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State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 100%
Vic Snyder 100%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier Democratic 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Betty Sutton 100%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 100%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Harry Teague 100%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson Democratic 100%
John Tierney 100%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko Democratic 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Niki Tsongas 100%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez Democratic 100%
MN Governor Tim Walz Democratic/Farmer/Labor 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch Democratic 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
John Yarmuth 100%
Jason Altmire 50%
Michael Arcuri 50%
Steve Austria 50%
Brian Baird 50%
John Barrow 50%
John Boccieri 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Dan Boren 50%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan Republican 50%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito Republican 50%
Christopher Carney 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
Travis Childers 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Kathy Dahlkemper 50%
Charlie Dent 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Jim Gerlach 50%
Brian Higgins 50%
Tim Holden 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 50%
Pete King 50%
Larry Kissell 50%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Leonard Lance 50%
Chris Lee 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Frank LoBiondo 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Thaddeus McCotter 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Candice Miller 50%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran Republican 50%
Patrick Murphy 50%
Tim Murphy 50%
Glenn Nye III 50%
Erik Paulsen 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Nick Rahall II 50%
Denny Rehberg 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers Republican 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Kurt Schrader 50%
Heath Shuler 50%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson Republican 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 50%
Zack Space 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
PA U.S. House - 15 GT Thompson, Jr. Republican 50%
Pat Tiberi 50%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner Republican 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Bill Young 50%
Donald Young 50%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt Republican 0%
Todd Akin 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 100%
Vic Snyder 100%
CA Supervisor - 1 Jackie Speier D 100%
John Spratt, Jr. 100%
Pete Stark 100%
Betty Sutton 100%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 100%
John Tanner 100%
Ellen Tauscher 100%
Harry Teague 100%
MS U.S. House - 2 Bennie Thompson D 100%
CA U.S. House - 4 Mike Thompson D 100%
John Tierney 100%
NV U.S. House - 1 Dina Titus D 100%
NY U.S. House - 20 Paul Tonko D 100%
Ed Towns 100%
Niki Tsongas 100%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 100%
NY U.S. House - 7 Nydia Velázquez D 100%
MN Governor Tim Walz DFL 100%
FL U.S. House - 25 Debbie Wasserman Schultz D 100%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 100%
Diane Watson 100%
Mel Watt 100%
Henry Waxman 100%
Anthony Weiner 100%
VT U.S. Senate - Jr Peter Welch D 100%
Robert Wexler 100%
Lynn Woolsey 100%
David Wu 100%
John Yarmuth 100%
Jason Altmire 50%
Michael Arcuri 50%
Steve Austria 50%
Brian Baird 50%
John Barrow 50%
John Boccieri 50%
Mary Bono Mack 50%
Dan Boren 50%
FL U.S. House - 16 Vern Buchanan R 50%
WV U.S. Senate - Sr Shelley Capito R 50%
Christopher Carney 50%
Ben Chandler III 50%
Travis Childers 50%
Jerry Costello 50%
Kathy Dahlkemper 50%
Charlie Dent 50%
Joe Donnelly, Sr. 50%
Brad Ellsworth 50%
Jo Ann Emerson 50%
Rodney Frelinghuysen 50%
Jim Gerlach 50%
Brian Higgins 50%
Tim Holden 50%
Bob Inglis, Sr. 50%
Paul Kanjorski 50%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 50%
Pete King 50%
Larry Kissell 50%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 50%
Steve LaTourette 50%
Leonard Lance 50%
Chris Lee 50%
Dan Lipinski 50%
Frank LoBiondo 50%
Jim Matheson 50%
Thaddeus McCotter 50%
Mike McIntyre 50%
Candice Miller 50%
KS U.S. Senate - Sr Jerry Moran R 50%
Patrick Murphy 50%
Tim Murphy 50%
Glenn Nye III 50%
Erik Paulsen 50%
Collin Peterson 50%
Tom Petri 50%
Todd Platts 50%
Nick Rahall II 50%
Denny Rehberg 50%
Dave Reichert 50%
AL U.S. House - 3 Mike Rogers R 50%
Mike Ross 50%
Kurt Schrader 50%
Heath Shuler 50%
ID U.S. House - 2 Mike Simpson R 50%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 50%
Zack Space 50%
Bart Stupak 50%
Gene Taylor 50%
PA U.S. House - 15 GT Thompson, Jr. R 50%
Pat Tiberi 50%
OH U.S. House - 10 Mike Turner R 50%
Fred Upton 50%
Pete Visclosky 50%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 50%
Frank Wolf 50%
Bill Young 50%
Donald Young 50%
AL U.S. House - 4 Robert Aderholt R 0%
Todd Akin 0%
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