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State Office Name Party Rating
Roland Burris 11%
Tom Carper 11%
Bob Casey, Jr. 11%
Dianne Feinstein 11%
Frank Lautenberg 11%
Patrick Leahy 11%
Carl Levin 11%
Bob Menendez 11%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 11%
Tom Udall 11%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 11%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Carolyn McCarthy 10%
Mark Schauer 10%
Pete Stark 10%
Pete Visclosky 10%
Brian Baird 9%
Kathy Dahlkemper 9%
Debbie Halvorson 9%
Baron Hill 9%
Paul Kanjorski 9%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney Democratic 9%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 9%
Vic Snyder 9%
Al Franken 8%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 8%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 7%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 7%
Scott Murphy 7%
Gary Ackerman 5%
Xavier Becerra 5%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 5%
John Boccieri 5%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 5%
Dennis Cardoza 5%
Christopher Carney 5%
NY U.S. House - 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 5%
Jerry Costello 5%
Joe Crowley 5%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
Peter DeFazio 5%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 5%
Donna Edwards 5%
Marcia Fudge 5%
Gabrielle Giffords 5%
Bart Gordon 5%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 5%
Ron Kind 5%
Mark Kirk 5%
Ron Klein 5%
Dan Lipinski 5%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 5%
Dan Maffei 5%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
Jim McDermott 5%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
Alan Mollohan 5%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 5%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 5%
Donald Payne 5%
Earl Pomeroy 5%
Nick Rahall II 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 5%
Dutch Ruppersberger 5%
Bobby Rush 5%
John Salazar 5%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 5%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 5%
Louise Slaughter 5%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 5%
Bart Stupak 5%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 5%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 5%
Niki Tsongas 5%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 5%
Mel Watt 5%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 5%
David Wu 5%
Sherrod Brown 4%
Ben Cardin 4%
Tom Harkin 4%
Ted Kaufman 4%
John Kerry 4%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 4%
Neil Abercrombie 0%
Rob Andrews 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 0%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 0%
Howard Berman 0%
Tim Bishop 0%
Earl Blumenauer 0%
Leonard Boswell 0%
Bob Brady 0%
Bruce Braley 0%
Corrine Brown 0%
Lois Capps 0%
Mike Capuano 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Roland Burris 11%
Tom Carper 11%
Bob Casey, Jr. 11%
Dianne Feinstein 11%
Frank Lautenberg 11%
Patrick Leahy 11%
Carl Levin 11%
Bob Menendez 11%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 11%
Tom Udall 11%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 11%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 10%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 10%
Carolyn McCarthy 10%
Mark Schauer 10%
Pete Stark 10%
Pete Visclosky 10%
Brian Baird 9%
Kathy Dahlkemper 9%
Debbie Halvorson 9%
Baron Hill 9%
Paul Kanjorski 9%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney D 9%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 9%
Vic Snyder 9%
Al Franken 8%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 8%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 7%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley D 7%
Scott Murphy 7%
Gary Ackerman 5%
Xavier Becerra 5%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 5%
John Boccieri 5%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 5%
Dennis Cardoza 5%
Christopher Carney 5%
NY U.S. House - 9 Yvette Clarke D 5%
Jerry Costello 5%
Joe Crowley 5%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 5%
Peter DeFazio 5%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 5%
Donna Edwards 5%
Marcia Fudge 5%
Gabrielle Giffords 5%
Bart Gordon 5%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 5%
Ron Kind 5%
Mark Kirk 5%
Ron Klein 5%
Dan Lipinski 5%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 5%
Dan Maffei 5%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum DFL 5%
Jim McDermott 5%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 5%
Alan Mollohan 5%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 5%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 5%
Donald Payne 5%
Earl Pomeroy 5%
Nick Rahall II 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 5%
Dutch Ruppersberger 5%
Bobby Rush 5%
John Salazar 5%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 5%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 5%
Louise Slaughter 5%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 5%
Bart Stupak 5%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 5%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 5%
Niki Tsongas 5%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 5%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 5%
Mel Watt 5%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 5%
David Wu 5%
Sherrod Brown 4%
Ben Cardin 4%
Tom Harkin 4%
Ted Kaufman 4%
John Kerry 4%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 4%
Neil Abercrombie 0%
Rob Andrews 0%
Joe Baca, Sr. 0%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 0%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 0%
Howard Berman 0%
Tim Bishop 0%
Earl Blumenauer 0%
Leonard Boswell 0%
Bob Brady 0%
Bruce Braley 0%
Corrine Brown 0%
Lois Capps 0%
Mike Capuano 0%
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