Rating Group: Florida AFL-CIO

2004 Positions on Workplace Rights

Issues: Labor Unions
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
FL U.S. Senate-Jr Marco Rubio R 7
FL U.S. House-8 Bill Posey R 12
FL U.S. House-10 Daniel Webster R 8
FL U.S. House-12 Gus Bilirakis R 7
FL U.S. House-15 Dennis Ross R 10
FL U.S. House-23 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 23
FL U.S. House-24 Frederica Wilson D 18
FL State House-23 Dennis Baxley R 5
FL State House-36 Mike Fasano R 7
FL State House-46 Bruce Antone D 15
FL State House-83 Gayle Harrell R 7
FL State House-91 Irving Slosberg D 14
FL State Senate-2 Greg Evers R 5
FL State Senate-4 Aaron Bean R 8
FL State Senate-5 Charles Dean, Sr. R 5
FL State Senate-9 Audrey Gibson D 17
FL State Senate-10 David Simmons R 9
FL State Senate-13 Andy Gardiner R 8
FL State Senate-16 Thad Altman R 5
FL State Senate-19 Arthenia Joyner D 19
FL State Senate-24 Tom Lee R 17
FL State Senate-26 William Galvano R 6
FL State Senate-28 Nancy Detert R 11
FL State Senate-31 Christopher Smith D 21
FL State Senate-32 Joe Negron R 7
FL State Senate-33 Eleanor Sobel D 19
FL State Senate-35 Gwen Margolis D 16
FL State Senate-38 Rene Garcia R 6
FL Chief Financial Officer Jeffrey Atwater R 11
FL Mayor-At-Large John Seiler D 19
FL Council Member-At-Large Joyce Cusack D 19
FL Commissioner-1 Sandra Murman Other 9
FL Commissioner-2 Victor Crist R 12
FL Commissioner-2 John Quiñones Other 8
Sandy Adams Other 6
J.D. Alexander Other 9
Bob Allen Other 11
Kevin Ambler Other 7
Tom Anderson Other 5
Nancy Argenziano Other 11
Dave Aronberg Other 18
Ralph Arza Other 11
Frank Attkisson Other 8
Loranne Ausley Other 21
Carey Baker Other 7
Gustavo Barreiro Other 16
Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Other 19
Michael Bennett Other 9
Allan George Bense Other 9
Holly Benson Other 9
Kim Berfield Other 9
Ellyn Bogdanoff Other 10
Marsha Bowen Other 8
Mary Brandenburg Other 15
Donald Brown Other 7
Fredrick Brummer Other 7
Phillip Brutus Other 14
Susan Bucher Other 21
Edward Bullard Other 16
Larcenia Bullard Other 15
Johnnie Byrd, Jr. Other 6
Walter Campbell, Jr. Other 20
Gaston Cantens Other 11
Lisa Carlton Other 12
Jennifer Carroll Other 10
Donna Clarke Other 9
Charles Clary Other 11
Lee Constantine Other 13
Anna Cowin Other 7
Larry Cretul Other 6
Faye Culp Other 7
Don Davis Other 8
Mike Davis Other 9
Mandy Dawson Other 16
Alex Diaz de la Portilla Other 12
Paula Dockery Other 11
Carl Domino Other 10
Frank Farkas Other 7
Terry Fields Other 17
Heather Fiorentino Other 12
Anne Gannon Other 20
Rodolfo Garcia, Jr. Other 10
Dan Gelber Other 18
Steven Geller Other 18
J. Dudley Goodlette Other 8
Kenneth Allan Gottlieb Other 21
Carole Green Other 7
Ronald Greenstein Other 19
Mike Haridopolos Other 5
James Harper, Jr. Other 12
Lindsay Harrington Other 9
Adam Hasner Other 6
Bob Henriquez Other 18
Anthony Hill, Sr. Other 19
Wilbert Theodore Holloway Other 16
Edward Homan, Jr. Other 14
Edward Jennings, Jr. Other 18
Randy Johnson Other 7
Dennis Jones Other 13
Stan Jordan Other 12
Charlie Justice Other 19
Jim Kallinger Other 8
Will Kendrick Other 16
Bev Kilmer Other 8
James King, Jr. Other 16
Ron Klein Other 21
Suzanne Kosmas Other 19
Jeff Kottkamp Other 7
Dick Kravitz Other 10
Bruce Kyle Other 7
Al Lawson, Jr. Other 20
Ken Littlefield Other 9
Marcelo Llorente Other 7
Evelyn Lynn Other 10
Richard Machek Other 17
Mark Mahon Other 8
Stan Mayfield Other 7
Sheri McInvale Other 10
Matthew Meadows Other 19
David Mealor Other 7
Lesley Miller, Jr. Other 20
Dave Murzin Other 7
Mitch Needelman Other 12
Pat Patterson Other 8
Jerry Paul Other 7
Durell Peaden, Jr. Other 9
Frank Peterman, Jr. Other 15
Joe Pickens Other 10
Juan-Carlos Planas Other 7
Ralph Poppell Other 7
Manuel Prieguez Other 8
Ken Pruitt Other 16
Ron Reagan Other 6
Nan Rich Other 18
Curtis Richardson Other 20
Stacy Ritter Other 17
David Rivera Other 7
Julio Robaina Other 13
Yolly Roberson Other 18
David Russell, Jr. Other 7
Timothy Ryan Other 20
Ray Sansom Other 8
Burt Saunders Other 12
Jim Sebesta Other 8
Gary Siplin Other 10
Rod Smith Other 18
Ken Sorensen Other 14
Joseph Spratt Other 11
Dwight Stansel Other 16
John Stargel Other 7
Donald Sullivan Other 9
Baxter Troutman Other 6
Rochelle Vana Other 19
J. Alex Villalobos Other 12
Leslie Waters Other 7
Douglass Wiles Other 19
Stephen Wise Other 9
Roger Brian Wishner Other 13
Juan Zapata Other 7

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