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State Office Name Party Rating
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 90%
Dianne Feinstein 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Raul Grijalva 90%
Tom Harkin 90%
Mary Landrieu 90%
Blanche Lincoln 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 90%
Jim Matheson 90%
Mike McIntyre 90%
Barbara Mikulski 90%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 90%
Ben Nelson 90%
Collin Peterson 90%
Jay Rockefeller IV 90%
Pete Stark 90%
Ted Strickland 90%
Tom Udall 90%
Mel Watt 90%
Anthony Weiner 90%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 90%
Marion Berry 89%
Sherrod Brown 89%
Robert Byrd 89%
Mike Capuano 89%
Robert Cramer 89%
Bob Filner 89%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
Ron Kind 89%
Patrick Leahy 89%
John Lewis 89%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 89%
Martin Meehan 89%
George Miller 89%
Dave Obey 89%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 89%
Steve Rothman 89%
Diane Watson 89%
Robert Wexler 89%
Dennis Kucinich 88%
Joe Lieberman 88%
Vic Snyder 88%
Lynn Woolsey 88%
Ben Chandler III 86%
Max Baucus 85%
Tom Carper 85%
Hillary Clinton 85%
Jon Corzine 85%
Jerry Costello 85%
Mark Dayton 85%
Russ Feingold 85%
Tim Holden 85%
Herb Kohl 85%
Carl Levin 85%
Dennis Moore 85%
Mark Pryor 85%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 85%
Martin Olav Sabo 85%
Paul Sarbanes 85%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 85%
John Tierney 85%
Pete Visclosky 85%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 84%
Anna Eshoo 84%
James Merrill Jeffords 84%
Frank Lautenberg 84%
Carolyn McCarthy 84%
Earl Pomeroy 84%
Harry Reid 84%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 83%
Mark Udall 83%
Rodney Alexander 80%
Jim Cooper 80%
Chris Dodd 80%
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