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Rating Group: National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund

2000 Positions on Gun Rights

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State Office Name Party Rating
TN U.S. House - 9 Steve Cohen Democratic B+
TN State House - 84 Joe Towns, Jr. Democratic A
TN State House - 88 Larry Miller Democratic D
TN Secretary of State Tre Hargett Republican A
TN Comptroller of the Treasury Jason Mumpower Republican A
TN Commissioner Henri Brooks F
Joe Armstrong D
John Arriola C
Ben Atchley A
William Baird A
Mae Beavers A+
Harley Earnest Bittle A+
Diane Black B
Stratton Bone, Jr. A
Kathryn Bowers D
James Boyer A-
Rob Briley B-
Tommie Brown D
Frank Buck A
Dewayne Bunch A
Steven Buttry A
Marvin Gene Caldwell B+
Carolyn Jean Chumney C
William Clabough A
Ronnie Cole B
William Ralph Cole A
Barbara Cooper D
Jerry Cooper A-
Ward Crutchfield B+
Charles Curtiss A
Eugene Davidson A
David Davis A
Lincoln Davis B+
Ronnie Davis A
John DeBerry, Jr. C+
Lois Deberry C-
Bill Dunn A
Mary Ann Eckles C+
Dennis Ferguson A
Craig Fitzhugh A-
Stancil Ford A+
Joe Fowlkes C
George Fraley A
Tim Garrett A
Larry Givens A
Steve Godsey A
Mark Goins A
Jo Ann Graves A-
Jere Hargrove A
Beth Harwell A
Joe Haynes B
Tommy Head C+
Roy Herron B+
John Hood C
Sherry Jones C
Ulysses Jones, Jr. D
Joe Kent A
Mike Kernell D
Matthew Kisber A-
Rosalind Kurita C-
James Kyle, Jr. B
Edith Taylor Langster D
Doyle Lewis, Jr. A
Mark Maddox C
Joe McCord A
Steve McDaniel A
Michael McDonald C+
Bob McKee A
Kim McMillan B+
Richard Montgomery A
James Naifeh A
J. Chris Newton A
Gary Odom B
Robert Patton B
Paul Phelan A
Clarence Phillips A
Phillip Pinion A
William Clyde Pleasant A
Mary Pruitt D
Ron Ramsey A+
Shelby Rhinehart A
L. Don Ridgeway A
Randy Rinks B
Dennis Roach A
Bobby Sands A
Charles Sargent, Jr. A
Larry Scroggs A
Jack Sharp A
Arnold Stulce A
John Tidwell A
Harry Tindell A
Curry Todd A
Brenda Kaye Turner D
Larry Turner D
Raymond Walker A
Ben West, Jr. A+
B. Keith Westmoreland A-
John White A
Zane Whitson, Jr. A
John Wilder B+
State Office Name Party Rating
TN U.S. House - 9 Steve Cohen D B+
TN State House - 84 Joe Towns, Jr. D A
TN State House - 88 Larry Miller D D
TN Secretary of State Tre Hargett R A
TN Comptroller of the Treasury Jason Mumpower R A
TN Commissioner Henri Brooks F
Joe Armstrong D
John Arriola C
Ben Atchley A
William Baird A
Mae Beavers A+
Harley Earnest Bittle A+
Diane Black B
Stratton Bone, Jr. A
Kathryn Bowers D
James Boyer A-
Rob Briley B-
Tommie Brown D
Frank Buck A
Dewayne Bunch A
Steven Buttry A
Marvin Gene Caldwell B+
Carolyn Jean Chumney C
William Clabough A
Ronnie Cole B
William Ralph Cole A
Barbara Cooper D
Jerry Cooper A-
Ward Crutchfield B+
Charles Curtiss A
Eugene Davidson A
David Davis A
Lincoln Davis B+
Ronnie Davis A
John DeBerry, Jr. C+
Lois Deberry C-
Bill Dunn A
Mary Ann Eckles C+
Dennis Ferguson A
Craig Fitzhugh A-
Stancil Ford A+
Joe Fowlkes C
George Fraley A
Tim Garrett A
Larry Givens A
Steve Godsey A
Mark Goins A
Jo Ann Graves A-
Jere Hargrove A
Beth Harwell A
Joe Haynes B
Tommy Head C+
Roy Herron B+
John Hood C
Sherry Jones C
Ulysses Jones, Jr. D
Joe Kent A
Mike Kernell D
Matthew Kisber A-
Rosalind Kurita C-
James Kyle, Jr. B
Edith Taylor Langster D
Doyle Lewis, Jr. A
Mark Maddox C
Joe McCord A
Steve McDaniel A
Michael McDonald C+
Bob McKee A
Kim McMillan B+
Richard Montgomery A
James Naifeh A
J. Chris Newton A
Gary Odom B
Robert Patton B
Paul Phelan A
Clarence Phillips A
Phillip Pinion A
William Clyde Pleasant A
Mary Pruitt D
Ron Ramsey A+
Shelby Rhinehart A
L. Don Ridgeway A
Randy Rinks B
Dennis Roach A
Bobby Sands A
Charles Sargent, Jr. A
Larry Scroggs A
Jack Sharp A
Arnold Stulce A
John Tidwell A
Harry Tindell A
Curry Todd A
Brenda Kaye Turner D
Larry Turner D
Raymond Walker A
Ben West, Jr. A+
B. Keith Westmoreland A-
John White A
Zane Whitson, Jr. A
John Wilder B+
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