The National Rifle Association has released new grades for Florida candidates, and Republican candidate for governor Adam Putnam is on the top of the list.
Putnam — who has been targeted by student activists for proclaiming himself to be a “proud NRA sellout” — received an A-plus from the gun rights organization with an estimated 5 million members.
Putnam scored better than his Trump-endorsed primary opponent U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis. The NRA gave him an A.
On the other end of the spectrum, state Rep. Jared Moskowitz, whose district includes students who attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, scored an F-minus, the lowest grade of any South Florida lawmaker.
His emotional speech helped to secure the passage of a state law that raised the age to purchase a rifle from 18 to 21, along with other reforms prompted by the Parkland massacre that killed 17 students and staff.
Three Democratic candidates for governor scored F’s — Andrew Gillum, Gwen Graham and Philip Levine. Winter Park businessman Chris King was given a question mark, while Palm Beach billionaire Jeff Greene — a latecomer to the race — was omitted from the list.
A question mark indicates the candidate did not respond to the NRA’s questionnaire, which is interpreted as a sign of “indifference” if not “outright hostility” to gun rights, according to the NRA.
Democratic South Florida state Sens. Bobby Powell and Gary Farmer received F’s. Farmer’s primary challenger, former state Rep. Jim Waldman, scored a D-plus.
Several South Florida state representatives also received F’s, including Roy Hardemon, Patricia Hawkins-Williams, Kristin Jacobs and David Silvers.
U.S. Rep. Brian Mast — once an A-rated candidate — received a question mark in the latest ratings. The Republican congressman from the Treasure Coast called for a ban of AR-15-style rifles after the Parkland shooting. His Republican challengers in the primary election — Dave Cummings and Mark Freeman — received AQ’s, an A-rating based on answers to a questionnaire.
Democratic candidates in the race — Lauren Baer and Pam Keith — both received F’s.
The NRA has not released grades for the U.S. Senate contest between incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and Republican Gov. Rick Scott.
The NRA also did not release grades for all of the contests that will be on the Aug. 28 ballot.
http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js
https://cdn.datatables.net/v/dt/dt-1.10.16/r-2.2.1/datatables.min.js
table.dataTable{
font-size:0.8em;
font-family:Arial;
padding-top:15px;
}
/*custom table style*/
table.dataTable.dtr-inline.collapsed>tbody>tr[role=”row”]>td:first-child:before, table.dataTable.dtr-inline.collapsed>tbody>tr[role=”row”]>th:first-child:before{
top: auto;
border: 0;
box-shadow: none;
background-color: #225EA8;
line-height:auto;
}
table.dataTable.stripe tbody tr.odd, table.dataTable.display tbody tr.odd{
background-color:#fff;
}
table.dataTable.hover tbody tr.even, table.dataTable.display tbody tr.even{
background-color:#fff;
}
table.dataTable.hover tbody tr:hover, table.dataTable.display tbody tr:hover{
background-color:#fff;
}
table.dataTable.display tbody tr.odd>.sorting_1, table.dataTable.order-column.stripe tbody tr.odd>.sorting_1{
background-color:#fff;
}
table.dataTable.display tbody tr.even>.sorting_1, table.dataTable.order-column.stripe tbody tr.even>.sorting_1{
background-color:#fff;
}
table.dataTable thead th{
background-color: #820000;
color: #fff;
text-align: left;
}
.dataTables_length {
display: none;
}
.page-link {
color: #820000;
}
.page-item.active .page-link {
background-color: #820000;
border-color: #820000;
}
This table shows the 2018 grades from the National Rifle Association to Florida’s political candidates. “AQ” indicates an “A” based on a candidate’s response to an NRA survey, while a “?” is “indication of indifference, if not outright hostility, to gun owners’ and sportsmen’s rights,” according to the NRA.
| Candidate | Office | Party | NRA Grade | NRA Endorsed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Gaetz | US House – District 1 | Republican | A+ | Yes |
| Cris Dosev | US House – District 1 | Republican | AQ | |
| John Mills | US House – District 1 | Republican | ? | |
| Ted Yoho | US House – District 3 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Judson Sapp | US House – District 3 | Republican | AQ | |
| Fred Costello | US House – District 6 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Mike Waltz | US House – District 6 | Republican | AQ | |
| John Ward | US House – District 6 | Republican | AQ | |
| Stephen Sevigny | US House – District 6 | Democrat | F | |
| Nancy Soderberg | US House – District 6 | Democrat | F | |
| John Upchurch | US House – District 6 | Democrat | F | |
| Mike Miller | US House – District 7 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Vennia Francois | US House – District 7 | Republican | AQ | |
| Scott Sturgill | US House – District 7 | Republican | AQ | |
| Neil Combee | US House – District 15 | Republican | A+ | |
| Ross Spano | US House – District 15 | Republican | A+ | |
| Sean Harper | US House – District 15 | Republican | AQ | |
| Danny Kushmer | US House – District 15 | Republican | AQ | |
| Ed Shoemaker | US House – District 15 | Republican | AQ | |
| Kristen Carlson | US House – District 15 | Democrat | F | |
| Andrew Learned | US House – District 15 | Democrat | F | |
| Ray Pena | US House – District 15 | Democrat | F | |
| Greg Steube | US House – District 17 | Republican | A+ | Yes |
| Julio Gonzalez | US House – District 17 | Republican | A | |
| Bill Akins | US House – District 17 | Republican | AQ | |
| April Freeman | US House – District 17 | Democrat | F | |
| Bill Pollard | US House – District 17 | Democrat | F | |
| Brian Mast | US House – District 18 | Republican | ? | |
| Dave Cummings | US House – District 18 | Republican | AQ | |
| Mark Freeman | US House – District 18 | Republican | AQ | |
| Lauren Baer | US House – District 18 | Democrat | F | |
| Pam Keith | US House – District 18 | Democrat | F | |
| Elizabeth Adadi | US House – District 27 | Republican | ? | |
| Bruno Barreiro | US House – District 27 | Republican | F | |
| Angie Chirino | US House – District 27 | Republican | AQ | |
| Stephen Marks | US House – District 27 | Republican | ? | |
| Mike Ohevzion | US House – District 27 | Republican | C | |
| Maria Peiro | US House – District 27 | Republican | AQ | |
| Bettina Rodriguez-Aguilera | US House – District 27 | Republican | ? | |
| Maria Elvira Salazar | US House – District 27 | Republican | ? | |
| Gina Sosa | US House – District 27 | Republican | F | |
| Kristen Rosen Gonzalez | US House – District 27 | Democrat | F | |
| Matt Haggman | US House – District 27 | Democrat | F | |
| Michael Hepburn | US House – District 27 | Democrat | F | |
| David Richardson | US House – District 27 | Democrat | F | |
| Donna Shalala | US House – District 27 | Democrat | F | |
| Aaron Bean | State Senate – District 4 | Republican | C | |
| Carlos Slay | State Senate – District 4 | Republican | AQ | |
| Kayser Enneking | State Senate – District 8 | Democrat | ? | |
| Olysha Magruder | State Senate – District 8 | Democrat | ? | |
| Ed Hooper | State Senate – District 16 | Republican | C- | |
| Leo Karruli | State Senate – District 16 | Republican | ? | |
| Tom Lee | State Senate – District 20 | Republican | A+ | Yes |
| John Houman | State Senate – District 20 | Republican | ? | |
| Joy Gibson | State Senate – District 20 | Democrat | ? | |
| Kathy Lewis | State Senate – District 20 | Democrat | ? | |
| Bob Doyel | State Senate – District 22 | Democrat | ? | |
| Ricardo Rangel | State Senate – District 22 | Democrat | ? | |
| Belinda Keiser | State Senate – District 25 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Gayle Harrell | State Senate – District 25 | Republican | C- | |
| Rubin Anderson | State Senate – District 30 | Democrat | ? | |
| Bobby Powell | State Senate – District 30 | Democrat | F | |
| Jim Waldman | State Senate – District 34 | Democrat | D+ | |
| Gary Farmer | State Senate – District 34 | Democrat | F | |
| David Perez | State Senate – District 36 | Democrat | ? | |
| Julian Santos | State Senate – District 36 | Democrat | ? | |
| Rebekah Bydlak | State House – District 1 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Mike Hill | State House – District 1 | Republican | B+ | |
| Lisa Doss | State House – District 1 | Republican | ? | |
| Vikki Garrett | State House – District 1 | Democrat | ? | |
| Franscine Mathis | State House – District 1 | Democrat | ? | |
| Alex Andrade | State House – District 2 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Greg Merk | State House – District 2 | Democrat | ? | |
| Chuck Brannan | State House – District 10 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Marc Vann | State House – District 10 | Republican | AQ | |
| Cord Byrd | State House – District 11 | Republican | A+ | Yes |
| Joseph Zimmerman | State House – District 11 | Republican | D | |
| Kimberly Daniels | State House – District 14 | Democrat | F | |
| Paula Wright | State House – District 14 | Democrat | ? | |
| Wyman Duggan | State House – District 15 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Joseph Hogan | State House – District 15 | Republican | AQ | |
| Mark Zeigler | State House – District 15 | Republican | B- | |
| Jason Haeseler | State House – District 21 | Democrat | ? | |
| Amol Jethwani | State House – District 21 | Democrat | ? | |
| Charlie Stone | State House – District 22 | Republican | A+ | Yes |
| Brigitte Smith | State House – District 22 | Republican | AQ | |
| Elizabeth Fetterhoff | State House – District 26 | Republican | AQ | |
| Michael Cantu | State House – District 26 | Republican | ? | |
| Patrick Henry | State House – District 26 | Democrat | F | |
| Percy Williamson | State House – District 26 | Democrat | ? | |
| Neil Henrichsen | State House – District 27 | Democrat | ? | |
| Carol Lawrence | State House – District 27 | Democrat | ? | |
| Darryl Block | State House – District 29 | Democrat | ? | |
| Tracey Kagan | State House – District 29 | Democrat | ? | |
| Clark Anderson | State House – District 30 | Democrat | ? | |
| Joy Goff-Marcil | State House – District 30 | Democrat | ? | |
| Brendan Ramirez | State House – District 30 | Democrat | ? | |
| Shannon Elswick | State House – District 32 | Republican | AQ | |
| Anthony Sabatini | State House – District 32 | Republican | AQ | |
| Monica Wofford | State House – District 32 | Republican | AQ | |
| Sheryl Cohn | State House – District 32 | Democrat | F | |
| Cynthia Brown | State House – District 32 | Democrat | ? | |
| Ardian Zika | State House – District 37 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Ryan Boney | State House – District 37 | Republican | ? | |
| Elle Rudisill | State House – District 37 | Republican | ? | |
| Margaret Gold | State House – District 44 | Democrat | ? | |
| Geraldine Thompson | State House – District 44 | Democrat | F | |
| Stockton Reeves | State House – District 47 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Mikaela Nix | State House – District 47 | Republican | C | |
| Anna Eskamani | State House – District 47 | Democrat | ? | |
| Lou Forges | State House – District 47 | Democrat | ? | |
| Rene Plasencia | State House – District 50 | Republican | C | |
| George Collins | State House – District 50 | Republican | AQ | |
| Henry Parrish | State House – District 51 | Republican | A | |
| Tyler Sirois | State House – District 51 | Republican | AQ | |
| Thad Altman | State House – District 52 | Republican | C | |
| Matt Nye | State House – District 52 | Republican | AQ | |
| FiorD’Aliza Frias | State House – District 53 | Democrat | ? | |
| Phil Moore | State House – District 53 | Democrat | ? | |
| Audrey Asciutto | State House – District 55 | Democrat | ? | |
| Nicholas Mrozowski | State House – District 55 | Democrat | ? | |
| Jeff Mann | State House – District 56 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Melony Bell | State House – District 56 | Republican | D | |
| Michael Beltran | State House – District 57 | Republican | AQ | |
| Sean McCoy | State House – District 57 | Republican | A | |
| Ronda Storms | State House – District 59 | Republican | A | |
| Joe Wicker | State House – District 59 | Republican | A | |
| Sharon Carter | State House – District 61 | Democrat | D- | |
| Norman Harris | State House – District 61 | Democrat | ? | |
| Dianne Hart | State House – District 61 | Democrat | ? | |
| Karen Skyers | State House – District 61 | Democrat | ? | |
| Mike Alvarez | State House – District 62 | Democrat | ? | |
| Christopher Cano | State House – District 62 | Democrat | ? | |
| Susan Valdes | State House – District 62 | Democrat | ? | |
| James Grant | State House – District 64 | Republican | A+ | Yes |
| Terry Power | State House – District 64 | Republican | C | |
| Nick DiCeglie | State House – District 66 | Republican | AQ | |
| Berny Jacques | State House – District 66 | Republican | A | |
| Dawn Douglas | State House – District 67 | Democrat | ? | |
| Tom Ryan | State House – District 67 | Democrat | ? | |
| Jeremy Bailie | State House – District 69 | Republican | AQ | |
| Raymond Blacklidge | State House – District 69 | Republican | AQ | |
| Keisha Bell | State House – District 70 | Democrat | ? | |
| Wengay Newton | State House – District 70 | Democrat | F | |
| Vito Sheeley | State House – District 70 | Democrat | ? | |
| Ray Pilon | State House – District 72 | Republican | C | |
| Jason Miller | State House – District 72 | Republican | ? | |
| Tommy Gregory | State House – District 73 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Melissa Howard | State House – District 73 | Republican | B | |
| James Buchanan | State House – District 74 | Republican | A | |
| Linda Yates | State House – District 74 | Republican | AQ | |
| Neilson Ayers | State House – District 76 | Democrat | ? | |
| David Bogner | State House – District 76 | Democrat | ? | |
| Spencer Roach | State House – District 79 | Republican | AQ | |
| Matthew Miller | State House – District 79 | Republican | ? | |
| Mindy Koch | State House – District 81 | Democrat | F | |
| Tina Polsky | State House – District 81 | Democrat | ? | |
| Sasha Dadan | State House – District 83 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Toby Overdorf | State House – District 83 | Republican | C | |
| Teresa Pinney | State House – District 84 | Republican | AQ | |
| Mark Gotz | State House – District 84 | Republican | ? | |
| Robert Joseph | State House – District 84 | Democrat | B+ | |
| Kim Johnson | State House – District 84 | Democrat | ? | |
| Forest Blanton | State House – District 84 | Democrat | ? | |
| Delores Johnson | State House – District 84 | Democrat | ? | |
| Edgardo Hernandez | State House – District 87 | Democrat | ? | |
| David Silvers | State House – District 87 | Democrat | F | |
| Mike Caruso | State House – District 89 | Republican | ? | |
| Matt Spritz | State House – District 89 | Republican | D | |
| Jim Bonfiglio | State House – District 89 | Democrat | ? | |
| Ryan Rossi | State House – District 89 | Democrat | ? | |
| Paulette Armstead | State House – District 92 | Democrat | ? | |
| Patricia Hawkins-Williams | State House – District 92 | Democrat | F | |
| Saima Farooqui | State House – District 96 | Democrat | ? | |
| Kristin Jacobs | State House – District 96 | Democrat | F | |
| Jared Moskowitz | State House – District 97 | Democrat | F- | |
| Imtiaz Mohammad | State House – District 97 | Democrat | ? | |
| Andrew Dolberg | State House – District 98 | Democrat | ? | |
| Elaine Geller | State House – District 98 | Democrat | ? | |
| Michael Gottlieb | State House – District 98 | Democrat | ? | |
| Stephen Korka | State House – District 98 | Democrat | ? | |
| Daniel Stallone | State House – District 98 | Democrat | ? | |
| Cindy Polo | State House – District 103 | Democrat | ? | |
| Rick Tapia | State House – District 103 | Democrat | ? | |
| Javier Estevez | State House – District 105 | Democrat | ? | |
| Ross Hancock | State House – District 105 | Democrat | ? | |
| Joseph Beauvil | State House – District 108 | Democrat | ? | |
| Roy Hardemon | State House – District 108 | Democrat | F | |
| Dotie Joseph | State House – District 108 | Democrat | ? | |
| James Bush | State House – District 109 | Democrat | ? | |
| Cedric McMinn | State House – District 109 | Democrat | ? | |
| Kubs Lalchandani | State House – District 113 | Democrat | ? | |
| Michael Grieco | State House – District 113 | Democrat | ? | |
| Deede Weithorn | State House – District 113 | Democrat | ? | |
| Jose Fernandez | State House – District 115 | Republican | AQ | |
| Rhonda Lopez | State House – District 115 | Republican | AQ | |
| Vance Aloupis | State House – District 115 | Republican | D | |
| Carlos Gobel | State House – District 115 | Republican | D | |
| James Schulman | State House – District 115 | Democrat | ? | |
| Jeffrey Solomon | State House – District 115 | Democrat | ? | |
| Daniel Perez | State House – District 116 | Republican | D | |
| Frank Polo | State House – District 116 | Republican | ? | |
| Juan Fernandez-Barquin | State House – District 119 | Republican | C | |
| Enrique Lopez | State House – District 119 | Republican | ? | |
| Analeen Martinez | State House – District 119 | Republican | ? | |
| Bibiana Potestad | State House – District 119 | Republican | ? | |
| Adam Putnam | Governor | Republican | A+ | |
| Ron DeSantis | Governor | Republican | A | |
| John Joseph Mercadante | Governor | Republican | ? | |
| Bruce F. Nathan | Governor | Republican | ? | |
| Robert William White | Governor | Republican | AQ | |
| Don Baldauf | Governor | Republican | ? | |
| Bob Langford | Governor | Republican | D | |
| Timothy Michael Devine | Governor | Republican | ? | |
| Andrew D. Gillum | Governor | Democrat | F | |
| Gwen Graham | Governor | Democrat | F | |
| Thomas Christopher King | Governor | Democrat | ? | |
| Philip Louis Levine | Governor | Democrat | F | |
| Frank H. White | Attorney General | Republican | A+ | |
| Ashley Moody | Attorney General | Republican | A | |
| Sean Michael Shaw | Attorney General | Democrat | ? | |
| Ryan C. Torrens | Attorney General | Democrat | ? | |
| Matt Caldwell | Commissioner of Agriculture | Republican | A+ | Yes |
| Denise Grimsley | Commissioner of Agriculture | Republican | B+ | |
| Mike McCalister | Commissioner of Agriculture | Republican | ? | |
| Baxter Griffin Troutman | Commissioner of Agriculture | Republican | C- | |
| R. David Walker | Commissioner of Agriculture | Democrat | ? | |
| Nicole “Nikki” Fried | Commissioner of Agriculture | Democrat | ? | |
| Jeffrey Duane Porter | Commissioner of Agriculture | Democrat | ? | |
| Maureen Horkan | Circuit Judge – Circuit 4 – Group 18 | No party | ? | |
| Charles McBurney | Circuit Judge – Circuit 4 – Group 18 | No party | F | |
| Amira Fox | State Attorney – Circuit 20 | Republican | A | Yes |
| Chris Crowley | State Attorney – Circuit 20 | Republican | C- | |
| Mac McNeill | Sheriff – Jefferson County | Republican | A | Yes |
| Tully Sparkman | Sheriff – Jefferson County | Republican | ? | |
| Eugene Butler | Sheriff – Jefferson County | Democrat | ? | |
| William Massey | Sheriff – Jefferson County | Democrat | ? | |
| Rick Watson | Tax Collector – Franklin County | Republican | A | Yes |
| Jaime Crum | Tax Collector – Franklin County | Republican | ? |
$(document).ready(function() {
$(‘#table’).DataTable({
responsive: true,
columnDefs: [
{ responsivePriority: 1, targets: 0 },
{ responsivePriority: 2, targets: 3 },
{ responsivePriority: 3, targets: -1 },
{ responsivePriority: 4, targets: 2 },
{ responsivePriority: 5, targets: 1}
],
“order”: [[0,”asc”]],
“iDisplayLength”: 10,
});
});
.ss-blurb-fblike{
padding-left:10px;
}
.ss-blurb-fblike-heading {
font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;
font-weight: bold;
}
Like us on Facebook
(function(d, s, id) {
var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
if (d.getElementById(id)) return;
js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;
js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.10&appId=728754867160252”;
fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’));
