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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | U.S. House - 14 | Kathy Castor | Democratic | 63% |
| Jason Chaffetz | 63% | |||
| Bill Delahunt | 63% | |||
| TX | U.S. House - 37 | Lloyd Doggett II | Democratic | 63% |
| Anna Eshoo | 63% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 63% | |||
| Marcia Fudge | 63% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 8 | John Garamendi | Democratic | 63% |
| Jane Harman | 63% | |||
| GA | U.S. House - 4 | Hank Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | 63% |
| CT | U.S. Senate - Jr | Chris Murphy | Democratic | 63% |
| Ed Pastor | 63% | |||
| Dana Rohrabacher | 63% | |||
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 63% |
| MS | U.S. House - 2 | Bennie Thompson | Democratic | 63% |
| CA | U.S. House - 4 | Mike Thompson | Democratic | 63% |
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 63% |
| Anthony Weiner | 63% | |||
| CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 57% |
| Brian Baird | 50% | |||
| Evan Bayh | 50% | |||
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 50% |
| Tim Bishop | 50% | |||
| Lois Capps | 50% | |||
| Dennis Cardoza | 50% | |||
| Russ Carnahan | 50% | |||
| Jerry Costello | 50% | |||
| CT | U.S. House - 2 | Joe Courtney | Democratic | 50% |
| Ted Deutch | 50% | |||
| Vern Ehlers | 50% | |||
| Charlie Gonzalez | 50% | |||
| John Hall | 50% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Sr | Martin Heinrich | Democratic | 50% |
| CT | U.S. House - 4 | Jim Himes | Democratic | 50% |
| Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. | 50% | |||
| Paul Hodes | 50% | |||
| Pete Hoekstra | 50% | |||
| Eddie Johnson | 50% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 50% | |||
| Carolyn Kilpatrick | 50% | |||
| NM | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ben Luján, Jr. | Democratic | 50% |
| NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 50% |
| Jim Moran, Jr. | 50% | |||
| AK | U.S. Senate - Sr | Lisa Murkowski | Republican | 50% |
| Bill Pascrell, Jr. | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 50% |
| Ed Perlmutter | 50% | |||
| Ciro Rodriguez | 50% | |||
| CA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Adam Schiff | Democratic | 50% |
| Carol Shea-Porter | 50% | |||
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 50% |
| MN | Governor | Tim Walz | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 50% |
| David Wu | 50% | |||
| John Yarmuth | 50% | |||
| Marion Berry | 43% | |||
| Bruce Braley | 43% | |||
| Phil Hare | 43% | |||
| Kendrick Meek, Sr. | 43% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 43% | |||
| Harry Teague | 43% | |||
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 43% |
| Pete Visclosky | 43% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 25 | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Democratic | 43% |
| Jason Altmire | 38% | |||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 38% | |||
| John Barrow | 38% | |||
| Melissa Bean | 38% | |||
| Howard Berman | 38% | |||
| Leonard Boswell | 38% | |||
| Allen Boyd, Jr. | 38% | |||
| Christopher Carney | 38% | |||
| Gerry Connolly | 38% | |||
| Jim Cooper | 38% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 38% |
| TX | U.S. House - 28 | Henry Cuellar | Democratic | 38% |