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State Office Name Party Rating
Jim Langevin 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 90%
John Lewis 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 90%
Carolyn Maloney 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jim Moran, Jr. 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
Tim Ryan 90%
Ken Salazar 90%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
Allyson Schwartz 90%
David Scott 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Bart Stupak 90%
Gene Taylor 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Mark Udall 90%
Diane Watson 90%
David Wu 90%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Brian Baird 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Earl Blumenauer 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Sherrod Brown 80%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 80%
Peter DeFazio 80%
Bill Delahunt 80%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 80%
Martin Meehan 80%
George Miller 80%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Mark Pryor 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Dutch Ruppersberger 80%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 80%
José Serrano 80%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
Pete Stark 80%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 80%
Albert Wynn 80%
Max Baucus 70%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Dennis Cardoza 70%
Ben Chandler III 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 70%
Walter Jones, Jr. 70%
Patrick Kennedy 70%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
Donald Payne 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Mike Ross 70%
John Salazar 70%
John Barrow 60%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 60%
Robert Cramer 60%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 60%
State Office Name Party Rating
Jim Langevin 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 90%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 90%
John Lewis 90%
Joe Lieberman 90%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 90%
Carolyn Maloney 90%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 90%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 90%
Bob Menendez 90%
Dennis Moore 90%
Jim Moran, Jr. 90%
Jim Oberstar 90%
Dave Obey 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
Tim Ryan 90%
Ken Salazar 90%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 90%
Allyson Schwartz 90%
David Scott 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
Debbie Stabenow 90%
Bart Stupak 90%
Gene Taylor 90%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 90%
Ed Towns 90%
Mark Udall 90%
Diane Watson 90%
David Wu 90%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Brian Baird 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Earl Blumenauer 80%
Leonard Boswell 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Sherrod Brown 80%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 80%
Peter DeFazio 80%
Bill Delahunt 80%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 80%
Mary Landrieu 80%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 80%
Martin Meehan 80%
George Miller 80%
Alan Mollohan 80%
Mark Pryor 80%
Nick Rahall II 80%
Dutch Ruppersberger 80%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 80%
José Serrano 80%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 80%
Pete Stark 80%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 80%
Albert Wynn 80%
Max Baucus 70%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 70%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Dennis Cardoza 70%
Ben Chandler III 70%
Chet Edwards 70%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 70%
Walter Jones, Jr. 70%
Patrick Kennedy 70%
Blanche Lincoln 70%
Donald Payne 70%
Collin Peterson 70%
Mike Ross 70%
John Salazar 70%
John Barrow 60%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 60%
Robert Cramer 60%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 60%
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