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State Office Name Party Rating
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 10%
Peter DeFazio 10%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Julian Dixon 10%
Lane Evans 10%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 10%
Sam Gejdenson 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Luis Gutiérrez 10%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 10%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 10%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 10%
Sheila Jackson Lee 10%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 10%
Bob Kerrey 10%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
John LaFalce 10%
Tom Lantos 10%
Sandy Levin 10%
Carolyn Maloney 10%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 10%
Karen McCarthy 10%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 10%
Bob Menendez 10%
George Miller 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 10%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Steve Rothman 10%
Bobby Rush 10%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 10%
Louise Slaughter 10%
Pete Stark 10%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 10%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 10%
Bob Wise, Jr. 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
Bob Brady 9%
Neil Abercrombie 5%
David Edward Bonior 5%
Corrine Brown 5%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
John Conyers, Jr. 5%
Elijah Cummings 5%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 5%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 5%
John Dingell 5%
Eliot Engel 5%
Bob Filner 5%
Tom Harkin 5%
Maurice Hinchey 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 5%
Dale Kildee 5%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Nicholas Lampson 5%
John Lewis 5%
Matthew Martinez 5%
Carrie Meek 5%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 5%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 5%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 5%
John Moakley 5%
Major Owens 5%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 5%
José Serrano 5%
Ed Towns 5%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 5%
Robert Wexler 5%
William Jefferson 0%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 0%
Donald Payne 0%
Charlie Rangel 0%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 10%
Peter DeFazio 10%
Bill Delahunt 10%
Peter Deutsch 10%
Julian Dixon 10%
Lane Evans 10%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 10%
Sam Gejdenson 10%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 10%
Luis Gutiérrez 10%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 10%
Earl Hilliard, Sr. 10%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 10%
Sheila Jackson Lee 10%
Paul Kanjorski 10%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 10%
Bob Kerrey 10%
Gerald Kleczka 10%
John LaFalce 10%
Tom Lantos 10%
Sandy Levin 10%
Carolyn Maloney 10%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 10%
Karen McCarthy 10%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 10%
Cynthia Ann McKinney 10%
Bob Menendez 10%
George Miller 10%
Jim Oberstar 10%
Dave Obey 10%
John Olver 10%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 10%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 10%
Ciro Rodriguez 10%
Steve Rothman 10%
Bobby Rush 10%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 10%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 10%
Louise Slaughter 10%
Pete Stark 10%
Ted Strickland 10%
Bart Stupak 10%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 10%
Bob Wise, Jr. 10%
Lynn Woolsey 10%
Albert Wynn 10%
Bob Brady 9%
Neil Abercrombie 5%
David Edward Bonior 5%
Corrine Brown 5%
William Clay, Sr. 5%
John Conyers, Jr. 5%
Elijah Cummings 5%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 5%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 5%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 5%
John Dingell 5%
Eliot Engel 5%
Bob Filner 5%
Tom Harkin 5%
Maurice Hinchey 5%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 5%
Dale Kildee 5%
Carolyn Kilpatrick 5%
Nicholas Lampson 5%
John Lewis 5%
Matthew Martinez 5%
Carrie Meek 5%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 5%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 5%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 5%
John Moakley 5%
Major Owens 5%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 5%
José Serrano 5%
Ed Towns 5%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 5%
Robert Wexler 5%
William Jefferson 0%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 0%
Donald Payne 0%
Charlie Rangel 0%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 0%
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