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State Office Name Party Rating
Gabrielle Giffords 92%
Luis Gutiérrez 92%
Tom Harkin 92%
Paul Hodes 92%
Sheila Jackson Lee 92%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. Democratic 92%
Timothy Johnson 92%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Ted Kaufman 92%
Ron Kind 92%
Ron Klein 92%
Mary Landrieu 92%
Patrick Leahy 92%
John Lewis 92%
Blanche Lincoln 92%
Dan Lipinski 92%
Dave Loebsack 92%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 92%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 92%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey Democratic 92%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 92%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 92%
Barbara Mikulski 92%
Dennis Moore 92%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 92%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy Democratic 92%
Patrick Murphy 92%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 92%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 92%
Ed Perlmutter 92%
CO Governor Jared Polis Democratic 92%
Mark Pryor 92%
Dutch Ruppersberger 92%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman Democratic 92%
Louise Slaughter 92%
Zack Space 92%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez Democratic 92%
John Tanner 92%
Jon Tester 92%
John Tierney 92%
Pete Visclosky 92%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters Democratic 92%
Jim Webb, Jr. 92%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic 92%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 92%
David Wu 92%
John Barrow 85%
Max Baucus 85%
Evan Bayh 85%
Earl Blumenauer 85%
Leonard Boswell 85%
Mike Capuano 85%
Christopher Carney 85%
Ben Chandler III 85%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney Democratic 85%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar Democratic 85%
Bart Gordon 85%
Raul Grijalva 85%
Debbie Halvorson 85%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 85%
Tim Holden 85%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 85%
Steve Kagen 85%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur Democratic 85%
Larry Kissell 85%
Suzanne Kosmas 85%
Joe Lieberman 85%
Carolyn McCarthy 85%
Claire McCaskill 85%
Michael McMahon 85%
Jim Moran, Jr. 85%
Charlie Rangel 85%
Jay Rockefeller IV 85%
Bobby Rush 85%
John Salazar 85%
Olympia Snowe 85%
Pete Stark 85%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner Democratic 85%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins Republican 77%
Lincoln Davis 77%
Chet Edwards 77%
Baron Hill 77%
Ann Kirkpatrick 77%
Dennis Kucinich 77%
Eric Massa 77%
Mike McIntyre 77%
Collin Peterson 77%
Kurt Schrader 77%
Heath Shuler 77%
Ike Skelton 77%
Bart Stupak 77%
Brian Baird 69%
Travis Childers 69%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 69%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 69%
Jim Marshall 69%
Jim Matheson 69%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 69%
Harry Mitchell 69%
State Office Name Party Rating
Gabrielle Giffords 92%
Luis Gutiérrez 92%
Tom Harkin 92%
Paul Hodes 92%
Sheila Jackson Lee 92%
GA U.S. House - 4 Hank Johnson, Jr. D 92%
Timothy Johnson 92%
Paul Kanjorski 92%
Ted Kaufman 92%
Ron Kind 92%
Ron Klein 92%
Mary Landrieu 92%
Patrick Leahy 92%
John Lewis 92%
Blanche Lincoln 92%
Dan Lipinski 92%
Dave Loebsack 92%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 92%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 92%
MA U.S. Senate - Jr Ed Markey D 92%
Kendrick Meek, Sr. 92%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 92%
Barbara Mikulski 92%
Dennis Moore 92%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 92%
CT U.S. Senate - Jr Chris Murphy D 92%
Patrick Murphy 92%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 92%
Jim Oberstar 92%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 92%
Ed Perlmutter 92%
CO Governor Jared Polis D 92%
Mark Pryor 92%
Dutch Ruppersberger 92%
CA U.S. House - 32 Brad Sherman D 92%
Louise Slaughter 92%
Zack Space 92%
CA U.S. House - 38 Linda Sánchez D 92%
John Tanner 92%
Jon Tester 92%
John Tierney 92%
Pete Visclosky 92%
CA U.S. House - 43 Maxine Waters D 92%
Jim Webb, Jr. 92%
RI U.S. Senate - Jr Sheldon Whitehouse D 92%
Charlie Wilson, Jr. 92%
David Wu 92%
John Barrow 85%
Max Baucus 85%
Evan Bayh 85%
Earl Blumenauer 85%
Leonard Boswell 85%
Mike Capuano 85%
Christopher Carney 85%
Ben Chandler III 85%
CT U.S. House - 2 Joe Courtney D 85%
TX U.S. House - 28 Henry Cuellar D 85%
Bart Gordon 85%
Raul Grijalva 85%
Debbie Halvorson 85%
Rubén Hinojosa, Sr. 85%
Tim Holden 85%
Jesse Jackson, Jr. 85%
Steve Kagen 85%
OH U.S. House - 9 Marcy Kaptur D 85%
Larry Kissell 85%
Suzanne Kosmas 85%
Joe Lieberman 85%
Carolyn McCarthy 85%
Claire McCaskill 85%
Michael McMahon 85%
Jim Moran, Jr. 85%
Charlie Rangel 85%
Jay Rockefeller IV 85%
Bobby Rush 85%
John Salazar 85%
Olympia Snowe 85%
Pete Stark 85%
VA U.S. Senate - Sr Mark Warner D 85%
ME U.S. Senate - Sr Susan Collins R 77%
Lincoln Davis 77%
Chet Edwards 77%
Baron Hill 77%
Ann Kirkpatrick 77%
Dennis Kucinich 77%
Eric Massa 77%
Mike McIntyre 77%
Collin Peterson 77%
Kurt Schrader 77%
Heath Shuler 77%
Ike Skelton 77%
Bart Stupak 77%
Brian Baird 69%
Travis Childers 69%
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin 69%
Frank Kratovil, Jr. 69%
Jim Marshall 69%
Jim Matheson 69%
Charlie Melancon, Sr. 69%
Harry Mitchell 69%
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