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State Office Name Party Rating
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 40%
Rick Boucher 40%
Ben Cardin 40%
Joe Crowley 40%
James Davis 40%
Susan Davis 40%
Anna Eshoo 40%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40%
Tim Holden 40%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Jim Langevin 40%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
Carolyn McCarthy 40%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 40%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
Brad Miller 40%
Collin Peterson 40%
Loretta Sanchez 40%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 40%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 40%
Mark Udall 40%
David Wu 40%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 36%
Sheila Jackson Lee 36%
Ron Kind 36%
Thomas Allen 33%
Brian Baird 33%
Evan Bayh 33%
Xavier Becerra 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 33%
Norm Dicks 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Sam Farr 33%
Jay Inslee 33%
Mary Landrieu 33%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 33%
Blanche Lincoln 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 33%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
Mark Pryor 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Anthony Weiner 33%
Robert Wexler 33%
Neil Abercrombie 31%
Martin Meehan 31%
Tom Carper 29%
Mike Honda 29%
Timothy Johnson 29%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 29%
Tom Lantos 29%
Nita Lowey 29%
Charlie Rangel 29%
Rodney Alexander 27%
Joe Baca, Sr. 27%
Earl Blumenauer 27%
Corrine Brown 27%
Kent Conrad 27%
Jerry Costello 27%
Bill Delahunt 27%
Gene Green 27%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 27%
Sandy Levin 27%
Robert Matsui 27%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 27%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 27%
Jack Murtha 27%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 27%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 27%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Debbie Stabenow 27%
Bart Stupak 27%
Ed Towns 27%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 27%
Tom Udall 27%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 27%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 27%
Diane Watson 27%
Joe Biden, Jr. 21%
Barbara Boxer 21%
Hillary Clinton 21%
Elijah Cummings 21%
Barbara Mikulski 21%
Howard Berman 20%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 20%
Lois Capps 20%
Mike Capuano 20%
Jon Corzine 20%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 20%
State Office Name Party Rating
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 40%
Rick Boucher 40%
Ben Cardin 40%
Joe Crowley 40%
James Davis 40%
Susan Davis 40%
Anna Eshoo 40%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 40%
Tim Holden 40%
Patrick Kennedy 40%
Jim Langevin 40%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 40%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 40%
Carolyn McCarthy 40%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 40%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 40%
Brad Miller 40%
Collin Peterson 40%
Loretta Sanchez 40%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 40%
Ellen Tauscher 40%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 40%
Mark Udall 40%
David Wu 40%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 36%
Sheila Jackson Lee 36%
Ron Kind 36%
Thomas Allen 33%
Brian Baird 33%
Evan Bayh 33%
Xavier Becerra 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Dennis Cardoza 33%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 33%
Norm Dicks 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 33%
Eliot Engel 33%
Sam Farr 33%
Jay Inslee 33%
Mary Landrieu 33%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 33%
Blanche Lincoln 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 33%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 33%
Earl Pomeroy 33%
Mark Pryor 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 33%
Mel Watt 33%
Anthony Weiner 33%
Robert Wexler 33%
Neil Abercrombie 31%
Martin Meehan 31%
Tom Carper 29%
Mike Honda 29%
Timothy Johnson 29%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 29%
Tom Lantos 29%
Nita Lowey 29%
Charlie Rangel 29%
Rodney Alexander 27%
Joe Baca, Sr. 27%
Earl Blumenauer 27%
Corrine Brown 27%
Kent Conrad 27%
Jerry Costello 27%
Bill Delahunt 27%
Gene Green 27%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 27%
Sandy Levin 27%
Robert Matsui 27%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 27%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 27%
Jack Murtha 27%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 27%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 27%
John Spratt, Jr. 27%
Debbie Stabenow 27%
Bart Stupak 27%
Ed Towns 27%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 27%
Tom Udall 27%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 27%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 27%
Diane Watson 27%
Joe Biden, Jr. 21%
Barbara Boxer 21%
Hillary Clinton 21%
Elijah Cummings 21%
Barbara Mikulski 21%
Howard Berman 20%
Jeff Bingaman 20%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 20%
Lois Capps 20%
Mike Capuano 20%
Jon Corzine 20%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 20%
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