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State Office Name Party Rating
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Bob Filner 80%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 80%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 80%
Rush Holt, Jr. 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 80%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Ron Kind 80%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 80%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Carrie Meek 80%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 80%
Bob Menendez 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
John Olver 80%
Major Owens 80%
Ed Pastor 80%
Donald Payne 80%
Collin Peterson 80%
Jack Quinn 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
Martin Olav Sabo 80%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 80%
José Serrano 80%
Ronnie Shows 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 80%
Bruce Vento 80%
Lynn Woolsey 80%
Julia Carson 77%
Maurice Hinchey 77%
Tim Holden 77%
Patrick Kennedy 77%
John Lewis 77%
William Lipinski 77%
Alan Mollohan 77%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 77%
Bobby Rush 77%
Pete Stark 77%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 77%
Jim McDermott 75%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Nancy Johnson 70%
George Miller 70%
Dave Obey 70%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
John Tierney 70%
Ken Lucas 66%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
John Ganske 60%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Philip English 55%
Mike Castle 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
William Goodling 50%
Stephen Horn 50%
James Leach 50%
John McHugh 50%
Robert William Ney 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
George Voinovich 50%
Douglas Bereuter 44%
Brian Bilbray 44%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Steven Kuykendall 44%
Ron Paul 44%
Bill Young 44%
Bill Barrett 40%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 40%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Roy Blunt 40%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
James Greenwood 40%
Ralph Hall 40%
David Lee Hobson 40%
Pete King 40%
Steve LaTourette 40%
Jerry Lewis 40%
Doug Ose 40%
John Edward Porter 40%
James Rogan 40%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 40%
Marge Roukema 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
State Office Name Party Rating
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Bob Filner 80%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 80%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 80%
Rush Holt, Jr. 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 80%
Paul Kanjorski 80%
Ron Kind 80%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 80%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 80%
Mike McIntyre 80%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 80%
Carrie Meek 80%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 80%
Bob Menendez 80%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 80%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 80%
Jim Oberstar 80%
John Olver 80%
Major Owens 80%
Ed Pastor 80%
Donald Payne 80%
Collin Peterson 80%
Jack Quinn 80%
Timothy Roemer 80%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
Martin Olav Sabo 80%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 80%
José Serrano 80%
Ronnie Shows 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 80%
Bruce Vento 80%
Lynn Woolsey 80%
Julia Carson 77%
Maurice Hinchey 77%
Tim Holden 77%
Patrick Kennedy 77%
John Lewis 77%
William Lipinski 77%
Alan Mollohan 77%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 77%
Bobby Rush 77%
Pete Stark 77%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 77%
Jim McDermott 75%
Patsy Ann Danner 70%
Nancy Johnson 70%
George Miller 70%
Dave Obey 70%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 70%
Charles Stenholm 70%
John Tierney 70%
Ken Lucas 66%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Gary Condit 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
John Ganske 60%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 60%
Gene Taylor 60%
Philip English 55%
Mike Castle 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
Thomas Davis III 50%
William Goodling 50%
Stephen Horn 50%
James Leach 50%
John McHugh 50%
Robert William Ney 50%
Arlen Specter 50%
George Voinovich 50%
Douglas Bereuter 44%
Brian Bilbray 44%
Amory Houghton, Jr. 44%
Steven Kuykendall 44%
Ron Paul 44%
Bill Young 44%
Bill Barrett 40%
Herbert Bateman, Sr. 40%
Michael Bilirakis 40%
Roy Blunt 40%
Helen Chenoweth-Hage 40%
Lincoln Diaz-Balart 40%
Jo Ann Emerson 40%
Peter Fitzgerald 40%
Wayne Gilchrest 40%
Benjamin Gilman 40%
James Greenwood 40%
Ralph Hall 40%
David Lee Hobson 40%
Pete King 40%
Steve LaTourette 40%
Jerry Lewis 40%
Doug Ose 40%
John Edward Porter 40%
James Rogan 40%
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 40%
Marge Roukema 40%
E. Clay Shaw, Jr. 40%
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