Rating Group: North Dakota AFL-CIO

1999 Positions

Issues: Labor Unions
State Office Name Party Rating
ND State House-3 Andrew Maragos R 75%
ND State House-4 Glen Froseth R 15%
ND State House-8 Jeff Delzer R 15%
ND State House-10 David Monson R 17%
ND State House-11 Scot Kelsh D-NPL 85%
ND State House-13 Kim Koppelman R 25%
ND State House-14 Jon Nelson R 15%
ND State House-14 Robin Weisz R 18%
ND State House-15 Dennis Johnson R 15%
ND State House-18 Eliot Glassheim D-NPL 85%
ND State House-22 Wesley Belter R 23%
ND State House-23 Bill Devlin R 15%
ND State House-26 Jerome Kelsh D-NPL 100%
ND State House-28 Michael Don Brandenburg R 15%
ND State House-29 Chet Pollert R 17%
ND State House-34 Todd Porter R 15%
ND State House-35 Bob Martinson R 46%
ND State House-37 Nancy Johnson R 15%
ND State House-39 David Drovdal R 15%
ND State House-39 Keith Kempenich R 17%
ND State House-40 Matthew Klein R 15%
ND State House-41 Al Carlson R 8%
ND State House-41 Bette Grande R 15%
ND State House-43 Lois Delmore D-NPL 77%
ND State House-44 Blair Thoreson R 15%
ND State House-46 Kathy Hawken R 33%
ND State House-47 George Keiser R 15%
ND State House-47 Lawrence Klemin R 23%
ND State Senate-1 Stanley Lyson R 44%
ND State Senate-2 John Andrist R 33%
ND State Senate-4 John Warner D-NPL 69%
ND State Senate-6 David O'Connell D-NPL 100%
ND State Senate-11 Tim Mathern D-NPL 100%
ND State Senate-13 Judy Lee R 44%
ND State Senate-14 Jerry Klein R 44%
ND State Senate-17 Ray Holmberg R 56%
ND State Senate-21 Carolyn Nelson D-NPL 100%
ND State Senate-24 Larry Robinson D-NPL 89%
ND State Senate-29 Terry Wanzek R 25%
ND State Senate-30 Ron Carlisle R 15%
ND State Senate-34 Dwight Cook R 44%
ND State Senate-37 Rich Wardner R 44%
ND State Senate-39 Bill Bowman R 22%
ND State Senate-40 Karen Krebsbach R 44%
ND State Senate-41 Tony Grindberg R 33%
ND State Senate-44 Tim Flakoll R 33%
ND State Senate-47 Ralph Kilzer R 44%
ND Public Service Commissioner Randel Christmann R 33%
ND Commissioner-At-Large Merle Boucher D-NPL 91%
Ole Aarsvold Other 92%
Dennis Bercier Other 100%
Rick Berg Other 15%
LeRoy Bernstein Other 23%
James Boehm Other 23%
Curtis Brekke Other 8%
Thomas Brusegaard Other 8%
Rex Byerly Other 15%
Byron Clark Other 15%
Audrey Cleary Other 92%
Duane Lee DeKrey Other 17%
Rachael Disrud Other 38%
Bruce Eckre Other 54%
Mary Ekstrom Other 69%
April Fairfield Other 85%
Tom Fischer Other 25%
Layton Freborg Other 33%
Rod Froelich Other 64%
Pat Galvin Other 23%
Michael Grosz Other 15%
Howard Grumbo Other 85%
Pam Gulleson Other 85%
G. Jane Gunter Other 23%
C.B. Haas Other 23%
Lyle Hanson Other 77%
Joel Curtis Heitkamp Other 100%
Gil Herbel Other 15%
Robert Huether Other 70%
Roxanne Jensen Other 46%
RaeAnn Kelsch Other 23%
James Kerzman Other 77%
Meyer Kinnoin Other 67%
Myron Koppang Other 15%
Aaron Krauter Other 100%
Edroy Kringstad Other 44%
Joe Kroeber Other 77%
Kenneth Kroeplin Other 78%
Doug Lemieux Other 75%
Elroy Lindaas Other 100%
Ed Lloyd Other 15%
John Mahoney Other 75%
Deb Mathern Other 100%
Ralph Metcalf Other 62%
Phillip Mueller Other 62%
Duane Mutch Other 33%
Gary Nelson Other 44%
Dave Nething Other 43%
Eugene Nicholas Other 27%
Carol Niemeier Other 92%
Darrell Nottestad Other 31%
Clara Sue Price Other 15%
Dennis Renner Other 15%
Earl Rennerfeldt Other 18%
Sally Sandvig Other 77%
Arlo Schmidt Other 82%
Randy Schobinger Other 33%
Dale Severson Other 23%
Dorvan Solberg Other 73%
Kenneth Solberg Other 22%
Bob Stenehjem Other 33%
Ken Svedjan Other 15%
Harvey Tallackson Other 88%
Russell Thane Other 44%
Laurel Thoreson Other 23%
Elwood Thorpe Other 77%
Mike Timm Other 8%
Steven Tomac Other 100%
John Traynor Other 43%
Herbert Urlacher Other 38%
Francis Wald Other 17%
Amy N Kliniske Warnke Other 23%
Darlene Watne Other 33%
Janet Wentz Other 15%
Ray Wikenheiser Other 17%
Lonny Winrich Other 92%

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