Rating Group: California Communities United Institute
2007 Positions
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House-1 | Doug LaMalfa | R | 24 |
| CA | U.S. House-2 | Jared Huffman | D | 100 |
| CA | U.S. House-4 | Tom McClintock | R | 17 |
| CA | U.S. House-8 | Paul Cook | R | 38 |
| CA | U.S. House-10 | Jeff Denham | R | 22 |
| CA | U.S. House-26 | Julia Brownley | D | 99 |
| CA | U.S. House-35 | Gloria Negrete McLeod | D | 98 |
| CA | U.S. House-37 | Karen Bass | D | 99 |
| CA | U.S. House-47 | Alan Lowenthal | D | 96 |
| CA | State Senate-1 | Ted Gaines | R | 22 |
| CA | State Senate-2 | Noreen Evans | D | 96 |
| CA | State Senate-3 | Lois Wolk | D | 100 |
| CA | State Senate-5 | Cathleen Galgiani | D | 84 |
| CA | State Senate-6 | Darrell Steinberg | D | 97 |
| CA | State Senate-7 | Mark DeSaulnier | D | 99 |
| CA | State Senate-8 | Leland Yee | D | 98 |
| CA | State Senate-9 | Loni Hancock | D | 96 |
| CA | State Senate-10 | Ellen Corbett | D | 96 |
| CA | State Senate-11 | Mark Leno | D | 100 |
| CA | State Senate-14 | Thomas Berryhill | R | 28 |
| CA | State Senate-15 | James Beall, Jr. | D | 100 |
| CA | State Senate-18 | Jean Fuller | R | 27 |
| CA | State Senate-20 | Alex Padilla | D | 99 |
| CA | State Senate-22 | Kevin de Leon | D | 100 |
| CA | State Senate-23 | Bill Emmerson | R | 34 |
| CA | State Senate-24 | Edward Hernandez | D | 100 |
| CA | State Senate-26 | Curren Price, Jr. | D | 100 |
| CA | State Senate-28 | Ted Lieu | D | 93 |
| CA | State Senate-29 | Robert Huff | R | 26 |
| CA | State Senate-30 | Ron Calderon | D | 97 |
| CA | State Senate-34 | Lou Correa | D | 68 |
| CA | State Senate-36 | Joel Anderson | R | 19 |
| CA | State Senate-37 | Mimi Walters | R | 20 |
| CA | State Senate-38 | Mark Wyland | R | 16 |
| CA | Insurance Commissioner | Dave Jones | D | 100 |
| CA | Supervisor-2 | Mark Ridley-Thomas | D | 99 |
| CA | Supervisor-4 | John Benoit | Other | 24 |
| CA | Council Member-2 | Paul Krekorian | D | 99 |
| CA | Council Member-7 | Felipe Fuentes | D | 99 |
| CA | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Torlakson | Other | 98 |
| CA | Councilmember-At-Large | David Cogdill | R | 16 |
| CA | Mayor Pro Tempore-At-Large | Alan Nakanishi | Other | 27 |
| Samuel Aanestad | Other | 17 | ||
| Richard Ackerman | Other | 16 | ||
| Anthony Adams | Other | 37 | ||
| Gregory Aghazarian | Other | 31 | ||
| Elaine Alquist | Other | 99 | ||
| Juan Arambula | Other | 89 | ||
| Roy Ashburn | Other | 22 | ||
| James Battin | Other | 33 | ||
| Patty Berg | Other | 100 | ||
| Sam Blakeslee | Other | 36 | ||
| Anna Caballero | Other | 100 | ||
| Charles Calderon | Other | 95 | ||
| Amina Carter | Other | 98 | ||
| Gilbert Cedillo | Other | 99 | ||
| Joe Coto | Other | 100 | ||
| Dave Cox | Other | 16 | ||
| Mike Davis | Other | 99 | ||
| Hector De La Torre | Other | 98 | ||
| Charles DeVore | Other | 29 | ||
| Denise Ducheny | Other | 85 | ||
| Robert Dutton | Other | 18 | ||
| Michael Duvall | Other | 27 | ||
| Mervyn Dymally | Other | 100 | ||
| Mike Eng | Other | 100 | ||
| Mike Feuer | Other | 100 | ||
| Dean Florez | Other | 67 | ||
| Bonnie Garcia | Other | 45 | ||
| Martin Garrick | Other | 25 | ||
| Tom Harman | Other | 15 | ||
| Mary Hayashi | Other | 99 | ||
| Dennis Hollingsworth | Other | 13 | ||
| Shirley Horton | Other | 39 | ||
| Guy Houston | Other | 27 | ||
| Kevin Jeffries | Other | 26 | ||
| Betty Karnette | Other | 100 | ||
| Richard Keene | Other | 28 | ||
| Christine Kehoe | Other | 99 | ||
| Sheila Kuehl | Other | 98 | ||
| John Laird | Other | 100 | ||
| Lloyd Levine | Other | 98 | ||
| Sally Lieber | Other | 97 | ||
| Fiona Ma | Other | 99 | ||
| Michael Machado | Other | 90 | ||
| Abel Maldonado | Other | 36 | ||
| Bob Margett | Other | 23 | ||
| Bill Maze | Other | 28 | ||
| Tony Mendoza | Other | 98 | ||
| Carole Migden | Other | 99 | ||
| Eugene Mullin | Other | 100 | ||
| Pedro Nava | Other | 100 | ||
| Roger Niello | Other | 27 | ||
| Fabian Núñez | Other | 99 | ||
| Jenny Oropeza | Other | 97 | ||
| Nicole Parra | Other | 87 | ||
| Don Perata | Other | 96 | ||
| George Plescia | Other | 30 | ||
| Anthony Portantino, Jr. | Other | 100 | ||
| Gloria Romero | Other | 98 | ||
| George Runner, Jr. | Other | 20 | ||
| Sharon Runner | Other | 31 | ||
| Ira Ruskin | Other | 99 | ||
| Mary Salas | Other | 96 | ||
| Lori Saldaña | Other | 100 | ||
| Jack Scott | Other | 98 | ||
| Jim Silva | Other | 29 | ||
| Saren Simitian | Other | 97 | ||
| Cameron Smyth | Other | 29 | ||
| Jose Solorio | Other | 100 | ||
| Nell Soto | Other | 72 | ||
| Todd Spitzer | Other | 28 | ||
| Audra Strickland | Other | 41 | ||
| Sandré Swanson | Other | 100 | ||
| Alberto Torrico | Other | 99 | ||
| Van Tran | Other | 33 | ||
| Mike Villines | Other | 27 | ||
| Edward Vincent | Other | 76 | ||
| Patricia Wiggins | Other | 97 |
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