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State Office Name Party Rating
Dale Kildee 9%
Ron Kind 9%
Larry Kissell 9%
Joe Lieberman 9%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 9%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 9%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 9%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Gary Peters Democratic 9%
Earl Pomeroy 9%
Ciro Rodriguez 9%
John Salazar 9%
Kurt Schrader 9%
Pete Visclosky 9%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner Democratic 9%
IL U.S. House - 5 Mike Quigley Democratic 8%
Mark Begich 7%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet Democratic 7%
Barbara Boxer 7%
Timothy Johnson 7%
Herb Kohl 7%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley Democratic 7%
Harry Reid 7%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer Democratic 7%
Debbie Stabenow 7%
Ellen Tauscher 7%
Mark Udall 7%
Tom Udall 7%
Al Franken 6%
Sherrod Brown 5%
John Dingell 5%
Tom Harkin 5%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 5%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 5%
Steve Kagen 5%
Barbara Mikulski 5%
Jim Moran, Jr. 5%
Jack Murtha 5%
Dutch Ruppersberger 5%
Vic Snyder 5%
Pete Stark 5%
Rob Andrews 4%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 4%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. Democratic 4%
Earl Blumenauer 4%
Leonard Boswell 4%
Corrine Brown 4%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 4%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell Democratic 4%
Ben Cardin 4%
Dennis Cardoza 4%
Russ Carnahan 4%
Tom Carper 4%
Gerry Connolly 4%
John Conyers, Jr. 4%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 4%
Elijah Cummings 4%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 4%
Bill Delahunt 4%
Norm Dicks 4%
Chris Dodd 4%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 4%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 4%
Anna Eshoo 4%
Bob Etheridge 4%
Sam Farr 4%
Dianne Feinstein 4%
Charlie Gonzalez 4%
Alan Grayson 4%
Debbie Halvorson 4%
Jane Harman 4%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich Democratic 4%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes Democratic 4%
Paul Hodes 4%
Mike Honda 4%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer Democratic 4%
Daniel Inouye 4%
Steve Israel 4%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 4%
Ted Kaufman 4%
Patrick Kennedy 4%
John Kerry 4%
Mary Jo Kilroy 4%
Ron Klein 4%
Jim Langevin 4%
Frank Lautenberg 4%
Carl Levin 4%
Dave Loebsack 4%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 4%
Dan Maffei 4%
Carolyn Maloney 4%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 4%
Carolyn McCarthy 4%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney Democratic 4%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 4%
Bob Menendez 4%
George Miller 4%
Brad Miller 4%
Dennis Moore 4%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 4%
State Office Name Party Rating
Dale Kildee 9%
Ron Kind 9%
Larry Kissell 9%
Joe Lieberman 9%
ME Councilor - Ward 3 Mike Michaud 9%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 9%
Jim Oberstar 9%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 9%
MI U.S. Senate - Sr Gary Peters D 9%
Earl Pomeroy 9%
Ciro Rodriguez 9%
John Salazar 9%
Kurt Schrader 9%
Pete Visclosky 9%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner D 9%
IL U.S. House - 5 Mike Quigley D 8%
Mark Begich 7%
CO U.S. Senate - Sr Michael Bennet D 7%
Barbara Boxer 7%
Timothy Johnson 7%
Herb Kohl 7%
OR U.S. Senate - Jr Jeff Merkley D 7%
Harry Reid 7%
NY U.S. Senate - Sr Chuck Schumer D 7%
Debbie Stabenow 7%
Ellen Tauscher 7%
Mark Udall 7%
Tom Udall 7%
Al Franken 6%
Sherrod Brown 5%
John Dingell 5%
Tom Harkin 5%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 5%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 5%
Steve Kagen 5%
Barbara Mikulski 5%
Jim Moran, Jr. 5%
Jack Murtha 5%
Dutch Ruppersberger 5%
Vic Snyder 5%
Pete Stark 5%
Rob Andrews 4%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 4%
GA U.S. House - 2 Sanford Bishop, Jr. D 4%
Earl Blumenauer 4%
Leonard Boswell 4%
Corrine Brown 4%
G. K. Butterfield, Jr. 4%
WA U.S. Senate - Jr Maria Cantwell D 4%
Ben Cardin 4%
Dennis Cardoza 4%
Russ Carnahan 4%
Tom Carper 4%
Gerry Connolly 4%
John Conyers, Jr. 4%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 4%
Elijah Cummings 4%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 4%
Bill Delahunt 4%
Norm Dicks 4%
Chris Dodd 4%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 4%
Mike Doyle, Jr. 4%
Anna Eshoo 4%
Bob Etheridge 4%
Sam Farr 4%
Dianne Feinstein 4%
Charlie Gonzalez 4%
Alan Grayson 4%
Debbie Halvorson 4%
Jane Harman 4%
NM U.S. Senate - Sr Martin Heinrich D 4%
CT U.S. House - 4 Jim Himes D 4%
Paul Hodes 4%
Mike Honda 4%
MD U.S. House - 5 Steny Hoyer D 4%
Daniel Inouye 4%
Steve Israel 4%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 4%
Ted Kaufman 4%
Patrick Kennedy 4%
John Kerry 4%
Mary Jo Kilroy 4%
Ron Klein 4%
Jim Langevin 4%
Frank Lautenberg 4%
Carl Levin 4%
Dave Loebsack 4%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 4%
Dan Maffei 4%
Carolyn Maloney 4%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 4%
Carolyn McCarthy 4%
CA State Senate - 5 Jerry McNerney D 4%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 4%
Bob Menendez 4%
George Miller 4%
Brad Miller 4%
Dennis Moore 4%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 4%
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