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State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 78%
Carolyn Maloney 78%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 78%
Tom Harkin 75%
Rob Andrews 70%
James Barcia 70%
Max Baucus 70%
Kent Conrad 70%
Norm Dicks 70%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Gene Green 70%
Darlene Hooley 70%
William Jefferson 70%
Patrick Leahy 70%
James Maloney 70%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 70%
Carolyn McCarthy 70%
Jim Moran, Jr. 70%
Constance Morella 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 70%
Ed Pastor 70%
Nick Rahall II 70%
Harry Reid 70%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Ciro Rodriguez 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Marge Roukema 70%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 70%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 70%
Vic Snyder 70%
Ted Strickland 70%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 70%
Bob Weygand 70%
Bob Wise, Jr. 70%
Albert Wynn 70%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 67%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
John Breaux 60%
John Chafee 60%
Robert Clement 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Tim Holden 60%
Ron Kind 60%
Gerald Kleczka 60%
James Leach 60%
Matthew Martinez 60%
John McCain III 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Charles Robb 60%
Ike Skelton 60%
Ellen Tauscher 60%
W. Curtis Weldon 55%
Charlie Bass 50%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Mike Castle 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 50%
James Davis 50%
Calvin Dooley 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 78%
Carolyn Maloney 78%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 78%
Tom Harkin 75%
Rob Andrews 70%
James Barcia 70%
Max Baucus 70%
Kent Conrad 70%
Norm Dicks 70%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 70%
Jonas Frost III 70%
Gene Green 70%
Darlene Hooley 70%
William Jefferson 70%
Patrick Leahy 70%
James Maloney 70%
Frank Mascara 70%
Robert Matsui 70%
Carolyn McCarthy 70%
Jim Moran, Jr. 70%
Constance Morella 70%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 70%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 70%
Ed Pastor 70%
Nick Rahall II 70%
Harry Reid 70%
Silvestre Reyes 70%
Ciro Rodriguez 70%
Timothy Roemer 70%
Marge Roukema 70%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 70%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 70%
Vic Snyder 70%
Ted Strickland 70%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 70%
Bob Weygand 70%
Bob Wise, Jr. 70%
Albert Wynn 70%
Peter Deutsch 67%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 67%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 60%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 60%
Sherwood Boehlert 60%
Allen Boyd, Jr. 60%
John Breaux 60%
John Chafee 60%
Robert Clement 60%
Chet Edwards 60%
Michael Patrick Forbes 60%
Bart Gordon 60%
Tim Holden 60%
Ron Kind 60%
Gerald Kleczka 60%
James Leach 60%
Matthew Martinez 60%
John McCain III 60%
Mike McIntyre 60%
Earl Pomeroy 60%
Charles Robb 60%
Ike Skelton 60%
Ellen Tauscher 60%
W. Curtis Weldon 55%
Charlie Bass 50%
Brian Bilbray 50%
Leonard Boswell 50%
Rick Boucher 50%
Thomas Campbell 50%
Mike Castle 50%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 50%
James Davis 50%
Calvin Dooley 50%
Bob Etheridge 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Benjamin Gilman 50%
Ernest Hollings 50%
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