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State Office Name Party Rating
Peter DeFazio 5%
Anna Eshoo 5%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 5%
Bart Gordon 5%
Jane Harman 5%
Jay Inslee 5%
Steve Kagen 5%
Ron Klein 5%
Nita Lowey 5%
Jim McDermott 5%
Jim Moran, Jr. 5%
Ed Perlmutter 5%
Nick Rahall II 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 5%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 5%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 5%
Zack Space 5%
Anthony Weiner 5%
Leonard Boswell 4%
Nancy Boyda 4%
Corrine Brown 4%
Dennis Cardoza 4%
Ben Chandler III 4%
NY U.S. House - 9 Yvette Clarke Democratic 4%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 4%
Robert Cramer 4%
Joe Crowley 4%
Susan Davis 4%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 4%
Bill Delahunt 4%
John Dingell 4%
Chet Edwards 4%
Rahm Emanuel 4%
Sam Farr 4%
Gene Green 4%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 4%
Darlene Hooley 4%
Eddie Johnson 4%
Paul Kanjorski 4%
Dennis Kucinich 4%
Carolyn Maloney 4%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 4%
Carolyn McCarthy 4%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 4%
George Miller 4%
Dennis Moore 4%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 4%
Earl Pomeroy 4%
Mike Ross 4%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 4%
Allyson Schwartz 4%
Ellen Tauscher 4%
John Tierney 4%
Mark Udall 4%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 4%
David Wu 4%
John Yarmuth 4%
Gary Ackerman 3%
Thomas Allen 3%
Rob Andrews 3%
Max Baucus 3%
Howard Berman 3%
Jeff Bingaman 3%
Tim Bishop 3%
Barbara Boxer 3%
Bruce Braley 3%
Sherrod Brown 3%
Lois Capps 3%
Mike Capuano 3%
Ben Cardin 3%
FL U.S. House - 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 3%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 3%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 3%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 3%
Artur Davis 3%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 3%
Norm Dicks 3%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 3%
MN Attorney General Keith Ellison Democratic/Farmer/Labor 3%
Eliot Engel 3%
Bob Etheridge 3%
Dianne Feinstein 3%
Charlie Gonzalez 3%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 3%
Brian Higgins 3%
Paul Hodes 3%
Tim Holden 3%
Mike Honda 3%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 3%
Steve Israel 3%
Sheila Jackson Lee 3%
William Jefferson 3%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 3%
Herb Kohl 3%
Jim Langevin 3%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 3%
Patrick Leahy 3%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 3%
Sandy Levin 3%
John Lewis 3%
State Office Name Party Rating
Peter DeFazio 5%
Anna Eshoo 5%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 5%
Bart Gordon 5%
Jane Harman 5%
Jay Inslee 5%
Steve Kagen 5%
Ron Klein 5%
Nita Lowey 5%
Jim McDermott 5%
Jim Moran, Jr. 5%
Ed Perlmutter 5%
Nick Rahall II 5%
Ciro Rodriguez 5%
Joe Sestak, Jr. 5%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 5%
Zack Space 5%
Anthony Weiner 5%
Leonard Boswell 4%
Nancy Boyda 4%
Corrine Brown 4%
Dennis Cardoza 4%
Ben Chandler III 4%
NY U.S. House - 9 Yvette Clarke D 4%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 4%
Robert Cramer 4%
Joe Crowley 4%
Susan Davis 4%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 4%
Bill Delahunt 4%
John Dingell 4%
Chet Edwards 4%
Rahm Emanuel 4%
Sam Farr 4%
Gene Green 4%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 4%
Darlene Hooley 4%
Eddie Johnson 4%
Paul Kanjorski 4%
Dennis Kucinich 4%
Carolyn Maloney 4%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 4%
Carolyn McCarthy 4%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 4%
George Miller 4%
Dennis Moore 4%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 4%
Earl Pomeroy 4%
Mike Ross 4%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 4%
Allyson Schwartz 4%
Ellen Tauscher 4%
John Tierney 4%
Mark Udall 4%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 4%
David Wu 4%
John Yarmuth 4%
Gary Ackerman 3%
Thomas Allen 3%
Rob Andrews 3%
Max Baucus 3%
Howard Berman 3%
Jeff Bingaman 3%
Tim Bishop 3%
Barbara Boxer 3%
Bruce Braley 3%
Sherrod Brown 3%
Lois Capps 3%
Mike Capuano 3%
Ben Cardin 3%
FL U.S. House - 14 Kathy Castor D 3%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 3%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 3%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney D 3%
Artur Davis 3%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 3%
Norm Dicks 3%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 3%
MN Attorney General Keith Ellison DFL 3%
Eliot Engel 3%
Bob Etheridge 3%
Dianne Feinstein 3%
Charlie Gonzalez 3%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 3%
Brian Higgins 3%
Paul Hodes 3%
Tim Holden 3%
Mike Honda 3%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 3%
Steve Israel 3%
Sheila Jackson Lee 3%
William Jefferson 3%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 3%
Herb Kohl 3%
Jim Langevin 3%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 3%
Patrick Leahy 3%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 3%
Sandy Levin 3%
John Lewis 3%
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