Rating Group: National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund

2010 Positions on Gun Rights

Issues: Guns
How to Interpret these Evaluations
State Office Name Party Rating
ME U.S. House-1 Chellie Pingree D F
ME U.S. House-2 Mike Michaud D A
ME Governor Paul LePage R A
ME State House-2 Charles Theriault D D
ME State House-3 Bernard Ayotte R A
ME State House-6 Tyler Clark R A
ME State House-7 Alexander Willette R A
ME State House-8 Joyce Fitzpatrick R A
ME State House-9 Ricky Long R A
ME State House-12 Jeffery Gifford R A
ME State House-14 James Dill D B
ME State House-15 Adam Goode D D
ME State House-20 David Johnson R A
ME State House-22 Stacey Guerin R A
ME State House-25 Kenneth Wade Fredette R A
ME State House-26 Paul Davis, Sr. R A
ME State House-27 Peter Johnson R A
ME State House-28 Dean Cray R A
ME State House-31 Joyce Maker R A
ME State House-34 Richard Malaby R B
ME State House-42 Joseph Brooks Other A
ME State House-48 Charles Kruger D D
ME State House-52 Deborah Sanderson R A
ME State House-55 H. David Cotta R A
ME State House-63 Charles Priest D D
ME State House-67 Seth Berry D B-
ME State House-68 Michael Beaulieu R C+
ME State House-71 Michel Lajoie D B-
ME State House-74 Margaret Rotundo D D
ME State House-75 Stephen Wood R A
ME State House-76 Henry Beck D F
ME State House-78 Robert Nutting R A
ME State House-79 Sharon Treat D D
ME State House-80 Mel Newendyke R A-
ME State House-81 L. Gary Knight R B
ME State House-83 Dennis Keschl R A
ME State House-85 Jeffrey McCabe D B+
ME State House-88 Larry Dunphy R A
ME State House-89 Lance Harvell R A-
ME State House-90 Russell Black R A
ME State House-91 Jarrod Crockett R A
ME State House-95 Tom Winsor R A
ME State House-96 Jeff Timberlake R A
ME State House-98 Lisa Villa D A
ME State House-102 Michael Shaw D A
ME State House-103 Michael McClellan R A
ME State House-104 Dale Crafts R A
ME State House-105 Eleanor Espling R A
ME State House-125 Ann Peoples D D
ME State House-128 Heather Sirocki R A
ME State House-133 Barry Hobbins D C+
ME State House-140 Wayne Parry R B+
ME State House-141 Paul Bennett R A
ME State House-147 Kathleen Chase R A-
ME State House-150 Windol Weaver R A
ME State Senate-2 Ronald Collins R A
ME State Senate-3 John Tuttle, Jr. D A
ME State Senate-5 Linda Valentino D D
ME State Senate-8 Justin Alfond D F
ME State Senate-9 Anne Haskell D B-
ME State Senate-10 Stanley Gerzofsky D F
ME State Senate-12 Gary Plummer R B
ME State Senate-13 James Hamper R A
ME State Senate-14 John Patrick D B+
ME State Senate-16 Margaret Craven D D
ME State Senate-17 Garrett Mason R A
ME State Senate-18 Thomas Saviello R A
ME State Senate-19 Seth Goodall D D
ME State Senate-21 Patrick Flood R A
ME State Senate-22 Edward Mazurek D D+
ME State Senate-23 Michael Thibodeau R A
ME State Senate-24 Roger Katz R A
ME State Senate-26 Rod Whittemore R A
ME State Senate-27 Douglas Thomas R A
ME State Senate-28 Brian Langley R A
ME State Senate-29 David Burns R A
ME State Senate-30 Emily Ann Cain D D
ME State Senate-33 Andre Cushing III R A
ME State Senate-34 Roger Sherman R A
ME State Senate-35 Troy Jackson D A
ME Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services Sawin Millett, Jr. N/A A
ME Commissioner of Labor Bob Winglass R B
Charles Aaskov Other B
Lewis Baker Other A
Adam Barter Other A
Philip Bartlett II Other D
Cynthia Bissell Other A-
Larry Bliss Other F
Anna Blodgett Other D
Joseph Brannigan Other D
Mark Bryant Other D
Richard Burns Other A
Steven Butterfield II Other D
John Carson Other A
Richard Cebra Other A+
Michael Celli Other A
Jessica Chase Smith Other A
Mark Chizmar Other D+
Bruce Chuluda Other B
Herbert Clark Other A
Richard Cleary Other B
Jonathan Courtney Other A
Philip Curtis Other A
John Cushing Other A-
Douglas Damon Other C+
Gerald Davis Other B+
Daniel Deveau Other A
William Diamond Other A
Dana Dow Other A-
Harold Dowse Other A
Gregg Drew Other A
Timothy Driscoll Other B
Robert Duchesne Other D
Robert Eaton Other D
Jane Eberle Other D
Peter Edgecomb Other B+
Michael Estes Other A
Nichi Farnham Other A
Howard Farr, Jr. Other A-
Jessica Feeley Other F
Stacey Fitts Other A
Leslie Fossel Other A
Gary Foster Other A
Traci Gauthier Other A
William Gombar Other A-
Ann-Marie Grenier Other A
Troy Haines Other A-
Brian Hale Other A
Stephen Hanley Other A+
R. Ryan Harmon Other A-
David Hastings III Other A
Pamela Hatch Other C
Maura Herlihy Other B+
George Hogan Other D
Patrick Hunt Other A
Zachary Jackman Other A
David Kaler Other A-
Joel Kase Other A
Carol Kemmerer Other A
Michael Lawson Other A
Jason Levesque Other A
James Libby Other A
Paul Liebow Other B
William Logan Other A
Stephen Lovejoy Other B-
Veronica Magnan Other C-
Jeffrey Martin Other A
John Martin Other A+
Tom Martin, Jr. Other A
Matt Mattingly Other A-
Earle McCormick Other A
Howard McFadden Other A
Jonathan McKane Other A
Wade McLaughlin Other D
Everett McLeod, Sr. Other A-
Scott Milewski Other A
Brant Miller Other A
Elizabeth Miller Other D
Elizabeth Mitchell Other B-
Susan Morissette Other A
Joan Nass Other A
John Nutting VII Other C-
Andrew O'Brien Other D
Beth O'Connor Other A
Kimberly Olsen Other A-
Joseph Palmieri Other A-
Jim Parker Other A
Wendy Pelletier Other A
Debbi Perkins Other A
Joseph Perry Other B-
Daniel Phillips Other A-
John Picchiotti Other A
Owen Pickus Other A
Donald Pilon Other D
John Piotti Other A
Debra Plowman Other A
Benjamin Pratt Other A
Kerri Prescott Other A
Geraldine Randall Other A
Kevin Raye Other A
Christopher Rector Other A
Mark Richard Other B
David Richardson Other A-
Wesley Richardson Other A
Peter Rioux Other A-
Kimberley Rosen Other C
Richard Rosen Other A
Richard Ruhlin Other A
Helen Sahadi Other A
Frank Sample III Other A
Ralph Sarty, Jr. Other A+
M. Schatz Other D+
Mary Schiavoni Other A
Dean Scontras Other A
Robert Sezak Other A
Deborah Simpson Other D
Larry Sirois Other D
Lois Snowe-Mello Other A
Jacque Spofford Other A
Sara Stevens Other D
Jacob Stoddard Other A-
Meredith Strang Burgess Other B
Nancy Sullivan Other D
Katrin Teel Other A
Justin Thacker Other A
Scott Thomas Other A
Robert Thompson Other A
Dianne Tilton Other A-
A. David Trahan Other A
G. Paul Waterhouse Other A
Brad Watts Other A
David Webster Other D
Jeffrey Weinstein Other A
Jim Whalen Other B-
W. Sturgis Whalen Other A
Michael Willette Other B-
Frederick Wintle Other B+
Marc Worrell Other A

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