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State Office Name Party Rating
Dennis Cardoza 90%
Ben Chandler III 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
Gerry Connolly 90%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 90%
Artur Davis 90%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Chet Edwards 90%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster Democratic 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Charlie Gonzalez 90%
Bart Gordon 90%
Phil Hare 90%
Paul Hodes 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Steve Kagen 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
Ann Kirkpatrick 90%
Suzanne Kosmas 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Dan Lipinski 90%
Dave Loebsack 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. Democratic 90%
Eric Massa 90%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 90%
Harry Mitchell 90%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 90%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 90%
Grace Napolitano 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 90%
Ed Perlmutter 90%
Charlie Rangel 90%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
John Salazar 90%
Carol Shea-Porter 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
Zack Space 90%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 90%
John Tierney 90%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 90%
Diane Watson 90%
John Yarmuth 90%
Max Baucus 89%
Mark Begich 89%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet Democratic 89%
Bob Casey, Jr. 89%
Kent Conrad 89%
Russ Feingold 89%
Timothy Johnson 89%
Mary Landrieu 89%
Blanche Lincoln 89%
Mark Pryor 89%
Harry Reid 89%
Jay Rockefeller IV 89%
Jon Tester 89%
Mark Udall 89%
Tom Udall 89%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner Democratic 89%
Jim Webb, Jr. 89%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Brian Baird 80%
John Barrow 80%
Melissa Bean 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Christopher Carney 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
Lincoln Davis 80%
Raul Grijalva 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 80%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 80%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
John Lewis 80%
Michael McMahon 80%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 80%
Mike Ross 80%
John Tanner 80%
David Wu 80%
Evan Bayh 78%
Byron Dorgan 78%
Kay Hagan 78%
Claire McCaskill 78%
Ben Nelson 78%
Arlen Specter 78%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Travis Childers 70%
Luis Gutiérrez 70%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 70%
Larry Kissell 70%
State Office Name Party Rating
Dennis Cardoza 90%
Ben Chandler III 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 90%
Gerry Connolly 90%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 90%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney D 90%
Artur Davis 90%
Peter DeFazio 90%
Bill Delahunt 90%
Chet Edwards 90%
IL U.S. House - 11 Bill Foster D 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Charlie Gonzalez 90%
Bart Gordon 90%
Phil Hare 90%
Paul Hodes 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Rush Holt, Jr. 90%
Eddie Johnson 90%
Steve Kagen 90%
Paul Kanjorski 90%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 90%
Ann Kirkpatrick 90%
Suzanne Kosmas 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Dan Lipinski 90%
Dave Loebsack 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. D 90%
Eric Massa 90%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 90%
Harry Mitchell 90%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 90%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 90%
Grace Napolitano 90%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 90%
Ed Perlmutter 90%
Charlie Rangel 90%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
Bobby Rush 90%
John Salazar 90%
Carol Shea-Porter 90%
Ike Skelton 90%
Vic Snyder 90%
Zack Space 90%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 90%
John Tierney 90%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 90%
Diane Watson 90%
John Yarmuth 90%
Max Baucus 89%
Mark Begich 89%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet D 89%
Bob Casey, Jr. 89%
Kent Conrad 89%
Russ Feingold 89%
Timothy Johnson 89%
Mary Landrieu 89%
Blanche Lincoln 89%
Mark Pryor 89%
Harry Reid 89%
Jay Rockefeller IV 89%
Jon Tester 89%
Mark Udall 89%
Tom Udall 89%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner D 89%
Jim Webb, Jr. 89%
Neil Abercrombie 80%
Brian Baird 80%
John Barrow 80%
Melissa Bean 80%
Marion Berry 80%
Rick Boucher 80%
Christopher Carney 80%
John Conyers, Jr. 80%
Lincoln Davis 80%
Raul Grijalva 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Steve Israel 80%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 80%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 80%
Dennis Kucinich 80%
John Lewis 80%
Michael McMahon 80%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 80%
Mike Ross 80%
John Tanner 80%
David Wu 80%
Evan Bayh 78%
Byron Dorgan 78%
Kay Hagan 78%
Claire McCaskill 78%
Ben Nelson 78%
Arlen Specter 78%
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 75%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 70%
Travis Childers 70%
Luis Gutiérrez 70%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 70%
Larry Kissell 70%
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