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State Office Name Party Rating
Earl Blumenauer 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
William Coyne 90%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray Democratic 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 90%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 90%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
Matthew Martinez 89%
José Serrano 89%
Ed Towns 89%
Ciro Rodriguez 88%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 85%
Tom Barrett 85%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 85%
David Edward Bonior 85%
Ben Cardin 85%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Norm Dicks 85%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 85%
Chet Edwards 85%
Lane Evans 85%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 85%
Tom Harkin 85%
John Kerry 85%
Steven Kuykendall 85%
William Luther 85%
James Maloney 85%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
Debbie Stabenow 85%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 85%
Mel Watt 85%
Xavier Becerra 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Darlene Hooley 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Ron Kind 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 80%
Charles Robb 80%
Steve Rothman 80%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden Democratic 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Barbara Boxer 75%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 75%
Thomas Daschle 75%
Russ Feingold 75%
Dianne Feinstein 75%
Ernest Hollings 75%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 75%
Timothy Johnson 75%
Bob Kerrey 75%
State Office Name Party Rating
Earl Blumenauer 90%
Rick Boucher 90%
William Coyne 90%
Julian Dixon 90%
Chris Dodd 90%
Barney Frank 90%
Jonas Frost III 90%
Richard Andrew Gephardt 90%
Nicholas Lampson 90%
Frank Lautenberg 90%
Robert Matsui 90%
WA U.S. Senate - Sr Patty Murray D 90%
Lynn Nancy Rivers 90%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 90%
Paul Sarbanes 90%
Thomas Sawyer 90%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 90%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 90%
Karen Thurman 90%
Paul Wellstone 90%
Alcee Hastings, Sr. 89%
Matthew Martinez 89%
José Serrano 89%
Ed Towns 89%
Ciro Rodriguez 88%
Daniel Akaka, Sr. 85%
Tom Barrett 85%
Kenneth Bentsen, Jr. 85%
David Edward Bonior 85%
Ben Cardin 85%
Peter Deutsch 85%
Norm Dicks 85%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 85%
Chet Edwards 85%
Lane Evans 85%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 85%
Tom Harkin 85%
John Kerry 85%
Steven Kuykendall 85%
William Luther 85%
James Maloney 85%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 85%
Ed Pastor 85%
Debbie Stabenow 85%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 85%
Mel Watt 85%
Xavier Becerra 80%
Calvin Dooley 80%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 80%
Darlene Hooley 80%
Daniel Inouye 80%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 80%
Patrick Kennedy 80%
Ron Kind 80%
Carolyn McCarthy 80%
Jim Moran, Jr. 80%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 80%
Charles Robb 80%
Steve Rothman 80%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 80%
Ellen Tauscher 80%
Bob Wise, Jr. 80%
OR U.S. Senate - Sr Ron Wyden D 80%
Joe Biden, Jr. 75%
Sherwood Boehlert 75%
Barbara Boxer 75%
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 75%
Robert Clement 75%
Thomas Daschle 75%
Russ Feingold 75%
Dianne Feinstein 75%
Ernest Hollings 75%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 75%
Timothy Johnson 75%
Bob Kerrey 75%
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