Rating Group: Virginia FREE

2009 Effectiveness Score

State Office Name Party Rating
VA U.S. House-5 Robert Hurt R 67
VA U.S. House-9 Morgan Griffith R 77
VA State House-1 Terry Kilgore R 81
VA State House-4 Joseph Johnson, Jr. D 58
VA State House-6 Anne Crockett-Stark R 52
VA State House-9 Charles Poindexter R 51
VA State House-11 Onzlee Ware D 58
VA State House-13 Bob Marshall R 43
VA State House-15 C. Todd Gilbert R 58
VA State House-16 Donald Merricks R 57
VA State House-19 Lacey Putney I 86
VA State House-22 Kathy Byron R 69
VA State House-24 Benjamin Cline R 59
VA State House-25 Steve Landes R 70
VA State House-28 William Howell R 81
VA State House-29 Beverly Sherwood R 69
VA State House-30 Edward Scott R 69
VA State House-31 L. Scott Lingamfelter R 60
VA State House-33 Joe May R 75
VA State House-36 Ken Plum D 59
VA State House-37 David Bulova D 55
VA State House-39 Vivian Watts D 62
VA State House-40 Tim Hugo R 68
VA State House-42 David Albo R 78
VA State House-43 Mark Sickles D 61
VA State House-46 Charniele Herring D 37
VA State House-48 Robert Brink D 55
VA State House-50 Jackson Miller R 58
VA State House-53 James Scott D 59
VA State House-54 Bobby Orrock, Sr. R 71
VA State House-57 David Toscano D 57
VA State House-58 Robert Bell III R 62
VA State House-61 Thomas Wright, Jr. R 50
VA State House-62 Riley Ingram R 71
VA State House-63 Rosalyn Dance D 48
VA State House-65 Lee Ware, Jr. R 75
VA State House-66 Kirk Cox R 80
VA State House-68 Manoli Loupassi R 60
VA State House-70 Delores McQuinn D 46
VA State House-71 Jennifer McClellan D 71
VA State House-72 Jimmie Massie III R 57
VA State House-73 John O'Bannon III R 71
VA State House-74 Joe Morrissey D 46
VA State House-75 Roslyn Tyler D 45
VA State House-76 Chris Jones R 78
VA State House-77 Lionell Spruill, Sr. D 51
VA State House-78 John Cosgrove, Jr. R 72
VA State House-79 Johnny Joannou D 67
VA State House-81 Barry Knight R 54
VA State House-82 Bob Purkey R 69
VA State House-84 Salvatore Iaquinto R 60
VA State House-85 Robert Tata R 64
VA State House-86 Thomas Rust R 75
VA State House-88 Mark Cole R 53
VA State House-90 Algie Howell, Jr. D 48
VA State House-92 Jeion Ward D 48
VA State House-95 Mamye BaCote D 46
VA State House-96 Brenda Pogge R 49
VA State House-97 Chris Peace R 66
VA State House-100 Lynwood Lewis, Jr. D 69
VA State Senate-1 John Miller D 59
VA State Senate-2 Mamie Locke D 58
VA State Senate-3 Thomas Norment, Jr. R 81
VA State Senate-4 Ryan McDougle R 61
VA State Senate-5 Kenny Alexander D 58
VA State Senate-6 Ralph Northam D 68
VA State Senate-7 Frank Wagner R 78
VA State Senate-9 Aston McEachin D 63
VA State Senate-10 John Watkins R 79
VA State Senate-11 Stephen Martin R 52
VA State Senate-12 Walter Stosch R 82
VA State Senate-14 Harry Blevins R 66
VA State Senate-15 Frank Ruff, Jr. R 61
VA State Senate-16 Henry Marsh III D 52
VA State Senate-18 Louise Lucas D 58
VA State Senate-19 Ralph Smith R 44
VA State Senate-23 Stephen Newman R 63
VA State Senate-24 Emmett Hanger, Jr. R 68
VA State Senate-25 Creigh Deeds D 64
VA State Senate-26 Mark Obenshain R 64
VA State Senate-27 Jill Vogel R 59
VA State Senate-28 Richard Stuart R 58
VA State Senate-29 Charles Colgan, Sr. D 86
VA State Senate-30 Adam Ebbin D 44
VA State Senate-32 Janet Howell D 70
VA State Senate-33 Mark Herring D 63
VA State Senate-34 Chap Petersen D 58
VA State Senate-35 Dick Saslaw D 86
VA State Senate-36 Toddy Puller D 60
VA State Senate-37 David Marsden D 55
VA State Senate-38 Phillip Puckett D 70
VA State Senate-39 George Barker D 50
VA State Senate-40 Charles Carrico, Sr. R 59
VA Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II R 57
Watkins Abbitt, Jr. Other 59
Kristen Amundson Other 55
Ward Armstrong Other 77
Clifford Athey, Jr. Other 66
William Barlow Other 54
David Bouchard Other 49
Daniel Bowling Other 48
Charles Caputo Other 57
John Edwards Other 62
Albert Eisenberg Other 36
David Englin Other 44
William Fralin, Jr. Other 67
Jeffrey Frederick Other 35
Thomas Gear Other 45
Franklin Hall Other 67
Phillip Hamilton Other 83
Frank Hargrove, Sr. Other 67
Clarke Hogan Other 67
Edd Houck Other 78
Robert Hull Other 54
Bill Janis Other 65
Matthew Lohr Other 62
Daniel Marshall III Other 68
Robert Mathieson Other 53
Kenneth Melvin Other 73
Paula Miller Other 54
Yvonne Miller Other 53
Harvey Morgan Other 62
Paul Nichols Other 48
Samuel Nixon, Jr. Other 84
Dave Nutter Other 63
Glenn Oder Other 73
Clarence Phillips Other 61
David Poisson Other 54
Albert Pollard, Jr. Other 58
Frederick Quayle Other 65
William Reynolds Other 60
Christopher Saxman Other 69
Stephen Shannon Other 71
James Shuler Other 63
Kenneth Stolle Other 80
Patricia Ticer Other 57
Shannon Valentine Other 61
Margaret Vanderhye Other 55
William Wampler, Jr. Other 82
Mary Margaret Whipple Other 70

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