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State Office Name Party Rating
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
Candice Miller 100
Brad Miller 100
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 100
Jack Murtha 100
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 100
Grace Napolitano 100
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 100
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
Ed Pastor 100
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 100
Ed Perlmutter 100
Collin Peterson 100
Earl Pomeroy 100
David Price 100
Nick Rahall II 100
Harry Reid 100
Silvestre Reyes 100
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson Democratic 100
Jay Rockefeller IV 100
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 100
Mike Ross 100
Steve Rothman 100
Lucille Roybal-Allard 100
Dutch Ruppersberger 100
Bobby Rush 100
Tim Ryan 100
John Salazar 100
Ken Salazar 100
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 100
John Sarbanes 100
David Scott 100
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 100
Carol Shea-Porter 100
Heath Shuler 100
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires Democratic 100
Ike Skelton 100
Louise Slaughter 100
Vic Snyder 100
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100
Zack Space 100
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 100
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Bart Stupak 100
Betty Sutton 100
John Tanner 100
Gene Taylor 100
Jon Tester 100
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
Niki Tsongas 100
Mark Udall 100
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
Pete Visclosky 100
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100
Diane Watson 100
Robert Wexler 100
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 100
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 100
Lynn Woolsey 100
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 91
Evan Bayh 91
Sherrod Brown 91
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 91
Ben Cardin 91
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 91
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley Republican 91
Daniel Inouye 91
John Kerry 91
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar Democratic 91
Mary Landrieu 91
Patrick Leahy 91
Carl Levin 91
Blanche Lincoln 91
Claire McCaskill 91
Barbara Mikulski 91
Ben Nelson 91
Mark Pryor 91
Brian Baird 87
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 87
Tim Bishop 87
Dan Boren 87
Charles Boustany, Jr. 87
Allen Boyd, Jr. 87
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 87
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 87
Ben Chandler III 87
Mike Conaway 87
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 87
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 87
Artur Davis 87
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 87
Susan Davis 87
Peter DeFazio 87
State Office Name Party Rating
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 100
Candice Miller 100
Brad Miller 100
Alan Mollohan 100
Dennis Moore 100
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 100
Jack Murtha 100
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 100
Grace Napolitano 100
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 100
Jim Oberstar 100
Dave Obey 100
Ed Pastor 100
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 100
Ed Perlmutter 100
Collin Peterson 100
Earl Pomeroy 100
David Price 100
Nick Rahall II 100
Harry Reid 100
Silvestre Reyes 100
CA State Senate - 35 Laura Richardson D 100
Jay Rockefeller IV 100
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 100
Mike Ross 100
Steve Rothman 100
Lucille Roybal-Allard 100
Dutch Ruppersberger 100
Bobby Rush 100
Tim Ryan 100
John Salazar 100
Ken Salazar 100
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 100
John Sarbanes 100
David Scott 100
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 100
Carol Shea-Porter 100
Heath Shuler 100
NJ Mayor - At-Large Albio Sires D 100
Ike Skelton 100
Louise Slaughter 100
Vic Snyder 100
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100
Zack Space 100
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 100
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Bart Stupak 100
Betty Sutton 100
John Tanner 100
Gene Taylor 100
Jon Tester 100
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 100
Niki Tsongas 100
Mark Udall 100
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100
Pete Visclosky 100
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 100
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100
Diane Watson 100
Robert Wexler 100
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 100
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 100
Lynn Woolsey 100
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 91
Evan Bayh 91
Sherrod Brown 91
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 91
Ben Cardin 91
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 91
IA U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Grassley R 91
Daniel Inouye 91
John Kerry 91
MN U.S. Senate - Sr Amy Klobuchar D 91
Mary Landrieu 91
Patrick Leahy 91
Carl Levin 91
Blanche Lincoln 91
Claire McCaskill 91
Barbara Mikulski 91
Ben Nelson 91
Mark Pryor 91
Brian Baird 87
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 87
Tim Bishop 87
Dan Boren 87
Charles Boustany, Jr. 87
Allen Boyd, Jr. 87
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan R 87
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 87
Ben Chandler III 87
Mike Conaway 87
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 87
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 87
Artur Davis 87
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 87
Susan Davis 87
Peter DeFazio 87
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