The three Republican senators running for president came out in a virtual tie of their conservative bona fides, according to the latest annual ranking of Congress by the American Conservative Union.
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| Rubio and his wife Jeanette |
Marco Rubio and Rand Paul both earned a 96-rating out of 100, while Ted Cruz got a 100 score in the ratings closely-watched among conservatives. The rating gives the trio good political bragging rights heading into the Republican primary/caucus season where conservatives generally carry the most weight.
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| Paul and his wife Kelley |
Only two other Senate Republicans -- Utah's Mike Lee and Oklahoma's Tom Coburn -- won 100 scores for their votes in 2014.
The scores are calculated from members' votes on 25 select, often arcane issues of interest to conservatives and the ACU, which also hosts the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).
Republican scores ranged from 100 down to the 44 of Maine's Susan Collins and the 41 of Alaska's Lisa Murkowski.
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| Cruz and his wife Heidi |
South Carolina's Lindsey Graham, who is expected to announce his GOP presidential candidacy in coming weeks, scored a 76, well below his state colleague, Tim Scott at 96. Alabama's Jeff Sessions and Wisconsin's Ron Johnson also drew the same 96 scores as Rubio and Paul.
John McCain of Arizona totaled 91. His Arizona colleague Jeff Flake 92. Illinois' Mark Kirk up for reelection next year got 64.
Other GOP member scores are Kentucky's Mitch McConnell (84), Ohio's Rob Portman (68), Tennessee's Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker (both 76), Pennsylvania's Pat Toomey (88), Louisiana David Vitter (86) and Texas' John Cornyn and Iowa's Chuck Grassley, both at 92.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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