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Rating Group: National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund

1998 Positions on Gun Rights

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Issues: Guns

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State Office Name Party Rating
SD U.S. Senate - Jr Mike Rounds Republican A
SD State House - 34 Michael Derby Republican A
SD Commissioner - 3 Paul Symens B
SD Commissioner - At-Large Jim Lintz A
Kenneth Albers B
Robert Benson B-
Eric Bogue A
Bernard Michael Broderick, Jr. B+
Roger Brooks A+
Don Brosz A
Arnold Brown B-
Jarvis Brown B+
Richard Brown A-
William Cerny, Jr. A-
Roland Chicoine B+
Judy Clark C
Kevin Crisp A
Steve Cutler A+
Dennis Daugaard A-
H. Dennert A-
Larry Diedrich A-
Elmer Diedtrich A-
Robert Drake A
Jay Duenwald A
J.P. Duniphan A-
James Dunn A-
Rebecca Dunn B+
Robert Duxbury B
Scott Eccarius A+
H. Junior Engbrecht A
Barbara Everist A-
Deb Fischer-Clemens A
Carol Fitzgerald C+
Charles Flowers A
Randall Frederick A
Arthur Fryslie A
Cooper Garnos C
Richard Hagen A
Richard Hainje A-
Harold Halverson A+
Gary Hanson B+
Roger Hunt A+
James Hutmacher A
Mike Jaspers A
Kent Juhnke A
Douglas Kazmerzak C
Ted Klaudt A
Marguerite Kleven B-
Frank Kloucek A+
Gilbert Koetzle B
Claire Konold A-
Clarence Kooistra A
Joel Koskan A
Gerald Lange A-
James Lawler B
Joanne Lockner B-
Larry Lucas C
Cheryl Madden A
Alice Lucille McCoy A
Kenneth McNenny A+
Jeff Monroe A+
Garry Allen Moore A
Donald Munson A
William Napoli A
Mel Olson A+
Keith Paisley C+
William Peterson B
Willard Pummel A+
J.E. Putnam A
John Reedy B
Mitchell Richter A
Robert Roe B+
Louis Sebert A-
Jerry Shoener B+
Walter Slaughter B
Orville Smidt A
Burdette Solum C
Kermit Staggers II A+
Daniel Sutton C
Drue Vitter B+
Ron Volesky B-
Alfred Waltman A+
Robert Weber B
Kenneth Wetz A
Fred Cavanaugh Whiting A
Mike Wilson B
Richard Wudel B
Mark Young A
State Office Name Party Rating
SD U.S. Senate - Jr Mike Rounds R A
SD State House - 34 Michael Derby R A
SD Commissioner - 3 Paul Symens B
SD Commissioner - At-Large Jim Lintz A
Kenneth Albers B
Robert Benson B-
Eric Bogue A
Bernard Michael Broderick, Jr. B+
Roger Brooks A+
Don Brosz A
Arnold Brown B-
Jarvis Brown B+
Richard Brown A-
William Cerny, Jr. A-
Roland Chicoine B+
Judy Clark C
Kevin Crisp A
Steve Cutler A+
Dennis Daugaard A-
H. Dennert A-
Larry Diedrich A-
Elmer Diedtrich A-
Robert Drake A
Jay Duenwald A
J.P. Duniphan A-
James Dunn A-
Rebecca Dunn B+
Robert Duxbury B
Scott Eccarius A+
H. Junior Engbrecht A
Barbara Everist A-
Deb Fischer-Clemens A
Carol Fitzgerald C+
Charles Flowers A
Randall Frederick A
Arthur Fryslie A
Cooper Garnos C
Richard Hagen A
Richard Hainje A-
Harold Halverson A+
Gary Hanson B+
Roger Hunt A+
James Hutmacher A
Mike Jaspers A
Kent Juhnke A
Douglas Kazmerzak C
Ted Klaudt A
Marguerite Kleven B-
Frank Kloucek A+
Gilbert Koetzle B
Claire Konold A-
Clarence Kooistra A
Joel Koskan A
Gerald Lange A-
James Lawler B
Joanne Lockner B-
Larry Lucas C
Cheryl Madden A
Alice Lucille McCoy A
Kenneth McNenny A+
Jeff Monroe A+
Garry Allen Moore A
Donald Munson A
William Napoli A
Mel Olson A+
Keith Paisley C+
William Peterson B
Willard Pummel A+
J.E. Putnam A
John Reedy B
Mitchell Richter A
Robert Roe B+
Louis Sebert A-
Jerry Shoener B+
Walter Slaughter B
Orville Smidt A
Burdette Solum C
Kermit Staggers II A+
Daniel Sutton C
Drue Vitter B+
Ron Volesky B-
Alfred Waltman A+
Robert Weber B
Kenneth Wetz A
Fred Cavanaugh Whiting A
Mike Wilson B
Richard Wudel B
Mark Young A
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