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State Office Name Party Rating
Gary Condit 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
William Coyne 80%
Robert Cramer 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 80%
Julian Dixon 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 80%
Eliot Engel 80%
Anna Eshoo 80%
Sam Farr 80%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Bob Filner 80%
Wendell Ford 80%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Gene Green 80%
Lee Hamilton 80%
Willie Hefner 80%
Ernest Hollings 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
William Jefferson 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Bob Kerrey 80%
Dale Kildee 80%
Ronald Klink 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
William Luther 80%
Matthew Martinez 80%
Frank Mascara 80%
Robert Matsui 80%
Constance Morella 80%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 80%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Ed Pastor 80%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 80%
Charles Robb 80%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 80%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 80%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 80%
Charles Stenholm 80%
John Tanner 80%
Gene Taylor 80%
Karen Thurman 80%
Esteban Edward Torres 80%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 80%
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
William Clay, Sr. 78%
Harold Ford, Sr. 78%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Henry Gonzalez 78%
Patrick Leahy 78%
Barbara Mikulski 78%
Norman Sisisky 78%
Louis Stokes 78%
Lynn Woolsey 78%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 75%
James Barcia 70%
Barbara Boxer 70%
John Breaux 70%
Corrine Brown 70%
Jerry Costello 70%
Chris Dodd 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Lane Evans 70%
Dianne Feinstein 70%
Barney Frank 70%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 70%
Tim Holden 70%
Eddie Johnson 70%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 70%
John Kerry 70%
Frank Lautenberg 70%
Thomas Manton 70%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Major Owens 70%
Donald Payne 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Owen Pickett 70%
Glenn Poshard 70%
Harry Reid 70%
Jay Rockefeller IV 70%
Paul Sarbanes 70%
Jim Saxton 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 70%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Carl Levin 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 63%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
State Office Name Party Rating
Gary Condit 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
William Coyne 80%
Robert Cramer 80%
Patsy Ann Danner 80%
Thomas Daschle 80%
Julian Dixon 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 80%
Eliot Engel 80%
Anna Eshoo 80%
Sam Farr 80%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 80%
Bob Filner 80%
Wendell Ford 80%
Jonas Frost III 80%
Gene Green 80%
Lee Hamilton 80%
Willie Hefner 80%
Ernest Hollings 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
William Jefferson 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Bob Kerrey 80%
Dale Kildee 80%
Ronald Klink 80%
Herb Kohl 80%
William Luther 80%
Matthew Martinez 80%
Frank Mascara 80%
Robert Matsui 80%
Constance Morella 80%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 80%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 80%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 80%
Ed Pastor 80%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 80%
Charles Robb 80%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 80%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 80%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 80%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 80%
Charles Stenholm 80%
John Tanner 80%
Gene Taylor 80%
Karen Thurman 80%
Esteban Edward Torres 80%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 80%
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 80%
William Clay, Sr. 78%
Harold Ford, Sr. 78%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 78%
Henry Gonzalez 78%
Patrick Leahy 78%
Barbara Mikulski 78%
Norman Sisisky 78%
Louis Stokes 78%
Lynn Woolsey 78%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 75%
James Barcia 70%
Barbara Boxer 70%
John Breaux 70%
Corrine Brown 70%
Jerry Costello 70%
Chris Dodd 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Lane Evans 70%
Dianne Feinstein 70%
Barney Frank 70%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 70%
Tim Holden 70%
Eddie Johnson 70%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 70%
John Kerry 70%
Frank Lautenberg 70%
Thomas Manton 70%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 70%
Alan Mollohan 70%
Major Owens 70%
Donald Payne 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Owen Pickett 70%
Glenn Poshard 70%
Harry Reid 70%
Jay Rockefeller IV 70%
Paul Sarbanes 70%
Jim Saxton 70%
Ike Skelton 70%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 70%
Ed Towns 70%
James Traficant, Jr. 70%
Carl Levin 67%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 67%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 63%
Joe Biden, Jr. 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 60%
Robert Byrd 60%
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