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State Office Name Party Rating
Robert Matsui 10%
Barbara Mikulski 10%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 10%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 10%
Dave Obey 10%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders Independent 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
Mel Watt 10%
Gary Ackerman 7%
Xavier Becerra 6%
Daniel Inouye 6%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 6%
Thomas Allen 5%
John Baldacci 5%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 5%
Howard Berman 5%
Sherrod Brown 5%
Ben Cardin 5%
Eva Clayton 5%
Hillary Clinton 5%
Jon Corzine 5%
William Coyne 5%
Thomas Daschle 5%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 5%
Bill Delahunt 5%
Chris Dodd 5%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 5%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin Democratic 5%
Eliot Engel 5%
Anna Eshoo 5%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 5%
Luis Gutiérrez 5%
Joseph Hoeffel 5%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 5%
John Kerry 5%
Carl Levin 5%
Sandy Levin 5%
John Lewis 5%
Nita Lowey 5%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 5%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern Democratic 5%
Michael McNulty 5%
Martin Meehan 5%
Grace Napolitano 5%
John Olver 5%
Major Owens 5%
Charlie Rangel 5%
Harry Reid 5%
Jay Rockefeller IV 5%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 5%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 5%
Louise Slaughter 5%
Vic Snyder 5%
Pete Stark 5%
John Tierney 5%
Tom Udall 5%
Henry Waxman 5%
Anthony Weiner 5%
Paul Wellstone 5%
Robert Wexler 5%
Lynn Woolsey 5%
Barbara Boxer 0%
Mark Dayton 0%
Tom Harkin 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren Democratic 0%
Carolyn Maloney 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
George Miller 0%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler Democratic 0%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi Democratic 0%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed Democratic 0%
Bobby Rush 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
State Office Name Party Rating
Robert Matsui 10%
Barbara Mikulski 10%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 10%
Bill Nelson, Sr. 10%
Dave Obey 10%
Earl Pomeroy 10%
VT U.S. Senate - Sr Bernie Sanders I 10%
Stephanie Tubbs Jones 10%
Mel Watt 10%
Gary Ackerman 7%
Xavier Becerra 6%
Daniel Inouye 6%
Patsy Takemoto Mink 6%
Thomas Allen 5%
John Baldacci 5%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 5%
Howard Berman 5%
Sherrod Brown 5%
Ben Cardin 5%
Eva Clayton 5%
Hillary Clinton 5%
Jon Corzine 5%
William Coyne 5%
Thomas Daschle 5%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 5%
Bill Delahunt 5%
Chris Dodd 5%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 5%
IL U.S. Senate - Sr Dick Durbin D 5%
Eliot Engel 5%
Anna Eshoo 5%
Chaka Fattah, Sr. 5%
Luis Gutiérrez 5%
Joseph Hoeffel 5%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 5%
John Kerry 5%
Carl Levin 5%
Sandy Levin 5%
John Lewis 5%
Nita Lowey 5%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum DFL 5%
MA U.S. House - 2 Jim McGovern D 5%
Michael McNulty 5%
Martin Meehan 5%
Grace Napolitano 5%
John Olver 5%
Major Owens 5%
Charlie Rangel 5%
Harry Reid 5%
Jay Rockefeller IV 5%
Lucille Roybal-Allard 5%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 5%
Louise Slaughter 5%
Vic Snyder 5%
Pete Stark 5%
John Tierney 5%
Tom Udall 5%
Henry Waxman 5%
Anthony Weiner 5%
Paul Wellstone 5%
Robert Wexler 5%
Lynn Woolsey 5%
Barbara Boxer 0%
Mark Dayton 0%
Tom Harkin 0%
Maurice Hinchey 0%
CA U.S. House - 18 Zoe Lofgren D 0%
Carolyn Maloney 0%
Juanita Millender-McDonald 0%
George Miller 0%
NY U.S. House - 12 Jerry Nadler D 0%
CA U.S. House - 11 Nancy Pelosi D 0%
RI U.S. Senate - Sr Jack Reed D 0%
Bobby Rush 0%
Paul Sarbanes 0%
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