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State Office Name Party Rating
John Kerry 91%
Dale Kildee 91%
Ron Kind 91%
Gerald Kleczka 91%
Mary Landrieu 91%
Jim Langevin 91%
Tom Lantos 91%
Patrick Leahy 91%
Carl Levin 91%
Sandy Levin 91%
Joe Lieberman 91%
Blanche Lincoln 91%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 91%
Nita Lowey 91%
Carolyn Maloney 91%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 91%
Jim McDermott 91%
Michael McNulty 91%
Martin Meehan 91%
Bob Menendez 91%
Alan Mollohan 91%
Jim Moran, Jr. 91%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 91%
Grace Napolitano 91%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 91%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 91%
John Olver 91%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 91%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 91%
Ed Pastor 91%
David Price 91%
Harry Reid 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 91%
Jay Rockefeller IV 91%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Timothy Roemer 91%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 91%
Bobby Rush 91%
Loretta Sanchez 91%
Thomas Sawyer 91%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 91%
Vic Snyder 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 91%
Debbie Stabenow 91%
Ted Strickland 91%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 91%
Karen Thurman 91%
John Tierney 91%
Robert Torricelli 91%
Mark Udall 91%
Tom Udall 91%
Anthony Weiner 91%
David Wu 91%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 91%
Neil Abercrombie 82%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 82%
Rob Andrews 82%
Joe Baca, Sr. 82%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 82%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 82%
Robert Borski, Jr. 82%
Leonard Boswell 82%
Rick Boucher 82%
Lois Capps 82%
Mike Capuano 82%
Ben Cardin 82%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 82%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 82%
Susan Davis 82%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 82%
Bill Delahunt 82%
Peter Deutsch 82%
John Dingell 82%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 82%
Chet Edwards 82%
Bob Etheridge 82%
Sam Farr 82%
Russ Feingold 82%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 82%
Gene Green 82%
Jane Harman 82%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 82%
Joseph Hoeffel 82%
Mike Honda 82%
Darlene Hooley 82%
Jay Inslee 82%
Herb Kohl 82%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 82%
William Luther 82%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 82%
Robert Matsui 82%
Carolyn McCarthy 82%
Karen McCarthy 82%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 82%
Carrie Meek 82%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 82%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 82%
Earl Pomeroy 82%
Silvestre Reyes 82%
State Office Name Party Rating
John Kerry 91%
Dale Kildee 91%
Ron Kind 91%
Gerald Kleczka 91%
Mary Landrieu 91%
Jim Langevin 91%
Tom Lantos 91%
Patrick Leahy 91%
Carl Levin 91%
Sandy Levin 91%
Joe Lieberman 91%
Blanche Lincoln 91%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 91%
Nita Lowey 91%
Carolyn Maloney 91%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum DFL 91%
Jim McDermott 91%
Michael McNulty 91%
Martin Meehan 91%
Bob Menendez 91%
Alan Mollohan 91%
Jim Moran, Jr. 91%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 91%
Grace Napolitano 91%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 91%
Jim Oberstar 91%
Dave Obey 91%
John Olver 91%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 91%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 91%
Ed Pastor 91%
David Price 91%
Harry Reid 91%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 91%
Jay Rockefeller IV 91%
Ciro Rodriguez 91%
Timothy Roemer 91%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 91%
Bobby Rush 91%
Loretta Sanchez 91%
Thomas Sawyer 91%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 91%
Vic Snyder 91%
John Spratt, Jr. 91%
Debbie Stabenow 91%
Ted Strickland 91%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 91%
Karen Thurman 91%
John Tierney 91%
Robert Torricelli 91%
Mark Udall 91%
Tom Udall 91%
Anthony Weiner 91%
David Wu 91%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 91%
Neil Abercrombie 82%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 82%
Rob Andrews 82%
Joe Baca, Sr. 82%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 82%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 82%
Robert Borski, Jr. 82%
Leonard Boswell 82%
Rick Boucher 82%
Lois Capps 82%
Mike Capuano 82%
Ben Cardin 82%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 82%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 82%
Susan Davis 82%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 82%
Bill Delahunt 82%
Peter Deutsch 82%
John Dingell 82%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 82%
Chet Edwards 82%
Bob Etheridge 82%
Sam Farr 82%
Russ Feingold 82%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 82%
Gene Green 82%
Jane Harman 82%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 82%
Joseph Hoeffel 82%
Mike Honda 82%
Darlene Hooley 82%
Jay Inslee 82%
Herb Kohl 82%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 82%
William Luther 82%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 82%
Robert Matsui 82%
Carolyn McCarthy 82%
Karen McCarthy 82%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 82%
Carrie Meek 82%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 82%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 82%
Earl Pomeroy 82%
Silvestre Reyes 82%
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