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State Office Name Party Rating
Melissa Bean 40%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley Democratic 40%
Marion Berry 40%
Joe Biden, Jr. 40%
Sherrod Brown 40%
Conrad Burns 40%
Robert Byrd 40%
Mike Capuano 40%
Ben Cardin 40%
Russ Carnahan 40%
Julia Carson 40%
Lincoln Chafee 40%
Ben Chandler III 40%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
Hillary Clinton 40%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn Democratic 40%
Norm Coleman 40%
Jim Cooper 40%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa Democratic 40%
Artur Davis 40%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis Democratic 40%
James Davis 40%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette Democratic 40%
Norm Dicks 40%
John Dingell 40%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II Democratic 40%
Rahm Emanuel 40%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Sam Farr 40%
Barney Frank 40%
William Frist 40%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green Democratic 40%
Gene Green 40%
Luis Gutiérrez 40%
Orrin Hatch 40%
Tim Holden 40%
Darlene Hooley 40%
Jay Inslee 40%
Steve Israel 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
John Kerry 40%
Dale Kildee 40%
Ron Kind 40%
Dennis Kucinich 40%
Jim Langevin 40%
Patrick Leahy 40%
Carl Levin 40%
Sandy Levin 40%
Joe Lieberman 40%
Dan Lipinski 40%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch Democratic 40%
Carolyn McCarthy 40%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum Democratic/Farmer/Labor 40%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks Democratic 40%
Brad Miller 40%
Alan Mollohan 40%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore Democratic 40%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal Democratic 40%
Jim Oberstar 40%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
David Price 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
Bobby Rush 40%
Loretta Sanchez 40%
Rick Santorum 40%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky Democratic 40%
Jeff Sessions III 40%
Ike Skelton 40%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith Democratic 40%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith Republican 40%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 40%
Bart Stupak 40%
Ed Towns 40%
Tom Udall 40%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. Democratic 40%
John Warner 40%
Mel Watt 40%
David Wu 40%
Neil Abercrombie 30%
Gary Ackerman 30%
Rob Andrews 30%
Joe Baca, Sr. 30%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin Democratic 30%
Xavier Becerra 30%
Bob Bennett 30%
Howard Berman 30%
Tim Bishop 30%
Earl Blumenauer 30%
Kit Bond 30%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Corrine Brown 30%
Sam Brownback 30%
Lois Capps 30%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II Democratic 30%
Thad Cochran 30%
Kent Conrad 30%
John Conyers, Jr. 30%
State Office Name Party Rating
Melissa Bean 40%
NV Mayor Shelley Berkley D 40%
Marion Berry 40%
Joe Biden, Jr. 40%
Sherrod Brown 40%
Conrad Burns 40%
Robert Byrd 40%
Mike Capuano 40%
Ben Cardin 40%
Russ Carnahan 40%
Julia Carson 40%
Lincoln Chafee 40%
Ben Chandler III 40%
Lacy Clay, Jr. 40%
Hillary Clinton 40%
SC U.S. House - 6 Jim Clyburn D 40%
Norm Coleman 40%
Jim Cooper 40%
CA U.S. House - 21 Jim Costa D 40%
Artur Davis 40%
IL U.S. House - 7 Danny Davis D 40%
James Davis 40%
CO U.S. House - 1 Diana DeGette D 40%
Norm Dicks 40%
John Dingell 40%
TX U.S. House - 37 Lloyd Doggett II D 40%
Rahm Emanuel 40%
Bob Etheridge 40%
Sam Farr 40%
Barney Frank 40%
William Frist 40%
TX U.S. House - 9 Al Green D 40%
Gene Green 40%
Luis Gutiérrez 40%
Orrin Hatch 40%
Tim Holden 40%
Darlene Hooley 40%
Jay Inslee 40%
Steve Israel 40%
Edward Kennedy, Sr. 40%
John Kerry 40%
Dale Kildee 40%
Ron Kind 40%
Dennis Kucinich 40%
Jim Langevin 40%
Patrick Leahy 40%
Carl Levin 40%
Sandy Levin 40%
Joe Lieberman 40%
Dan Lipinski 40%
MA U.S. House - 8 Stephen Lynch D 40%
Carolyn McCarthy 40%
MN U.S. House - 4 Betty McCollum DFL 40%
NY U.S. House - 5 Gregory Meeks D 40%
Brad Miller 40%
Alan Mollohan 40%
WI U.S. House - 4 Gwen Moore D 40%
MA U.S. House - 1 Richard Neal D 40%
Jim Oberstar 40%
Solomon Ortiz, Sr. 40%
Earl Pomeroy 40%
David Price 40%
Silvestre Reyes 40%
Bobby Rush 40%
Loretta Sanchez 40%
Rick Santorum 40%
IL U.S. House - 9 Jan Schakowsky D 40%
Jeff Sessions III 40%
Ike Skelton 40%
WA U.S. House - 9 Adam Smith D 40%
NJ U.S. House - 4 Chris Smith R 40%
Olympia Snowe 40%
Vic Snyder 40%
John Spratt, Jr. 40%
Bart Stupak 40%
Ed Towns 40%
Tom Udall 40%
MD U.S. Senate - Sr Chris Van Hollen, Jr. D 40%
John Warner 40%
Mel Watt 40%
David Wu 40%
Neil Abercrombie 30%
Gary Ackerman 30%
Rob Andrews 30%
Joe Baca, Sr. 30%
WI U.S. Senate - Jr Tammy Baldwin D 30%
Xavier Becerra 30%
Bob Bennett 30%
Howard Berman 30%
Tim Bishop 30%
Earl Blumenauer 30%
Kit Bond 30%
Leonard Boswell 30%
Corrine Brown 30%
Sam Brownback 30%
Lois Capps 30%
MO U.S. House - 5 Emanuel Cleaver II D 30%
Thad Cochran 30%
Kent Conrad 30%
John Conyers, Jr. 30%
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