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Special Interest Groups

Rating Group: PawPAC

2011 Positions on Animal Protection

State Office District Name Party Rating
CA State Assembly 35 Katcho Achadjian Republican D
CA State Assembly 30 Luis Alejo Democratic C
Michael Allen A
Elaine Alquist A
CA State Assembly 17 Tom Ammiano Democratic A
CA State Senate 36 Joel Anderson Republican F
CA State Assembly 78 Toni Atkins Democratic A
CA State Senate 15 James Beall, Jr. Democratic A
Bill Berryhill D
CA State Senate 14 Thomas Berryhill Republican D
Sam Blakeslee A-
CA State Senate 39 Martin Block Democratic A
CA State Assembly 45 Bob Blumenfield Democratic A
CA State Assembly 14 Susan Bonilla Democratic C
CA State Assembly 62 Steven Bradford Democratic A-
CA Governor Jerry Brown, Jr. Democratic B
CA U.S. House 26 Julia Brownley Democratic A
CA State Assembly 16 Joan Buchanan Democratic C
Betsy Butler A
Charles Calderon D
CA State Senate 30 Ron Calderon Democratic A-
CA State Assembly 27 Nora Campos Democratic A
CA State Senate 12 Anthony Cannella Republican F
Amina Carter B
Gilbert Cedillo A
CA State Assembly 2 Wesley Chesbro Democratic B
CA State Assembly 26 Connie Conway Republican F
CA U.S. House 8 Paul Cook Republican F
CA State Senate 10 Ellen Corbett Democratic A
CA State Senate 34 Lou Correa Democratic D
Mike Davis A
CA State Senate 22 Kevin de Leon Democratic A-
CA State Senate 7 Mark DeSaulnier Democratic A
CA State Assembly 7 Roger Dickinson Democratic A
CA State Assembly 33 Tim Donnelly Republican F
Robert Dutton D
CA State Senate 23 Bill Emmerson Republican D
Mike Eng A-
CA State Senate 2 Noreen Evans Democratic A-
Mike Feuer A
Nathan Fletcher C
CA State Assembly 28 Paul Fong Democratic A
CA Council Member 7 Felipe Fuentes Democratic A-
CA State Senate 18 Jean Fuller Republican F
Warren Furutani A
CA State Assembly 6 Beth Gaines Republican D
CA State Senate 1 Ted Gaines Republican D
CA State Senate 5 Cathleen Galgiani Democratic A
Martin Garrick F
CA State Assembly 43 Mike Gatto Democratic A-
CA State Assembly 24 Richard Gordon Democratic A
CA State Assembly 34 Shannon Grove Republican F
CA State Assembly 55 Curt Hagman Republican F
Linda Halderman F
CA State Assembly 64 Isadore Hall III Democratic F
CA State Senate 9 Loni Hancock Democratic A-
CA State Assembly 73 Diane Harkey Republican F
Tom Harman C
Mary Hayashi A
CA State Senate 24 Edward Hernandez Democratic A-
CA State Assembly 48 Roger Hernandez Democratic C
CA State Senate 13 Gerald Hill Democratic A
Alyson Huber A-
CA State Senate 40 Ben Hueso Democratic A
CA State Senate 29 Robert Huff Republican F
CA U.S. House 2 Jared Huffman Democratic A-
Kevin Jeffries F
CA State Assembly 71 Brian Jones Republican D
Christine Kehoe A
CA State Senate 21 Stephen Knight Republican F
CA U.S. House 1 Doug LaMalfa Republican D
CA State Senate 33 Ricardo Lara Democratic A-
CA State Senate 11 Mark Leno Democratic A
CA State Senate 28 Ted Lieu Democratic A-
CA State Senate 25 Carol Liu Democratic A
CA State Assembly 3 Dan Logue Republican D
CA U.S. House 47 Alan Lowenthal Democratic A
CA State Assembly 70 Bonnie Lowenthal Democratic A-
Fiona Ma A-
CA State Assembly 74 Allan Mansoor Republican F
Tony Mendoza A
Jeff Miller F
CA State Assembly 54 Holly Mitchell Democratic A-
CA State Senate 17 Bill Monning Democratic A
CA State Assembly 40 Mike Morrell Republican D
CA U.S. House 35 Gloria Negrete McLeod Democratic D
CA State Assembly 42 Brian Nestande Republican D
CA State Senate 4 Jim Nielsen Republican F
Chris Norby F
CA State Assembly 12 Kristin Olsen Republican F
CA State Senate 20 Alex Padilla Democratic A-
CA State Assembly 9 Richard Pan Democratic A
CA State Senate 27 Fran Pavley Democratic A
CA State Assembly 31 Henry Perea Democratic A-
CA State Assembly 53 John Pérez Democratic A
CA State Assembly 56 V. Pérez Democratic B
Anthony Portantino, Jr. A
CA State Senate 26 Curren Price, Jr. Democratic A-
Michael Rubio A-
Sharon Runner F
Jim Silva F
Saren Simitian A
CA State Assembly 15 Nancy Skinner Democratic A
Cameron Smyth C
Jose Solorio A
CA State Senate 6 Darrell Steinberg Democratic A
Tony Strickland B
Sandré Swanson A
CA State Senate 32 Norma Torres Democratic D
CA U.S. House 21 David Valadao Republican F
CA U.S. House 51 Juan Vargas Democratic A-
CA State Assembly 68 Don Wagner Republican F
CA State Senate 37 Mimi Walters Republican D
CA State Assembly 25 Bob Wieckowski Democratic A
CA State Assembly 37 Das Williams Democratic A
CA State Senate 3 Lois Wolk Democratic A
CA State Senate 35 Roderick Wright Democratic B
CA State Senate 38 Mark Wyland Republican B
CA State Assembly 4 Mariko Yamada Democratic A
CA State Senate 8 Leland Yee Democratic A-

How to Interpret these Evaluations

Keep in mind that ratings done by special interest groups often do not represent a non-partisan stance. In addition, some groups select votes that tend to favor members of one political party over another, rather than choosing votes based solely on issues concerns. Nevertheless, they can be invaluable in showing where an incumbent has stood on a series of votes in the past one or two years, especially when ratings by groups on all sides of an issue are compared. Website links, if available, and descriptions of the organizations offering performance evaluations are accessible by clicking on the name of the group.

Most performance evaluations are displayed in a percentage format. However, some organizations present their ratings in the form of a letter grade or endorsement based on voting records, interviews, survey results and/or sources of campaign funding. For consistency and ease in understanding, Project Vote Smart converts all scores into a percentage when possible. Please visit the group's website or call 1-888-VOTESMART for more specific information.

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