Rating Group: Wisconsin National Federation of Independent Business
2009-2010 Positions on Pro-Small Business Policy
Issues:
Business and Consumers
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WI | U.S. House-2 | Mark Pocan | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-1 | Garey Bies | R | 88% |
| WI | State Assembly-3 | Alvin Ott | R | 56% |
| WI | State Assembly-6 | Gary Tauchen | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-9 | Josh Zepnick | D | 33% |
| WI | State Assembly-10 | Sandra Pasch | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-12 | Frederick Kessler | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-16 | Leon Young | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-19 | Jon Richards | D | 13% |
| WI | State Assembly-20 | Christine Sinicki | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-21 | Mark Honadel | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-22 | Don Pridemore | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-23 | Jim Ott | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-24 | Dan Knodl | R | 78% |
| WI | State Assembly-27 | Steven Kestell | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-29 | John Murtha | R | 88% |
| WI | State Assembly-33 | Stephen Nass | R | 100% |
| WI | State Assembly-36 | Jeffrey Mursau | R | 100% |
| WI | State Assembly-38 | Joel Kleefisch | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-40 | Kevin Petersen | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-41 | Joan Ballweg | R | 78% |
| WI | State Assembly-42 | Keith Ripp | R | 78% |
| WI | State Assembly-43 | Andy Jorgensen | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-46 | Gary Hebl | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-50 | Ed Brooks | R | 78% |
| WI | State Assembly-54 | Gordon Hintz | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-55 | Dean Kaufert | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-57 | Penny Bernard Schaber | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-58 | Pat Strachota | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-59 | Daniel LeMahieu | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-61 | Samantha Kerkman | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-63 | Robin Vos | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-64 | Peter Barca | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-66 | Cory Mason | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-69 | Scott Suder | R | 80% |
| WI | State Assembly-70 | Amy Vruwink | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-73 | Nick Milroy | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-77 | Terese Berceau | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-80 | Sondy Pope-Roberts | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-81 | Fred Clark | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-82 | Jeffrey Stone | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-87 | Mary Williams | R | 78% |
| WI | State Assembly-89 | John Nygren | R | 89% |
| WI | State Assembly-92 | Chris Danou | D | 22% |
| WI | State Assembly-96 | Lee Nerison | R | 67% |
| WI | State Assembly-97 | Bill Kramer | R | 89% |
| WI | State Senate-2 | Robert Cowles | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-3 | Timothy Carpenter | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-4 | Lena Taylor | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-5 | Leah Vukmir | R | 89% |
| WI | State Senate-8 | Alberta Darling | R | 83% |
| WI | State Senate-9 | Joseph Leibham | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-10 | Sheila Harsdorf | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-11 | Neal Kedzie | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-13 | Scott Fitzgerald | R | 83% |
| WI | State Senate-14 | Luther Olsen | R | 83% |
| WI | State Senate-16 | Mark Miller | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-17 | Dale Schultz | R | 83% |
| WI | State Senate-19 | Michael Ellis | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-20 | Glenn Grothman | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-21 | John Lehman | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-22 | Robert Wirch | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-24 | Julie Lassa | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-25 | Robert Jauch | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-26 | Fred Risser | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-27 | Jon Erpenbach | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-28 | Mary Lazich | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-29 | Jerry Petrowski | R | 100% |
| WI | State Senate-30 | Dave Hansen | D | 0% |
| WI | State Senate-31 | Kathleen Vinehout | D | 17% |
| WI | State Senate-32 | Jennifer Shilling | D | 22% |
| WI | Public Service Commission Chair | Phil Montgomery | Other | 88% |
| WI | Secretary of Transportation | Mark Gottlieb | R | 89% |
| Chuck Benedict | Other | 22% | ||
| Spencer Black | Other | 22% | ||
| G. Spencer Coggs | Other | 0% | ||
| Pedro Colon | Other | 33% | ||
| David Cullen | Other | 22% | ||
| Brett Davis | Other | 100% | ||
| Russell Decker | Other | 0% | ||
| Kristen Dexter | Other | 22% | ||
| Jason Fields | Other | 22% | ||
| Jeff Fitzgerald | Other | 89% | ||
| Donald Friske | Other | 78% | ||
| Phil Garthwaite | Other | 22% | ||
| Tamara Grigsby | Other | 22% | ||
| Scott Gunderson | Other | 89% | ||
| Mark Gundrum | Other | 89% | ||
| Steve Hilgenberg | Other | 22% | ||
| Kim Hixson | Other | 22% | ||
| Jim Holperin | Other | 0% | ||
| Randy Hopper | Other | 100% | ||
| Ann Hraychuck | Other | 22% | ||
| Mary Hubler | Other | 22% | ||
| Michael Huebsch | Other | 89% | ||
| Theodore Kanavas | Other | 100% | ||
| Dan Kapanke | Other | 83% | ||
| Pat Kreitlow | Other | 0% | ||
| Margaret Krusick | Other | 44% | ||
| Alan Lasee | Other | 83% | ||
| Thomas Lothian | Other | 89% | ||
| Dan Meyer | Other | 89% | ||
| Louis Molepske, Jr. | Other | 22% | ||
| Tom Nelson | Other | 22% | ||
| Scott Newcomer | Other | 89% | ||
| Joseph Parisi | Other | 22% | ||
| Jeffrey Plale | Other | 0% | ||
| Mark Radcliffe | Other | 56% | ||
| Kitty Rhoades | Other | 89% | ||
| Judith Robson | Other | 0% | ||
| Roger Roth, Jr. | Other | 89% | ||
| Kelda Roys | Other | 22% | ||
| Marlin Schneider | Other | 22% | ||
| Donna Seidel | Other | 22% | ||
| Mike Sheridan | Other | 22% | ||
| Gary Sherman | Other | 22% | ||
| Jeffrey Smith | Other | 22% | ||
| James Soletski | Other | 22% | ||
| Richard Spanbauer | Other | 75% | ||
| Tony Staskunas | Other | 22% | ||
| John Steinbrink | Other | 22% | ||
| Jim Sullivan | Other | 17% | ||
| Barbara Toles | Other | 22% | ||
| John Townsend | Other | 63% | ||
| Robert Turner | Other | 22% | ||
| Terry Van Akkeren | Other | 22% | ||
| Karl Van Roy | Other | 89% | ||
| Annette Williams | Other | 29% | ||
| Jeffrey Wood | Other | 22% | ||
| Robert Ziegelbauer | Other | 89% | ||
| Ted Zigmunt | Other | 22% | ||
| Rich Zipperer | Other | 89% |
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