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State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith Republican 0
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 17
Gordon Smith 57
Lamar Smith 0
Olympia Snowe 86
Vic Snyder 67
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100
Mark Souder 0
Zack Space 67
Arlen Specter 57
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Debbie Stabenow 86
Pete Stark 100
Cliff Stearns 17
Ted Stevens 29
Bart Stupak 100
John Sullivan 0
John Sununu 57
Betty Sutton 100
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100
Tom Tancredo 0
John Tanner 60
Ellen Tauscher 100
Gene Taylor 50
Lee Terry 0
Jon Tester 86
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
Mac Thornberry 0
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune Republican 14
Todd Tiahrt 0
Pat Tiberi 0
John Tierney 100
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner Republican 0
Mark Udall 100
Tom Udall 100
Fred Upton 17
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
Pete Visclosky 100
David Vitter 29
George Voinovich 43
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg Republican 17
Greg Walden 17
James Walsh 33
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83
Zach Wamp 17
John Warner 43
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100
Diane Watson 100
Mel Watt 100
Henry Waxman 100
Jim Webb, Jr. 71
Anthony Weiner 100
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 83
David Weldon 0
Gerald Weller 0
Lynn Westmoreland 0
Robert Wexler 100
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 86
Ed Whitfield 0
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker Republican 0
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. Republican 0
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 83
Heather Wilson 0
Frank Wolf 0
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86
Albert Wynn 100
John Yarmuth 10
State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 100
NE U.S. House - 3 Adrian Smith R 0
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 17
Gordon Smith 57
Lamar Smith 0
Olympia Snowe 86
Vic Snyder 67
CA Supervisor - 1 Hilda Solis 100
Mark Souder 0
Zack Space 67
Arlen Specter 57
John Spratt, Jr. 100
Debbie Stabenow 86
Pete Stark 100
Cliff Stearns 17
Ted Stevens 29
Bart Stupak 100
John Sullivan 0
John Sununu 57
Betty Sutton 100
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 100
Tom Tancredo 0
John Tanner 60
Ellen Tauscher 100
Gene Taylor 50
Lee Terry 0
Jon Tester 86
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 100
Mac Thornberry 0
SD U.S. Senate - Sr John Thune R 14
Todd Tiahrt 0
Pat Tiberi 0
John Tierney 100
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner R 0
Mark Udall 100
Tom Udall 100
Fred Upton 17
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100
Pete Visclosky 100
David Vitter 29
George Voinovich 43
MI U.S. House - 5 Tim Walberg R 17
Greg Walden 17
James Walsh 33
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 83
Zach Wamp 17
John Warner 43
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100
Diane Watson 100
Mel Watt 100
Henry Waxman 100
Jim Webb, Jr. 71
Anthony Weiner 100
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 83
David Weldon 0
Gerald Weller 0
Lynn Westmoreland 0
Robert Wexler 100
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 86
Ed Whitfield 0
MS U.S. Senate - Sr Roger Wicker R 0
SC U.S. House - 2 Joe Wilson, Sr. R 0
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 83
Heather Wilson 0
Frank Wolf 0
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 86
Albert Wynn 100
John Yarmuth 10
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