Connors | 86 | |||
Leonard Connors, Jr. | 83 | |||
Steven Corodemus | 100 | |||
Ronald Dancer | 75 | |||
Alex DeCroce | 88 | |||
Michael Doherty | 88 | |||
Joseph Doria, Jr. | 0 | |||
Joseph Egan | 38 | |||
Charles Epps, Jr. | 38 | |||
Thomas Giblin, Sr. | 38 | |||
Nia Gill | 0 | |||
John Girgenti | 0 | |||
William Gormley | 60 | |||
Jerry Green | 38 | |||
Guy Gregg | 88 | |||
Mims Hackett, Jr. | 38 | |||
Amy Handlin | 88 | |||
Peter Inverso | 83 | |||
Sharpe James | 0 | |||
Ellen Karcher | 0 | |||
Marcia Karrow | 88 | |||
Walter Kavanaugh | 80 | |||
Bernard Kenny, Jr. | 0 | |||
Joe Kyrillos, Jr. | 80 | |||
Leonard Lance | 67 | |||
Raymond Lesniak | 0 | |||
Robert Littell | 75 | |||
Fred Madden, Jr. | 17 | |||
Joseph Malone III | 75 | |||
Louis Manzo | 43 | |||
Robert Martin | 67 | |||
Alison McHose | 88 | |||
Henry McNamara | 80 | |||
Richard Merkt | 75 | |||
Eric Munoz | 88 | |||
Kevin O'Toole | 88 | |||
Sheila Oliver | 38 | |||
Joseph Palaia | 80 | |||
Michael Panter | 63 |