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State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100
Ellen Tauscher 100
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 100
John Tierney 100
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
Mark Udall 100
Tom Udall 100
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100
Pete Visclosky 100
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
Anthony Weiner 100
Robert Wexler 100
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Evan Bayh 86
Jeff Bingaman 86
Sherrod Brown 86
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 86
Ben Cardin 86
Kent Conrad 86
Russ Feingold 86
Mary Landrieu 86
Frank Lautenberg 86
Patrick Leahy 86
Carl Levin 86
Bob Menendez 86
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 86
Jay Rockefeller IV 86
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 86
Olympia Snowe 86
Debbie Stabenow 86
Jon Tester 86
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 86
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 86
Michael Arcuri 83
Melissa Bean 83
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 83
Marion Berry 83
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 83
Leonard Boswell 83
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 83
Bob Etheridge 83
Charlie Gonzalez 83
Tom Harkin 83
Brian Higgins 83
Baron Hill 83
Tim Holden 83
John Kerry 83
Jim Langevin 83
Dan Lipinski 83
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 83
Harry Mitchell 83
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 83
Patrick Murphy 83
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 83
Ed Perlmutter 83
Silvestre Reyes 83
Dutch Ruppersberger 83
John Salazar 83
Loretta Sanchez 83
David Scott 83
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 83
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 83
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 83
Barack Obama II 80
Joe Biden, Jr. 75
State Office Name Party Rating
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 100
Ellen Tauscher 100
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 100
John Tierney 100
Ed Towns 100
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 100
Mark Udall 100
Tom Udall 100
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100
Pete Visclosky 100
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
Anthony Weiner 100
Robert Wexler 100
Lynn Woolsey 100
David Wu 100
Albert Wynn 100
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 86
Evan Bayh 86
Jeff Bingaman 86
Sherrod Brown 86
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 86
Ben Cardin 86
Kent Conrad 86
Russ Feingold 86
Mary Landrieu 86
Frank Lautenberg 86
Patrick Leahy 86
Carl Levin 86
Bob Menendez 86
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 86
Jay Rockefeller IV 86
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 86
Olympia Snowe 86
Debbie Stabenow 86
Jon Tester 86
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 86
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 86
Michael Arcuri 83
Melissa Bean 83
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 83
Marion Berry 83
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 83
Leonard Boswell 83
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 83
Bob Etheridge 83
Charlie Gonzalez 83
Tom Harkin 83
Brian Higgins 83
Baron Hill 83
Tim Holden 83
John Kerry 83
Jim Langevin 83
Dan Lipinski 83
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 83
Harry Mitchell 83
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 83
Patrick Murphy 83
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 83
Ed Perlmutter 83
Silvestre Reyes 83
Dutch Ruppersberger 83
John Salazar 83
Loretta Sanchez 83
David Scott 83
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 83
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 83
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 83
Barack Obama II 80
Joe Biden, Jr. 75
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