would make it easier for law enforcement officials to take action against synthetic drug manufacturers, distributors, and sellers by closing a loophole that makes it difficult to prosecute them if they label packages as "not intended for human consumption." Interest group ratings In 2012, the American Conservative Union Ratings of Congress gave Thornberry a 96% rating for the year. He has a lifetime score of 95%. The National Right to Life Committee has consistently scored Thornberry at 100%. The American Family Association, Christian Coalition of America, and Family Research Council have all consistently given Thornberry a 100% rating on family and marriage issues. The National Rifle Association gave Thornberry a lifetime rating of 92% on 2nd Amendment and gun rights issues. Gun Owners of America gave Thornberry a score of 90% on 2nd Amendment and gun rights issues. The Disabled American Veterans and Vietnam Veterans of America have both given Thornberry a 100% score on veteran issues. Both the Fleet Reserve Association and Non Commissioned Officers Association have given Thornberry a 100% score military issues. Political campaigns Thornberry defeated Democratic Congressman Bill Sarpalius in the 1994 general election, a heavily Republican year nationwide. He polled 79,416 votes (55 percent) to Sarpalius's 63,923 votes (44 percent). Two years earlier in a much higher-turnout election, Sarpalius received nearly double the votes that he did in 1994. The 13th has always been a somewhat conservative district, but on paper had been made somewhat less Republican in the 1990s redistricting. For this reason, Thornberry's victory was regarded as an upset. Thornberry would never faced another contest nearly as close as his initial one, and was reelected 10 times, never with less than 67 percent of the vote. While voters in this region began splitting their tickets as early as the 1940s, Democrats continued to hold most local offices well into the 1990s. Thornberry's win began a wave of Republican victories in this region, and it is now reckoned as one of the most Republican districts in the nation. In 2013 the Cook Partisan Voting Index rated it the most Republican district in the country (R+32). Thornberry is only the third Republican to represent the district for a full term since Reconstruction. The previous Republican representatives were Robert D. "Bob" Price of Pampa (1967–75) and Beau Boulter of Amarillo (1985–89). In the 2006 and 2008 elections, Thornberry handily defeated former intelligence officer and professor Roger