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State Office Name Party Rating
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
John Tierney 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
Mark Udall 100%
Tom Udall 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 100%
Brian Baird 89%
Joe Biden, Jr. 89%
Tim Bishop 89%
Corrine Brown 89%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 89%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 89%
Ben Cardin 89%
Tom Carper 89%
Lincoln Chafee 89%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 89%
James Davis 89%
Bill Delahunt 89%
John Dingell 89%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 89%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 89%
Bob Etheridge 89%
Lane Evans 89%
Sam Farr 89%
Dianne Feinstein 89%
Luis Gutiérrez 89%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 89%
Sheila Jackson Lee 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 89%
Herb Kohl 89%
Jim Langevin 89%
Tom Lantos 89%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 89%
John Lewis 89%
Joe Lieberman 89%
Dan Lipinski 89%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 89%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 89%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 89%
Barbara Mikulski 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
Brad Miller 89%
Jim Moran, Jr. 89%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 89%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 89%
Jim Oberstar 89%
Dave Obey 89%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 89%
Steve Rothman 89%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 89%
Loretta Sanchez 89%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 89%
Louise Slaughter 89%
John Spratt, Jr. 89%
Pete Stark 89%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 89%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 89%
Pete Visclosky 89%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 89%
Diane Watson 89%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 78%
Robert Byrd 78%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 78%
Jim Cooper 78%
Artur Davis 78%
Peter DeFazio 78%
OH Governor Mike DeWine Republican 78%
Byron Dorgan 78%
Rahm Emanuel 78%
Bob Filner 78%
Gene Green 78%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 78%
Brian Higgins 78%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 78%
Tim Holden 78%
Darlene Hooley 78%
Steve Israel 78%
Timothy Johnson 78%
Paul Kanjorski 78%
Ron Kind 78%
Mary Landrieu 78%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 78%
James Leach 78%
Carolyn McCarthy 78%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 78%
Alan Mollohan 78%
Dennis Moore 78%
Jack Murtha 78%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
Nick Rahall II 78%
State Office Name Party Rating
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
John Tierney 100%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100%
Mark Udall 100%
Tom Udall 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 100%
Brian Baird 89%
Joe Biden, Jr. 89%
Tim Bishop 89%
Corrine Brown 89%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 89%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 89%
Ben Cardin 89%
Tom Carper 89%
Lincoln Chafee 89%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 89%
James Davis 89%
Bill Delahunt 89%
John Dingell 89%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 89%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 89%
Bob Etheridge 89%
Lane Evans 89%
Sam Farr 89%
Dianne Feinstein 89%
Luis Gutiérrez 89%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 89%
Sheila Jackson Lee 89%
James Merrill Jeffords 89%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 89%
Herb Kohl 89%
Jim Langevin 89%
Tom Lantos 89%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 89%
John Lewis 89%
Joe Lieberman 89%
Dan Lipinski 89%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 89%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 89%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 89%
Barbara Mikulski 89%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 89%
Brad Miller 89%
Jim Moran, Jr. 89%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 89%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 89%
Jim Oberstar 89%
Dave Obey 89%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 89%
Steve Rothman 89%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 89%
Loretta Sanchez 89%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 89%
Louise Slaughter 89%
John Spratt, Jr. 89%
Pete Stark 89%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 89%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 89%
Pete Visclosky 89%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 89%
Diane Watson 89%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 78%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 78%
Robert Byrd 78%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 78%
Jim Cooper 78%
Artur Davis 78%
Peter DeFazio 78%
OH Governor Mike DeWine R 78%
Byron Dorgan 78%
Rahm Emanuel 78%
Bob Filner 78%
Gene Green 78%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 78%
Brian Higgins 78%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 78%
Tim Holden 78%
Darlene Hooley 78%
Steve Israel 78%
Timothy Johnson 78%
Paul Kanjorski 78%
Ron Kind 78%
Mary Landrieu 78%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 78%
James Leach 78%
Carolyn McCarthy 78%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 78%
Alan Mollohan 78%
Dennis Moore 78%
Jack Murtha 78%
Earl Pomeroy 78%
Nick Rahall II 78%
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