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State Office Name Party Rating
Gerry Connolly 93%
Peter DeFazio 93%
Charlie Gonzalez 93%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 93%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee Democratic 93%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 93%
Brad Miller 93%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 93%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. Democratic 93%
CO Governor Jared Polis Democratic 93%
Nick Rahall II 93%
Charlie Rangel 93%
Silvestre Reyes 93%
Bobby Rush 93%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 93%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 93%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 93%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 92%
Luis Gutiérrez 92%
Richard Hanna 92%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Gary Peters Democratic 92%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 92%
Gary Ackerman 90%
Jason Altmire 90%
Rob Andrews 90%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 90%
Charlie Bass 90%
Judy Biggert 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 90%
FL U.S. House - 14 Kathy Castor Democratic 90%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 90%
Jerry Costello 90%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Charlie Dent 90%
Bob Dold 90%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 90%
Donna Edwards 90%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Marcia Fudge 90%
Jim Gerlach 90%
Chris Gibson 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich Democratic 90%
Brian Higgins 90%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes Democratic 90%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Mike Honda 90%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 90%
Sheila Jackson Lee 90%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 90%
Ron Kind 90%
Larry Kissell 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen Democratic 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Dan Lipinski 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. Democratic 90%
Mike McIntyre 90%
David McKinley 90%
Grace Napolitano 90%
John Olver 90%
Ed Pastor 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 90%
Dave Reichert 90%
Mike Ross 90%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
Tim Ryan 90%
Loretta Sanchez 90%
John Sarbanes 90%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff Democratic 90%
Kurt Schrader 90%
José Serrano 90%
State Office Name Party Rating
Gerry Connolly 93%
Peter DeFazio 93%
Charlie Gonzalez 93%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 93%
CA Mayor Barbara Lee D 93%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 93%
Brad Miller 93%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 93%
NJ U.S. House - 6 Frank Pallone, Jr. D 93%
CO Governor Jared Polis D 93%
Nick Rahall II 93%
Charlie Rangel 93%
Silvestre Reyes 93%
Bobby Rush 93%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 93%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 93%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 93%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 92%
Luis Gutiérrez 92%
Richard Hanna 92%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Gary Peters D 92%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 92%
Gary Ackerman 90%
Jason Altmire 90%
Rob Andrews 90%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 90%
Charlie Bass 90%
Judy Biggert 90%
Corrine Brown 90%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan R 90%
FL U.S. House - 14 Kathy Castor D 90%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 90%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 90%
Jerry Costello 90%
Elijah Cummings 90%
Charlie Dent 90%
Bob Dold 90%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 90%
Donna Edwards 90%
Anna Eshoo 90%
Marcia Fudge 90%
Jim Gerlach 90%
Chris Gibson 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich D 90%
Brian Higgins 90%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes D 90%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 90%
Tim Holden 90%
Mike Honda 90%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 90%
Sheila Jackson Lee 90%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 90%
Ron Kind 90%
Larry Kissell 90%
WA U.S. House - 2 Rick Larsen D 90%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 90%
Sandy Levin 90%
Dan Lipinski 90%
Nita Lowey 90%
NM U.S. Senate - Jr Ben Luján, Jr. D 90%
Mike McIntyre 90%
David McKinley 90%
Grace Napolitano 90%
John Olver 90%
Ed Pastor 90%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 90%
Dave Reichert 90%
Mike Ross 90%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 90%
Tim Ryan 90%
Loretta Sanchez 90%
John Sarbanes 90%
CA U.S. Senate - Jr Adam Schiff D 90%
Kurt Schrader 90%
José Serrano 90%
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