Rating Group: Illinois AFL-CIO

2009 Lifetime Score

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
IL U.S. Senate-Sr Dick Durbin D 97%
IL U.S. Senate-Jr Mark Kirk R 22%
IL U.S. House-1 Bobby Rush D 98%
IL U.S. House-3 Daniel Lipinski D 96%
IL U.S. House-4 Luis Gutierrez D 99%
IL U.S. House-6 Peter Roskam R 12%
IL U.S. House-7 Danny Davis D 97%
IL U.S. House-9 Jan Schakowsky D 100%
IL U.S. House-11 Bill Foster D 92%
IL U.S. House-14 Randy Hultgren R 17%
IL U.S. House-15 John Shimkus R 20%
IL U.S. House-18 Aaron Schock R 10%
IL State House-1 Daniel Burke D 93%
IL State House-2 Edward Acevedo D 96%
IL State House-3 Luis Arroyo D 98%
IL State House-4 Cynthia Soto D 98%
IL State House-5 Kenneth Dunkin D 86%
IL State House-6 Esther Golar D 98%
IL State House-8 La Shawn Ford D 98%
IL State House-12 Sara Feigenholtz D 97%
IL State House-13 Greg Harris D 98%
IL State House-15 John D'Amico D 89%
IL State House-16 Louis Lang D 97%
IL State House-20 Michael McAuliffe R 64%
IL State House-22 Michael Madigan D 91%
IL State House-23 Michael Zalewski D 68%
IL State House-24 Elizabeth Hernandez D 96%
IL State House-25 Barbara Currie D 95%
IL State House-27 Monique Davis D 94%
IL State House-28 Robert Rita D 97%
IL State House-30 William Davis D 95%
IL State House-31 Mary Flowers D 95%
IL State House-32 André Thapedi D 95%
IL State House-37 Renée Kosel R 27%
IL State House-38 Al Riley D 96%
IL State House-39 Maria Berrios D 98%
IL State House-40 Deborah Mell D 75%
IL State House-41 Darlene Senger R 39%
IL State House-43 Keith Farnham D 55%
IL State House-44 Fred Crespo D 78%
IL State House-45 Dennis Reboletti R 37%
IL State House-47 Patricia Bellock R 18%
IL State House-48 Sandra Pihos R 20%
IL State House-49 Mike Fortner R 28%
IL State House-50 Kay Hatcher R 5%
IL State House-51 Ed Sullivan, Jr. R 21%
IL State House-57 Elaine Nekritz D 96%
IL State House-61 JoAnn Osmond R 25%
IL State House-63 Jack Franks D 82%
IL State House-65 Timothy Schmitz R 26%
IL State House-66 Michael Tryon R 21%
IL State House-67 Charles Jefferson D 97%
IL State House-70 Robert Pritchard R 32%
IL State House-72 Patrick Verschoore D 88%
IL State House-73 David Leitch R 20%
IL State House-74 Don Moffitt R 59%
IL State House-76 Frank Mautino D 87%
IL State House-80 Anthony DeLuca D 95%
IL State House-82 James Durkin R 33%
IL State House-83 Linda Chapa LaVia D 90%
IL State House-85 Emily McAsey D 55%
IL State House-87 Rich Brauer R 35%
IL State House-88 Keith Sommer R 13%
IL State House-89 Jim Sacia R 20%
IL State House-92 Jehan Gordon-Booth D 55%
IL State House-94 Jil Tracy R 43%
IL State House-97 Tom Cross R 28%
IL State House-99 Raymond Poe R 37%
IL State House-101 Bill Mitchell R 53%
IL State House-103 Naomi Jakobsson D 93%
IL State House-105 Daniel Brady R 30%
IL State House-107 John Cavaletto R 40%
IL State House-109 David Reis R 24%
IL State House-111 Daniel Beiser D 83%
IL State House-113 Jay Hoffman D 92%
IL State House-114 Eddie Jackson, Sr. D 100%
IL State House-115 Mike Bost R 38%
IL State House-117 John Bradley D 77%
IL State House-118 Brandon Phelps D 85%
IL State Senate-1 Antonio Munoz D 90%
IL State Senate-2 William Delgado D 98%
IL State Senate-3 Mattie Hunter D 97%
IL State Senate-4 Kimberly Lightford D 94%
IL State Senate-6 John Cullerton D 92%
IL State Senate-7 Heather Steans D 95%
IL State Senate-8 Ira Silverstein D 93%
IL State Senate-11 Martin Sandoval D 87%
IL State Senate-13 Kwame Raoul D 93%
IL State Senate-16 Jacqui Collins D 92%
IL State Senate-17 Donne Trotter D 93%
IL State Senate-20 Iris Martinez D 96%
IL State Senate-21 Michael Connelly R 5%
IL State Senate-22 Michael Noland D 100%
IL State Senate-24 Kirk Dillard R 28%
IL State Senate-26 Dan Duffy R 20%
IL State Senate-27 Matt Murphy R 35%
IL State Senate-28 Daniel Kotowski D 86%
IL State Senate-30 Terry Link D 96%
IL State Senate-32 Pamela Althoff R 34%
IL State Senate-35 Dave Syverson R 21%
IL State Senate-36 Michael Jacobs D 85%
IL State Senate-39 Don Harmon D 98%
IL State Senate-40 Toi Hutchinson D 95%
IL State Senate-41 Christine Radogno R 33%
IL State Senate-42 Linda Holmes D 88%
IL State Senate-44 William Brady, Jr. R 25%
IL State Senate-45 Tim Bivins R 40%
IL State Senate-46 David Koehler D 93%
IL State Senate-47 John Sullivan D 80%
IL State Senate-51 Chapin Rose R 29%
IL State Senate-52 Michael Frerichs D 93%
IL State Senate-54 Kyle McCarter R 15%
IL State Senate-55 Dale Righter R 24%
IL State Senate-56 William Haine D 86%
IL State Senate-57 James Clayborne II D 95%
IL State Senate-58 David Luechtefeld R 27%
IL State Senate-59 Gary Forby D 94%
IL Supervisor-At-Large M. Maggie Crotty D 93%
IL Supervisor-At-Large Al Riley D 96%
IL Alderman-Ward 4 William Burns Other 95%
IL Alderman-Ward 29 Deborah Graham D 98%
IL Alderman-Ward 48 Harry Osterman D 97%
IL Commissioner-12 John Fritchey D 91%
IL Treasurer Dan Rutherford R 34%
IL Chairman-At-Large Dan Cronin R 25%
NA President Barack Obama II D 94%
Suzanne Bassi Other 21%
Melissa Bean Other 78%
Mark Beaubien, Jr. Other 31%
Judy Biggert Other 14%
Robert Biggins Other 25%
William Black Other 29%
Michael Boland Other 88%
Larry Bomke Other 48%
Michael Bond Other 68%
James Brosnahan Other 88%
J. Burzynski Other 21%
Franco Coladipietro Other 29%
Sandy Cole Other 30%
Annazette Collins Other 87%
Marlow Colvin Other 98%
Jerry Costello Other 92%
Elizabeth Coulson Other 39%
Shane Cultra Other 8%
Gary Dahl Other 24%
James DeLeo Other 92%
Deanna Demuzio Other 92%
Lisa Dugan Other 77%
Roger Eddy Other 16%
Robert Flider Other 96%
Paul Froehlich Other 44%
Susan Garrett Other 75%
Careen Gordon Other 73%
Debbie Halvorson Other 92%
Julie Hamos Other 97%
Elizabeth Hannig Other 95%
Phil Hare Other 100%
Rickey Hendon Other 99%
Thomas Holbrook Other 89%
Constance Howard Other 97%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. Other 100%
Tim Johnson Other 41%
John Jones Other 33%
Kevin Joyce Other 85%
Christopher Lauzen Other 14%
Joseph Lyons Other 93%
Edward Maloney Other 92%
Don Manzullo Other 5%
Sidney Mathias Other 45%
Karen May Other 87%
Kevin McCarthy Other 88%
John McGuire Other 97%
James Meeks Other 83%
Susana Mendoza Other 97%
David Miller Other 94%
John Millner Other 28%
Gerald Mitchell Other 28%
Rosemary Mulligan Other 37%
Richard Myers Other 25%
Carole Pankau Other 23%
Randy Ramey, Jr. Other 22%
Dan Reitz Other 89%
Dale Risinger Other 27%
Kathleen Ryg Other 95%
Skip Saviano Other 61%
Jeffrey Schoenberg Other 87%
Michael Smith Other 96%
Ron Stephens Other 30%
Arthur Turner Other 93%
Louis Viverito Other 83%
Ronald Wait Other 25%
Mark Walker Other 55%
Eddie Washington Other 90%
James Watson Other 34%
A.J. Wilhelmi Other 92%
David Winters Other 21%
Karen Yarbrough Other 93%

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