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| State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Honda | 77% | |||
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 77% | |||
| Patrick Kennedy | 77% | |||
| Dale Kildee | 77% | |||
| Leonard Lance | 77% | |||
| Sandy Levin | 77% | |||
| Dan Lungren | 77% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 7 | Doris Matsui | Democratic | 77% |
| MN | U.S. House - 4 | Betty McCollum | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 77% |
| CA | State Senate - 5 | Jerry McNerney | Democratic | 77% |
| Gary Miller | 77% | |||
| George Miller | 77% | |||
| Walt Minnick | 77% | |||
| Devin Nunes | 77% | |||
| John Olver | 77% | |||
| CO | Governor | Jared Polis | Democratic | 77% |
| IL | U.S. House - 5 | Mike Quigley | Democratic | 77% |
| Peter Roskam | 77% | |||
| Bobby Rush | 77% | |||
| IL | U.S. House - 9 | Jan Schakowsky | Democratic | 77% |
| VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 77% |
| Jim Sensenbrenner, Jr. | 77% | |||
| Pete Stark | 77% | |||
| John Tierney | 77% | |||
| NY | U.S. House - 20 | Paul Tonko | Democratic | 77% |
| Niki Tsongas | 77% | |||
| Mark Udall | 77% | |||
| Pete Visclosky | 77% | |||
| Xavier Becerra | 85% | |||
| NV | Mayor | Shelley Berkley | Democratic | 85% |
| Bruce Braley | 85% | |||
| Sam Brownback | 85% | |||
| Lois Capps | 85% | |||
| Mike Capuano | 85% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 28 | Judy Chu | Democratic | 85% |
| Russ Feingold | 85% | |||
| Dianne Feinstein | 85% | |||
| Bob Filner | 85% | |||
| Gabrielle Giffords | 85% | |||
| Gene Green | 85% | |||
| MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 85% |
| Ron Klein | 85% | |||
| MN | U.S. Senate - Sr | Amy Klobuchar | Democratic | 85% |
| CA | Mayor | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 85% |
| Nita Lowey | 85% | |||
| Don Manzullo | 85% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 1 | Richard Neal | Democratic | 85% |
| CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 85% |
| Collin Peterson | 85% | |||
| Dana Rohrabacher | 85% | |||
| Paul Ryan | 85% | |||
| NJ | Mayor - At-Large | Albio Sires | Democratic | 85% |
| Zack Space | 85% | |||
| NV | U.S. House - 1 | Dina Titus | Democratic | 85% |
| MD | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chris Van Hollen, Jr. | Democratic | 85% |
| Diane Watson | 85% | |||
| Frank Wolf | 85% | |||
| Joe Baca, Sr. | 92% | |||
| FL | U.S. House - 12 | Gus Bilirakis | Republican | 92% |
| Sherrod Brown | 92% | |||
| Eric Cantor | 92% | |||
| Dennis Cardoza | 92% | |||
| MN | Attorney General | Keith Ellison | Democratic/Farmer/Labor | 92% |
| Eliot Engel | 92% | |||
| Anna Eshoo | 92% | |||
| Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 92% | |||
| Scott Garrett | 92% | |||
| Raul Grijalva | 92% | |||
| Frank Lautenberg | 92% | |||
| Carl Levin | 92% | |||
| Joe Lieberman | 92% | |||
| Dan Lipinski | 92% | |||
| MA | U.S. House - 8 | Stephen Lynch | Democratic | 92% |
| Thaddeus McCotter | 92% | |||
| Candice Miller | 92% | |||
| Grace Napolitano | 92% | |||
| Donald Payne | 92% | |||
| Steve Rothman | 92% | |||
| Loretta Sanchez | 92% | |||
| NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 92% |
| CA | Supervisor - 1 | Jackie Speier | Democratic | 92% |
| Anthony Weiner | 92% | |||
| RI | U.S. Senate - Jr | Sheldon Whitehouse | Democratic | 92% |
| Lynn Woolsey | 92% | |||
| Gary Ackerman | 100% | |||
| Rob Andrews | 100% | |||
| Howard Berman | 100% | |||
| Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
| CA | U.S. House - 21 | Jim Costa | Democratic | 100% |
| Joe Crowley | 100% | |||
| John Ensign | 100% | |||
| Barney Frank | 100% | |||
| Elton Gallegly | 100% | |||
| Rush Holt, Jr. | 100% | |||
| Mark Kirk | 100% | |||
| Jim Langevin | 100% | |||
| Frank LoBiondo | 100% | |||
| Carolyn Maloney | 100% | |||
| MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
| MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |