Rating Group: National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action
1998 Positions on Gun Rights
Issues:
Guns
| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | U.S. House-4 | Tom McClintock | R | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-14 | Jackie Speier | D | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-16 | Jim Costa | D | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-17 | Mike Honda | D | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-29 | Tony Cardenas | D | 0% |
| CA | U.S. House-53 | Susan Davis | D | 0% |
| CA | State Senate-6 | Darrell Steinberg | D | 0% |
| CA | State Senate-35 | Roderick Wright | D | 0% |
| CA | Secretary of State | Debra Bowen | D | 0% |
| CA | Mayor-At-Large | Antonio Villaraigosa | Other | 0% |
| CA | Supervisor-4 | Dick Monteith | Other | 0% |
| CA | Superintendent of Public Instruction | Tom Torlakson | Other | 0% |
| MA | U.S. House-8 | Stephen Lynch | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Tenth Bristol | William Straus | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Eleventh Bristol | Robert Koczera | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Thirteenth Bristol | Antonio Cabral | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Fourteenth Bristol | Elizabeth Poirier | R | 0% |
| MA | State House-Third Essex | Brian Dempsey | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Fourth Essex | Bradford Hill | R | 0% |
| MA | State House-Tenth Essex | Robert Fennell | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Thirteenth Essex | Theodore Speliotis | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-First Franklin | Stephen Kulik | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Seventh Hampden | Thomas Petrolati | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Eighth Hampden | Joseph Wagner | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Eleventh Hampden | Benjamin Swan, Sr. | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Third Hampshire | Ellen Story | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Eleventh Middlesex | Kay Khan | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Fifteenth Middlesex | Jay Kaufman | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Sixteenth Middlesex | Thomas Golden, Jr. | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Eighteenth Middlesex | Kevin Murphy | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Nineteenth Middlesex | James Miceli | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Twentieth Middlesex | Bradley Jones, Jr. | R | 0% |
| MA | State House-Twenty-Sixth Middlesex | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Thirty-Third Middlesex | Christopher Fallon | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Thirty-Sixth Middlesex | Colleen Garry | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-First Norfolk | Bruce Ayers | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Third Norfolk | Ronald Mariano | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Sixth Norfolk | William Galvin | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Eighth Norfolk | Louis Kafka | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Twelfth Norfolk | John Rogers | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-First Plymouth | Vinny deMacedo | R | 0% |
| MA | State House-Tenth Plymouth | Christine Canavan | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Second Suffolk | Eugene O'Flaherty | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Seventh Suffolk | Gloria Fox | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Ninth Suffolk | Byron Rushing | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Eleventh Suffolk | Elizabeth Malia | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Thirteenth Suffolk | Martin Walsh | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Fourteenth Suffolk | Angelo Scaccia | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Seventeenth Suffolk | Kevin Honan | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Nineteenth Suffolk | Robert DeLeo | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Seventh Worcester | Paul Frost | R | 0% |
| MA | State House-Ninth Worcester | George Peterson, Jr. | R | 0% |
| MA | State House-Twelfth Worcester | Harold Naughton, Jr. | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Sixteenth Worcester | John Fresolo | D | 0% |
| MA | State House-Seventeenth Worcester | John Binienda, Sr. | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-First Bristol and Plymouth | Michael Rodrigues | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Second Bristol and Plymouth | Mark Montigny | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Third Essex | Thomas McGee | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-First Essex and Middlesex | Bruce Tarr | R | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Second Essex and Middlesex | Barry Finegold | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-First Hampden and Hampshire | Gale Candaras | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Second Hampden and Hampshire | Michael Knapik | R | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester | Stan Rosenberg | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Second Middlesex | Pat Jehlen | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth | Brian Joyce | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Plymouth and Barnstable | Therese Murray | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-First Plymouth and Bristol | Marc Pacheco | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Second Plymouth and Bristol | Thomas Kennedy | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Plymouth and Norfolk | Robert Hedlund, Jr. | R | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-First Worcester | Harriette Chandler | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex | Stephen Brewer | D | 0% |
| MA | State Senate-Worcester and Norfolk | Richard Moore | D | 0% |
| MA | Councilmember-At-Large | Michael Cahill | N/A | 0% |
| MA | Councilmember-At-Large | Timothy Toomey, Jr. | Other | 0% |
| Samuel Aanestad | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Ackerman | Other | 0% | ||
| Elaine Alquist | Other | 0% | ||
| Steven Angelo | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Antonioni | Other | 0% | ||
| Dion Aroner | Other | 0% | ||
| Roy Ashburn | Other | 0% | ||
| Steve Charles Baldwin | Other | 0% | ||
| Jarrett Barrios | Other | 0% | ||
| Patricia Bates | Other | 0% | ||
| James Battin | Other | 0% | ||
| Scott Baugh | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Bernstein | Other | 0% | ||
| Frederick Berry | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Birmingham | Other | 0% | ||
| Daniel Bosley | Other | 0% | ||
| Marilyn Brewer | Other | 0% | ||
| Mike Briggs | Other | 0% | ||
| Arthur Broadhurst, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Bill Campbell | Other | 0% | ||
| Dennis Cardoza | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Caron | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Casey | Other | 0% | ||
| Gilbert Cedillo | Other | 0% | ||
| Evelyn Chesky | Other | 0% | ||
| Vincent Paul Ciampa | Other | 0% | ||
| Edward Clancy, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Carol Cleven | Other | 0% | ||
| Edward Connolly | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Correia | Other | 0% | ||
| Dave Cox | Other | 0% | ||
| Geraldine Creedon | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Creedon, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Brian Cresta | Other | 0% | ||
| James Cunneen | Other | 0% | ||
| Walter DeFilippi | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Demakis | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Dickerson | Other | 0% | ||
| Salvatore DiMasi | Other | 0% | ||
| David Donnelly | Other | 0% | ||
| Carol Donovan | Other | 0% | ||
| Denise Ducheny | Other | 0% | ||
| Martha Escutia | Other | 0% | ||
| James Fagan | Other | 0% | ||
| Susan Fargo | Other | 0% | ||
| Liz Figueroa | Other | 0% | ||
| Kevin Finnegan | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Finneran | Other | 0% | ||
| Kevin Fitzgerald | Other | 0% | ||
| Nancy Flavin | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Floyd | Other | 0% | ||
| David Flynn | Other | 0% | ||
| Peter Frusetta | Other | 0% | ||
| Martin Gallegos | Other | 0% | ||
| Barbara Gardner | Other | 0% | ||
| David Gately | Other | 0% | ||
| Ronald Gauch | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas George | Other | 0% | ||
| Anthony Philip Giglio | Other | 0% | ||
| Guy Glodis | Other | 0% | ||
| Emile Goguen | Other | 0% | ||
| Shirley Gomes | Other | 0% | ||
| Brett Granlund | Other | 0% | ||
| William Greene, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Cele Hahn | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Haley | Other | 0% | ||
| Geoffrey Hall | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Hargraves | Other | 0% | ||
| Lida Harkins | Other | 0% | ||
| John Hart, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Havern III | Other | 0% | ||
| Sally Havice | Other | 0% | ||
| Raymond Haynes, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Hertzberg | Other | 0% | ||
| Christopher Hodgkins | Other | 0% | ||
| George House, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Barbara Hyland | Other | 0% | ||
| Frank Hynes | Other | 0% | ||
| Cheryl Ann Jacques | Other | 0% | ||
| James Jajuga | Other | 0% | ||
| K. Maurice Johannessen | Other | 0% | ||
| Howard Kaloogian | Other | 0% | ||
| Rachel Kaprielian | Other | 0% | ||
| Fred Keeley | Other | 0% | ||
| Daniel Keenan | Other | 0% | ||
| Shaun Kelly | Other | 0% | ||
| Wally Knox | Other | 0% | ||
| Brian Knuuttila | Other | 0% | ||
| Peter Koutoujian | Other | 0% | ||
| Sheila Kuehl | Other | 0% | ||
| Paul Kujawski | Other | 0% | ||
| Peter Larkin | Other | 0% | ||
| Lynne Leach | Other | 0% | ||
| Stephen LeDuc | Other | 0% | ||
| Brian Lees | Other | 0% | ||
| Ted Lempert | Other | 0% | ||
| Bill Leonard | Other | 0% | ||
| John Lepper | Other | 0% | ||
| Maryanne Lewis | Other | 0% | ||
| John Locke | Other | 0% | ||
| Michael Machado | Other | 0% | ||
| Ken Maddox | Other | 0% | ||
| David Magnani | Other | 0% | ||
| Abel Maldonado | Other | 0% | ||
| Bob Margett | Other | 0% | ||
| Francis Marini | Other | 0% | ||
| J. James Marzilli, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Kerry Mazzoni | Other | 0% | ||
| William McManus II | Other | 0% | ||
| Linda Melconian | Other | 0% | ||
| John Merrigan | Other | 0% | ||
| Carole Migden | Other | 0% | ||
| Michael Morrissey | Other | 0% | ||
| William Phillip Morrow | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Murphy | Other | 0% | ||
| Kevin Murray | Other | 0% | ||
| Mary Jeanette Murray | Other | 0% | ||
| William Nagle, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Andrea Nuciforo, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas O'Brien | Other | 0% | ||
| Jack O'Connell | Other | 0% | ||
| Keith Olberg | Other | 0% | ||
| Thomas Oller | Other | 0% | ||
| Deborah Ortiz | Other | 0% | ||
| Shirley Owens-Hicks | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Pacheco | Other | 0% | ||
| Rod Pacheco | Other | 0% | ||
| Steven Panagiotakos | Other | 0% | ||
| Louis Papan | Other | 0% | ||
| Marie Parente | Other | 0% | ||
| Anne Marie Paulsen | Other | 0% | ||
| Steve Peace | Other | 0% | ||
| Vincent Pedone | Other | 0% | ||
| Anthony Pescetti | Other | 0% | ||
| Douglas Petersen | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Polanco | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Poochigian | Other | 0% | ||
| Susan Pope | Other | 0% | ||
| Ruth Provost | Other | 0% | ||
| John Quinn | Other | 0% | ||
| Henri S Rauschenbach | Other | 0% | ||
| Mary Rogeness | Other | 0% | ||
| George Rogers | Other | 0% | ||
| J. Michael Ruane | Other | 0% | ||
| George Runner, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Jack Scott | Other | 0% | ||
| Charles Shannon, Jr. | Other | 0% | ||
| Kevin Shelley | Other | 0% | ||
| Mary Jane Simmons | Other | 0% | ||
| John Slattery | Other | 0% | ||
| Hilda Solis | Other | 0% | ||
| Nell Soto | Other | 0% | ||
| Jo Ann Sprague | Other | 0% | ||
| Harriett Stanley | Other | 0% | ||
| John Stasik | Other | 0% | ||
| John Stefanini | Other | 0% | ||
| Tony Strickland | Other | 0% | ||
| Virginia Strom-Martin | Other | 0% | ||
| David Sullivan | Other | 0% | ||
| Joseph Sullivan | Other | 0% | ||
| Kathleen Teahan | Other | 0% | ||
| Bruce Thompson | Other | 0% | ||
| Helen Thomson | Other | 0% | ||
| Richard Tisei | Other | 0% | ||
| Stephen Tobin | Other | 0% | ||
| Steven Tolman | Other | 0% | ||
| Robert Travaglini | Other | 0% | ||
| Philip Travis | Other | 0% | ||
| Susan Tucker | Other | 0% | ||
| Eric Turkington | Other | 0% | ||
| David Tuttle | Other | 0% | ||
| Jim Vallee | Other | 0% | ||
| Anthony Verga | Other | 0% | ||
| Edward Vincent | Other | 0% | ||
| Patricia Walrath | Other | 0% | ||
| Marian Walsh | Other | 0% | ||
| Carl Washington | Other | 0% | ||
| Howard Wayne | Other | 0% | ||
| Scott Wildman | Other | 0% | ||
| Dianne Wilkerson | Other | 0% | ||
| Alice Wolf | Other | 0% | ||
| Charlene Zettel | Other | 0% |
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