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State Office Name Party Rating
Mel Watt 91%
Barbara Boxer 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
John Moakley 90%
Donald Payne 90%
John Spratt, Jr. 90%
Xavier Becerra 89%
Howard Berman 89%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 89%
Michael McNulty 89%
Bobby Rush 89%
Loretta Sanchez 89%
William Jefferson 88%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 88%
Neil Abercrombie 83%
Thomas Allen 83%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 83%
James Barcia 83%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 83%
Jeff Bingaman 83%
Earl Blumenauer 83%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 83%
Bob Brady 83%
Sherrod Brown 83%
Conrad Burns 83%
Lois Capps 83%
Ben Cardin 83%
Eva Clayton 83%
Robert Clement 83%
Gary Condit 83%
Jerry Costello 83%
Elijah Cummings 83%
James Davis 83%
Peter DeFazio 83%
Norm Dicks 83%
John Edwards 83%
Eliot Engel 83%
Bob Filner 83%
Charlie Gonzalez 83%
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 83%
Rush Holt, Jr. 83%
Sheila Jackson Lee 83%
Nicholas Lampson 83%
Patrick Leahy 83%
John Lewis 83%
Nita Lowey 83%
William Luther 83%
Carolyn Maloney 83%
Carolyn McCarthy 83%
Jim McDermott 83%
Mike McIntyre 83%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 83%
Dennis Moore 83%
Jim Moran, Jr. 83%
Jack Murtha 83%
Robert William Ney 83%
John Olver 83%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 83%
Collin Peterson 83%
David Phelps 83%
David Price 83%
Charlie Rangel 83%
Harry Reid 83%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 83%
Ciro Rodriguez 83%
Steve Rothman 83%
Martin Olav Sabo 83%
Thomas Sawyer 83%
Jim Saxton 83%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 83%
José Serrano 83%
Ronnie Shows 83%
Karen Thurman 83%
John Tierney 83%
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