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State Office Name Party Rating
Major Owens 43%
Thomas Allen 40%
Howard Berman 40%
Barbara Boxer 40%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 40%
Barney Frank 40%
Frank Lautenberg 40%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 40%
Robert Matsui 40%
Harry Reid 40%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 40%
Joe Baca, Sr. 33%
Xavier Becerra 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Corrine Brown 33%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case Democratic 33%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Norm Coleman 33%
Larry Craig 33%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo Republican 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Susan Davis 33%
Mark Dayton 33%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro Democratic 33%
Norm Dicks 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 33%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 33%
Vern Ehlers 33%
John Ensign 33%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Jane Harman 33%
Darlene Hooley 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 33%
Henry Hyde 33%
Jay Inslee 33%
William Jefferson 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Ron Kind 33%
James Kolbe 33%
Tom Lantos 33%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson Democratic 33%
James Leach 33%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
Jim Matheson 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Grace Napolitano 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
David Price 33%
Steve Rothman 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Loretta Sanchez 33%
David Scott 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott Democratic 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
James Walsh 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
David Wu 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 29%
Gary Ackerman 25%
Brian Baird 25%
Evan Bayh 25%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 25%
Bob Brady 25%
Ben Cardin 25%
Hillary Clinton 25%
Jim Cooper 25%
Artur Davis 25%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa Republican 25%
Timothy Johnson 25%
Ray LaHood 25%
Jim Langevin 25%
Sandy Levin 25%
Frank LoBiondo 25%
Nita Lowey 25%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 25%
Barbara Mikulski 25%
State Office Name Party Rating
Major Owens 43%
Thomas Allen 40%
Howard Berman 40%
Barbara Boxer 40%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 40%
Barney Frank 40%
Frank Lautenberg 40%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 40%
Robert Matsui 40%
Harry Reid 40%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 40%
Joe Baca, Sr. 33%
Xavier Becerra 33%
Tim Bishop 33%
Mary Bono Mack 33%
Leonard Boswell 33%
Corrine Brown 33%
HI U.S. House - 1 Ed Case D 33%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 33%
Norm Coleman 33%
Larry Craig 33%
ID U.S. Senate - Sr Mike Crapo R 33%
Randall Cunningham 33%
Susan Davis 33%
Mark Dayton 33%
CT U.S. House - 3 Rosa DeLauro D 33%
Norm Dicks 33%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 33%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 33%
Vern Ehlers 33%
John Ensign 33%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 33%
Harold Ford, Jr. 33%
Charlie Gonzalez 33%
Jane Harman 33%
Darlene Hooley 33%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 33%
Henry Hyde 33%
Jay Inslee 33%
William Jefferson 33%
Eddie Johnson 33%
Nancy Johnson 33%
Patrick Kennedy 33%
Ron Kind 33%
James Kolbe 33%
Tom Lantos 33%
CT U.S. House - 1 John Larson D 33%
James Leach 33%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 33%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 33%
Carolyn Maloney 33%
Jim Matheson 33%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 33%
Bob Menendez 33%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 33%
Alan Mollohan 33%
Grace Napolitano 33%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 33%
Jim Oberstar 33%
Dave Obey 33%
Bill Pascrell, Jr. 33%
David Price 33%
Steve Rothman 33%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 33%
Dutch Ruppersberger 33%
Loretta Sanchez 33%
David Scott 33%
VA U.S. House - 3 Bobby Scott D 33%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 33%
Ike Skelton 33%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 33%
Olympia Snowe 33%
Vic Snyder 33%
John Spratt, Jr. 33%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 33%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 33%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 33%
Pete Visclosky 33%
James Walsh 33%
Henry Waxman 33%
David Wu 33%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 29%
Gary Ackerman 25%
Brian Baird 25%
Evan Bayh 25%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 25%
Bob Brady 25%
Ben Cardin 25%
Hillary Clinton 25%
Jim Cooper 25%
Artur Davis 25%
CA U.S. House - 48 Darrell Issa R 25%
Timothy Johnson 25%
Ray LaHood 25%
Jim Langevin 25%
Sandy Levin 25%
Frank LoBiondo 25%
Nita Lowey 25%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 25%
Barbara Mikulski 25%
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