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State Office Name Party Rating
Brian Baird 90%
Xavier Becerra 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
Mike Capuano 90%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case Democratic 90%
Joe Crowley 90%
Elijah Cummings 90%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
James Leach 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
Grace Napolitano 90%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Ed Pastor 90%
Donald Payne 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
Charlie Rangel 90%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
Christopher Shays 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Diane Watson 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Barbara Boxer 89%
Tom Carper 89%
Hillary Clinton 89%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 89%
Russ Feingold 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
Frank Lautenberg 89%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 89%
Neil Abercrombie 85%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 85%
Earl Blumenauer 85%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 85%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 85%
Peter DeFazio 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 85%
Sheila Jackson Lee 85%
Dennis Kucinich 85%
Sandy Levin 85%
Frank LoBiondo 85%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 85%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 85%
George Miller 85%
Nick Rahall II 85%
Dutch Ruppersberger 85%
Bobby Rush 85%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 85%
Ted Strickland 85%
David Wu 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 84%
Jon Corzine 84%
Chris Dodd 84%
Carl Levin 84%
Harry Reid 84%
Paul Sarbanes 84%
Debbie Stabenow 84%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 80%
Mark Kirk 80%
Denise Majette 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 80%
Henry Waxman 80%
Jeff Bingaman 79%
Lincoln Chafee 79%
Mark Dayton 79%
Dianne Feinstein 79%
Barbara Mikulski 79%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 79%
Jay Rockefeller IV 79%
Chris Bell 75%
Rick Boucher 75%
Jonas Frost III 75%
Charlie Gonzalez 75%
Tim Johnson 75%
Karen McCarthy 75%
James Ramstad 75%
Jim Saxton 75%
Evan Bayh 74%
Herb Kohl 74%
Olympia Snowe 74%
Howard Berman 70%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Dennis Cardoza 70%
Mike Castle 70%
Jerry Costello 70%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
Tim Holden 70%
State Office Name Party Rating
Brian Baird 90%
Xavier Becerra 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
Mike Capuano 90%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case D 90%
Joe Crowley 90%
Elijah Cummings 90%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Harold Ford, Jr. 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 90%
Darlene Hooley 90%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Dale Kildee 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 90%
James Leach 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
Grace Napolitano 90%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 90%
Ed Pastor 90%
Donald Payne 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 90%
Charlie Rangel 90%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 90%
Christopher Shays 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 90%
Diane Watson 90%
Albert Wynn 90%
Barbara Boxer 89%
Tom Carper 89%
Hillary Clinton 89%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 89%
Russ Feingold 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 89%
Frank Lautenberg 89%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 89%
Neil Abercrombie 85%
Frank Ballance, Jr. 85%
Earl Blumenauer 85%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 85%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 85%
Peter DeFazio 85%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 85%
Sheila Jackson Lee 85%
Dennis Kucinich 85%
Sandy Levin 85%
Frank LoBiondo 85%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 85%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 85%
George Miller 85%
Nick Rahall II 85%
Dutch Ruppersberger 85%
Bobby Rush 85%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 85%
Ted Strickland 85%
David Wu 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 84%
Jon Corzine 84%
Chris Dodd 84%
Carl Levin 84%
Harry Reid 84%
Paul Sarbanes 84%
Debbie Stabenow 84%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
Bob Etheridge 80%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Bart Gordon 80%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 80%
Mark Kirk 80%
Denise Majette 80%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 80%
Henry Waxman 80%
Jeff Bingaman 79%
Lincoln Chafee 79%
Mark Dayton 79%
Dianne Feinstein 79%
Barbara Mikulski 79%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 79%
Jay Rockefeller IV 79%
Chris Bell 75%
Rick Boucher 75%
Jonas Frost III 75%
Charlie Gonzalez 75%
Tim Johnson 75%
Karen McCarthy 75%
James Ramstad 75%
Jim Saxton 75%
Evan Bayh 74%
Herb Kohl 74%
Olympia Snowe 74%
Howard Berman 70%
Leonard Boswell 70%
Dennis Cardoza 70%
Mike Castle 70%
Jerry Costello 70%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
Tim Holden 70%
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